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ment activities (e.g. at least three ministries finance water projects), while significant
gaps exist in certain areas (hazardous waste management is not recognised as
the responsibility of the MoEPP because the industrial sector is the responsibility
of the Ministry of the Economy, chemicals are the responsibility of the Ministry of
Health, and pesticides are the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Water Economy).
The competent authorities in water management issues are the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, the Ministry of Transport and Communications
and the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning. As of 2010,
the MoEPP will be responsible for water protection issues and water inspection
services in line with the new Water Act.
As the MoEPP is currently preparing to take over the majority of water management
functions in the near future (from 2010), it will be a major challenge to
strengthen the human resources capacities of the ministry to take over water management
tasks. The most critical issue will be the transfer of responsibilities (and
power) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy.
Further efforts are needed in Montenegro to strengthen the administrative capacity
of all institutions involved in environmental policy making and enforcement.
According to the EC progress report, the sharing of responsibility for the
water sector between the Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environmental Protection
(MoSPEP) and other ministries needs to be streamlined. Coordination between
the bodies involved in environmental protection issues, particularly in
inspection activities, needs to be improved (EC SEC [2009] 1336).
The newly established Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environmental Protection
(formerly the Ministry of Tourism and Environment) is the main institution
responsible for waste management activities in Montenegro.
Waste management activities are also regulated at the local level and are the responsibility
of local self-governments. The collection, transportation and disposal
of waste are organised within municipal public utility companies (PUCs). The
MoSPEP Project Implementation Unit was established in 2008. Its main goals are
to provide support to local self-governments for the preparation of project documentation,
and to assist in securing financing from international organisations and
financial institutions. Also in 2008, permit issuing, inspection, monitoring and reporting
functions were taken over by the newly established Environmental Protection
Agency.
The Directorate for Water within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Water Management, and the State Hydro-meteorological Service are responsible
for river basin management.
According to the EC, institutional capacity and technical and human resources
in Serbia remain insufficient, especially at the local level. Better coordination is
needed with the central level, and greater attention will have to be given to enforcement
(EC SEC [2009] 1339).
The institutions responsible for waste management include the Ministry of Environment
and Spatial Planning (MoESP), the Serbian Environment Protection