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All three countries are parties to the Aarhus
Convention on Access to Information, Public
Participation in Decision-making and Access to
Justice in Environmental Matters. Azerbaijan ratified
this in 2000, Georgia in 2000, and Armenia in
2001 (UN 2015). The relevant national legislations
also reflect the principles and provisions of the
Convention. Therefore, stakeholder consultations
are held on most of the government policy
documents related to environmental protection and/
or climate change. However, mechanisms used for
consultations are not yet sufficient. Even when policy
documents reach the local and/or municipal levels
local stakeholders, due to a variety of reasons, have
Stakeholder consultations
no capacity to examine the documents and/or to
comprehensively contribute to consultations.
During the planning of adaptation action at
municipal or local levels performed by international
organizations or non-governmental organizations,
consultation processes are more reflective and
sophisticated. However, as yet, none of the local action
plans on adaptation have been approved or adopted by
local authorities. This can be explained by the inability
of non-state actors to justify and properly explain the
financial implications for implementation, given the
limited funding opportunities within local budgets.
Consequently, such consultations are often ineffective.
Beshbarmag mountain, Azerbaijan