The final round table was held under the framework of the project “Supporting Kazakhstan’s Transition to a Green Economy Model”, implemented with the funding from the EU Commission, and with additional support from the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Government of Switzerland.
The activity’s agenda envisaged the international best practices presentation and wider discussions under the recently developed SEA and EIA amendments to the Environmental Code of Kazakhstan, relevant sectoral legislation and the SEA by-laws.
The agenda also accommodated the presentation of the SEA report with recommendations for the revision of the Concept of the Republic of Kazakhstan for development of fuel and energy complex until 2030. The conclusions from the round table will be taken into consideration to further foster and support the SEA and EIA legal and institutional reform in Kazakhstan.
The event gathered up to 100 participants, representatives of the governmental agencies including the line Ministries of Energy, Health Protection and Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, international consultants and national experts, academia, private and non-governmental organizations.
| Project documents regarding SEA/EIA legal drafting | ||
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| Draft amendments to the primary legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (EIA and SEA) | ENG | RUS |
| Draft amendments to the secondary legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (SEA) | ENG | RUS |
| Project documents regarding SEA pilot project | ||
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| Environmental report (The Concept on Fuel and Energy Complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan till 2030) | ENG | RUS |
| Non-technical summary | RUS | |
| GIS maps | RUS |
| Informational materials and handouts | ||
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| Agenda | ENG | RUS |
| List of Participants | ENG | RUS |
| Report | ENG | |
| Presentations | ||
| Video on the UNECE Protocol on SEA | ENG | RUS |
| Brochure on SEA/EIA legal drafting in Kazakhstan | RUS | |
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Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment and other international standards of environmental assessment. Challenges of their implementation in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Mr. Jerzy Jendrośka, key international expert on EIA and SEA legal drafting |
ENG | RUS |
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Experience of Ukraine in reforming the national environmental assessment system Ms. Maryna Shimkus, Head of the EIA Unit Department of State Ecological Expertise and Auditing, Monitoring and Technical Regulations, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine |
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Experience of Georgia in reforming the national environmental assessment system Mr. Giga Gigashvilli, Head of the Municipal service for Environment Protection, Tbilisi City Hall |
ENG | RUS |
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International standards for national EIA systems and transboundary procedure as set out in the Espoo Convention, the EIA legislative reforms in Central and Eastern Europe countries Mr. Jerzy Jendrośka, key international expert on EIA and SEA legal drafting |
ENG | RUS |
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Graphs on EIA Mr. Jerzy Jendrośka, key international expert on EIA and SEA legal drafting |
RUS | |
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Overview of the legislative reform of EIA in Kazakhstan in light of the Espoo Convention Ms. Leila Makhmetova, national expert on EIA and SEA legal drafting |
RUS | |
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Provisions and requirements of the UNECE Protocol on SEA, the SEA legislative reforms in Central and Eastern Europe countries Ms. Elena Laevskaya, international expert on SEA and EIA legal drafting |
RUS | |
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Overview of the legislative reform related to development of SEA system in Kazakhstan in light of the Protocol on SEA Ms. Leila Makhmetova, national expert on EIA and SEA legal drafting |
RUS | |
| Brochure on SEA Pilot project in Kazakhstan | RUS | |
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Introduction to SEA pilot of the Concept for Development of Fuel and Energy Complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan until 2030: objectives, approach and procedure Mr. Martin Smutny, Ms. Marina Khotuleva, consultants to UNECE |
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Main findings and results of the SEA pilot: the key issues and significant environmental, including health, effects which are likely to occur further to the Concept implementation Mr. Vitaliy Kuzin, EIA national expert; Mr. Rustem Vagapov, biodiversity national expert; Mr. Mikhail Kim, health protection national expert; Mr. Adletbek Bekeev, policy analysis national expert; Mr. Nurzhan Begalin, key policy analysis national expert; Mr. Sergey Katyshev, energy key international expert |
RUS |