Ministry of Environment and Spatinal Ministry of Environment and Spatinal PlanningPlanning

Environmental Protection AgencyEnvironmental Protection Agency

Air Quality in the Republic of Air Quality in the Republic of KosovoKosovoAjet MahmutiOfficer for air quality - KEPA

Sarajevo, July 2011

Current status of AQ monitoring and Current status of AQ monitoring and reportingreporting- Monitoring -- Monitoring -

2 automatic stations2 automatic stations 1 mobile station1 mobile station

Measured parameters include:Measured parameters include: SO2, NO/NO2/ NOx, CO, O3, PM10,PM2.5, SO2, NO/NO2/ NOx, CO, O3, PM10,PM2.5,

meteorological parametersmeteorological parameters

Current status of AQ monitoring and Current status of AQ monitoring and reportingreporting- Monitoring -- Monitoring -

New Air Quality Monitoring Programme New Air Quality Monitoring Programme provide development network for air quality provide development network for air quality monitoring and add number of stations monitoring and add number of stations ( which are will be donations from EU), ( which are will be donations from EU), where are we will have in total 10 stations . where are we will have in total 10 stations .

Three stations are in installing phase.Three stations are in installing phase. Also foreseen to monitoring VOC, PAH and Also foreseen to monitoring VOC, PAH and

heavy metals in PM10/PM2.5 . heavy metals in PM10/PM2.5 . Area monitoring and Stations are classified Area monitoring and Stations are classified

on urban, suburban, industrial and trafficon urban, suburban, industrial and traffic

Current status of AQ monitoring and Current status of AQ monitoring and reportingreporting- Reporting -- Reporting -

1.1. EoI Data on air qualityEoI Data on air quality NONO

2.2. Monthly ozone exceedancesMonthly ozone exceedances YESYES

3.3. Summer ozone exceedancesSummer ozone exceedances NONO

4.4. Annual report (questionnaire) on air Annual report (questionnaire) on air qualityquality

NONO

5.5. Annual reporting on ambient air quality Annual reporting on ambient air quality limit values plans and programmes for limit values plans and programmes for SO2, NO2, NOx, PM10, PB, Benzene and SO2, NO2, NOx, PM10, PB, Benzene and COCO

NONO

6.6. Plans and programmes for the Plans and programmes for the abatement of air pollutionabatement of air pollution

NONO

Institutional arrangementsInstitutional arrangements

Responsibility for Air Quality Monitoring is HMI of Responsibility for Air Quality Monitoring is HMI of Kosovo set up by Low on Ministries and Low on Kosovo set up by Low on Ministries and Low on Air Protection Air Protection

KEPA and HMIK are also responsible institution for KEPA and HMIK are also responsible institution for data collection, QA/QC, reporting and assessmentdata collection, QA/QC, reporting and assessment

Public Health Institutes operates with only two Public Health Institutes operates with only two automatic stations, financed by automatic stations, financed by Ministry of Ministry of HealthyHealthy

Monitoring data quality procedures, data Monitoring data quality procedures, data handling (un) sufficiency of the spatial handling (un) sufficiency of the spatial coverage of the country, countrywide AQ coverage of the country, countrywide AQ assessmentassessment

Twinning Project “Strengthening Twinning Project “Strengthening Administrative Capacities for Implementation Administrative Capacities for Implementation of Air Quality Management System” with of Air Quality Management System” with Finlandian, Austrian and Latvian partners as Finlandian, Austrian and Latvian partners as support on environmental sector. support on environmental sector.

Exist 2 software's for data handling, and Exist 2 software's for data handling, and foreseen in the future to be software, witch foreseen in the future to be software, witch will link all stationswill link all stations

AQ preliminary assessment has done, first AQ preliminary assessment has done, first assessment is in progress, territory of Kosovo assessment is in progress, territory of Kosovo is decided to have one zone and one is decided to have one zone and one agglomerationagglomeration

What options are there for improving What options are there for improving monitoring, spatial coverage, data quality, monitoring, spatial coverage, data quality, dataflow and assessment?dataflow and assessment?

One Reference Laboratory – which is One Reference Laboratory – which is foreseen to be donation of EUforeseen to be donation of EU

Staff doesn’t have experience-trainingStaff doesn’t have experience-training

Software for data handling and reporting Software for data handling and reporting – find budget /donation/ and get training– find budget /donation/ and get training

How can EEA/ETC/ACM help?How can EEA/ETC/ACM help?

Training for preparing report for EIONETTraining for preparing report for EIONET

Training for Laboratory staffTraining for Laboratory staff

Training for data validationTraining for data validation