Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

At their meeting in Yerevan, EECCA Ministers of Environment, Finance, and Economy, Ministers and senior representatives from several OECD countries, as well as senior officials from International Financial Institutions, International Organisations, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector, met to discuss the situation in the EECCA water supply and sanitation sector and the measures needed to ensure sustainable financing

Promoting of Effective Co-operation and Communication among Partners

Effective communication and enhanced information sharing in both English and Russian is essential to underpin the actions and to facilitate the co-operation. Special efforts are needed to communicate effectively with the EECCA Regional Environmental Centers, the NGOs and private sector.

Framework, Results and Evaluation of the Pilot with the Ministry of Environment of Georgia

This document has been prepared by the EAP Task Force Secretariat to share with EECCA countries, donor partners and other stakeholders the experience of the pilot initiative "Policy Dialogue for Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Environment of Georgia". The document also offers an evaluation of the usefulness of such Policy Dialogues and a brief description of follow-up initiatives that may require donor support

Facilitating Country-Driven Partnerships

Two obstacles to achieving the objectives of the EECCA Environment Strategy overall that emerged from discussions at the 2004 Tbilisi Ministerial meeting were: insufficient engagement of Ministers and other political leaders in the process; and a lack of capacity in the "strategic functions" of Environment Ministries, such as strategic planning (including priority-setting), financial and human resources planning and management,

Synthèse : Maintenir la salubrité de l’eau

L’accès à l’eau potable est essentiel à la santé humaine et au développement. Conscients du problème, les dirigeants du monde entier se sont donnés pour but de réduire de moitié, d’ici 2015, la proportion de la population qui n’a pas durablement accès à une eau de consommation salubre et à l’assainissement de base. Il s’agit de l’un des objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD), destinés à réduire la pauvreté et définis en

Природоохранное финансирование: Предварительное технико-экономическое обоснование, проектные направления и меры институциональной поддержки для обмена долгов на охрану окружающей среды в Киргизской Республике, 2005 (часть 1)

This report assesses the feasibility and possible modalities for implementing a debt-for-environment swap between the Kyrgyz Republic and some of its creditors. It concludes that such a swap could be feasible and mutually beneficial if specified conditions are met.

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Local capital markets for environmental infrastructure, 2006

This report examines opportunities beyond the public sector for financing water and other environmental infrastructure in China, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

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Debt-for-Environment Swap in Georgia: Potential Project Pipelines for the Expenditure Programme - part 1_Russian

The first part of this report assesses the feasibility for implementing a debt-for-environment swap between Georgia and some of its creditors. The second part of this study presents five project pipelines in priority environmental sectors that could be co-financed by a debt-for environment swap

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Debt-for-Environment Swap in Georgia: Potential Project Pipelines for the Expenditure Programme_Part I

The first part of this report assesses the feasibility for implementing a debt-for-environment swap between Georgia and some of its creditors. The second part of this study presents five project pipelines in priority environmental sectors that could be co-financed by a debt-for environment swap.

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Key Outcomes of the 7th Annual Meeting of the REPIN Network

Following the discussion of the key findings of the Peer Review of Environmental Enforcement System in Armenia the participants adopted its Conclusions and Recommendations.