The 14th Youth Summer School "Dniester-2022" was organized by the International Association of River Keepers "Eco-Tiras" from July 8 to 17, 2022, in the Village of Molovata Noua, Dubasari district, on the left bank of the Dniester River. It was attended by 70 young people (aged 15-21), with an equal representation of the left and right banks. The idea of ​​the school was to disseminate knowledge about the state of the Dniester River and its basin, with particular attention to the problems of pollution of both the Dniester itself and the Black Sea. The participants got acquainted with the problems faced by the Dniester and the inhabitants of its basin - climate change, hydro construction, pollution from municipal wastewater, products of coastal and water erosion in the river basin, as well as plastic litter. Erosion and pollution assessment methods have been studied. School experts spoke about the processes associated with the implementation of integrated water resources management and management plans for the districts of the basin. School members organized the cleaning of the banks from garbage. Particular attention was paid to public participation in the adoption of environmentally important decisions. The legislative proposal 174, registered in the Parliament of Moldova on May 10, 2022, was chosen as the subject of discussion, which will soon be considered by the government and parliament. The participants conducted an independent analysis of this proposal and gave an assessment to it at the organized public hearings. Based on the results of the hearings, a conclusion was developed, which was signed by the participants of the summer school and sent to the authorities of the country. The summer school supported the establishing of friendship relations between the youth of the left and right banks of the Dniester River.

The 4th Youth Summer School “Dniester-2022” was organized in frames of the BSB963 project of the EU Black Sea Operational Program, the UNDP Moldova Confidence Building Program under the “Environmental Platform” project (both funded by the European Union) and the project of the German Environment Agency “ CapaMol" through the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (Berlin).

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