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Subregional workshop on mine tailings safety and the prevention of accidental water pollution in Central Asia

Subregional workshop on mine tailings safety and the prevention of accidental water pollution in Central Asia

Environmental Policy
25 May (8:30) - 26 May (14:00) 2023
Online and Dushanbe Tajikistan
TEIA

The main objectives of the subregional workshop are: to strengthen tailings risk governance; to present recent achievements by Central Asian countries in this area, notably since the last subregional workshop on this topic, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in 2019; and to exchange experiences, good practices and lessons learned on the prevention of accidental water pollution from tailings at the regional level. It will be attended by representatives from industrial safety and water authorities, operators, NGOs, academia and international organizations. Among others, the workshop will feature: (a) a high-level panel discussion among Vice-Ministers from the region on key challenges and needs concerning tailings safety, (b) a round-table discussion on strengthening joint contingency planning in the Syr Darya River Basin; and (c) examples of applying a multi hazard/risk approach in Central Asia and beyond.  

The subregional workshop is organized by the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, in cooperation with the Government of Tajikistan and with financial support from the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, GIZ, OSCE and the United Nations Regular Programme of Technical Cooperation. It is implemented as part of the UNECE Projects on strengthening mine tailings safety in Central Asia (2020-2023) and in Uzbekistan (2021-2023), which are financed by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment under the Convention’s Assistance and Cooperation Programme.

Agenda ENG  RUS

Press release by UNECE

List of Participants

Evaluation Summary ENG RUS 

Conclusions and summary ENG RUS 

Key recommendations for follow-up activities ENG RUS 

Background information

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ UNECE Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Tailings Management Facilities _ 378191 _ English _ 773 _ 380136 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ UNECE Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Tailings Management Facilities _ 378191 _ Russian _ 864 _ 380137 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ 2030 Road Map on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety within and beyond the UNECE region _ 378192 _ English _ 773 _ 380138 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ 2030 Road Map on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety within and beyond the UNECE region _ 378192 _ Russian _ 864 _ 380139 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ Decision 2020/1 on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety within and beyond the UNECE region _ 378193 _ English _ 773 _ 380140 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ Decision 2020/1 on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety within and beyond the UNECE region _ 378193 _ Russian _ 864 _ 380141 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ Flyer for UNECE Project on strengthening mine tailings safety in Central Asia _ 378194 _ English _ 773 _ 380142 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ Flyer for UNECE Project on strengthening mine tailings safety in Central Asia _ 378194 _ Russian _ 864 _ 380143 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ Flyer for UNECE Project on strengthening mine tailings safety in Uzbekistan _ 378196 _ English _ 773 _ 380144 _ pdf

UNECE Online Toolkit and Training on Strengthening Mine Tailings Safety ENG RUS

UNECE Video on Mine Tailings Safety (2020) ENG RUS

Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) ENG RUS

42736 _ Flyer for UNECE Project on strengthening mine tailings safety in Uzbekistan _ 378196 _ Russian _ 864 _ 380145 _ pdf

Presentations

Opening Session

43645 _ Key risks from tailings and UNECE´s tools on strengthening mine tailings safety and preventing accidental pollution - Mr. Pavel Danihelka, Professor, Head of the Department of Risk Research and Management, Occupational Safety Research Institute Ostrava _ 378824 _ English _ 773 _ 382011 _ pdf
43645 _ Key risks from tailings and UNECE´s tools on strengthening mine tailings safety and preventing accidental pollution - Mr. Pavel Danihelka, Professor, Head of the Department of Risk Research and Management, Occupational Safety Research Institute Ostrava _ 378824 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382350 _ pdf
43645 _ Key achievements on strengthening tailings safety by Central Asian countries since the 2019 subregional workshop in Almaty and 2022 UNECE road map on tailings safety - Ms. Claudia Kamke, Project Manager, Environmental Affairs Officer, Industrial Accident _ 378931 _ English _ 773 _ 382351 _ pdf
43645 _ Key achievements on strengthening tailings safety by Central Asian countries since the 2019 subregional workshop in Almaty and 2022 UNECE road map on tailings safety - Ms. Claudia Kamke, Project Manager, Environmental Affairs Officer, Industrial Accident _ 378931 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382490 _ pdf

Session 1: High-Level Panel Discussion on Key Risks and Callenges in the Safe Management of Tailings Facilities and the Prevention of Accidental Water Pollution in Central Asia

43650 _ High-level panel - Mr. Mereke Pshembaev, Vice Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan _ 378932 _ English _ 773 _ 382573 _ pdf
43650 _ High-level panel - Mr. Mereke Pshembaev, Vice Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan _ 378932 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382352 _ pdf
43650 _ High-level panel - Mr. Serik Aubakirov, Director of the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction (CESDRR) (online) _ 379009 _ English _ 773 _ 382925 _ pdf
43650 _ High-level panel - Mr. Serik Aubakirov, Director of the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction (CESDRR) (online) _ 379009 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382532 _ pdf

Session 2: Sharing Approaches on Improving the Understanding and Governance of Mine Tailings in Central Asia and Beyond

43651 _ Establishment and achievements of the IIWG on tailings safety and prevention of accidental water pollution in Kazakhstan - Mr. Musa Tanabaev, Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Safety Committee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan _ 378938 _ English _ 773 _ 382574 _ pdf
43651 _ Establishment and achievements of the IIWG on tailings safety and prevention of accidental water pollution in Kazakhstan - Mr. Musa Tanabaev, Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Safety Committee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan _ 378938 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382358 _ pdf
43651 _ Onsite training and Inter-institutional working group - Mr. Firdavs Sharipov, Head, State Inspectorate for Geological Supervision, State Supervision of Safe Work in Industry and Mining Supervision Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan _ 379079 _ English _ 773 _ 382719 _ pdf
43651 _ Onsite training and Inter-institutional working group - Mr. Firdavs Sharipov, Head, State Inspectorate for Geological Supervision, State Supervision of Safe Work in Industry and Mining Supervision Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan _ 379079 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383475 _ pdf
43651 _ Regulatory activities for the remediation of uranium production legacy sites- Mr. Bakhtiyor Barotov, Head Scientific Research, Education and Technical Service–Agency on Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Safety of National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan _ 379080 _ English _ 773 _ 382720 _ pdf
43651 _ Regulatory activities for the remediation of uranium production legacy sites- Mr. Bakhtiyor Barotov, Head Scientific Research, Education and Technical Service–Agency on Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Safety of National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan _ 379080 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383476 _ pdf
43651 _ Rio Tinto’s Approach to Safe Tailings Management & Governance - Ms. Marnie Pascoe, Chief Advisor, Major Hazards Surface Mining Centre of Excellence, Rio Tinto, Australia (online) _ 378810 _ English _ 773 _ 381987 _ pdf
43651 _ Rio Tinto’s Approach to Safe Tailings Management & Governance - Ms. Marnie Pascoe, Chief Advisor, Major Hazards Surface Mining Centre of Excellence, Rio Tinto, Australia (online) _ 378810 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382483 _ pdf

Session 3: Prevention of and Response to Accidental Water Pollution in the Danube, Dniester and Syr Darya RIver Basins

43654 _ Mapping and integration of tailings risks in the Danube River Basin Management Plan - Mr. Adam Kovacs, Technical expert – Pollution Control, International Commission on the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), JEG observer (online) _ 378969 _ English _ 773 _ 382419 _ pdf
43654 _ Mapping and integration of tailings risks in the Danube River Basin Management Plan - Mr. Adam Kovacs, Technical expert – Pollution Control, International Commission on the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), JEG observer (online) _ 378969 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382552 _ pdf
43654 _ Inventory and mapping of tailings management facilities in the Syr Darya River Basin – Overview of key hazards and risks - Ms. Oleksandra Riedl, Consultant to the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention (online) _ 378814 _ English _ 773 _ 382686 _ pdf
43654 _ Inventory and mapping of tailings management facilities in the Syr Darya River Basin – Overview of key hazards and risks - Ms. Oleksandra Riedl, Consultant to the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention (online) _ 378814 _ Russian _ 864 _ 381993 _ pdf
43654 _ Inventory and mapping of tailings management facilities in the Syr Darya River Basin – Overview of key hazards and risks - Mr. Dmitry Rudakov, Consultant to the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention (online) _ 378813 _ English _ 773 _ 382193 _ pdf
43654 _ Inventory and mapping of tailings management facilities in the Syr Darya River Basin – Overview of key hazards and risks - Mr. Dmitry Rudakov, Consultant to the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention (online) _ 378813 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382718 _ pdf
43654 _ Key findings and recommendations from UNECE-EU Project on Joint Measures to Prevent and Respond to Pollution of the Syr Darya River in Emergency Situations-Mr. Alexander Belokurov, Environmental Affairs Officer, Water Convention, UNECE (online) _ 379382 _ English _ 773 _ 383478 _ pdf
43654 _ Key findings and recommendations from UNECE-EU Project on Joint Measures to Prevent and Respond to Pollution of the Syr Darya River in Emergency Situations-Mr. Alexander Belokurov, Environmental Affairs Officer, Water Convention, UNECE (online) _ 379382 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383484 _ pdf
43654 _ Transboundary Cooperation on preventing accidental water pollution from mine tailings facilities in the Dniester River Basin - Ms. Iryna Nikolaieva, Environmental Consultant to the Dutch organization PAX and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine _ 378812 _ English _ 773 _ 381990 _ pdf
43654 _ Transboundary Cooperation on preventing accidental water pollution from mine tailings facilities in the Dniester River Basin - Ms. Iryna Nikolaieva, Environmental Consultant to the Dutch organization PAX and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine _ 378812 _ Russian _ 864 _ 381991 _ pdf
43654 _ Round-table discussion on strengthening joint contingency planning in the Syr Darya River Basin - Mr. Erbol Elekeev, Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Sector of Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan _ 379010 _ English _ 773 _ 382926 _ pdf
43654 _ Round-table discussion on strengthening joint contingency planning in the Syr Darya River Basin - Mr. Erbol Elekeev, Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Sector of Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan _ 379010 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382533 _ pdf

Session 4: Needs and the Way forward on Preventing Accidental Water Pollution form Tailings in Central Asia

Session 5: Increasing Accession to and Implementation of the Industrial Accidents Convention and Other UNECE Multilateral Environmental Agreements

43660 _ Benefits of accession and main requirements of the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention - Ms. Ksenia Nechunaeva, Environmental Affairs Consultant, Industrial Accidents Convention, UNECE _ 378815 _ English _ 773 _ 382210 _ pdf
43660 _ Benefits of accession and main requirements of the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention - Ms. Ksenia Nechunaeva, Environmental Affairs Consultant, Industrial Accidents Convention, UNECE _ 378815 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382417 _ pdf
43660 _ Steps taken by Tajikistan to prepare for accession to UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention - Mr. Ardasher Mirzozoda, First Deputy Chairman of State Supervision of Safe Work in Industry and Mining Supervision Service under the Gov. of the Rep. Tajikistan _ 379015 _ English _ 773 _ 382543 _ pdf
43660 _ Steps taken by Tajikistan to prepare for accession to UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention - Mr. Ardasher Mirzozoda, First Deputy Chairman of State Supervision of Safe Work in Industry and Mining Supervision Service under the Gov. of the Rep. Tajikistan _ 379015 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382927 _ pdf
43660 _ Experience by Kazakhstan in implementing the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention - Mr. Ermek Umarov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan _ 378940 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382360 _ pdf
43660 _ Other UNECE MEAs and benefits of their implementation - Ms. Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa, Regional Adviser on Environment, UNECE _ 378816 _ English _ 773 _ 382211 _ pdf
43660 _ Other UNECE MEAs and benefits of their implementation - Ms. Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa, Regional Adviser on Environment, UNECE _ 378816 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382484 _ pdf

Session 6: Examples of Integrating Risks and Applying a Multi-Hazard/Risk Approach in Central Asia and Beyond

43665 _ Green Central Asia: Enhancing regional dialogue on climate, environment and security - Ms. Caroline Milow, Programme Manager, Green Central Asia, GIZ _ 379769 _ English _ 773 _ 384391 _ pdf
43665 _ Green Central Asia: Enhancing regional dialogue on climate, environment and security - Ms. Caroline Milow, Programme Manager, Green Central Asia, GIZ _ 379769 _ Russian _ 864 _ 384392 _ pdf
43665 _ Integrating industrial/tailings risks into national DRR strategies and plans of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - Mr. Daurbek Sakyev, Director, Monitoring and Forecasting Department, Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan (online) _ 378935 _ English _ 773 _ 382924 _ pdf
43665 _ Integrating industrial/tailings risks into national DRR strategies and plans of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - Mr. Daurbek Sakyev, Director, Monitoring and Forecasting Department, Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan (online) _ 378935 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382923 _ pdf
43665 _ Integrating industrial/tailings risks into national DRR strategies and plans of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - Mr. Ilhom Gulamjanov, Regional Programme Manager, ACTED (Tajikistan) _ 378936 _ English _ 773 _ 382575 _ pdf
43665 _ Integrating industrial/tailings risks into national DRR strategies and plans of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - Mr. Ilhom Gulamjanov, Regional Programme Manager, ACTED (Tajikistan) _ 378936 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382356 _ pdf
43665 _ Integration of multi-hazard risk management into Volta River basin Management Plans - Mr. Joachim Ayiiwe Abungba, PhD, Principal Basin Officer and Head of the Black Volta Basin at the Water Resources Commission, Ghana (online) _ 378817 _ English _ 773 _ 381997 _ pdf
43665 _ Integration of multi-hazard risk management into Volta River basin Management Plans - Mr. Joachim Ayiiwe Abungba, PhD, Principal Basin Officer and Head of the Black Volta Basin at the Water Resources Commission, Ghana (online) _ 378817 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382687 _ pdf

Session 7: Lessons Learnt from Past Tailings Accidents in the UNECE Region

43666 _ Lessons learnt from the tailings dam failures at Baia Mare and Baia Borsa, Romania, in 2000 - Mr. Zoltán Török, Associate Professor PhD; Research Institute for Sustainability and Disaster Management, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; member of the JEG _ 378818 _ English _ 773 _ 382001 _ pdf
43666 _ Lessons learnt from the tailings dam failures at Baia Mare and Baia Borsa, Romania, in 2000 - Mr. Zoltán Török, Associate Professor PhD; Research Institute for Sustainability and Disaster Management, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; member of the JEG _ 378818 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382182 _ pdf
43666 _ Lessons learnt from the tailings dam failure at Kolontar, Hungary, in 2010 - Mr. Peter Kovács, Head of River Basin Management and Water Protection Department, Ministry of Interior, Hungary, Co-chair of the Joint Expert Group on Water and IA _ 378819 _ English _ 773 _ 382002 _ pdf
43666 _ Lessons learnt from the tailings dam failure at Kolontar, Hungary, in 2010 - Mr. Peter Kovács, Head of River Basin Management and Water Protection Department, Ministry of Interior, Hungary, Co-chair of the Joint Expert Group on Water and IA _ 378819 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382415 _ pdf
43666 _ Status of radiation and industrial tailings management facilities in Tajikistan - Mr. Tojiddin Makhmadov, Head of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Department, Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence under the Govern. of Tajikistan _ 379183 _ English _ 773 _ 383474 _ pdf
43666 _ Status of radiation and industrial tailings management facilities in Tajikistan - Mr. Tojiddin Makhmadov, Head of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Department, Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence under the Govern. of Tajikistan _ 379183 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382928 _ pdf

Session 8: Further Guidelines, Approaches and Tools to improve Tailings Safety and the Prevention or Mitigation of Accidental Water Pollution

43667 _ Vale’s experience on processing tailings sand and potential for Central Asia:Mr Arnaud Vander Velpen, GRID-Geneva,University of Geneva, Vale : Mr Emile Scheepers, Manager,Customer Service Solutions, Ms Lais Resende, Circular Economy Specialist _ 379189 _ English _ 773 _ 382940 _ pdf
43667 _ Vale’s experience on processing tailings sand and potential for Central Asia:Mr Arnaud Vander Velpen, GRID-Geneva,University of Geneva, Vale : Mr Emile Scheepers, Manager,Customer Service Solutions, Ms Lais Resende, Circular Economy Specialist _ 379189 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383477 _ pdf
43667 _ ICOLD Bulletin 194 on Tailings Dam Safety with a focus on Design Principles - Ms. Annika Bjelkevik, Technical Director at Tailings Consultants Scandinavia AB, International Commission on Large Dams (online) _ 378966 _ English _ 773 _ 382409 _ pdf
43667 _ ICOLD Bulletin 194 on Tailings Dam Safety with a focus on Design Principles - Ms. Annika Bjelkevik, Technical Director at Tailings Consultants Scandinavia AB, International Commission on Large Dams (online) _ 378966 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382555 _ pdf
43667 _ Satellite-based risk assessments and monitoring - Mr. Reijo Pold, Founder of Value.Sapce (online) _ 378820 _ English _ 773 _ 382005 _ pdf
43667 _ Implementation of nature-based solutions to mitigate pollution from tailings management facilities in Central Asia - Mr. Brendan Duprey, Director of the Sustainable Kazakhstan Research Institute, Associate Professor on Sustainable Development at the Narxo _ 378871 _ English _ 773 _ 382185 _ pdf
43667 _ Implementation of nature-based solutions to mitigate pollution from tailings management facilities in Central Asia - Mr. Brendan Duprey, Director of the Sustainable Kazakhstan Research Institute, Associate Professor on Sustainable Development at the Narxo _ 378871 _ Russian _ 864 _ 382186 _ pdf
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