Final Report on the Framework Agreement for 2008–2009

Moldova Belarus Ukraine

Study tour in Hungary on environmental monitoring and reporting conducted.

DEWA C4: Training of experts from Governmental and partner institutions data collection, research, analysis, monitoring, integrated environmental assessment, early warning and information networking to enhance their institutional and technical capacities in these areas as specified in the Bali Strategic Plan. DCPI A.5: Media releases and briefings, interviews, launches, audiovisual products, Internet, and special events, to the Executive Director and UNEP divisions to ensure the effective dissemination of the environmental message of UNEP through the media, the Internet, and audiovisual and printed products, thus raising awareness of environmental issues and enhancing the impact of work by UNEP DEWA C4: Training of experts from Governmental and partner institutions data collection, research, analysis, monitoring, integrated environmental assessment, early warning and information networking to enhance their institutional and technical capacities in these areas as specified in the Bali Strategic Plan. Division of Regional Cooperation and Representation (DRC) on DRC A1: Substantive servicing of intergovernmental meeting - Support to EECCA / SEE countries in the framework of the Environment and Security initiative (ENVSEC). DCPI A.5: Media releases and briefings, interviews, launches, audiovisual products, Internet, and special events, to the Executive Director and UNEP divisions to ensure the effective dissemination of the environmental message of UNEP through the media, the Internet, and audiovisual and printed products, thus raising awareness of environmental issues and enhancing the impact of work by UNEP DEWA B4: Networks and partnerships of global, regional, national and specialised institutions to strengthen the infrastructures for data collection, research, analysis, monitoring, assessment and information exchange as well as South-South and North-South cooperation, and contribute to institutional and technical sustainability of capacity-building efforts as called for in the Bali Strategic Plan. DEWA C4: see above

Global

IEA Community Platform developed and presented at the Global IEA capacity building workshop and the Experts Workshop I: Methodological Review of Recent Global Assessments at the EU Commission, held in Geneva, 24-28 November 2008 Master’s level course on environmental journalism in the Donetsk oblast “The Environment and Safety”, organised in Donetsk , October, 7-10, 2008,

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan

Input to the seminar “Developing options for Part C of SOER2010 of the EEA – Country related activities, needs and inputs. NFP Eionet / NRC SOE workshop” on the inclusion of Eastern European countries in the Astana report, held in Copenhagen, 29- 30 September 2008, provided.

Belarus

Support to Environmental security film festival in Belarus, central and regional levels. Preparation of an environmental assessment for Belarus’ city of Novopolotsk and the Ukraine’s Crimean region of have started in cooperation with ENVSEC / UNEP GEO-cities programme. Support to UNEPCOM Tajikistan for a regional phase of Central Asian festival of environmental journalism

Tajikistan

European region

Support to UNEP’s participation in the Environment for Europe process, discussions with UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy and the European Environmental Agency on inputs to ‘European Environmental Assessment of Assessments’ for Astana ministerial conference 2011.