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High-level project launch event, press conference and technical meetings in Uzbekistan

14 - 15 March 2024
Online and Tashkent Uzbekistan

More information about the project can be found in the press release  
Photos of the event 

The event was organized as part of the Project on strengthening action in Uzbekistan on water and sanitation and protection of water resources from accidental pollution in the face of climate change (2024-2026), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The project aims to improve governance and build capacity in Uzbekistan in the areas of water and sanitation, prevention of accidental water pollution, and resilience to climate change, including through transboundary cooperation and regional exchange. The implementing entities are the Protocol on Water and Health, and the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents at UNECE. 

The high-level launch event took place in the morning of 14 March and aimed to kick-off the work on the new project in Uzbekistan. It also featured a high-level press conference, among others, to celebrate Uzbekistan’s recent accession to the Protocol on Water and Health. In the afternoon, parallel technical meetings delved deeper into project activities under the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention and the Protocol on Water and Health. A first technical meeting on the revision of wastewater standards in Uzbekistan was held on 15 March 2024.

The high-level launch event was attended by representatives from national authorities in Uzbekistan, including but not limited to the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Sanitary Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service. The event was also attended by representatives from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, United Nations in Uzbekistan and UNECE as well as by partners and civil society representatives.

Documents and presentations of the high-level launch event

59477 _ Agenda _ 389412 _ English _ 773 _ 408990 _ pdf
59477 _ Agenda _ 389412 _ Russian _ 864 _ 408991 _ pdf
59477 _ Meeting summary and conclusions _ 390131 _ English _ 773 _ 410730 _ pdf
59477 _ Meeting summary and conclusions _ 390131 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410731 _ pdf
59477 _ List of participants _ 390130 _ English _ 773 _ 410728 _ pdf
59477 _ List of participants _ 390130 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410729 _ pdf
59477 _ Strengthening action in Uzbekistan on water and sanitation and protection from accidental pollution in the face of climate change, Ms. Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa, UNECE Regional Advisor _ 389419 _ English _ 773 _ 409009 _ pdf
59477 _ Project objectives, planned activities and expected outcomes and impacts, Ms. Nataliya Nikiforova, Protocol on Water and Health, and Ms. Claudia Kamke, Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, UNECE (online) _ 389420 _ Russian _ 864 _ 409010 _ pdf
59477 _ The state, problems and priorities in the field of water resources management in the Republic Uzbekistan, Olga Mishina, Committee of Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of Uzbekistan, N. Khasanov, Ministry of Water Resources of Uzbekistan _ 389847 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410069 _ pdf

Presentations - Technical workshop to facilitate Uzbekistan’s accession to and implementation of the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

60059 _ Introduction, Ms. Sarangoo Radnaaragcha, UNECE Regional Adviser on the Environment _ 389849 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410070 _ pdf
60059 _ Scope, benefits, and main requirements of the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention Ms. Claudia Kamke, UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention _ 389854 _ English _ 773 _ 410075 _ pdf
60059 _ Scope, benefits, and main requirements of the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention Ms. Claudia Kamke, UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention _ 389854 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410076 _ pdf
60059 _ Experience in the practical implementation of the Industrial Accidents Convention by Serbia, Mr. Bojan Srdić, co-Chair of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents, Serbia _ 389851 _ English _ 773 _ 410073 _ pdf
60059 _ Steps taken to accede to the Industrial Accidents Convention in 2022 by Ukraine, Mr. Yevhen Morshch, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ukraine _ 389853 _ English _ 773 _ 410074 _ pdf
60059 _ Application of UNECE tools and guidance on strengthening mine tailings safety in Uzbekistan, Central Asia and other UNECE countries, Ms. Ksenia Nechunaeva, UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention _ 389855 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410077 _ pdf
60059 _ Experience by Tajikistan in strengthening inter-institutional coordination through an Institutional Working Group on Tailings Safety and the Prevention of Accidental Water Pollution, Mr. Ardasher Mirzozoda, Service of the State Supervision of Safe Work _ 389857 _ English _ 773 _ 410078 _ pdf

Presentations - Technical workshop on implementation of the obligations under the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health as a Party: baseline analysis and target setting

60066 _ Objectives, scope, obligations and added value of the Protocol on Water and Health, Ms. Nataliya Nikiforova, UNECE _ 389858 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410080 _ pdf
60066 _ Hungarian experience as a Party to the Protocol on Water and Health, Ms. Marta Vargha, Chair of the Bureau of the Protocol, National Public Health Centre, Hungary _ 389859 _ English _ 773 _ 410081 _ pdf
60066 _ Work undertaken so far in the context of the Protocol on Water and Health in Uzbekistan and current priorities and needs, Ms. Olga Mirshina, Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health _ 389861 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410082 _ pdf
60066 _ Introduction to the step-by-step process of baselining, target setting and action planning under the Protocol, Ms. Nataliya Nikiforova, UNECE _ 389862 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410084 _ pdf
60066 _ Country case study on target setting under the Protocol in Belarus, Ms. Alena Drazdova, Republican Scientific-Practical Centre of Hygiene, Belarus (online) _ 389863 _ Russian _ 864 _ 410085 _ pdf

Presentations - Technical workshop on wastewater standards

60836 _ The impacts of the blurrinessin the wastewater standard application: an exampleof BOD - AFD, AIIB, WB, ADB, EBRD _ 390417 _ English _ 773 _ 411480 _ pdf
60836 _ The impacts of the blurrinessin the wastewater standard application: an exampleof BOD - AFD, AIIB, WB, ADB, EBRD _ 390417 _ Russian _ 864 _ 411482 _ pdf
60836 _ Review of current wastewater standards in the Republic of Uzbekistan - : V. Shi-Xiang, Deputy General Director Center for State Ecological Examination _ 390418 _ English _ 773 _ 411484 _ pdf
60836 _ Experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan in standardizing requirements for the quality of wastewater treatment - Mr. Amangeldy Jumagulov, Director of the LLP StroyDesignProekt _ 390419 _ English _ 773 _ 411486 _ pdf
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