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Central Asia

Project "Strengthening national and regional capacities and cooperation on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Central Asia, including as a response to climate change" implemented by UNECE and OSCE

Ativities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia:

Activities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia, for the period between the 7th and 8th sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2017-2020)
Activities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia, for the period between the 6th and 7th sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2014-2017)
Activities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia, for the period between the 5th and 6th sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2011-2014)
Activities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia, for the period between the 4th and 5th sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2008-2011)
Activities under the Espoo Convention focused on Central Asia, for the period between the 3rd and 4th sessions of the Meeting of the Parties (2004-2008)

Central Asia guidelines

Workplan Activity

Preparation and dissemination of guidance - drafting of guidance on the practical application of the Convention for specific needs of the subregion (for cases of transboundary EIA in relation to, inter alia, transboundary watercourses) by a consultant.

Document Title	ENG	FRE	RUS
Guidance, as presented to the Working Group on EIA and noted by the 4th Meeting of the Parties ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2007/6	ENG	FRE	RUS

Earlier draft:

	Revised draft Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries	ENG	RUS
	Annexes:
1	Text of Espoo Convention	ENG	RUS
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2	Template of Notification Letter	ENG	RUS
3	Guidance on Public Participation in EIA in a Transboundary Context	ENG	RUS
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4	Methodological aspects of environmental and socio-economic impact assessment	ENG	RUS
5	Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention	ENG	RUS
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6	Template of EIA statement	ENG	RUS
7	Exemplary activity for procedure of post-project analysis	ENG	RUS
8	Guidance on subregional cooperation	ENG	RUS
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9	Conclusions of the Sub-regional Workshop	ENG	RUS

Carrying-out of workshop in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) to finalize the guidance.

Conclusions of workshop on guidance for capacity building in Central Asia region, Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan), 5-7 October 2004
Presentation made on 29 April 2005

Active dissemination of the guidance in the participating countries (through, for example, national workshops).

National workshops in:

Kyrgyzstan (28 January 2005)
Tajikistan (18 February 2005)
Uzbekistan (25 February 2005)
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan

Training course in transboundary EIA - methodology

First training workshop held in Tajikistan, 19-21 February 2007 with the support from Switzerland.
Second in Kyrgyzstan, 26-30 November 2007.
Third in Kazakhstan, June 2008.
Fourth in Azerbaijan, 16-18 June 2010.
Fifth in Uzbekistan, 30 June - 2 July 2011.
Sixth planned for Turkmenistan (not realized).
Final conference in Tajikistan, 4-6 July 2013.

Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan Pilot Study