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Round table «Prospects for the development of the «green economy» in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Strategic Environmental Assessment»

06 April 2017
Astana Kazakhstan

The roundtable is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan with organizational support of the "Coalition for "green" economy and G-Global Development" in the framework of the joint project EU/UNDP/ UNECE "Supporting Kazakhstan's transition to a Green economy Model" .

The aims of the event are to discuss the feasibility of developing the Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) system in Kazakhstan, present the final version of the Review of Kazakh national legislation regarding the applicability of the provisions of the UNECE Protocol on SEA, and to assess the benefits of application of SEA in Kazakhstan.

Parliamentarians from the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, high level representatives of government authorities, international organizations, businesses associations and NGOs took part at the roundtable.

Document title    
Agenda ENG RUS
Report ENG  
List of participants   RUS
Presentations    

Welcoming remarks

J-L. Lavroff - Head of Operations Section, European Union Delegation to Kazakhstan

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Introduction to the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and main findings of the Review of the Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Related to the Application of the Protocol on SEA

E. Santer - Environmental Officer of the Espoo Convention Secretariat, UNECE

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Application of strategic environmental assessment in Slovenia: SEA process for plans and programmes, benefits, and managerial aspects

V. Kolar-Planinsic - Head of Strategic Environmental assessment Division, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

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Experience in developing strategic environmental assessment systems and related legislative framework in the EU countries

J. Jendroska - Managing Partner, Jendroska Jerzmanski Bar & Partners, Professor of law at Opole University, Poland

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Practice of Ecological Expertise in Kazakhstan

Z. Zholdasov, Deputy chair, Committee of Ecological Regulation and Control, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Perspectives of SEA implementation in the strategic planning system in Kazakhstan

B. Yessekina - member of the Green economy council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of SREC Green Academy

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