The Mayor of the Municipality of Shtime, Qemajl Aliu and CNVP Kosovo Director, Xhevat Lushi signed today in Shtime a memorandum of understanding for cooperation and coordination of activities for wood-biomass production and use, and quality management for biomass district heating system.

This memorandum is a result of discussions and proposals for cooperation initiated during meetings between representatives of the Municipality of Shtime and CNVP within the project for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources for Environment and Economic development (SUNREED) and the provision of good forestry and wood biomass practices.

The agreement covers the cooperation between both parties on preparation activities, organisational activities and the collection of information for the preparation and finalisation of the project proposal for wood biomass production and use, as well as quality management for biomass heating system. 

As foreseen in the document, the municipality will ensure the existence of a sufficient level and quality information that will be used for the needs of the implementation of its activities of the project, while CNVP will provide expertise and logistical support in finalizing the proposal on heating system based on wood biomass, which will be submitted then by municipality to the funding institutions.

Based on the case study for the municipality of Shtime supported through previous SSPDF project, it has been shown that Shtime has the potential to supply biomass from local forest resources and additional benefiting the substitution of fossil fuels, greenhouse gas savings, energy savings and increased efficiency.

In the framework of the SUNREED project, CNVP is working as well with several other municipalities to promote the heating system based on wood biomass.