New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Concept category

Identify the award category for which this concept is being submitted
Reconnecting with nature

Email user
masar_tocani@yahoo.com

Basic information

Concept title
Managing organic waste from animals

Full Concept Title
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Please provide a short, catchy description of your concept to be used in communication towards the public
Management of organic pollutants from animals; the increase of green spaces; reduction of zoonotic contaminants; raising the competitive level of meat processors in Kosovo to the level with the criteria of the European Union

What was the geographical scope of your concept?
National

Where was your concept implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Kosovo

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your concept address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your concept refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your concept benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your concept won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual

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In case my concept is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my concept in the channels of the European Commission
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the concept
Please provide a summary of your concept.
Kosovo imports over 45 million kg of meat/year
Kosovo produces about 5 million kg of meat/year
About 1 million kg of animal waste is formed from meat production
Animal waste is not processed or classified in Kosovo, it only causes pollution of the environment and water sources.
During the decomposition of these files which remain on the surface of the earth, various greenhouse gases(carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) are released which contribute to global warming. What we will offer is the management of this waste in the most eco-friendly way by processing the recyclable waste and managing the non-recyclable parts.

Please indicate the main themes of your concept with 5 key words.
Animal waste management

Please indicate the main themes of your concept with key words
Expansion of usable green spaces

Please indicate the main themes of your concept with key words
Reduction of contaminants of green spaces

Please indicate the main themes of your concept with key words
Improving public and animal health

Please indicate the main themes of your concept with key words
Increasing the standards of meat processors at the level of EU criteria

Please give information about the key objectives of your concept in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the concept can be exemplary in this context.
Our project envisages the creation of a basis for a cleaner environment, the increase of green spaces, the reduction of zoonotic and animal diseases, the increase of the standards of meat processors at the level of EU criteria. So, our project envisages a basis for the creation of a continuous, uninterrupted business by processing animal waste. It also helps the new generations in the following years to create a larger, uncontaminated green space that they could use for eco tourism, as well as meat processors to expand their market towards the EU.

Please give information about the key objectives of your concept in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the concept can be exemplary in this context.
Based on the fact that our project aims to prevent the pollution of green spaces, this means that the work itself will cause people to release good feelings of social responsibility, feelings of freedom to use natural spaces without restrictions. It will help certain groups to develop their businesses at higher levels and start-up businesses in the field of ecotourism because new spaces will be created which until now are often unusable. Therefore, based on these features, we can say that the project, in addition to being a business project, will also include many areas with wide social impacts.

Please give information about the key objectives of your concept in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the concept can be exemplary in this context.
Our project is related to the management of organic waste, particularly of animal origin. As a private enterprise, but with public influence, we will initiate continuous calls for the government to continuously improve the legal basis for the management of organic waste. Likewise, we will create a good environment for companies involved in meat processing to improve their work standards and this will enable them to increase their level of competitiveness.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the concept and civil society have been / will be involved in the concept and what has been / will be the impact of this involvement on the concept.
Citizens will benefit from a cleaner environment, public health will reach high levels of well-being, and lower levels of danger, animal owners will reduce their maintenance costs for their animals and this will initiate an increase in the number of people who will take care of animals, etc.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and development of the concept. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was
The idea is in the initial stages, part of the expansion of the primary activity. The idea came from the need of meat processing businesses for waste management, prevention of pollution of green spaces (which remains one of the biggest problems of (green)), as well as the constant demand of animal owners for food cheaper. Part of the project are professionals from fields such as veterinary medicine, food technology, chemistry, economics, etc.

Please explain which disciplines and / or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and development of your concept. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
Veterinary medicine, food technology, chemistry, economics. A group work brought the idea of what is missing in the meat market to raise standards, which technology would be better to use for processing and which method, how it would affect the cleanliness of the environment and climate change, as well as income. financial.

Please explain the innovative character of your concept when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the concept.
The project will contain elements of innovation because it will be the first such method of animal waste management in Kosovo. Another element is the aim of placing on the market much cheaper products for animals, and this will be possible through the revenue channels that will be used, which will be the subscription from slaughterhouses to manage their waste, while the products for animals (food, supplements, fertilizer).

Please which elements of your concept could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
The working method will be different from the absolute majority of countries, and this will enable us to sell pet products at a price 3 or 4 times cheaper than the current products.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the concept addresses by providing local solutions
Animal waste management;
Creation of green spaces;
Increasing ecotourism;
Increasing usable water resources and reducing the cost of processing;
Reduction of zoonoses;
Reduction of animal epizootic diseases;
Preservation of habitats for wild animals (in Kosovo with special emphasis on the brown bear);
Reduction of greenhouse gases released from the decomposition of animal waste that remains on the surface of the earth;

Please attach the development plan of your concept. This plan should detail the plans you have for the further development and implementation of your concept, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application. The plan should also include envisaged results and benefits from the concept for direct and indirect beneficiaries. The results and benefits should be specified in relation to the objectives of the concept, and to what is expected in the context of the respective category

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