Case File

SECU0021

Integrated climate-resilient transboundary flood risk management in the Drin River basin in the West

Status: Open - Monitoring
Country: North Macedonia, Republic of
Requestor(s): Ohrid SOS
Synopsis of Issues Raised:

The complaint centers around plans to restore the River Sateska in the Ohrid Region of North Macedonia to its natural riverbed. This restoration is being undertaken as part of the UNDP's Integrated climate-resilient transboundary flood risk management in the Drin River basin in the Western Balkans (Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia) Project (Drin FRM Project), funded by the Adaptation Fund. The complaint is that although rediverting the river to its original path is well-conceived and necessary, it is being conducted "with an extremely substandard environmental impact assessment". The Complainant alleges that shortfalls in the environmental impact assessment include: a severe lack of study of aquatic life in the river; out of date climate and numerous other data; little to no analysis of groundwaters; little to no analysis of the species-impact of a sediment-collecting dam that will be placed on the river; little to no analysis of the impact that the rerouted river will have on the River Black Drim; little to no analysis of the natural sediment and organic debris flow that may be required for optimized ecosystems downstream of the dam; little to no analysis of the impact to Lake Ohrid of the sudden removal of a decades-old inflow (albeit a polluting and unnatural one); conclusions that there will be no impact on soils during the operational phase, despite the moving of a river; and no establishment of reference/desired conditions.
 

Intake Phase

Item Date Comments Documents
Step 1
Registration 2022-12-23 Complaint Submission - Ohrid SOS .pdf

Attachment to Complaint Submission - Ohrid SOS.pdf

Step 2
Determining Eligibility 2023-03-08 SECU0021 Eligibility Determination

SECU0021 Eligibility Determination MK

Consultation Phase

Item Date Comments Documents
Step 3
Terms of Reference for the investigation 2023-03-30 SECU0021 - Draft TOR - ENG

SECU0021 - Draft TOR - MK

SECU0021 - Final TOR - ENG

SECU0021 - Final TOR - MK

Step 4
Investigation 2023-04-24

Monitoring Phase

Item Date Comments Documents
Step 8
Monitoring 2024-10-31 Management Action Plan - UNDP CO

Management Action Plan - UNDP CO - MK

Final Phase

Item Date Comments Documents
Step 9
Closure of Case

Current case status

01.
Registration
02.
Determining Eligibility
Intake
Phase
03.
Terms of Reference for the investigation
04.
Investigation
Consultation
Phase
05.
Draft Compliance Report
06.
Final Compliance Report
07.
Administrator Decision
Compliance Report
Phase
08.
Monitoring
Monitoring
Phase
09.
Closure of Case
Final
Phase

Current case status

Intake
Phase
01.
Registration
02.
Determining Eligibility
Consultation
Phase
03.
Terms of Reference for the investigation
04.
Investigation
Compliance Report
Phase
05.
Draft Compliance Report
06.
Final Compliance Report
07.
Administrator Decision
Monitoring
Phase
08.
Monitoring
Final
Phase
09.
Closure of Case