Macedonian and Austrian companies have the opportunity Wednesday to exchange experiences and witness the benefits that Macedonia has to offer for implementation of environment projects at business meeting "Environment Friendly Technologies", organized by the Economic Chamber of Macedonia, the Trade Department within Austria's Embassy to Macedonia, and the Carinthia Chamber of Commerce.

Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Abdilaqim Ademi urged Austrian businessmen to invest in Macedonia, saying they would come across secure and sincere partners prepared for cooperation.

"Macedonia has adopted and harmonized laws with the EU, whereas the implementation stage requires support from the private sector, especially from a Union member-state that has already implemented these standards", said Ademi.

According to him, the laws define the limits and principles of setting up systems for management of different types of waste, but determining the form, manner and operation of the system is left to the industry.

"We believe most of the companies will harmonize their operations with the environment-related laws by the year-end, not only to save themselves from fines, but for the purpose of protecting resources, energy and environment in general, which I believe is the goal of all socially responsible companies", added Minister Ademi.

Carinthia Chamber of Commerce president Franz Pacher said economic cooperation between Macedonia and Austria has been excellent for quite a while, adding that the objective of today's meeting is to reduce waste and find partners in the environment sector.

"We need to work in the field of renewable energy, waste management, planning, systems, assessment, and waste water filtering stations", stressed Pacher.