Transcript EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARD SEIS IN CENTRAL ASIA Almaty, September 13, 2012 CAREC IN PROMOTING SEIS FOR CA • To ensure involvement of CA to.

EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARD SEIS IN
CENTRAL ASIA
Almaty,
September 13, 2012
CAREC IN PROMOTING SEIS FOR CA
• To ensure involvement of CA to the process of the EE-AoA for
assessing the state of the environmental governance and
CA –AoA: performance, needs and opportunities for SEIS
EU
AWARESEIS:
• To raise awareness of stakeholders on SEIS and obtain their
support as for the prospective area of future EU- CA
cooperation on water and environment
• To gradually (country-by-country) support CA countries in
addressing SEIS oriented recommendations of the CA-AoA
BILATERAL
(FOEN)
SEIS:
EE-AOA PRODUCTS FOR CENTRAL ASIA
• Virtual Library:
–
http://aoa.ew.eea.europa.eu/virtual-library-viewer
– Around 200 sources on CA ,
• Country Fiches:
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http://aoa.ew.eea.europa.eu/tools/country-fiches/country-fiches-consultation/eastern-europecaucasus-and-central-asia/central-asia
– two subfolders for each of 5 countries
• Review templates:
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http://aoa.ew.eea.europa.eu/tools/general_template/general-template
– 31 national, 8 sub-regional, and 12 regional Pan-European assessments on
Water and Water Related Ecosystems (51 total)
– 31 national, 7 sub-regional, 20 regional Pan-European and Asian-Pacific, 4
global assessments on Resource Efficiency and Green Economy (62 total)
• Report:
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http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/regions/pan-european/sub-regional-assessment-ofassessment-reports
CA-AOA KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
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Unification and increased compatibility of assessments in two
dimensions:
– within the CA sub-region for interfacing and scoping them through
transboundary cooperation;
– within the Pan-European cooperation framework for necessary
information and data sharing;
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Development of compatible information and data collection systems
(SoE reporting, statistics, indicators) are needed, also in the two above
dimensions. In this context the SEIS could be the basis for future EUCA cooperation and improved data accessibility;
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Ensuring a system for SoER and development environmental indicators
based SoER;
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Building capacities of responsible national institutions for the
establishment of compatible assessment systems and process, and
the expert capacity in national institutions
SCOPE OF THE AWARE –SEIS
To obtain official support from CA Governments
along with nomination of experts
To commission the review of CA-AoA
recommendations for respective countries
focusing on opportunities through SEIS
To employ international expert with experience
on ENPI-SEIS for sharing expertise and lessons
learnt
To hold 5 national awareness raising seminars on
SEIS in CA countries
To obtain written official support for particular
follow up activities on SEIS
UP TO MOMENT OUTCOMES
• 4 nominations of AWARE-SEIS focal points (Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
• 5 national CA-AoA follow up reviews (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
• Presentation of the ENPI-SEIS experience and lessons learnt
for promotion of SEIS in CA, which was developed by
International expert employed in consultations with EEA
• National AWARE-SEIS seminar s held in Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
• Recommendations of the national seminars
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
• Explore an opportunity of implementation of Eye on Earth activities in
Kazakhstan
• Work on improvement of water and waste statistics in Kyrgyzstan
• To assist Tajikistan in setting up the SoER system and development of the
SoER for 2011
• To establish the national interagency working group on SEIS in
Uzbekistan
• To analyze compatibility of the national environmental statistic in
Uzbekistan to EECCA environmental indicators in order to improve it
and approximate to best practices on the environmental statistics ,
including development of respective Guidance and Compendiums
• Series of capacity building activities on environmental indicators for
responsible specialists in relevant governmental Agencies
• Support implementation of the AoA project on biodiversity , climate
change, air and waste initiated by UNECE in two of CA countries
• To design and develop the publication on SEIS with simple and clear
explanations of its scope, objectives and methodology for all
stakeholders
SCOPE OF THE BILATERAL SEIS
To support improvement of the national
environment and natural resources statistics in
Kyrgyzstan
To establish the inter-agencies working group
(SEIS WG) and facilitate the dialogues to identify
the most vital areas for improvement
To commission review and analysis of the
situation on the base of recommendations of
SEIS WG
To discuss with SEIS WG and approve the ToR
for particular activities toward improvement of
statistics and ensure endorsement of activities
To ensure participation of AWARE-SEIS focal
points in AWARE-SEIS national seminars
UP TO MOMENT OUTCOMES
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National SEIS WG established and 3 meetings held
Interest of OECD, UNDP and Finish Environmental Institute (FEI) to be
involved in the activities
Analysis of statistical gaps in SoER 2007-2010 developed under UNDP
assistance and in use of UNECE Guidelines on indicator-based reporting
Recommendation to work on improvement of water and waste statistics by:
– Assessing the opportunities and needs for transferring the water statistic
reporting from the central level (DWR) to the NSC to local level from
entities to the NSC’s district departments
– Piloting/testing the transfer of water statistics at district level (FEI)
– Assess needs for collection and reporting the waste and chemical
statistics to report to Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Analysis of relevant activities of NSC and DWR
ToR for assessment of water statistics transfer opportunities and needs
Obtained letters of support from NSC and DWR for piloting activity in two
districts
Thank you for your kind attention!
Talaibek Makeev,
CAREC,
[email protected],
www.carecnet.org