The UNECE Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment has been engaged in efforts to make environmental monitoring an effective instrument in policymaking and, in particular, to assist countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. UNECE member States, with the support of the secretariat, have made significant progress in establishing the Shared Environmental Information System, and there is a renewed and strengthened momentum for environmental monitoring and assessment following the Batumi Environment for Europe Conference. As a next step, the Working Group on Environmental Monitoring launched a collaborative and forward-looking discussion to define a vision for its work leading up to 2030, as described in this publication.

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