GRID-Arendal Biennium Report 2008 - 2009

Countries/ Regions Assisted

Results/Outputs

Contribution to UNEP’s Programme of Work

Rwanda

Participated in the UNEP Post-conflict Environmental Assessment; covered the thematic areas of Environmental Governance; Wildlife and Protected areas; and Population, Poverty and Environment.

DEPI A1: Assessment and progress reports on the integration of environmental concerns into response recovery and capacity building efforts to mainstream environmental concerns including reconstruction and peace-building programmes for post-conflict countries and countries affected by disasters DEWA C303: Technical assistance to Moldova in carrying out Environment and Health assessment applying GEO for Health Methodology from LAC DEWA C2: Advisory services responding to requests from Governments to enhance their institutional and technical capacity in data collection, research, analysis, monitoring, integrated environmental assessment, early warning and information networking as specified in of the Bali Strategic Plan and supporting a coherent delivery of United Nations services at country level, including poverty reduction strategies and common country assessments 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.

Moldova

Health and Environment assessment in the Republic of Moldova facilitated (to be presented at the Ministerial conference on Environment and Health in Europe, Parma 2010) Training and advice on assessment of the existing waste management practice and recommendations for the improvement of waste management in the frozen conflict zone of South Ossetia provided.

Georgia

Eastern European region, African region

Assessment of 8 Eastern European and African country needs in remotely sensed information and technology prepared in collaboration with the with Canadian Space Agency

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Inputs to the EEA technical assessment on indoor air quality for the pan-European countries provided to EEA.

DEWA C2: See above

Participated in the Environment and security desk assessment in the Mediterranean region. Prepared a package of maps and graphics.

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). 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).

Georgia

Participated in the UNEP-OSCE post-conflict mission to Georgia / South Caucasus. Produced maps of environmental risks for the desk phase of the mission.