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NDEP in the Barents Region with a glance at ACAP BEAC Working Group on Environment Oulu, 5.9.2013

NDEP in the Barents Region with a glance at ACAP BEAC Working Group on Environment Oulu, 5.9.2013. Jaakko Henttonen NDEP Fund Director Chair ACAP WG EBRD St Petersburg. Topics. What is NDEP? Who are involved? Review of environmental projects in BR Future plans

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NDEP in the Barents Region with a glance at ACAP BEAC Working Group on Environment Oulu, 5.9.2013

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  1. NDEP in the Barents Region with a glance at ACAP BEAC Working Group on EnvironmentOulu, 5.9.2013 Jaakko Henttonen NDEP Fund Director Chair ACAP WGEBRD St Petersburg

  2. Topics • What is NDEP? Who are involved? • Review of environmental projects in BR • Future plans • Relevance of Arctic Council cooperation specially Arctic Contaminants Action Program, ACAP

  3. Joint Financial efforts for Arctic region • Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership NDEP Support Fund; Fund Manager EBRD; Nuclear and Environmental windows; Projects in Barents and Baltic Sea Regions since 2001 • Arctic Council Project Support Instrument; Fund Manager NEFCO; for Arctic Council projects expected to be active 2013; Pledged by 9/2013 EUR 15.3 million by Russia, USA, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Sami Parliament and NEFCO

  4. 10 nuclear safety projectsNDEP grants €160m Barents Sea NDEP projects in the Baltic & Barents Sea region 5 environ. projects grants NDEP €30m total investmentcosts €138m 21 projects in NW Russia &3 in Belarus • Baltic Sea ● Vitebsk NDEP grants €93m – total investment costs of € 1.3 billion ● Grodno ● Brest

  5. Other Grants8% Russian funds 49%

  6. Sosnovy Bor • Belarus – project signing • Vologda • Novgorod • Vologda

  7. Recent developments for radioactive safety by Nuclear Operations Committee Nuclear Safety: • 4 projects completed and 6 are on-going. Total value of signed Grant Agreements EUR 160 million. • Major contracts signed for over EUR 40 million for projects in Andreeva Bay, Lepse and for defuelling of Papa Class submarine reactors in Severodvinsk. • Work in progress to allow Lepse to be placed on a slipway at the end of 2013. • .

  8. Papa class submarine • Andreeva Bay – Building No 5 • SNF transportation and handlingin Andreeva Bay • Lepse transfer to Nerpa Shipyard

  9. Targets for 2013 for NDEP Start-up of the Murmansk project for water and wastewater to benefit the Barents Sea region Contracts signing for the implementation of Petrozavodsk Water Wastewater project Preparation for projects in Komi Republic for improved DH and solid waste facilities Inauguration of the Northern Tunnel Collector in St Petersburg – October 2013 Lepse ship in the dry dock by end of 2013, intensive activities continued at Andreeva Bay

  10. Relevant Events in 2013 • ND Ministerial, 18 February • Baltic Sea Forum, St Petersburg, 5 April • Arctic Council Ministerial, Kiruna,15 May • 20th Anniversary of the Barents Euro Arctic Council, Kirkenes, 3-4 June • NDEP SG meetings, Kaliningrad, 23 May; St Petersburg 9 October ; Assembly 6 December, London

  11. ACAP pollution prevention activities • Primary target to support elimination of pesticides, PCBs and other POPs in Russia promoting facilities like Ekoresurs in Krasnoyarsk jointly with FAO • Reduction and elimination of mercury, dioxin and furan releases causing contamination; re successful filter installation at Vorkutinsky Cement Plant • Elimination of contaminants with Indigenous Peoples Organizations in sparsely populated areas • Reduction of Black Carbon emissions; • Development of Integrated Hazardous Waste Management Strategy for Northern Regions of Russia

  12. Success of NDEP – what is based on? • Successful structure of loans by partner IFIs (EBRD, NIB, NEFCO, EIB, KfW) pooled together with grants and national funding • Strong stakeholder engagement - Russia is the main client and major Contributor to the Fund • Light and transparent structure benefitting of the expert resource base of IFIs • NDEP creates opportunities for municipal clients and provides capacity building and high political visibility on an international level

  13. NDEP messages to the ND Partners • NDEP relies on the ND Partners to promote and support NDEP • NDEP has and is keen further to build close cooperation with other initiatives: HELCOM, CBSS, EU Baltic Sea Strategy, Nordic Council of Ministries, Barents Euro-Arctic Council for joint actions and projects to improve the ecology in the ND region • NDEP recognizes the role of BEAC to identify hot spots in the Barents region which could be tackled through NDEP investment projects (similarly to NDEP’s cooperation with HELCOM) • Notably in Barents Region 74% of Black Carbon comes from coal fired boilers for district heating; out of total 800ton/a. Investments for sector modernization required!

  14. New NDEP Website is coming in 2013!

  15. For more on NDEP… Please contact: Jaakko Henttonen NDEP Fund Director EBRD RO, Nevsky Prospekt 25, St Petersburg Tel. +7 812 7035531; Fax: +7 812 703 55 26 Email: henttonj@ebrd.com OR Ewa Manik Fund Implementation Analyst EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN Tel. +44 207 338 7196, fax +44 207 338 7486 Email: manike@ebrd.com Or visit: www.ndep.org www.ebrd.com www.nib.int www.nefco.org

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