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10 Korrik, 2025
Shoqata “Kundershtimi ndaj diges se Skavices”
TEMA: BREAKING – PARLAMENTI EUROPIAN I KERKON QEVERISE SHQIPTARE TE BRAKTISE PROJEKTIN E HIDROCENTRALIT TE SKAVICES
Me date 09 Korrik 2025, parlamenti Europian miratoi me shumice votash progres raportin e Komisionit Europian mbi Shqiperine per vitin 2023/2024. ku ne piken 58, i kerkon Shqiperise tekstualishit (2025/2017(INI)):
U bën thirrje autoriteteve shqiptare të përcaktojnë dhe menaxhojnë në mënyrë efektive zonat kryesore të mbrojtura për mbijetesën e specieve kritike të rrezikuara, në veçanti rrëqebullit të Ballkanit, duke përfshirë programet gjithëpërfshirëse të monitorimit të biodiversitetit, dhe të zbatojnë dhe zbatojnë në mënyrë strikte legjislacionin kundër gjuetisë së paligjshme; i kërkon Shqipërisë të braktisë planet për hidrocentralin e Skavicës në lumin Drin i Zi, duke pasur parasysh ndikimet e tij të rënda ekologjike, sociale dhe kulturore, duke përfshirë zhvendosjen e komuniteteve lokale.
I bejme thirrje qeverise te mos e zgjase me, terhiqe e mos e keput, por te marre nje vendim perfundimtar per ta mbyllur kete projekt si jo i mundeshem, per shkak te demeve te pa-riparueshme qe shkakon, deme keto qe per vite me radhe, theksohen edhe ne raport progreset e Komisionit Europian per Shqiperine, Ky projekt jo vetem qe ka ndikim te shumefishte negativ, por eshte i zevendesueshem me burime alternative energjie me me pak pasoja, alternativa qe theksohen edhe ne rezoluten e miratuar nga keshilli bashkiak Diber, me shumice votash, qe po e ri-sjellim ne vemendje, per te vene ne dukje sintonine qe ekziston mes dy rezolutave.
I bejme thirrje Ministrise se Infrastruktures dhe Energjise si dhe KESH, te marrin hapa te metejshme per ta nderprere kete projekt, sipas thirrjeve jo vetem te komunitetit por edhe te parlamentit europian. Kjo do te ishte ne perputhje me vullnetin e shumices se banoreve dhe shqiptareve kudo qe jane, qe e kane treguar me rezistence disa vjecare, me peticione, protesta kudo brenda dhe jashte vendit, me cuarjen e ceshtjes ne gjykaten kushtetuese dhe ngritjen e padise prane SPAK per shkelje te mundshme te ligjit. Veme ne dukje se sipas vete analizes qe ka kryer Enrst&Young, kompania qe u mor per te kryer studimin e tregut per mundesine e financimit te ketij projekti, del qe shumica e bankave dhe enteve financuese, publike dhe jo publike te kontaktuar, nuk e shohin te mundshem, feasible, kete projekt, por te gjithe kane kerkuar te mbulohen risqet nga vete Shqiperia, minimalisht me garanci sovrane. Kjo skeme jo vetem eshte e komplikuar por ne afat gjate, nuk ka asnje garanci, dhe eshte kjo arsyeja pse keto ente kane hezituar te shprehin interes per kete projekt.
Photo: Construction work at possible Skavica Dam site.@Andrey Ralev, July 2022
Tani eshte koha per ti dhene nje mundesi frymemarrje rajonit dhe per te inkurajuar investime ne agro-turizem dhe kudo, per te shfrytezuar ne maksimum mundesite qe Dibra ofron. Dibra jone historike, me trashegimi te pasur, nuk mund te mbetet peng i projekteve fantazem pa perspektive qe e zhysin ate nen uje dhe e denojne pergjithmone ne erresire.
Ne nuk jemi pergatitur per te braktisur vendlindjen tone ne asnje moment dhe u bejme thirrje te gjithe Dibraneve ta tregojne veten, duke e kundershtuar kete projekt ne cdo moment qe ju jepet mundesia. Le ta cojme zerin tone prane vendimarresve, te cilet duhet ta degjojne mire ate.
Le te nderpritet ky projekt, per te mos u hapur me asnje tjeter I ngjashem qe kercenon te tashmen dhe te ardhmen e nje rajoni te tere!
Press Release
July 10, 2025
Association “Opposition to the Skavica Dam”
TOPIC: BREAKING – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REQUESTS THE ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON THE SKAVICA HYDROPOWER PLANT PROJECT
On July 09, 2025, the European Parliament approved by majority vote the European Commission’s progress report on Albania for the year 2023/2024. where in point 58, it requests Albania to textually (2025/2017(INI)):
Calls on the Albanian authorities to designate and effectively manage key protected
areas for the survival of critically endangered species, in particular the Balkan lynx,
including through comprehensive biodiversity monitoring programmes, and to
implement and strictly enforce anti-poaching legislation; urges Albania to abandon the
plans for the Skavica hydropower plant on the Black Drin river, given its severe
ecological, social and cultural impacts, including the displacement of local
communities.
We call on the government not to prolong it any further, but to make a final decision to close this project as not possible, due to the irreparable damage it causes, damage that has been emphasized for years in the European Commission’s progress report for Albania. This project not only has multiple negative impacts, but is replaceable with alternative energy sources with fewer consequences, alternatives that are also emphasized in the resolution approved by the Diber municipal council, by a majority vote, which we are bringing to your attention again, to highlight the harmony that exists between the two resolutions,
We call on the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy and KESH to take further steps to stop this project, in accordance with the calls not only of the community but also of the European Parliament. This would be in accordance with the will of the majority of residents and Albanians wherever they are, who have shown it with resistance for several years, with petitions, protests everywhere inside and outside the country, by taking the matter to the constitutional court and filing a lawsuit before Special Prosecution for possible violations of the law. We note that according to the analysis carried out by Ernst&Young, the company that was hired to conduct the market study for the possibility of financing this project, it appears that the majority of banks and financing entities, public and non-public, contacted, do not see this project as feasible, but all have requested that the risks be covered by Albania itself, with a sovereign guarantee. This scheme is not only complicated but in the long term, there are no guarantees, and this is the reason why these entities have been hesitant to express interest in this project.
Now is the time to give the region a chance to breathe and to encourage investments in agro-tourism and everywhere, to make the most of the opportunities that Dibra offers. Our historical Dibra, with its rich heritage, cannot remain hostage to ghostly projects without perspective that sink it under water and condemn it forever to darkness.
We are not prepared to abandon our homeland at any moment and we call on all Dibra residents to show themselves, opposing this project at every moment they are given the opportunity. Let us bring our voice to the decision-makers, who must listen to it well.
Let this project be stopped, so that no other similar one opens that threatens the present and future of an entire region!
