Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the private partner Bovin Winery, in cooperation with the Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM), are implementing the project ” Development of an organic waste management in grapes and wine production in Tikveš region”, which is financially supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ).

Project duration: March 2022 – February 2025

The project is within the framework of the CRPM Sustainable Development Program, sub-program for the development of a circular economy. Within the framework of the project, a circular business models were developed and piloted, including sharing, processing, reusing and recycling of bio-waste in the long term.

The goal of the project is to create and establish an efficient and sustainable model for bio-waste management (utilization) from wine and grape production in Macedonia. This project engage big and family wineries from the Tikvesh region, local authorities from Demir Kapija, Kavadarci and Negotino, PUCs, several higher education institutions, line ministries, civil society organizations and associations working in the field of ecology and the wine industry.

The project is financially supported by the International Visegrad Fund and implemented by 6 project partners Centre for Research and Policy Making, Circular Slovakia, CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research, HETFA Research Institute Ltd., Institute for Territorial Economic Development, Co-PLAN.

Project duration: October 2023 – January 2025

The project is within the framework of the CRPM Sustainable Development Program, sub-program for the development of a circular economy. Within the framework of the project, we mapped cross-border regions and gathered sector-specific information about the main obstacles to implementing the circular economy. The research on the regional level for Western Balkan countries identified the main needs, barriers, challenges and opportunities of waste management and circular economy.

The goal of the project has been to create a collaboration as a starting point for cross-regional capacity building in developing circular regions between Western Balkans and Visegrad countries.

More on the project website: https://crpm.org.mk/circular-chain/