ENI SEIS II East

 

This project is funded by the European Union

Issue 2017/2, Summer 2017

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Implementation of the principles and practices of the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) in the Eastern Partnership countries

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Regional view

 

Project governance

Mid-year project review in Copenhagen

The regional mid-year project review held from 31 May to 1 June 2017, assessed the project's progress and identified the next steps in its implementation during 2017.
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Eastern Partnership Panel on Environment and Climate Change, Brussels, 2-3 March 2017

The Directorate-General for the Environment (DG ENV) and DG NEAR brought together representatives from ENI Eastern Partership countries, EU and international organisations to develop an action list for the period 2017-2018, translating the Eastern Partnership Declaration on Environment and Climate Change into concrete actions.
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New mandate for the UNECE Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Geneva, 27-28 June 2017

The participation of the project NFPs from the six Eastern Partnership countries was supported by the ENI SEIS II East project. This was the first meeting of the working group under the new 4-year mandate adopted by the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy. The focus of the new mandate is to support the development of SEIS at the pan-European level and the streamlining of a regular reporting process by 2021.
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Project results

Online access and availability of environmental information in the East region 

As of May 2017 the EEA has compiled a review of availability and accesibility of regional environmental indicators, national environmental assessment reports and online public access to environmental information.
Summary of findings

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EEA launches a study of the environmental assessment reports’ effectiveness and relevance in the ENI East region.

The study launched by the project in April 2017 will set up a baseline for development of environmental assessment reports in the ENP East region.
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Country perspectives

 

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Meet our national focal points from Ukraine

The key actors — the NFPs — ensure national coordination and implementation of the project.  Dmytro Averin (right) and Oleg Prokopenko  are the project's NFPs from Ukraine.
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Country visits in 2017 to Azerbaijan and Moldova to prepare the Corine Land Cover pilot activities

Seminars and visits by potential partners for the Corine Land Cover (CLC) pilot were conducted on 10 February 2017 in Azerbaijan and on 17 April 2017 in Moldova. The seminars showed how the CLC project works in Europe and discussed the requirements for national cases.
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Upcoming events

 

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Vocational training on environmental accounting
28 August to 1 September 2017| Montpellier, France

UNECE Sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs, joint High-level Segment and associated meetings
11-15 September 2017 | Budva, Montenegro

Workshop on Corine Land Cover, back-to-back with
Eionet NRC meeting
October 2017 | Copenhagen, Denmark

UNECE Joint Task Force on environment statistics and indicators
2-3 October 2017 | Rome, Italy

Regional workshop on waste statistics (Eurostat project)
October 2017 | tbd

Workshop on environmental assessments and national SoE reports
November 2017 | Bratislava, Slovakia

UNECE Committee on Environment Policy
14-17 November 2017 | Geneva, Switzerland

Second ENI SEIS II East Steering Committee meeting
mid-December 2017 | tbd

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