In the period 7^th to 11^th of March 2016 Greek expert Mr. Dimitris Tsotsos and Italian expert Mr. Romano Ruggeri within mission 1.3.4 provided 2 trainings, 2 days each, as follows:

• 8^th – 9^th of March: training in Veles for inspectors and permit writers of Northeastern & Eastern regions on the sectors quarries/mines and pig & poultry farms.
•  10^th – 11^th of March: training in Tetovo for inspectors and permit writers of Polog & Skopje regions on the sectors landfills and iron & steel electric arc furnace (EAF) installations.

Operators from installations belonging to those sectors participated as well, sharing their experience and participating in the discussions. The group included central and local environmental inspectors, as well as local permit writers.

For each of those sectors presentation and discussions took place on their usual processes, environmental impacts, relevant EU legislation, Best Available Techniques (BATs) to prevent pollution, reference documents available (factsheets and checklists delivered within this project, BREFs) and self monitoring requirements.

The 7^th of March was used to prepare last arrangements for the 2 sessions delivered.

Documents:

• Agenda
• Training iron & steel EAF (2 MB)
• Training landfills (25 MB)
• Training mines and quarries (54 MB)
• Training pig & poultry farms (11 MB)

BREFs and BATs info:

• Macedonian BAT guides
• Serbian BAT guides
• EU BREF documents (in English) and BAT Conclusions (in all EU languages, including Croatian)