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Strengthening environmental governance and environmental management at the local level

Strengthening environmental governance and environmental management at the local level. Keti Samadashvili, Environmental Policy and LEAPs Programme manager, REC Caucasus. Local Environmental Action Programmes (LEAPs). LEAPs are effective tool for:

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Strengthening environmental governance and environmental management at the local level

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  1. Strengthening environmental governance and environmental management at the local level Keti Samadashvili, Environmental Policy and LEAPs Programme manager, REC Caucasus

  2. Local Environmental Action Programmes (LEAPs) LEAPs are effective tool for: • addressing environmental problems by involving a broad range of community stakeholders in the process of developing and implementing local environmental action plans; • increasing public awareness, public access to information, and public involvement in local environmental issues.

  3. 1. Strengthened Environmental Governance. LEAPs have strengthened environmental governance in communities throughout the EECCA region: • Increased public awareness of and access to information on environmental issues. LEAPs have increased public awareness of and access to information on environmental issues. For example, LEAP pilot communities have compiled information about local environmental conditions (Status report) • Improved local decision-making. LEAPs have improved local decision-making by involving key stakeholders at the local level (stakeholders committee).

  4. 1. Strengthened Environmental Governance(cont.) • Improved accountability and transparency of local government. LEAPs have improved the accountability and transparency of local government by ensuring that local government adopts publicly-developed local action plans (Statements of Local governments, Final city conferences, memorandum of understanding and etc) • Increased citizen involvement in addressing local environmental issues. LEAPs have resulted in increased citizen involvement in addressing local environmental issues. For example, citizens in LEAP pilot communities have implemented a broad range of environmental actions, including planting trees, repairing wells, and cleaning up illegal disposal sites.

  5. 2. Improved Environmental Conditions. LEAPs have resulted in quantitative improvements in environmental conditions: • Increased environmental investments at the local level.LEAPs involve the preparation of local action plans that describe the most effective approaches for addressing priority environmental issues. Local governments in EECCA are increasing their contribution of local resources, as well as national and donor funding, to address environmental issues. • Increased implementation of environmental projects:LEAPs emphasize action implementation as an integral follow-up component of the planning process, with stakeholder oversight.

  6. 3. Increased Long-Term Capacity The RECs in EECCA have increased the capacity to assist communities in the region to implement LEAPs: • Increased number of citizens and municipal staff trained in environmental management. Working as participants in community-based stakeholder groups, citizens and municipal staff have received training on how to develop local action plans and manage local environmental issues. • Increased number of new communities that are implementing LEAPs. Several EECCA countries have started to initiate LEAPs in a second round of pilot projects. • Prepared guidance materials and widely disseminated information about LEAPs. The EECCA RECs have prepared training materials, informational brochures, and guidance documents on how to implement LEAPs to municipalities throughout the region (Guideline for LEAPs implementation, Newsletter on LEAPs and etc).

  7. 4. Encouraged regional cooperation Encouraged regional cooperationby: • Developing and implementing transboundary LEAPs projects.“Transboundary LEAP for the neighbouring settlements of Otaci (Edinet county, Republic of Moldova) and Moghilev Podolskii (Vinnita Region, Ukraine)”. • Organizing international conferences on LEAPs (July, 2003, Kishinev; December, 2006, Tbilisi).

  8. Recommended actions for promoting LEAPs throughout the EECCA region: • Encourage national government to develop LEAP requirements • Promote wide spread implementation of LEAPs throughout the region • Establish extensive cadre of professionals trained in LEAP methodology • Provide funding for local governments to develop LEAPs and implement actions addressing environmental priorities • Promote continued exchange of experience • Encourage trans-boundary cooperation • Disseminate LEAP information

  9. The Small Grants Programme for Sustainable development of the Caspian Communities • 1,2 mln Euro for grants for local communities in Caspian sea. • 100 settlements were involved • Supported more than 150 projects • Creation of new work places in rural area, capacity building of local enterprises / authorities / NGOs

  10. For more information Please visit: www.carec.kz www.rec-caucasus.org www.rec.md www.rusrec.ru

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