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B. Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Description Indicators 2011 Activities/Outputs
1. Support to developing and implement-
ing country projects aimed at reduction
of risk from natural hazards and human-
made disasters in ODA countries of
Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia,
Northern Africa and Middle East.
Sub-programme 2: Disasters and Con-
flicts 2(a)3
• Number of ODA countries in Eastern
Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
supported in environmental informa-
tion management, capacity of national
environmental institutions: 10
• Number of sub-regional assessments
implemented: 2
• Environmental security risks are re-
duced in EECCA countries
• Outreach activities for the Environment
for Europe Astana 7th Ministerial Con-
ference are supported, materials used
for decision makers at the Conference
• Impacts of climate change in Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine) Climate
Change in Eastern Europe, Russian.
• Support to the Convention on Biological Diversity implementation in Central Asia
(Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) by publishing Biodiversity in Central Asia: A
Visual Synthesis
18-11-2011-BR.pdf).
• Support to the Tehran Convention process through assistance to the Interim Secretariat
of the Tehran Convention (COP III, Working groups) (4 ODA countries: Azerbaijan, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russian Federation)
• Relevant GRID-Arendal publications presented and distributed at the 7th Ministerial
Conference “Environment for Europe” in Astana.
Collaborating with partners: Environment and Security Initiative: UNDP, OSCE, REC, NATO, UNECE
Countries/regions assisted: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
2. Provide support to national and sec-
toral environmental planning processes,
networks/advisory services (on request);
conduct sub-regional and national work-
shops on environmental data and infor-
mation system and sharing; GIS-based
data analysis and mapping applications
in ODA countries of Eastern Europe, Cau-
casus, Central Asia, Northern Africa and
Middle East.
Sub-programme 4: Environmental Gov-
ernance 4(c)3
• Number of countries supported: 8
• 5 countries of Tehran Convention are
supported through the Convention in-
terim Secretariat in assessment of the
State of the Environment of the Cas-
pian region
• A web-based Caspian Information Cen-
tre incorporating Caspian environment
status data is launched and used by
Caspian littoral states
• Support to integrated environment assessment in the Donetsk region. Coal Land - Faces
of Donetsk )
• State of the Environment of the Caspian Sea (Russian and English) -
, -
• Preparatory work for the development of the web-based Caspian Information Centre
incorporating Caspian environment status data undertaken. Concept developed and
agreed with the Caspian states. Additional funds raised from BP Azerbaijan. Work will
be continued in 2012.
Collaborating with partners: UNEP Regional office for Europe, Interim Secretariat of Tehran Convention, CaspEco, Association for Sustainable Human Development (Yerevan,
Armenia), Environment and Security Initiative: UNDP, OSCE, REC, NATO, UNECE
Countries/regions assisted: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan