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EII: UKRAINE’S ENVIRONMENT AND SD TRENDS

EII: UKRAINE’S ENVIRONMENT AND SD TRENDS. Anna Golubovska-Onisimova, UNENGO MAMA-86. Towards good environmental governance in eap countries. 2001 EaP SCF WG3 Report of 14 expert of 6 EaP countries

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EII: UKRAINE’S ENVIRONMENT AND SD TRENDS

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  1. EII: UKRAINE’S ENVIRONMENT AND SD TRENDS Anna Golubovska-Onisimova, UNENGO MAMA-86 European Integration Index presentation Chisinau, 21 November 2012

  2. Towards good environmental governance in eap countries • 2001 EaP SCF WG3 Report of 14 expert of 6 EaP countries • Assessed 7 areas: 1) Strenghtening cooperation with EU 2) Strengthening administrative structures and procedures 3) Developing strategies, plans and programmes 4) Ensuring environmental policy integration (promoting SD) 5) Strenghtening structure and procedures to conduct EIA 6) Improving access to info and PP 7) Cooperation on SEIS • Based on WWF IPO methodology for ENP Action Plans assessment(2008-2009) • Discussed by expert groups and WG3 during 2 meetings • Presented in March 2012 in Kyiv using skype technology • Sent to all EaP countries EU delegations

  3. Towards good environmental governance in eapcountries • Azerbaijan 48,8% - 4 • Armenia 58,2% - 1 • Belarus 35,4% - 5 • Georgia 21,3% - 6 • Moldova 56,7% - 2 • Ukraine 50,7% - 3

  4. Eii: environment and sd pillar External incentives continue to be the major drive for reforms where the EU is the number one. Complimentary information is provided by EII. • 2011-2012, 8 experts of 6 EaP countries • Sector specific assessment. Questions covered 1) environmental policy (incl MEAs) 2) sustainable development policy 3) resource efficiency 4) Climate change 5) pressure to/ state of environment 6) sustainable development and trade • Helped to make a link between policy and state of environment/ resource efficiency • Good exercise to integrate environment and sustainable development into multitopic CSO research

  5. indicators CHOICE • Priorities of ENP SD&environmental objectives • Basic requirements of SD Summits • Key prerequisite of obligatory EPI • Eastern Partnership Flagship initiative on good governance (admin. str., SEIS, MEAs –AC, Espoo) • Key elements of AA (FTA, SBS in Environment) • The data should be available in each of 6 country • Major environmental performance indicators

  6. ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  7. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY • Moldova is leading on EPI, thus on topic • Ukraine recently adopted new Env Strategy and NEAP as required by Association Agenda • But – 3 non-compliance in 2011, one withdrawn • Armenia is the only country ratified SEA • Georgia adopted 2nd generation of NEAP • MEAs: Ukraine is leading in number, but behind in reporting and compliance (active public phenomena)

  8. ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  9. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY • No NSDS, except Armenia (recently ratified programme) • NSDC are not functional (except Armenia), though are established in majority • 10-years SCP policy framework is planned • Ukraine ratified 69 ILO Conventions, 60 are in force, Moldova – 42 and 40 • Only Moldova adopted law against illegal fishery • Control of legal trade in forestry is a bit better

  10. ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  11. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

  12. PRESSURE TO/ STATE OF ENVIRONMENT

  13. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY, PRESSURE TO/ STATE OF ENVIRONMENT • 12 indicators shown: Belarus has the best environmental situation, followed by Gerogia and Moldova, and Ukraine – the worst • The result correlates with Yale University Environmental Performance Index • Total annual volume of municipal waste p. c. is still lower than in EU-27 (< consumption) • Soil erosion is very high, Ukraine is leading • Natural protected areas are too small

  14. TOTAL INDEX ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Despitesomesuccessinpolicyelaborationandinternationalcooperation, allEaPcountrieslagbehindinresourceefficiency, andstate of/ impacttoenvironment (environmentalperformance). UkraineasthebiggestcountryinEuropeinterritoryinheritedheavyenvironemntalconsequencesfromUSSR (heavy industry and conventional agriculture). One of the reason to explain the largest gap among EaP countries between modern environemntal policy and modest so far success in its implementation.

  15. Towards good environmental governance in eap countries • The latest public administration reforms weaken administrative structures and procedures (10218) • Strategic planning (and reporting) was improved in advanced AA negotiating countries (SBS indicators) • Environmental policy integration is generally not backed up with legislation (SEA Pr – Armenia) • Deregulation leads to elimination of EIA procedure (fracking) • Mechanisms and procedures for PP are absent • SEIS potential for improving the quality of information for EDM could be used better (env. data collection – EaP Roadmap)

  16. Thank you! ДЯКУЮ ЗА УВАГУ! anna@mama-86.org.ua

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