
Sustainable use of natural resources in Central Asia
Pasture, forest and wildlife resources are being managed in an economically viable, socially acceptable and ecologically sustainable way.
Pasture, forest and wildlife resources are being managed in an economically viable, socially acceptable and ecologically sustainable way.
This project has been developed in accordance with the Joint Declaration adopted at the high-level International Forum “Uranium Tailings in Central Asia: Local Problems, Regional Concenquences, Global Solution”, held in Geneva on 29 June 2009. The Joint Declaration calls for a coherent approach in addressing threats to population and environment from hazardous radioactive waste. The project contributed to transform scientific knowledge and political desire into development and implementation of prioritized interventions that include: (i) strengthening of regulatory, legislative framework and capacity for sustainable management of radioactive wastes; (ii) special initiatives for cleaning up and restoration of selected sites; (iii) initiatives for community development, including raising public awareness and attraction of social, environmental and economic investments; (iv) promotion of partnership between public and private sectors for recycling waste tailings.
In the conclusion of Phase II of the project, the need for continued work in the area of dam safety has been underlined by all countries in the region, and the ENVSEC partners have been requested to respond to this need. Important directions for the next phase include development and implementation of national legislation, building capacity of experts, as well as finalization and signing of the cooperation agreement.
An overall objective of the EURECA Programme is to promote and support enhanced regional co-operation on environment and water both between EU and Central Asia and within Central Asia.
The programme aims to set-up the necessary policy, regulatory and institutional mechanisms enabling the penetration of renewable energy sources in the energy mix of the partner countries as well as increasing the energy efficiency at national level (as measured by the energy intensity of the national economies)
The focal sectors of this programme are Rule of Law, Education and Integrated Rural Development.
The aim of the project is to strengthen regional capacity to address water governance challenges within national and transboundary sustainable development frameworks. Location : Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan
To contribute to the development of efficient and coordinated national policies with regard to water quality aspects of integrated water resources management in Central Asia.
The goal was to combat land degradation and improve rural livelihoods in the CACs. The objective was to establish the Central Asian Initiative for Land Management (CACILM), a multi-country and donor partnership to support the development and implementation of national level programmatic frameworks for more comprehensive and integrated approaches to sustainable land management in the region. The CACILM is a 10-year, multicountry, multidonor program promoting SLM to restore, maintain, and enhance productivity of Drylands. The goal of CACILM was to combat land degradation while also improving rural livelihoods across the region. It was anticipated that in the second and third phase significantly more resources could be invested in SLM-related activities in the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, by the partnership of national governments, the GEF, implementing agencies, and other donors.
The EBRD provided resources to establish a framework of up to €20 million to co-finance with international donors priority water and wastewater rehabilitation sub-projects across the Kyrgyz Republic. When established the framework will envisage sovereign loans for on-lending to the water companies involved as appropriate and would address urgently needed water and wastewater infrastructure rehabilitation needs.