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started in cooperation with ENVSEC / UNEP GEO-cities programme. 9. Assessment support provided to the five countries of Central Asia in the fields of water (the Amu Darya basin) and climate change. Further facilitation of regional exchange of water resource information, including negotiations with Afghanistan for joining the network. 10. Support to UNEPCOM Tajikistan for a regional phase of Central Asian festival of environmental journalism 11. Assessment of environmental aspects of primary Mercury mining in Khaidarkan in Kyrgyzstan, and other inputs to UNEP-UNITAR facilitated study action plan for the closure of Khaidarkan mine. 12. 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. 13. Support to UNEP / DEWA networking and capacity building in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus (countries, regions and cities) 14. Preparation of an assessment of the Current State of Environmental Information in Rwanda as part of the process to develop the Rwanda Environment Information Network (Rwanda EIN) 1. Regional workshop “Modelling instability in the Caucasus region” organized by the Joint Research Centre, which serves as a reference centre of science and technology for the European Union. The workshop was designed to finalize the report A Spatial model of Instability in the Caucasus region . [Ispra (Italy), January]; 2. Consultations on urban assessments in Alaverdi and Lake Sevan [Yerevan (Armenia), February]; 3. Workshop for Ukraine, Moldova and Romania on environmental cooperation in the Danube delta region [Izmail (Ukraine) April, 40 participants]; 4. Study tour in Hungary on environmental monitoring, reporting and sustainable mining for Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine) & GEOcities [Budapest, (Hungary), April, 20 participants]; 5. Working meeting of stakeholders within the framework of the ENVSEC project on “Cross border Assessment and Transboundary Cooperation for Management of the Drisviaty/Druksiai Lake Basin”. Participants included representatives from Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus. [Visaginas (Lithuania) April, 30 participants]; 6. Kyrgyz mercury project consultations [Geneva (Switzerland), April, 15 participants]; 7. Workshop on environmental risks from mining in Ukraine / the Donbas coal basin [Kyiv (Ukraine), June, 50 participants), and facilitation of a media workshop on environmental issues in Donbas [Donetsk (Ukraine), June, 30 participants]; 8. 2 Meetings and consultations on cooperation in the Dniester river basin [Chisinau (Moldova), March, 70 participants; Chisinau (Moldova), June, 15 participants]; 9. Meetings with Belarus and Ukraine on cooperation in the Pripyat river basin [Kyiv in February, 20 participants; Minsk (Belarus), June-July, 6 participants], 10. Regional meeting for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine on energy-environment scenario-building and assessing the sustainability of energy security strategies [Copenhagen (Denmark) and Lund (Sweden), October, 20 participants]; 11. A study tour for water and environmental experts and authorities from Belarus and Ukraine to the Morava river basin [October, 8 participants]; 12. Regional meeting on UNEP/DEWA support to integrated environmental assessment in the Southern Caucasus [Tbilisi (Georgia) October, 30 participants]; 13. Kyrgyz National Forum on Mercury [Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), July] and Kyrgyz International Forum on • Inputs and/or facilitation provided to meetings, workshops and seminars in EECCA/SEE on environmental assessment and management:

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