Environment and Security: Management, coordination

Environment and Security: Management, coordination Четвертая межрегиональная встреча представителей областных комитетов охраны природы Кыргызстана, Таджикистана и Узбекистана г. Душанбе, 11-12 июля 2006 Ben Slay, Director UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre

June Management Board meeting: Key questions • Future of Ferghana Valley projects: • Finalisation versus continuation • Need for project assessments • Support for national focal points • Funding for assistants • National coordination groups • Links between CARNET, Aarhus centres

When to finalise? • Unsuccessful projects • Insufficient donor or programme country support for continuation • Successful projects that: • Cannot be scaled up or replicated • Should be in a different programme (GEF?) • Have high opportunity costs • Resources should be redeployed elsewhere

When to continue? • Project enjoys continued support from: • Programme country(s) • Donors • A clear decision can be made about whether the project should be: • Continued • Replicated • Scaled up • Outcome: inclusion into Ferghana Valley work plan for 2008-2010

Assistance to National Focal Points • ENVSEC Management Board acknowledges the need; • Funding modalities in question: • Should be linked to specific project; • Should be hired by CO and report principally to RDO

National coordination groups • Principal body for coordination with: • Stakeholders • Other donors, projects, international agencies • Best modality for IAEA coordination • Country assistants to facilitate groups • Routines at the individual project level needed if this coordination is to work

Roles of CARNet, Aarhus Centres • Links between Osh Aarhus Centre and CARNet established • Work still needed: • REHRA: information dissemination can improve • RESCA: routines for coordination lacking • Other projects: similar issues

Environment and Security: Management, coordination