GRID-Arendal Biennium Report 2008 - 2009

Ethiopia

Ethiopia Environment Information Network (Ethionet) established.

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 A8: Global and sub-global consultations with decision- makers, experts and partners to identify the scope and methods of a coherent set of assessments that meet their needs and are policy relevant, legitimate and scientifically credible as well as strengthens developing countries and countries with economies in transition participation in broader assessment processes as called for in the Bali Strategic Plan. 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. 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). DEWA C410: Training of trainers on Indicators of ecosystem changes, trends and vulnerability 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).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia

Regional workshop “European Environment Agency (EEA) Core Set of Indicators (CSIs) for the West Balkan countries” organized in Skopje, 11-12 December 2008.

Azerbaijan

Seminar on Strategic Environmental Assessment and GEO conducted in Baku, 7-11 April 2008.

Armenia

Kick-off and capacity building training on GEO-cities methodology for two cities in Armenia (Gumry and Hrazdan) conducted, 1-6 July 2008.

Ukraine Moldova

Seminar of national stockholders in the framework of the project “Development of the Pilot Information Management System for a Transboundary Management of the Dniester River in Chernovtsy, Ukraine conducted,, 15 April 2008. Input to the 2nd International Training of Trainers’ Workshop on UNEP’s training manual for Integrated Environmental Assessment and Reporting held in Geneva, (24-28 November 2008) together with the UNEP/DEWA and UNEP/ROE provided. A 3-day workshop on communication of results of environmental assessments and working with media for the National Environmental Authorities of Ukraine, organized in Ukraine, 13-16 October 2008.

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Ukraine

Ukraine Belarus

Training on assessment and capacity-building for managing environment and security risks in Donbas (Ukraine) and Salihorsk (Belarus) regions conducted.