Launch of the National Policy Dialogue (NPD): 2016 (as part of the EUWI+ programme)
NPD Chair: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Donors: European Union through the EUWI+ programme
The NPD process is steered through the National Interagency Steering Committee under the EUWI+, established by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
Current priority areas for UNECE support under the EUWI+ programme until 2020
- The development of the Water Strategy until 2030 (led by the OECD)
- Strategic Environmental Assessment of the developed Draft Water Strategy
- Support to updating the targets set under the Protocol on Water and Health
- Support to the creation and activities of transboundary basin councils (with France as partner)
- Provision of support to transboundary cooperation in the Neman and Western Dvina/Daugava river basins, including joint assessment and bilateral consultations
Key achievements
- Water strategy until 2030 has been drafted
- Belarus remains active in regular exchange with all neighbours on transboundary rivers
- Belarus and Lithuania jointly agreed on the priority areas for the elaboration of the joint River Basin Management Plan for the Neman basin and completed major steps in its preparation, as reflected in the full technical report and key findings
Meetings
Technical workshop on the EUWI+ progress achieved in Belarus and its outlook (4 March 2021)
The 2nd training workshop on SEA for the draft Strategy of Water Resources Management in the Republic of Belarus (26 March 2020)
The 2nd National Interagency Steering Committee Meeting of the EUWI+ (5 December 2019)
Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on the Protocol on Water and Health: Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation and Target-Setting in Belarus (29 October 2019)
Training workshop on SEA scoping under the SEA pilot project for the draft Strategy of Water Resources Management (12 July 2019)
Introduction to pilot SEA for the draft Strategy of Water Resources Management in the context of Climate Change until 2030 (11 July 2019)
The 1st National Interagency Steering Committee Meeting of the EUWI+ (5 December 2018)
Third expert group meeting on Enhancing technical cooperation in the Neman river basin (15 May 2018), Minsk, Belarus
The EUWI+ programme high-level kick-off meeting (21 November 2016)