E197: Strengthening security through implementing the Aarhus Convention and promoting its Protocol on PRTRs (ENVSEC)

 

EXCOM approval	Planning phase	Implementation phase	Final Reporting and Evaluation phase
EXCOM form	Concept paper Project doc, including the budget Work/implementation plan	Monitoring the Implementation	Final/Terminal report	Evaluation ToR Evaluation report

 

Midpoint/Annual Progress Reports	Annual funds utilization reports
Midpoint report Annual Progress Report	Annual funds utilization report

Part I. Planning (to be filled in before submission to EXCOM)			Part II. Implementation (to be used for reporting on progress in the implementation of the project in real time)1,2
Expected accomplishments	Planned activities	Estimated costs (US$)	Implemented activities3	Actual expenditures4 (US$)3
EA 1: Improved national capacities to implement the Aarhus Convention	A1.1 Assistance to Belarus in advancing the implementation of the Aarhus Convention A1.2 Identification of good practices and potential barriers in access to justice in South-Eastern Europe		1. A multi-stakeholder national workshop carried out in Minsk on 29-31 January 2014. Through the interactive exercises, the participants explored different measures to enhance the implementation of the Convention and its amendment on GMOs at the national and local levels and discussed the way forward in light of the forthcoming relevant changes of the legislation concerning access to information and public participation. Participants also gained access to the printed publications and materials developed for the workshop that could serve for further capacity-building activities in the country.
			2. Sharing knowledge on the key issues of implementing the access to justice pillar of the Aarhus Convention (standing, remedies and costs) through a regional study  together with country studies.
			3. A presentation on the Protocol on PRTRs was made via Skype at a technical meeting with representatives from industry and the local authorities (Grodno, Belarus, 23 June 2015).
			4. Against the backdrop of public hearings on a new green economy national action plan being held in the capital, a workshop was organized on ensuring effective public participation in environmental decision-making in Belarus (Minsk, 2–3 November 2016). The workshop was co-organized by the secretariat with OSCE, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus and its scientific and research centre.
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¹ The secretariat shall inform EXCOM in case of unexpected developments or serious problems of any kind in the project implementation.
² Questions from member States on project implementation will be forwarded to the secretariat.
³ Relevant information should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity and include the following:
(a) For an advisory service (including at a workshop/seminar/training organized by other organizations): title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlink(s) to presentation(s) and other relevant documents;
(b) For a workshop/conference/training organized by UNECE: title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlinks to the meeting agenda, list of participants, presentation(s) made by UNECE, conference documents, training materials and reports;
(c) For a consultancy: project expenditures; hyperlinks to the consultancy ToR and main outputs (study, report, training material, presentation, etc.) produced by the consultant/s;
(d) For other outputs not included under bullet points above: hyperlink to relevant documents.  
^[1] Relevant financial information – certified by the Executive Office - should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity.