This page presents information on activities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia, for the period between the third and fourth sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2004-2008): 

• Central Asia guidelines and training
• Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan pilot study
• Caspian Sea protocol & guidelines

Workshops in the period between the fourth and fifth sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2008-2011)

Subregional workshop, presenting results of Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan pilot project, 25-27 March 2009, Bishkek - see below

Seminar on international water law and negotiations of mutually beneficial multilateral water agreements, 19-21 April 2009, Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Workshop on "Capacity Development on EIA in Central Asia", Baku and Salyan (Azerbaijan), 16-18 June 2010 - see below

Capacity-building workshop: 2-day national seminar on legal implementation of the Espoo Convention in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 22-23 July 2010

UNECE Water Convention and its role in international law, including a session on building synergies with other legal instruments, Almaty, 18-19 October 2010

Workshop on "Capacity Development on EIA in Central Asia", Ashgabat (postponed)

Workshop on legal implementation of the Espoo Convention in Tajikistan, March/April 2010

Preparation and dissemination of guidance - drafting of guidance on the practical application of the Convention for specific needs of the subregion (for cases of transboundary EIA in relation to, inter alia, transboundary watercourses) by a consultant.

Guidance, as presented to the Working Group on EIA and noted by the 4th Meeting of the Parties ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2007/6

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Earlier draft:

	Revised draft Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries		ENG		RUS
	Annexes:
1	Text of Espoo Convention		ENG		RUS
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2	Template of Notification Letter		ENG		RUS
3	Guidance on Public Participation in EIA in a Transboundary Context		ENG		RUS
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4	Methodological aspects of environmental and socio-economic impact assessment		ENG		RUS
5	Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention		ENG		RUS
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6	Template of EIA statement		ENG		RUS
7	Exemplary activity for procedure of post-project analysis		ENG		RUS
8	Guidance on subregional cooperation		ENG		RUS
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9	Conclusions of the Sub-regional Workshop		ENG		RUS

Carrying-out of workshop in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) to finalize the guidance.

Active dissemination of the guidance in the participating countries (through, for example, national workshops).

National workshops in:

• Kyrgyzstan (28 January 2005)
• Tajikistan (18 February 2005)
• Uzbekistan (25 February 2005)
• Turkmenistan
• Kazakhstan

Training course in transboundary EIA - methodology

First training workshop held in Tajikistan, 19-21 February 2007, with support from Switzerland.

Agenda		ENG	-	RUS
Participants		ENG	-	RUS
Presentations:
- Bekmurad Eyeberdyev				RUS
- Ivan Ustyan				RUS
- A. Rakhimov				RUS
- Igor Ziderer				RUS
- Saifudinov				RUS
- Asligul Mamadatoeva				RUS
- Atauollauly				RUS
- Dustov				RUS
- A. Abisheva				RUS

Second workshop expected in Kazakhstan in summer 2007.

Third expected in Kyrgyzstan in autumn 2007.

Fourth in Azerbaijan, 16-18 June 2010:

Report

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Fifth due in Turkmenistan

Sixth due in Uzbekistan

Project report		ENG	-	RUS
OSCE news feature		ENG	-	-

Jeroy gold and copper mine in the Talas River basin (Kyrgyzstan)

A transboundary EIA pilot project involving Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan was initiated, with kick-off seminar held 26-27 January 2006, Bishkek.

The project was funded with support from the Government of Norway and was managed by the OSCE and UNECE in cooperation with the State Agency on Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic.

A public hearing with more than 100 participants was held 20 March 2007. The cooperation between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan was working well.

In addition to the implementation of the pilot EIA, the two countries also had an opportunity to revise their EIA procedures within the project. A regional conference, 25-27 March 2009, finalized the project.

UNECE / OSCE pilot project proposal (15 November 2006)		ENG	-	-
Environment & Security project fiche		ENG	-	-

Programme

Welcome address by Director Davletkeldiev,
Kyrgyz State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry

Resolution

Participants

Programme

Presentations:

Environmental Impact Assessment and Mining projects - Croatia’s Legislation, by Nenad Mikulic (Croatia)

Transboundary Impact Assessments in Norway, by Terje Lind (Norway)