SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University

Zoran Sapuric, PhD and Vullnet Zenki, MSc.
the most important duties of present and future generations. More attention
should be paid to the energy efficiency and rational consumption of energy
sources as well as perfection of technologies for energy production from
renewable sources. The benefits of new technologies should be felt not only
by developed countries but by developing countries ones too, otherwise, the
effects from new technologies will be unimportant and partial.
The sustainable development means constant education, care for cultural
values and sustainable industrial production. The industrial production has to
take into consideration the necessity for protection and improvement of the
environment, accomplishing the ecological standards. In this case, the
rational usage of energy sources and raw materials is very important. The
sustainable development stipulates the need for changing the habits of
consumption of products and services in terms of reducing the degradation
of the environment.
The concept of sustainable development is one of the most important
priorities in today’s world, and according to many, it is the only chance for
the survival of manhood which is being threatened by various different
aspects. This concept determines changes in policies in all spheres of social
life and work. It also requires an institutional framework which is very
important for its implementation and the application of practices of “good
governance”.
The all-encompassing feature of the concept does not minimize the
importance of its realization at a local, national or regional level, since with
these activities we can confirm and make this concept happen. That is why
the challenges that we are facing in terms of the realization of the concept of
sustainable development are very evident.
In this context, Republic of Macedonia has foreseen certain activities for
the implementation of this concept. After adoption of National Strategy for
Sustainable Development, there are other urgent measures to be undertaken
in order to implement it. It is logical that the strategy has to be all the time
evaluated in accordance with actual circumstances hence its priorities. The
experiences from the countries which have already adopted their own
strategies indicate that even though they represent long-term strategies
(twenty to thirty years), they still need to be renewed and upgraded which
would again mean openness to critical analysis and evaluation as well as
change of some parts of the strategy.
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