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Inception workshop under the UNECE project to strengthen the safety of mining operations, in particular tailings management facilities (TMFs), in Kazakhstan and beyond in Central Asia

07 November (10:00) - 08 November (16:00) 2018
Astana Kazakhstan

The inception workshop is the first activity to be organized as part of the UNECE project to strengthen the safety of mining operations, in particular tailings management facilities (TMFs), in Kazakhstan and beyond in Central Asia.

Agenda ENG   RUS

List of Participants ENG   RUS

Evaluation summary

UNECE Press release on the results of the inception workshop

Background Information ENG RUS
UNECE Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Tailings Management Facilities PDF PDF
Methodology for improving tailings management facilities (TMF) PDF PDF
Flyer/Leaflet on the pilot project to strengthen the safety of mining operations, in particular TMFs, in Kazakhstan and beyond in Central Asia (2018/2019) PDF PDF

  

Presentations ENG RUS

Session 1: International instruments and guidance materials

Introduction of Participants PDF

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Setting the Scene: UNECE Pilot Project and Workshop Objectives - Ms. C. Kamke, UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention PDF PDF
The UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents and its work on tailings safety - Ms. C. Kamke, UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention PDF PDF
Preventing accidental water pollution through the UNECE Water and Industrial Accidents Conventions and their Joint Expert Group - Mr. G. Winkelmann-Oei, German Federal Environmental Agency, Co-chair of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents PDF PDF
Presentation of the Tailing Hazard Index, its testing and application in Ukraine - Mr. D. Rudakov, Dnipro University of Technology, Ukraine PDF PDF
Presentation of the regional project "Assistance in safety improvement of tailings management facilities (TMF) in Armenia and Georgia - Ms. K. Sahakyan, NGO "Eco Peace", Armenia PDF PDF
Safety is no accident: Work on TMFs and relevant guidance materials to improve the management of mining tailings by UNEP and the Minamata Convention secretariat (remotely, via Skype) - Ms. K. Thygesen, GRID-Arendal, Norway, UNEP  PDF  
TMF Safety and the prevention of accidental water pollution in the context of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction - Mr. P. Danihelka, Technical University of Ostrava, Member of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents, Czechia PDF PDF

Session 2: TMF management and lessons learned from tailings accidents in the UNECE region, including in a transboundary context

   
TMF management and lessons learned from tailings accidents in the UNECE region, including in a transboundary context -  Mr. P. Danihelka, Technical University of Ostrava, Member of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents, Czechia PDF PDF
TMF safety and management following the Baia Mare accident (2000) - Lessons learned and Good Practices (remotely, via Skype) - Mr. Z. Torok, Babes-Bolyai University, Member of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents, Romania PDF PDF
Situation of TMF safety and Management in Kazakhstan - legislation, challenges and lessons learned from the Ridder TMF accident (2016) - Mr. Y. Duisenbayev, Kazakhstan PDF PDF
Situation of TMF safety and management in Kyrgyzstan - legislation, challenges and lessons learned from past TMF accidents of near-misses - Ms. A. Murzabekova, Leading specialist of the Department for Investment Attraction and Project Implementation of the Agency for Tailings Management Under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan PDF PDF
TMF safety and management following the TMF accident at the Talvivaara Mine (2012) - Lessons learned and Good Practices - Mr. S. Hellsten, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE PDF PDF

Session 3: Application of the TMF methodology

   
UNECE Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Tailings Management Facilities - Mr. P. Danihelka, Technical University of Ostrava, Member of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents, Czechia PDF PDF
Introduction into the methodology and its application. Tailings hazard indes. The Checklist and the Action list. Results for Ukraine and Armenia - Mr. D. Rudakov, Dnipro University of Technology, Ukraine PDF PDF
The inventory of Tailings Management Facilities in Kazakhstan - Mr. Y. Duisenbayev, Project Coordinator, Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan PDF PDF
The inventory of Tailings management Facilities in Kyrgyzstan - Mr. A. Raimberdiev, Senior inspector of the Supervision Department for Industrial and Mining Safety Management anf for the Sate Environmental and Technical Inspectorate of Kyrgyzstan PDF PDF
Presentation on initial mapping of TMFs in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - Ms. O. Lohunova, Sustainable development Platform NGO PDF PDF

Session 4: Next steps and ways forward

   
TMF Hotspots in Kazakhstan identified using the THI, including those with transboundary effects: recommendations and next step - Mr. Y. Duisenbayev, Project Coordinator, Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan PDF PDF
Next steps, couclusions and wrap-up, Ms. C. Kamke, UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention and Mr. T. Makeev, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe PDF PDF

Project Coordination meeting

   
Agenda PDF PDF
Workshop summary and conclusions PDF PDF