integrating environment in local planning in tajikistan and ar crimea
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Poverty and Environment Presentation
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Integrating environment in local development planning:
Tajikistan and AR Crimea
Henrieta MartonakovaUNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS
Inclusive Sustainable Local Development ECIS Community of Practice Meeting
Bratislava, 19-20 October 2011
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Tajikistan:
Integrating poverty – environment (PE) nexus in District Development Programmes
(DDPs; 2011-2015)
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Land degradation97 % of agricultural lands (only 7% of the territory of RT) affected by soil erosion, salinization, poor irrigation, and deforestation
Food security and income for 70% of population
Unreliable energy supply
1 million people experience electricity cuts in winter with no heating alternative but firewood, dung and coal
Access to water, sanitation, irrigation, health services, income generating activities
Disaster risks
The country suffers on average nearly 500 disasters per year, which cause widespread damage to communities and social infrastructure
4.8% of gross domestic product
Poverty-environment issues in Tajikistan
Climate Change Sectors affected: water management, irrigated agriculture (consuming 94% of water), and energy (98% of the national energy is produced by the hydropower plants); floods and droughts.
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Context for PE mainstreaming
• UNDP and UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI)
• On-going process of local planning improvement and institutionalization (14 pilot districts and 65 jamoats)
• Leadership of the Ministry of Economy and Trade
• Under structure of cross-practice Communities Programme / integrated with Rural Growth Programme (RGP)
• Previous district and jamoat plans do not address environment
• High awareness and interest of local authorities and other stakeholders
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Institutions and groups involved into Development Planning Process
Working Group– consisted of sub-groups for
1. Economic sector
2. Social sector
3. Infrastructure Sector
4. Environment Sector
Structure of the Environment Initiative Group (EIG) chaired by Environment Committee of the District- Government authorities from the departments on land, water, communal services, agriculture
- Industrial companies
- Heads of Farms
- Non-profit organizations
- Women organizations
- Businesses
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Committee on Environment Protection RT
Statistics Agency RT
WG on Sughd Region Level
(4 sub-sectors)
WG on District Level
(4 sub-sectors)
WG on Djamoat Level
(4 sub-sectors)
RGP and PEI consultants
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Review of current situation
District/Jamoat vision
Sectoral Analysis
Monitoring and evaluation system
Entry Point 1-Review of Current Situation
Entry Point 3- Screening and Environmental Impact Assessment
Provision of resources for development program implementation
Entry Point 2- Objective setting and Environmental Overview
Entry Point 4- Poverty- Environment Indicators
Integrating PE nexusDDP elaboration
Analytical steps of planning and integrating PE aspect
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Capacity development and consultation
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POVERTY – ENVIRONMENT MAINSTREAMING IN TAJIKISTAN
TRAINING Seminar
Poverty Environmental Mainstreaming Training Handbook for District Development Plans Elaboration
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Results…… (work in progress)DDP Planning Process:
PE fully integrated to RGP support to planning
PE in DDP methodology
PE mainstreaming at early planning stage
PE mainstreaming fully integrated to planning
Local environment authorities actively involved
Initiation of integrating PE in oblast strategy
7 DDPs fully integrate PE
7 DDPs partially integrate PE
DDP Implementation
PE indicators submitted to and tested by the State Statistic
Agency
Environmental sustainability criteria applied to 60 DDPs’
projects submitted to the Trust Fund (DDPs financial
mechanism)
7 PE demonstration projects designed and to be funded
PE criteria for micro-lending developed – to be piloted by 2
Micro Loan Funds (by agreement)
Awareness, Capacity Development and
Consultation
Training materials
Series of training for planers at all levels
Learning by doing / practical experience of planners
Around 100 people per district involved via consultations and
public hearings
Video
Institute for Civil Servants Training to include training
guide to curriculum
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Sustainability and scaling-up (potential)
• DDP methodology, with PE integration guidance, to be approved by the MEDT and used nation-wide;
• PE indicators integrated in the State Statistic Agency database for M&E of DDPs
• Training on PE mainstreaming to be included in the Institute for Civil Servants Training curricula
• PE integrated to the Sugh ‘oblast’ development strategy
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SEA of the Bakhchisaraysky District Development Strategy (2010-2017)
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Estimated trends in environment status:o Increased volume of solid domestic
wasteo Increased air pollution from stationary
sources;o Decreased rivers’ water quality due to
agriculture and household waste discharge;
o Continuous destruction of the coast-protecting line
Key sectors: waste management, tourism, water management, agriculture;
Damaged coast-protecting structures near the village of Beregovoy
SDW landfill in the town of Bakhchisaray
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What is SEA?
Strategic EnvironmentalAssessment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Policy
Plan
Programme
Projects
Source: OECD. 2006. Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment: Good practice Guidance for Development Co-operation.
o Up-streaming environmental considerations into the decision- making hierarchyo Responsibility of developer / planning authority
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SEA Context o Ukraine – signatory to the UNECE SEA Protocol
o The very first SEA application in Crimea!
o On-going process of local strategic planning improvement
o Leadership and support of the Crimea Ministry of Economy
o Interest and active involvement of district authorities
o Capacity development element
o Conducted by the WG on Water and Environment and local expert group
o Duration: May – December 2009; Budget: 46,000 USD
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Capacity Development and Public Participation
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SEA scoping in working groups, SEA training, Bakhchisaray, 24-25 June, 2009
Head of the Bakhchisaraysky DSA I.Umerov presenting the District Development Strategy and SEA recommendations at public hearings in front of the local council members and the general public, Bakhchisaray, 25 November, 2009
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Results
Over 600 people aware of and involved in the strategic planning process, including SEA, via public hearings and expert meetings;
42 specialists trained in SEA and 54 specialists obtained practical experience in SEA application;
SEA fully integrated in planning process;
80% of SEA recommendations reflected in the final Sustainable Development Strategy for Bakhchisaraysky District
Environment integrated in the strategies of 3 other districts
National conference on Crimea strategic planning calls for applying SEA to become automatically part of local planning;
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Conclusions
• Openness to complexity necessary at both country and UNDP level
• Clear justification and articulation of goals• Integration with planning process – at its early stage• Iterative and customized to the context• Political will and interest needed (‘champions’) • Multidisciplinary consultations• Participatory• Focus on environment constrains and opportunities• Transparent
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Materials to sharePEI Tajikistan: - district planning methodology + PE mainstreaming guide; - PE training materials (handbook and ppt)- set of PE indicators - Environmental screening criteria- Questionnaire on environmental situation in the region- Demonstration projects
SEA in Crimea- Bakhchisaraysky District Development Strategy- SEA Report• Video: English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSF3beGCQTA
Russian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_cDQPlF1A
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THANK YOU!
For more information:henrieta.martonakova@undp.org
http://www.unpei.org
http://www.unece.org/env/sea/eecca_capacity.html
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