Kick-off awareness-raising workshop on transboundary EIA application in Tajikistan

Recognising the potential of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for greening economies and ensuring incorporation of the environmental considerations into planning and designing economic activities, Tajikistan has been expressing an increased interest in assessing feasibility of application of transboundary EIA procedures in its country.

The Government of Uzbekistan requested to provide support to caring out legislative review and provide recommendations on how to amend the existing legislative system in order to introduce the modern EIA system into its national legislation.

The aim of the workshop is to support development of modern EIA system in Tajikistan, to raise awareness of the representatives of environmental and sectoral authorities about the EIA benefits, and to share the best practices of EIA transboundary application in the UNECE region and to facilitate a discussion on the way forward to development of modern EIA system in Tajikistan.

The initial workshop on Transboundary EIA application in Tajikistan is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in cooperation with the Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and Tajik Branch of CAREC. The workshop will gathered representatives of all relevant stakeholders - government officials from environmental and health authorities, academics and practitioners, as well as representatives of NGOs.