ØIn 1995 through a financial support of World Bank, the Feasibility Study for the Lake Ohrid Conservation Project was prepared
ØAlbania and Macedonia sign the Memorandum of Understanding for LOCP and establish the Lake Ohrid Management Board
ØDonators’ conference for protection of Lake Ohrid is held in Ohrid; more than 45 million DEM donated for drinking water and wastewater projects in Albania and Macedonia
ØIn 1998 Albania and Macedonia sign the grant agreement for LOCP; the project officially launched in December 1998 in Albania and in March 1999, in Macedonia
ØIn 2000: Feasibility Study for Environmental Protection of Lake Prespa prepared by the German consultant MVV and financial support of  KfW, Germany
THE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
REDUCTION OF THE PHOSPHORUS LOAD IS THE PRIORITY ACTIION
Eeutrophication is one of the main risks for Lake Ohrid. Among the nutrients, phosphorus is the limiting factor for algae growth and thus for the eutrophication. The loading of dissolved phosphorous in 1995 was estimated to be 150 tons per year, and this would need to be reduced to 50 tons per year to keep the mean concentration of phosphorous below 7mg m-3.
Watershed management committees were established in Albania and Macedonia to develop an action plant for the whole watershed.
Through a competitive grant program a series of demonstration projects were selected.