This page presents information on activities to develop capacity to implement the UNECE Protocol on SEA in EECCA countries. The following subregional and national resources are available. Also presented below are links to other international organizations active in SEA capacity development in the subregion.

Reporting cooperation between EECCA States, UNECE and

Benefits of SEA
UNDP-REC brochure

Capacity-Development Needs for Implementation of the UNECE SEA Protocol: Subregional Overview of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine
(July 2006, 2nd edition)

(1st edition)

SEA Protocol: Initial Capacity Development in Selected Countries of the Former Soviet Union
UNDP-REC-UNECE bulletin

Draft for consultation Proposed Subregional Initiatives to Support National Strategies for the Implementation of the SEA Protocol in EECCA
(July 2006, version 1)

Belgrade Initiative on SEA (Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe", Belgrade, 10-12 October 2007)
ECE/BELGRADE.CONF/2007/18

more on the Initiative

The Czech Republic has provided, through UNDP, training for trainers on SEA in the subregion - 22-26 October 2007, Prague - training report

Further training, provided by the Czech Republic through UNDP, for West Balkans countries, 22-26 September 2008, Prague - training report

InWEnt, through Adelphi Research, to provide national training on SEA and EIA in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, late 2008 / early 2009.

Further training, provided by the Czech Republic through UNDP, for Belarus, 17-21 August 2009, Prague

National capacity-development needs assessments for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

National (pilot) capacity-development activities

National capacity-development strategies for Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (and that for Georgia [1])

National activities implementing the strategy

Links to other national activities [2]

Capacity-building needs analysis
(revised 2006)

(2005 version, not revised)

Pilot project: SEA of the Yerevan City Master Plan

Capacity-development strategy
Draft July 2006

Strategy implementation activities

Other national activities: Netherlands EA Commission also active

Other national activities: UNDP / EnvSec project 2008-2009 "SEA - Promotion and Capacity Building" (including pilot SEA of the rehabilitation programme for the areas adjacent to Baku)

Capacity-building needs analysis
2004

Pilot project: SEA of the National Tourism Development Plan

Capacity-development strategy
Draft May 2006
Concluding workshop

Strategy implementation activities

Other national activities: UNDP/TACIS Project on Building capacity for Strategic Assessment and environmental conventions in Belarus

Agenda

Introduction to the UNECE Protocol on SEA, by Nick Bonvoisin, UNECE Espoo Convention Secretariat

Presentation of the regional project on SEA, by Henrieta Martonakova, UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS

Presentation of the pilot project in Belarus - Lessons learned, by Igor Tchoulba, National SEA Team Coordinator

Evaluation of the pilot. Recommendations for the future SEA application in Belarus, by Ludmila Ivashechkina, Expert on Environmental Assessment; SEA team

Integration of SEA into the existing environmental assessment and decision-making systems - feasibility and options, assumptions/preconditions, advantages and challenges, by Ausra Jurkeviciute, the REC

Development of national strategies for capacity building for SEA in the selected EECCA countries, by Ausra Jurkeviciute, the REC

Presentation of the National Strategy for Capacity Development for SEA in Belarus, by Alexandre Rachevsky, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus

Capacity-building needs analysis
2004

Pilot project: Production of national capacity-development manual

Presentation, 2005 [3]

Capacity-development strategy
Introduction of SEA in Georgia: Draft Program for the period 2005-2009 - A framework for future SEA activities [1]

Strategy implementation activities

Other national activities: Netherlands EA Commission and REC Caucasus also active; e.g. SEA of Waste Law, SEA for power sector

Other national activities: UNDP project 2008-2011 "Promote National Integrated Water Resources Management Planning and Transboundary Dialogue in Central Asia" , including SEA

Capacity-building needs analysis
2004

Pilot project: Production of national capacity-development manual

Presentation, 2005 [3]

Capacity-development strategy
Draft May 2006

Concluding workshop, 15 March 2006

Strategy implementation activities

Other national activities:

Capacity-building needs analysis
2004

Pilot project: Production of national capacity-development manual

Presentation, 2005 [3]

Capacity-development strategy
Draft May 2006

Strategy implementation activities

Other national activities: UNDP / EnvSec project 2007-2008 "SEA and Autonomous Region of Crimea Regional Development Strategy to 2015" - UNDP Crimea Integration and Development Programme

OECD/DAC Task Team on SEA (Good Practice Guidance on Applying SEA in Development Cooperation)

UNEP (Integrated Assessment & Planning)

Environment & Security Initiative (SEA - Promotion & Capacity Building)

World Bank

REC Caucasus (SEA Capacity Building in the South Caucasus: Towards a Coherent Strategy)

REC & Ecoline / EU & UNEP project on strengthening local planning in the Russian Federation through SEA