UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the

Espoo Convention Technical advice and capacity-building

Secretariat to the Espoo Convention and its Protocol on SEA

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

17 June 2015 / Chisinau

• A large sub-regional programme for the period 2013-2016

• Implemented by UNECE, OECD, UNEP, and UNIDO

• Financed by the European Union, the four implementing organisations and other donors

• Aims to assist Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, in their transition to green economy

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EaP GREEN: general information (1)

Overall objective: To assist the EaP countries to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation and resource depletion. Three pillars components UNECE Component 2 aims to promote the use of SEA and EIA as essential planning tools to achieve the overall objective

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1.3: Identifying environmentally-harmful subsidies and launching subsidy reform

1.4: Creating market incentives for greener products

1.5: Improving investment policies and access to finance

1.6: Greening of SMEs

1.7: Promoting green procurement practices

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s 3.1: Development of capacity for RECP (Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production)

3.2: RECP implementation, dissemination and replication

3.3: RECP technology support

3.4: Sustainable public procurement

3.5: Promoting organic agriculture

EaP GREEN: general information (2)

EaP GREEN: SEA/EIA Component

Revision of the existing national regulatory and legislative framework

• Legislative review of

SEA and, as appropriate, of EIA

• Legal drafting for SEA legislation

• Sub-regional overview

Capacity building on SEA/EIA procedures

•National and sub-national level training on SEA

•Development of national guidance documents

•Coordination and experience-sharing events

•Pilot SEAs and EIAs

Strengthening administrative capacities

• Legislative reviews and development of recommendations

• Policy dialogue

• Institutional reviews and recommendations

Implementation of the EaP GREEN Programme in the Republic of Moldova

• Legislative review on SEA

• Drafting of the SEA law

• Drafting of by laws on EIA

Phase I (June 2013 – July 2014)

• Local level SEA pilot (Orhei Master plan)

• Training

Phase II (July 2014 – June 2015) • National level SEA pilot

• National SEA guidance

• Bylaws to support the SEA lawС

Phase III (Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2016)

legislative advise: outcomes

1. National round-table on Legal Implementation of the Protocol on SEA in the Republic of Moldova, 3 September 2013

2. National round-table meeting: Draft Law on Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Republic of Moldova and its pilot application to urban plans and programmes, 29 July 2014

Implementing legislation: bylaws on EIA

Phase I (June 2013 – July 2014)

pilot project and trainings outcomes (2)

Phase II (July 2014 – June 2015)

1. Practical application of the Draft Law of the Republic of Moldova on Strategic Environmental Assessment to urban plans and programmes (PART I - II), Chisinau 30 – 31 July 2014 & 16 - 17 December 2014

2. First public consultation meeting to inform local stakeholders about the Orhei Town Master Plan preparation process and the preliminary results of the strategic environmental assessment, Orhei 17 December 2014

3. Public participation workshop on the draft SEA report and the Master Plan of Orhei Town (Advisory mission to supervise the implementation of the pilot project on application of SEA to the Orhei Master Plan), Chisinau 12-13 February 2015

4. Presentation of the results of the Orhei MasterPlan pilot project at the "Strengthening National Capacities for Sustainable Housing" event organised by the UNECE Housing and Land Management department, Chisinau 14 - 15 May 2015

5. Public hearing on law on SEA and Final event on Pilot: Strategic Environmental Assessment for Master Plan of the city of Orhei, Chisinau 17 June 2015

Plans: 2015 - 2016

• August 2015: Preparation of the national level pilot project

• October 2015 – October 2016: Implementation of the national level pilot project

• 2016: Development of the SEA guidance

• January – August 2016: Development of by laws

Phase III (Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2016)

Sub-regional events

• Technical advice and capacity-building activities to support the implementation of the UNECE Protocol on SEA in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus (15 - 16 April 2014), Minsk

• Study tour in the Czech Republic “Application of SEA at the national level in the field of urban planning, waste management, agriculture and energy sector” (1 - 5 December 2014), Prague

• Lessons learned from drafting the SEA legislation in EaP GREEN countries (19-20 October 2015), Georgia

• Train the trainers workshop on practical application of SEA (20-23 October 2015), Georgia

Phases I - III (2013 – 2016)

• For more information on EaP GREEN

• Visit UNECE website:

• http://www.unece.org/env/sea/eapgreen.html

• OECD website:

• http://www.oecd.org/env/outreach/eapgreen.htm

•Благодарю за внимание! Enjoy the workshop!

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