The project aimed at supporting the local authorities in the Central Asia and ENP-East are to acquire a common methodology to correctly monitor, evaluate and reduce their energy consumptions and CO2 emissions by joining the Covenant of Mayors’ principles, rules and goals.
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.
The project overall goal is to ensure rural communities in Tajikistan have sustainable access to drinking water and sanitation.
The project accelerated the development of small-scale hydropower (SHP) generation in Tajikistan by removing barriers through enabling legal and regulatory framework, capacity building and developing sustainable delivery models, thus substantially avoiding the use of conventional biomass and fossil fuels for power and other energy needs. It was done by introducing a regulatory framework to supply the grid with electricity generated SHP through sustainable delivery models and financing mechanisms and assist the Government in attracting funding for SHP investments.
The overall development objective of the project is to reduce widespread poverty in Tajikistan by enhancing socio-economic development and increasing household incomes through the promotion income-generating end-use applications of renewable sources of energy in areas with either unreliable and limited power supply or no supply at all.
Produce an assessment of Tajikistan’s institutional, technical and human capacity to mainstream climate change considerations in key policy areas, with particular focus on the requirements for implementing the SPRC; and to Conduct an initial awareness raising campaign aimed at building capacity on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
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 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
