Workshop in Dognecea (Caras-Severin County)

The workshop series of the project entitled “Forming of network for enhancing environmental protection from pollutants of mining cross border areas”, acronym NETMIN, eMS nr. RORS-308, continued on July 15 2020 with a new edition, organized in Dognecea (Caraș-Severin county).  Experts met local authorities, specialist and citizens of the region. Due to the health alert in Romania and Serbia, the workshop had to be organized in a mixt system, part of the experts participating in the dialogue with inhabitants of Banat Mountain area via videoconference technologies. Mrs. Elena Moise, mayor of Dognecea presented the development strategy for this rural area, while Mr. Tiberiu Dumitru discussed his experience in mining and the challenges encountered by former miners when this activity was discontinued. Assoc. Prof. Cornelia Muntean, manager of NETMIN project highlighted the importance of dealing with environmental issues in a holistic manner and invited the participants to join the network and be informed regularly on environmental issues. Prof. Radu Sumalan presented green technologies for decontaminating polluted soils. Doctor Daniel Duda-Seiman discussed the importance of a healthy environment for human wellbeing. Also, Dr. Ana Kostov, the representative of the Serbian partner in the project, shared the experience of Bor (Serbia), where the copper mining is still active. Information materials related to the topic of the workshop were handed out, aiming to extend the education and research network for enhancing environmental protection from pollutants of mining cross-border areas.