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Advanced SearchImplementation Committee of the UNECE Water Convention holds its first meeting in Geneva
The Implementation Committee under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) held its first meeting in Geneva on 5 June 2013.
…UNECE promotes innovative entrepreneurship in Southeast Europe
Innovation is a key driver of sustainable prosperity, and entrepreneurs are key driving forces behind innovation. To promote innovative entrepreneurship, particularly in Southeast Europe, UNECE and the Croatian Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts jointly organized an…
UNECE helps Sava countries to adapt to climate change and balance water use between sectors
UNECE is helping the Sava countries, namely Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, to adapt to climate change and anticipate flood risks. Through a project entitled “Building the link between transboundary flood risk management and climate change…
Countries of the Caucasus meet in Tbilisi to address common challenges on Water and Health issues
A workshop to address and improve the situation of water and health in the Caucasus was held in Tbilisi on 27 and 28 May 2013. Specifically, the meeting gathered over 40 representatives of major governmental and non-governmental stakeholders from Armenia, Azerbaijan…
Preparations for census in Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2013 are on track
The International Monitoring Operation (IMO) is of the opinion that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is ready to conduct the Population and Housing Census in October 2013, taking into account the technical preparedness so far and the willingness…
Совещание экспертов «Итоги Конференции Рио+20: вызовы и возможности для Межгосударственной комиссии по устойчивому развитию» состоялось 30 мая 2013 года в г.Алматы, Казахстан. Участники совещания, организованного совместно Европейской экономической комиссией Организации Объединенных Наций (ЕЭК…
The expert meeting, “Outcomes of Rio+20: challenges and opportunities for the Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development” took place on 30 May 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Participants at the meeting, co-organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe…
Economic development in the Mediterranean region will require increased regional integration and the implementation of international best practices in legislation and regulations. On 30 and 31 May 2013 parliamentarians from the region gathered in Geneva to discuss how…
تتطلب التنمية الاقتصادية في منطقة البحر الأبيض المتوسط زيادة التكامل الإقليمي وتنفيذ أفضل الممارسات الدولية في التشريعات و النظم. تجمع يومي 30 و 31 مايو 2013 في جنيف برلمانيين من المنطقة لمناقشة كيف يمكن لللجنة الاقتصادية لأوروبا والأنكتاد أن…
UNECE helps Georgia draft new Water Law
A draft new Water Law was presented at the Second Steering Committee meeting of the Georgian National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), held in Tbilisi on 30 May 2013. The new Water Law has been drafted by an interministerial…
UNECE supports first Meeting of the Parties to Drin River Basin treaty
On 28 May 2013 in Tirana the five Drin River Riparians held the first Meeting of the Parties to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Shared Strategic Vision for the Sustainable Management of the Drin River Basin. At the meeting, high-level representatives from…
Tapping into the Russian Federation’s bioenergy potential
Russia has more than a fifth of the world's forests, which makes it the largest forest country in the world. However, the considerable potential of Russian forests is underutilized and Russia's share of the global trade in forest products is less than four percent…
UN to discuss avenues for harnessing trade for growth in the Mediterranean region
The UNECE in collaboration with the United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), is organizing a conference on 30-31 May 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to support economic growth…
UNECE supports modernization of water legislation in Tajikistan
The fifth meeting of the Steering Committee of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative’s National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management was held in Dushanbe on 23 May 2013, to discuss a new Water Sector Reform Strategy, drafted by an interministerial…
ЕЭК ООН поддерживает модернизацию водного законодательства в Таджикистане
Душанбе, 23 мая 2013 года - Пятое совещание Координационного совета Национальных диалогов по политике в области интегрированного управления водными ресурсами в рамках Водной инициативы Европейского Союза (ВИЕС), на котором обсуждалась новая Стратегия реформирования…
22 мая 2013 года в Астане (Казахстан) был подписан Меморандум о взаимопонимании между Европейской экономической комиссией ООН (ЕЭК ООН), Экономической и социальной комиссией для Азии и Тихого океана (ЭСКАТО) и Евразийским экономическим сообществом.
…UNECE signs tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with UNESCAP and the Eurasian Economic Community
A Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) was signed on 22 May 2013 in Astana,…
Water and Biodiversity: UNECE Water Convention puts ecosystems at the heart of water management
This year “Water and Biodiversity” is the topic of the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is celebrated annually on 22 May. In 2013 — the International Year of Water Cooperation — the International Day for Biological…
L'accès à l'eau potable et à un assainissement amélioré ainsi que la gestion des déchets demeurent parmi les problèmes environnementaux les plus pressants de la Roumanie selon le deuxième Examen des performances environnementales de la Roumanie publié aujourd'hui. L'…
Access to clean water and improved sanitation and waste management remain some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing Romania according to the second Environmental Performance Review of Romania published today. The Review, performed by the United Nations…