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A Kosovo CEA is a World Bank analytical
tool used to integrate environmental issues into development
assistance strategies, programs, and projects. To that end,
the CEA synthesizes environmental issues, highlights the
environmental and economic implications of development
policies, and evaluates the country's environmental
management capacity. Kosovo is landlocked and possesses many
mineral resources, mainly coal, lead, zinc, chromium, and
silver. Current industrial activity and a legacy of former
practices have heavy health and environmental impacts and
generate economic losses. The environmental priorities for
the next five years are completing environmental legislation
in harmony with the European Union (EU) acquits; gradually
fulfilling EU standards and efficiently carrying out and
incorporating environmental legislation and methodologies in
all sectors; and setting up and expanding institutions for
the implementation of environmental policies. Kosovo seems
to spend less on environmental protection as a share of
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than some neighboring EU-10
countries. Waste management, water, and air quality have
been the main priorities for capital expenditures in recent
years and much of the capital spending on environmental
projects has been made by municipalities, as they have a
core competency to provide several environmental services,
including green areas and waste management. A hefty share of
environmental financing also seems to come from
international donors.
