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CAREC: Regional Cooperation Platform and Knowledge Center

CAREC: Regional Cooperation Platform and Knowledge Center. Empowering Fostering resilience Cutting through complexity. General features. Established by the decision of the 4th Pan-European Conference held in 1998 in Aarhus (Denmark);

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CAREC: Regional Cooperation Platform and Knowledge Center

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  1. CAREC: Regional CooperationPlatformandKnowledge Center Empowering Fostering resilience Cutting through complexity

  2. General features • Established by the decision of the 4th Pan-European Conference held in 1998 in Aarhus (Denmark); • Family of RECs : RECCEE, REC Moldova, REC Russia, REC Caucasus, CAREC; • Operational since 2001 • The regional organization of international character; • Staff – 42-50; • HQ in Almaty, Kz, • COs: Kz, Kg, Tj, Uz, Trm; • Annual Budget ̃̃ 2,2 mln Euro • Board of Directors - 13 members: national MoEs, NGOs, OSCE, Germany and science

  3. Mission: to assist in addressing environmental problems in CA through the provision of: dialogue platforms for multi-state and - sectoral communication; know-how, knowledge and technology exchange; supporting of the development and application of innovative environmental policies, approaches and practices; promotion of public participation in environmental decision-making and; exchange of information in the region

  4. Cooperation with partners Agreements, MoUs, Partnership, Consortia, Sub-contracts…

  5. Programmes • Environmental management and policies (EMP) • Water initiatives support (WIS) • Climate change, adaptation, mitigation, energy efficiency (CCSE) • Education for sustainable development (ESD)

  6. Карта проектов

  7. Environmental Management: Projects • FLERMONECA (EU ): environmental monitoring component • SEIS (FOEN): Status of Environment Reporting in CA “Supporting Turkmenistan to establish State of Environment Reports using UN-ECE indicators” • Assessment of Assessment projects (Gov. Italy, Switzerland) • Support towards local initiatives for sustainable water resources management in Central Asia (Norway) • PES (FOEN, SWIS Re, UNEP) – economic incentives for saving ecosystems; • Networks support: DryNet international, Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) , Interdisciplinary WG on Early Warning System and Transboundary Monitoring of geo-risks related to climate change

  8. Water Initiatives Support: Projects - Fostering transboundary cooperation on small watersheds in Central Asia (USAID); - Support towards local initiatives in the env. governance and WRM in CA (Norway); - AWARE comp. on return and reused waters (EU); - WMBOCA projects of the EURECA; Knowledge Instit. Community of Practice (WB); Improvement of WRM in Zhambul Obl., RK through introd. of effective WU system (UNDP/Coca-Colla); - Effective WU technologies in Aspara and Ugam Basins (through NGO partners)

  9. Climate Change and Sustainable Energy: Projects • Sustainable Energy Programme for CA (CASEP), EU GIZ-IS, GfA, CAREC; • Integrated Approach for the Development of Low Carbon Development Strategies in Central Asia (NAMA), DIW-econ, CAREC; • COMO East - Covenant of Mayors (inter-program) • CA Energy Efficiency Leaning Portal (CAEELP) USAID, ICFI; • Promoting clean fuel in transport sector in CA (Kz), UNEP

  10. Eductaion for SustainableDevelopment: Projects • Green Packs (Central Asian, Caspian, Glaciers) • Annual Leadership Programme on Env. for SD (CALPESD) • COMO East - Covenant of Mayors (inter-program project) • TEMPUS _ I-WEB (Water, Educ., Business), EU; • Aral Sea Green Pack for CA (2010-2014);

  11. Interprogramme Projects • Targeted awareness raising for EU-CA partnership (AWARE), EC: • return and reused waters, • SEIS, • Private sector inv.: CA Green Business Club • CAREC – Creation of a Center of Knowledge in CA to create, keep and disseminate information and knowledge products of CAREC and partners

  12. CAREC –Center of Knowledge in CA • CAREC Portal:www.carecnet.org; • Specific web-sites: www.led-ca.net, http://www.caeelp.ru, http://iwebtempus.kz, www.riverbp.net; • CAREC Newsletter; • Library: paper and electronic; • Learning programmes(incl.vebinars), seminars, workshops; • Learning materials: analytic reviews, guidelines, training modules; • Study tours and exchange programmes, cooperation with Univ., dev. of curricula, competences, internship in CAREC, etc.

  13. Thank you!!! Ludmilla Kiktenko, lkiktenko@carececo.org

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