Currently the network is working on the project “Strengthening NGO-led Conservation in the Transboundary Prespa Basin” financed by PONT and the Aage V. Jensen foundation. This project significantly furthers MES’s activities in the region and, more importantly, introduces a transboundary dimension. After all, the proper conservation of Prespa rests on transboundary coordination. Currently the project on strengthening NGO-led conservation in the Prespa basin rests on five pillars: