Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010 – 2011

B. Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Description 1. Support to developing and implement- ing country projects aimed at reduction of risk from natural hazards and human- made disasters in ODA countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, Northern Africa and Middle East. Sub-programme 2: Disasters and Con- flicts 2(a)3

Indicators

2011 Activities/Outputs

• Number of ODA countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia supported in environmental informa- tion management, capacity of national environmental institutions: 10 • Number of sub-regional assessments implemented: 2 • Environmental security risks are re- duced in EECCA countries • Outreach activities for the Environment for Europe Astana 7th Ministerial Con- ference are supported, materials used for decision makers at the Conference • Number of countries supported: 8 • 5 countries of Tehran Convention are supported through the Convention in- terim Secretariat in assessment of the State of the Environment of the Cas- pian region • A web-based Caspian Information Cen- tre incorporating Caspian environment status data is launched and used by Caspian littoral states

• Impacts of climate change in Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine) Climate Change in Eastern Europe, Russian. • Support to the Convention on Biological Diversity implementation in Central Asia (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) by publishing Biodiversity in Central Asia: A Visual Synthesis (www.zoinet.org/web/sites/default/files/publications/Biodiversity-CA- 18-11-2011-BR.pdf ). • Support to the Tehran Convention process through assistance to the Interim Secretariat of the Tehran Convention (COP III, Working groups) (4 ODA countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russian Federation) • Relevant GRID-Arendal publications presented and distributed at the 7th Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” in Astana.

Collaborating with partners: Environment and Security Initiative: UNDP, OSCE, REC, NATO, UNECE Countries/regions assisted: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

2. Provide support to national and sec- toral environmental planning processes, networks/advisory services (on request); conduct sub-regional and national work- shops on environmental data and infor- mation system and sharing; GIS-based data analysis and mapping applications in ODA countries of Eastern Europe, Cau- casus, Central Asia, Northern Africa and Middle East. Sub-programme 4: Environmental Gov- ernance 4(c)3

• Support to integrated environment assessment in the Donetsk region. Coal Land - Faces of Donetsk (http://www.grida.no/publications/security/book/4547.aspx) • State of the Environment of the Caspian Sea (Russian and English) (http://www.caspi- anenvironment.org/newsite/News-RecentLibMoreInfo.asp?ID=4373, http://www.caspi- anenvironment.org/newsite/News-RecentLibMoreInfo.asp?ID=4273 • Preparatory work for the development of the web-based Caspian Information Centre incorporating Caspian environment status data undertaken. Concept developed and agreed with the Caspian states. Additional funds raised from BP Azerbaijan. Work will be continued in 2012.

Collaborating with partners: UNEP Regional office for Europe, Interim Secretariat of Tehran Convention, CaspEco, Association for Sustainable Human Development (Yerevan, Armenia), Environment and Security Initiative: UNDP, OSCE, REC, NATO, UNECE Countries/regions assisted: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

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