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The Report was prepared under the “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment – Green Economy) Action by the consultants to the UNECE secretariat to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Protocol on SEA): Dmytro Skrylnikov and Dmytro Averin. Valuable information was provided by several countries in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
The publication is issued in English and Russian.

The Guidelines were prepared under the “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment – Green Economy) Action by the consultants to the UNECE secretariat to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Protocol on SEA): Martin Smutný, Tamar Gugushvili and Michal Musil, in close cooperation with the National Environmental Agency of Georgia. Valuable comments and inputs were provided by Jerzy Jendrośka, Ioseb Kinkladze, Lia Megrelidze and Kakha Artsivadze.
The publication is issued in English and Georgian.

The Guidelines were prepared under the “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment – Green Economy) Action by the consultants to the UNECE secretariat to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Protocol on SEA): Michal Musil and Natalia Guranda, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova.
The publication is issued in English and Romanian.

The Guidelines were prepared under the “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment – Green Economy) Action by the consultants to the UNECE secretariat to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Protocol on SEA): Michal Musil and Natalia Guranda, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova.

The publication is issued in English and Romanian.

The Guidelines were prepared under the “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment – Green Economy) Action by the consultants to the UNECE secretariat to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Protocol on SEA): Nataliia Trofymenko and Maryna Zerkal, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

The publication is issued in English and Ukrainian.

Reissued for technical reasons on 2 July 2024

Summary
In June 2023, the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) secretariat initiated a study identifying regulatory and procedural barriers to trade for exports of vegetable oil from Kazakhstan, aimed at fostering integration into regional and global value chains.

The work is part of the series on national studies prepared under the ECE extra-budgetary project “Fostering Resilient, Diversified and Sustainable Value Chains in the Eurasian Region after COVID-19”. The study’s preliminary findings, including recommendations on enhancing trade facilitation reforms and quality infrastructure, were discussed during the ECE regional workshop that took place on in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (5–6 March 2024).

The study assesses current and potential export markets and aspects of the frameworks for trade facilitation (including through business process analysis) and the quality infrastructure for trade. The findings aim to assist Kazakhstan in increasing cross-border trade by making trade-related procedures more efficient, with the ultimate objective of reaping benefits from new growth opportunities and delivering on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. This document presents the summary of the study.