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Capacity Development

in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

 

This page presents information on activities to develop capacity to implement the UNECE Protocol on SEA in EECCA countries. The following subregional and national resources (all in PDF format) are available:

Subregional overviews and briefing papers on capacity-development interventions:

 
1   PDF Capacity-Development Needs for Implementation of the UNECE SEA Protocol: Subregional Overview of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (July 2006, 2nd edition)
     
2   UNDP-REC-UNECE bulletin: PDF SEA Protocol: Initial Capacity Development in Selected Countries of the Former Soviet Union
     
3   Draft for consultation PDF Proposed Subregional Initiatives to Support National Strategies for the Implementation of the SEA Protocol in EECCA (July 2006, version 1) Please send comments by 31 October 2006 to eia.conv@unece.org.
     
4   PDF Belgrade Initiative on SEA (Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe", Belgrade, 10-12 October 2007, ECE/BELGRADE.CONF/2007/18) - more on the Initiative
     
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The Czech Republic has provided, through UNDP, training for trainers on SEA in the subregion - 22-26 October 2007, Prague. - PDF training report

Further training, for South-East Europe, expected June 2008.

 
National documents (in table below):
 
1 National capacity-development needs assessments for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
2 National (pilot) capacity-development activities
3 National capacity-development strategies for Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (and that for Georgia [1])
4 National activities implementing the strategy
5 Links to other national activities
 
all files PDF 1 2 3 4
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  Capacity-building needs analysis Pilot activities Capacity-develop-ment strategy Strategy imple-mentation activities Other national activities [2]
           
Armenia
Armenia
Revised 2006
English

(Russian, 2005 version, not revised)
Pilot SEA of the Yerevan City Master Plan
English Armenian
Draft July 2006
Armenian
English Russian
 (none yet)
           
Azerbaijan  
   
UNDP / EnvSec project 2008-2009 "SEA - Promotion and Capacity Building"
           
Belarus
Belorus
Pilot SEA of the National Tourism Develop-ment Plan
English
(none yet)
 
           
Georgia
Georgia
(Production of national capacity-develop-ment manual
English)

presentation in 2005 [3]
Intro-duction of SEA in Georgia: Draft Program for the period 2005-2009 - A framework for future SEA activities [1]
English
(none yet)
Netherlands EA Commission and REC Caucasus also active (e.g. SEA of Waste Law, SEA for power sector) - description in English, Russian
           
Kyrgyzstan & Tajiskistan        
UNDP project 2008-2011 "Promote National Integrated Water Resources Management Planning and Transboundary Dialogue in Central Asia" , including SEA
           
Moldova
Republic of Moldova
(Production of national capacity-develop-ment manual - presentation in 2005 [3])
Draft June 2006
English Russian

Concluding workshop, 15 March 2006 - see UNDP website
(none yet)
 
           
Ukraine
Ukraine
Production of national capacity-develop-ment manual - presentation in 2005 [3])
Draft May 2006
Ukrainian
English Russian
(none yet)
UNDP / EnvSec project 2007-2008 "SEA and Autonomous Region of Crimea Regional Development Strategy to 2015" - UNDP Crimea Integration and Development Programme

 


Concluding workshop for Belarus, held in Minsk on 21 March 2006:

 
 
English
русский
Agenda
PDF
PDF
Introduction to the UNECE Protocol on SEA, by Nick Bonvoisin, UNECE Espoo Convention Secretariat
PDF
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Presentation of the regional project on SEA, by Henrieta Martonakova, UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS
PDF
PDF
Presentation of the pilot project in Belarus - Lessons learned, by Igor Tchoulba, National SEA Team Coordinator
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PDF
Evaluation of the pilot. Recommendations for the future SEA application in Belarus, by Ludmila Ivashechkina, Expert on Environmental Assessment; SEA team
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PDF
Integration of SEA into the existing environmental assessment and decision-making systems - feasibility and options, assumptions/preconditions, advantages and challenges, by Ausra Jurkeviciute, the REC
PDF
PDF
Development of national strategies for capacity building for SEA in the selected EECCA countries, by Ausra Jurkeviciute, the REC
PDF
PDF
Presentation of the National Strategy for Capacity Development for SEA in Belarus, by Alexandre Rachevsky, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus
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PDF

[1] Produced with assistance from the Netherlands Commission on Environmental Assessment, not in cooperation with UNECE, UNDP and REC.

[2] We would be happy to include information on other activities by countries and donors.

[3] Presentations on the national capacity-development materials, made at the International Association for Impact Assessment Conference on SEA, 27-30 September 2005, Prague

 
 

Reporting cooperation between EECCA States, UNECE and