Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010 – 2011

in the management of shared water resources and other environmental priorities. Several of the EECCA projects continue to be carried out within the context of the En- vironment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative with primary funding from sources other than the MoFA. Sharing responsibilities in 2011, GRID-Arendal and Zoï Environment Network (Geneva): • Collaborated closely with the European Environment Agency in building a Shared Environmental Infor- mation System (SEIS) 56 in Europe’s neighbourhood (both East and South). This has included methodo- logical support for the so-called SEIS cookbook; 57 • Under ENVSEC, launched the Amu Darya assess- ment 58 and produced sub-regional visual synthesis reports on climate change for the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and the Balkans; 59 • Prepared European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) 60 East SEIS country assessments for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine; and • Provided priority maps to UNEP. In its medium-term strategy 2010-2013 UNEP focuses on six thematic priorities; maps were created as an objective tool for priority setting in the European region (see Annex 4 for a complete list of joint branded products).

56. The Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) is a unifying concept promoted by the European Environmental Agency that offers a model, process, methods and tools to take advantage of new technical opportunities to improve environmental information at various levels. 57. The SEIS cookbook gives an introduction to SEIS for various target audiences http://prezi.com/znzze3ep_l8k/seis-cookbook-en/ 58. http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2647 &ArticleID=8807 59. http://www.grida.no/publications/security/book/4881.aspx 60. The ENPI is an instrument of the European Union to provide assis- tance to its closest neighbours – Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Oc- cupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine. 61. http://77.91.130.169:81/dniester/ 62. http://dniester.org/ 63. An unrecognized independent state on the eastern bank of the Dniester, it controls a small but significant part of the water resources. i Outputs from the working group contributed to the development of a milestone bilateral agree- ment between Moldova, Ukraine and the Transnistrian Region on the sustainable management of the Dniester River. Among other things, the agreement established a legal framework for cooperation on biodiversity. An as- formation management component 61 of the 3 rd Phase of the Transboundary Cooperation and Sustainable Manage- ment Project for the Dniester River Basin (Dniester III). 62 The Dniester is the joint water resource of strategic im- portance to two Eastern European countries – Moldova and Ukraine. There is also a third player in the game: the Transnistrian region of Moldova 63 , which unilaterally de- clared its independence in 1990, precipitating a military conflict in 1992.

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