Strengthening capacities and cooperation on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Central Asia

TopicOther Capacity Building
Countrytransnational, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Project number128262
Implementing organization
OSCE, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Wallnerstr. 6
1010 Vienna
Austria
Duration to
Abstract

Considering the recent economic development prospects for Central Asia and facing climate change related challenges, the lack of preventive procedures at a strategic planning stage may result in accelerated levels of environmental degradation in the region and lead to irreversible harms causing regional instability. The main objective of the project, implemented in collaboration with UNECE, was to strengthen national and regional capacities on implementation of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to the Espoo Convention as an essential tool for environmentally sustainable economic development and as a means for addressing specific environmental challenges, including climate change.