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in the management of shared water resources and other
environmental priorities. Several of the EECCA projects
continue to be carried out within the context of the
En-
vironment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative
with primary
funding from sources other than the MoFA.
Sharing responsibilities in 2011, GRID-Arendal and Zoï
Environment Network (Geneva):
• Collaborated closely with the European Environment
Agency in building a Shared Environmental Infor-
mation System (SEIS)
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in Europe’s neighbourhood
(both East and South). This has included methodo-
logical support for the so-called SEIS cookbook;
57
• Under ENVSEC, launched the Amu Darya assess-
ment
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and produced sub-regional visual synthesis
reports on climate change for the Caucasus, Eastern
Europe and the Balkans;
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• Prepared European Neighbourhood and Partnership
Instrument (ENPI)
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East SEIS country assessments
for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova,
Russia and Ukraine; and
• Provided priority maps to UNEP. In its medium-term
strategy 2010-2013 UNEP focuses on six thematic
priorities; maps were created as an objective tool for
priority setting in the European region (see Annex 4
for a complete list of joint branded products).
Taking a lead in the Information Working Group, GRID-
Arendal continued its support to the environmental in-
56. The Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) is a unifying
concept promoted by the European Environmental Agency that offers
a model, process, methods and tools to take advantage of new technical
opportunities to improve environmental information at various levels.
57. The SEIS cookbook gives an introduction to SEIS for various target
audiences
http://prezi.com/znzze3ep_l8k/seis-cookbook-en/58.
http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2647&ArticleID=8807
59.
http://www.grida.no/publications/security/book/4881.aspx60. The ENPI is an instrument of the European Union to provide assis-
tance to its closest neighbours – Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Oc-
cupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.
61. http://77.91.130.169:81/dniester/
62.
http://dniester.org/63. An unrecognized independent state on the eastern bank of the
Dniester, it controls a small but significant part of the water resources.
formation management component
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of the 3
rd
Phase of
the
Transboundary Cooperation and Sustainable Manage-
ment Project
for the Dniester River Basin (Dniester III).
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The Dniester is the joint water resource of strategic im-
portance to two Eastern European countries – Moldova
and Ukraine. There is also a third player in the game: the
Transnistrian region of Moldova
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, which unilaterally de-
clared its independence in 1990, precipitating a military
conflict in 1992.
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Outputs from the working group contributed to
the development of a milestone bilateral agree-
ment between Moldova, Ukraine and the Transnistrian
Region on the sustainable management of the Dniester
River. Among other things, the agreement established a
legal framework for cooperation on biodiversity. An as-
Screenshot of the DLB website