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EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARD SEIS IN CENTRAL ASIA

EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARD SEIS IN CENTRAL ASIA . Almaty, September 1 3 , 2012. CAREC IN PROMOTING SEIS FOR CA. 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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EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARD SEIS IN CENTRAL ASIA

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  1. EXISTING EFFORTS TOWARD SEIS IN CENTRAL ASIA Almaty, September 13, 2012

  2. CAREC IN PROMOTING SEIS FOR CA

  3. EE-AOA PRODUCTS FOR CENTRAL ASIA • Virtual Library: • http://aoa.ew.eea.europa.eu/virtual-library-viewer • Around 200 sources on CA , • Country Fiches: • http://aoa.ew.eea.europa.eu/tools/country-fiches/country-fiches-consultation/eastern-europe-caucasus-and-central-asia/central-asia • two subfolders for each of 5 countries • Review templates: • 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: • http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/regions/pan-european/sub-regional-assessment-of-assessment-reports

  4. CA-AOA KEY RECOMMENDATIONS • 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; • 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 EU-CA cooperation and improved data accessibility; • Ensuring a system for SoER and development environmental indicators based SoER; • Building capacities of responsible national institutions for the establishment of compatible assessment systems and process, and the expert capacity in national institutions

  5. SCOPE OF THE AWARE –SEIS

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. SCOPE OF THE BILATERAL SEIS

  9. UP TO MOMENT OUTCOMES • 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

  10. Thank you for your kind attention! Talaibek Makeev, CAREC, TMakeyev@carec.kz, www.carecnet.org

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