Project is financed by the European Union Forest and Biodiversity Governance Including Environmental Monitoring EU Project FLERMONECA Project is financed by the European Union

MONECA Introduction Bishkek, March 19, 2014

Content The framework EU EURECA (2009) Programme and FLERMONECA Component Moneca and expected results Agreed activities and products after communication process State of indicator provision in CA Products and activities

EURECA 2009 The regional Environment Programme for Central Asia (EURECA 2009) is the centerpiece of cooperation between the EU and Central Asia EURECA encompasses 4 components: Component (1) – Central Asia enhanced regional cooperation on Environment and Water: WECOOP Component (2) – Forest and biodiversity governance, including environmental monitoring: FLERMONECA Component (3) – Partnership of water management and basin organisations in Central Asia: WMBOCA Component (4) – Environmental awareness raising: AWARE

Components of FLERMONECA MONECA: Environmental monitoring in Central Asia: The objective of the component: Environmental monitoring, reporting and data sharing is improved in the Central Asian countries and in the region as a whole, and links and partnerships are strengthened between the respective Central Asian and EU institutions. Approach used: supporting introduction of SEIS principles Implemented by Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria and Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)

Connecting societies, providing information EU EURECA (2009) Programme and FLERMONECA Objectives of FLERMONECA Components of FLERMONECA The project approach

Expected end results 1: Improved capacities and inter-institutional cooperation of governmental organisations in C Asia 2: Improved content of environmental information in Central Asia and its accessibility within the region and internationally 3: Strengthening awareness and communication of SEIS principles, approach and results in Central Asia

Expected results after communication process develop annotated outline of upcoming NSoERs; produce and analyze indicators for the relevant chapters of NSoER 2011-2013/14; fill up the templates on indicators with integrated policy, legal and institutional set up; help, to the extent possible, in designing and building of SEIS compatible data management systems and facilities (web-sites with analysis, indicators and attached data bases). The composition of above items may vary from country to country, depending of country progress

Core indicators Current situation with MONECA indicators availability and reporting (and sharing prospects) in Central Asia KAZ KYR TJK UZB TKM A1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air (1) Emissions of SO2 (2) Emissions of NO2 A2. Ambient air quality in urban areas (3) Mean concentration of NO2 1 A3. Consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) (4) Consumption of ODS B3. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (5) GHG emissions 2 3 C10. BOD5 and concentration of ammonium in rivers (6) BOD5 concentration in rivers 4 (7) Ammonium concentration in rivers C11. Nutrients in freshwater (8) Nitrates concentration in major water bodies 5 (9) Total (mineral) phosphorus concentration in water bodies 6 D1. Protected areas (10) Areas under protection in total and broken down by regimes of protection * *** ** I1. Waste generation (11) Annual municipal waste generation 7 * 8 * 8 ** SPECIFIC INDICATORS Biodiversity Forest and other wooded land: FLEG relevant indicator Status of threatened species: ERCA relevant indicator Trends in selected species: ERCA relevant indicator

Additional indicators consistent with UNECE JTF core indicators B3. Greenhouse gas emissions (10) GHG emissions C10. BOD5 and concentration of ammonium in rivers (11) BOD5 concentration in rivers (12) Ammonium concentration in rivers C11. Nutrients in freshwater (13) Nitrates concentration in major water bodies (14) Total phosphorus concentration in water bodies I1. Waste generation (15) Annual municipal waste generation

Information exchange and hand on collaborative work Back to back to meetings of the national SEIS working group, specific expert meetings with European experts will be held (like biodiversity in Bishkek on 19 and 20 March 2014) Regional meetings will be accompanied with workshops on regional questions e.g. NSOER, PRTR, WQ, etc Opportunities to participate in similar Workshops somewhere, organised by UNECE and ENPI SEIS or others will be provided One study tour to be organised after having agreed on goals, content and favourite countries in the regional meeting during summer 2014

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