Publication Name

embarking on the establishment of Environmental Information Network;

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Broadcasts about payments for ecosystem services and their integration in market mechanisms promoted

via radio in selected local communities in Uganda. Communities interested in participation in the

programme identified throughout field work.

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Technical assistance provided to 13 ODA countries; among them: 12

countries

of Eastern Europe,

Caucasus and Central Asia/South Eastern Europe

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EECCA/SEE): Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Tajikistan,

Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav of

Macedonia and Serbia, as well as Afghanistan and Lithuania:

1. Health and Environment assessment process in the Republic of Moldova started;

2. Integrated renewable energy scheme (IRENES) for Olovo city in Doboj-Zenica canton, Bosnia and

Herzegovina developed;

Compendium of outlook environmental indicators

for the pan-European region including 12 countries in

Eastern Europe developed with the EEA;

4. EEA-compatible environmental indicators for 7 West Balkans countries (Albania, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav of Macedonia and Serbia) developed;

5. Past trend and forward looking indicators on Sustainable consumption in Western Balkans developed.

6. Assessment of the existing waste management practice and recommendations for the improvement of

waste management in the frozen conflict zone of South Ossetia (Georgia) produced;

7. Feasibility study for the Lake Druksiai/Drisvyaty basin (Belarus, Lithuania) produced.

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Inputs and/or facilitation provided to

training workshops and seminars in EECCA/SEE on assessment and

indicator methodologies:

1. The regional workshop “European Environment Agency (EEA) Core Set of Indicators (CSIs) for the

West Balkan (WB) countries” held in Skopje, 11-12 December 2008;

2. Introductory seminar on strategic Environmental Assessment and GEO-Baku, Azerbaijan, Baku, 7-11

April, 2008;

3. Kick-off and capacity building training on GEO-cities methodology for two cities in Armenia (Gumry and

Hrazdan), 1-6 July 2008;

4. Seminar of national stockholders of Ukraine conducted in the framework of the project “Development of

the Pilot Information Management System for a transboudary management of the Dniester River in

Chernovtsy, Ukraine (48 participants, including 4 from Moldova), 15 April 2008;

5. 2nd International Training of Trainers’ Workshop on UNEP’s training manual for Integrated

Environmental Assessment and Reporting held in Geneva, (24-28 November 2008) together with the

UNEP/DEWA and UNEP/ROE;

6. 3-day workshop on Communication of results of Environmental Assessments and working with Media

for the National Environmental Authorities of Ukraine held in Kiev, Ukraine, 13-16 October, 2008 (15

Participants from 7 oblasts of Ukraine).

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Assessment and capacity-building for managing environment and security risks in Donbas (Ukraine) and

Salihorsk (Belarus) regions. Report and dissemination seminar.

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Support to regional environmental information network in EECCA/SEE through missions, addressing ad

hoc requests, and regular communication with the target countries (in cooperation with DEWA and DRC /

ROE) provided in the form of:

1. Assessment of 8 Eastern European and African countries’ needs in remotely sensed information and

technology prepared with Canada Space Agency Report;

2. Study tour in Hungary on environmental monitoring, reporting and Pollution Release and Transfer

Registers under the Aarhus convention organized for 3 Eastern European countries (Moldova, Belarus,