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UNECE REGIONAL ADVISERS
UNECE regional advisory activities
are funded from the Regular Programme of Technical Cooperation (RPTC). Under
RPTC, the United Nations support the building of countries’ capacities to
keep development commitments and achieve internationally agreed development
goals.
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RPTC
resources are utilized by ECE for providing flexible and
demand-driven technical assistance to its member States with
economies in transition. This assistance, provided by the
UNECE Regional Advisers, concentrates on the following six
priority areas identified by ECE member States: environment,
statistics, sustainable energy, trade
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Activities
of the UNECE Regional Advisers, who are experts in their respective fields, are
focused on achieving the following main objectives:
- to increase knowledge of internationally recognised standards/best
practices in countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and
South-East Europe and to improve
their national capacities to implement ECE legally binding instruments and other
regional standards;
- to strengthen the ability of countries with economies in transition to
formulate and implement policies aimed at the achievement of internationally
agreed development goals in the UNECE region;
- to assist countries with economies in transition in finding solutions
to cross-border problems through improving transboundary cooperation.
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UNECE
Regional Advisers provide short-term advisory services and
expertise to assist countries with economies in transition in their
implementation of UNECE legal instruments, norms and standards. Apart from
advisory services, they also participate in the organization of national
capacity-building activities and the implementation of other specific
technical cooperation projects. |
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Furthermore,
the Regional Advisers assist countries to formulate development
projects/proposals and are active in fund-raising. Their activities
facilitate the sharing of experience and good practices among the UNECE
membership. On their missions to member States and UNDP offices, they
provide insights on the activities of the UNECE, including in the other
UNECE areas of work. In addition, wherever possible, they identify cross-sectoral
synergies and engage in technical cooperation activities of a cross-sectoral
nature.
As UNECE does not have
country offices, its Regional Advisers play an important role in
establishing cooperative ties with national, regional and
international organizations active in the fields of concern to the
Commission. They also channel country requests for assistance to the
UNECE
secretariat. Some of the Regional Advisers serve as UNECE focal
points on sub-regional country groupings and initiatives and,
therefore, are responsible for monitoring the implementation of a technical cooperation agreement between UNECE and a respective
country grouping/initiative.
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