Objective
Selected communities in southern Kyrgyzstan are using sustainable models of forest and pasture management in order to promote the conservation of biodiversity, support adaptation to climate change and increase local incomes.
The project is designed to bring about a shift in forest and land management practices, by removing any policy, institutional, technology or capacityrelated barriers to sustainable forest and land management practices. The intervention is also promoting a more integrated cross-sectoral approach that takes into account the role of land and forest resources in the carbon balance, while generating socio-economic benefits by sustaining flows of critical ecosystem services, such as climate and water regulation, soil erosion control and regulation of natural hazards. Through the promotion of new approaches and practices, the project is to increase the productivity of forest and agro-ecosystems leading to improved livelihoods of mountain people. Cross-sectoral collaboration between the forestry and agriculture sector is supported at national, “oblast” and local levels through the establishment of mechanisms to facilitate integrated land-use planning and scale up innovative, sustainable practices.
The project aims to strengthen the dialogue between European, Central Asian and Afghan actors related to water science and technologies.
The Central Asia Water and Energy Program aims to help six Central Asian countries strengthen the enabling environment to promote water and energy security at the regional level and in beneficiary countries.
The project aims to enhance environment, climate change and water policies in Central Asia through approximation to EU standards and to promote green investments in relevant sectors with the aim of contributing to measurable reductions in man-made pollution, including CO2 emission.
The project aims at sustaining and further strengthening the on-going intersectoral processes of the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) NPDs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. A robust analytical basis will substantiate policy dialogues through “policy packages” defined at the national level and focused on priorities selected by the national governments. Water quality issues in a transboundary context, including with regards to preventing accidental water pollution, are expected to feature high among the priorities. In Turkmenistan, discussions will be organized to re-launch the NPD process. In Uzbekistan, the option of launching an NPD process will be explored.
The Program’s objective is to improve financial resilience and risk informed investment planning towards building disaster and climate resilience in Central Asia. Program Operational Components:
1. Quantifying regional disaster risks and capacity building on risk identification through identifying, assessing, mapping and modelling disaster and climate risks.
2. Establishing fundamental awareness and capacities for financial resilience at national and regional levels to selected countries of Central Asia in enhancing awareness and fundamental capacities for financial protection.
3. Exposure mapping for improved risk analysis, disaster risk management and awareness to collect new data on the exposure of assets at local levels to disaster and climate risk and to share and use this data for decision-making at national and sub-national levels for preparedness, risk reduction and risk financing.
Visual synthesis report preparation and development
The application of transboundary environmental impact assessment in Central Asia between the two countries Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, both parties of the EIA Convention. National implementation mechanisms in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan developed. EIA procedure in a transboundary context applied to a specific planned project.
