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III.A.3. Central Asia Entity(ies) responsible: Lead partner, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) with support from the secretariat and in consultation with the concerned countries |
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III.A.3.1 Finalize needs assessment exercises/feasibility studies and draft capacity-building strategies/action plans for introducing strategic environmental assessment systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan |
Kazakhstan: Needs assessment finalized and presented to the national stakeholders at a workshop on 14 December 2020 and the action plan finalised and presented to the stakeholders on 29 April 2021 |
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Kyrgyzstan: Questionnaires collected in March 2021; Draft needs assessment and the action plan prepared and being translated into Russian and shared with the Government in June 2021 |
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Tajikistan: Questionnaires collected in April 2021; Draft needs assessment and the action plan finalised in July 2021 |
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Uzbekistan: Questionnaires collected and interviews conducted in March 2021; Draft needs assessment and the elements of the action plan prepared and presented to the Government on 8 June 2021 |
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Turkmenistan: Low commitment by the government. Draft needs assessment and the action plan prepared in July 2021 based on desk research and limited number of questionnaires received in April/May 2021 |
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III.A.3.2. Organize national awareness raising workshops in some Central Asian countries to present and discuss them |
Kazakhstan: carried out on 14 December 2020 Kyrgyzstan: carried out on 11 October 2021 (online) Tajikistan: carried out on 17 March 20211 (online) Uzbekistan: carried out on 8 June 2021 (online) Turkmenistan: carried out on 14 October 2021 (online) |
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III.A.3.2. Organize a final sub-regional event in one of the Central Asian countries to share experience and discuss lessons learned |
Scheduled for 10 November 2021 in a hybrid mode |
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Promoting practical application of the Protocol and/or the Convention |
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Support Kazakhstan in establishing compliant national EIA and SEA systems with a view to implementing its new Environmental Code |
a. Comments to draft road map to implement the Convention prepared in May 2021 |
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Justification: The activity stems from annex III to decision VIII/2–IV/2 and the new requests made by Kazakhstan during the last sessions of the Meetings of the Parties |
b. Round table to discuss the draft road map conducted on 21 June 2021 |
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Entity(ies) responsible: secretariat, in cooperation with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Nur Sultan and the EU funded Partnership for Action on Green Economy |
c. An awareness raising event on EIA and SEA carried out in 4 half-day online sessions for 61 participants on 30 March–2 April 2022 |
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Funding: 2021 funding from Switzerland |
d. An initial training workshop on strategic environmental assessment carried out online in two half-day sessions on 28–29 April 2021 for 60 participants |
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e. A training workshop consisting of eighth online sessions has been implemented from 19 May to 16 June 2021 for 50 participants |
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f. Terms of reference for a database on environmental impact assessment procedures planned for August–November 2021 (date to be confirmed) |
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g. A training workshop on transboundary environmental impact assessment (autumn 2021, date to be confirmed). |