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Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -

Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -. Working Group on Integrated Water Resource Management 22-24 October 2008. Purpose. To contribute to reduction of environment and security risks, and strengthened cooperation between and within countries. Partners.

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Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC -

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  1. Environment and Security Initiative - ENVSEC - Working Group on Integrated Water Resource Management 22-24 October 2008

  2. Purpose To contribute to reduction of environment and security risks, and strengthened cooperation between and within countries

  3. Partners • OSCE – regional security expertise on early warning, conflict prevention, conflict management and post-conflict rehabilitation • UNEP - assessments of the state of the environment and expertise on environmental policies, institutions and laws • UNDP – expertise on linkages between environmental trends and human security as well as poverty reduction • UNECE - environmental policy and international environmental law, including five regional environmental conventions • REC – regional expertise and network of professionals of environmental field work • NATO – associated member providing technical and financial support to clean-up and remediation efforts

  4. UNECE Conventions • Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution • EIA in a Transboundary Context • Transboundary Waters • Transboundary Effects of Industrial Acidents • Aarhus

  5. Principles and Approaches • Links between peacebuilding, governance, development and environment • Participatory approach: National Focal Points and stakeholders to shape the program • Responsiveness to local priorities • Potential for environmental peacemaking in every region • Two-stages approach: Assessments and Work Programmes

  6. Assessment reports •Amudarya and East Caspian Assessments are about to be finalised • The case of Eastern Europe, Belarus – Moldova – Ukraine, 2007 • The case of the Ferhana valley, Central Asia - Ferghana / Osh / Khujand area, 2005 • The Case of the Southern Caucasus, 2004 • The Case of Central Asia and South Eastern Europe, 2003

  7. Work Programmes • In-depth vulnerability assessment, early warning and monitoring • Strengthening policies, institutions and awareness • Capacity building. In areas where specific risks are present • ‘Clean-up and remediation’ by mobilizing financial support and technical expertise

  8. How it works • Field presences of OSCE, UNDP, and REC, ENVSEC - in 20 countries • Close cooperation with national experts, NGOs and research institutes • Over 50 projects implemented • Supported by: Austria, Belgium Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA

  9. Projects under the Water Convention • Capacity building for cooperation on dam safety in Central Asia. • Enhancing Regional Exchange of Water Resource Information in Central Asia, CAREWIB II. • Transboundary cooperation and sustainable management of the Dniester river. • Support to a bilateral agreement under the UNECE Water Convention between Azerbaijan and Georgia. • Bi-/multilateral arrangements for prevention of transboundary environmental conflicts: the Timok River shared by Bulgaria and Serbia.

  10. Dniester cooperation

  11. Dniester River Basin • Aims at the improvement of the joint management of the basin • Promote the adoption of the new Dniester River basin Agreement • Facilitate cooperation between sanitary-epidemiological services of the two states • Support activities on biodiversity conservation (with focus on fisheries) • Facilitate information exchange at the national and basin-wide levels • Raise public awareness and media coverage of the basin environmental issues.

  12. Kura cooperation

  13. Kura River Basin • Support Georgia to ratify and implement the UNECE Water Convention • Strengthen transboundary water cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia • Draft bilateral agreement, including the establishment of a joint management body

  14. Timok Cooperation

  15. Timok River Basin • Facilitate cooperation between Bulgaria and Serbia on the Timok River Basin • Developing a bilateral agreement on transboundary waters, which will also include the above basin

  16. More Information: www.envsec.org

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