The Summer issue of "Protecting Lake Ohrid" Newsletter is now published

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The second newsletter "Protecting Lake Ohrid" on behalf of the Project:"Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region", is now published and is available in three languages:
Albanian http://whc.unesco.org/document/143548
English  http://whc.unesco.org/document/143550
Macedonian http://whc.unesco.org/document/143546

In this edition published in Summer 2016, besides information  about meetings, activities and and updates on the progress of the Lake Ohrid project, the reader will get to know the winners of social media Photo Contest:  http://lakeohrid.blogspot.al/2016/05/10-winners-of-ourlakeohrid-social-media.html which lasted from 7 March- 7 April 2016 with hashtag #OurLakeOhrid, on Facebook and Instagram with almost 450 submission competing for "Top Ten". They were voted not only for the good quality photo, but also for the story behind it.  The social media competition helped at raising awareness about the unique values of Ohrid Lake. 

Inside this issue:
  • a forward by  Ms. Lydia Topuzovska, General Secretary of National Commission to UNESCO of the FYR of Macedonia
  •  interview with Zhuljeta Harasani, Director General, Directorate of Strategic Planning for Cultural Heritage and Diversity
  •  information on project meetings,  the fourth and the fifth Management Planning Workshop as well as the next steps & important upcoming dates;
  •  and some original articles on tourism aspects of Struga, Macedonia and hospitality in Tushemisht, Albania.  
The third edition will be published in Autumn and will bring more news on activities, and developments in the frame of this 3 year project, financed by European Union and Albanian Ministry of Environment and implemented by UNESCO. More is to come, stay with us!