The region comprising Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine is one of the most industrialized
areas within the former Soviet Union. This as well as dense population, important
transportation networks, intensive agriculture account for both the strategic
importance of the region and its omnipresent environmental challenges. Among
these are the still-present consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident;
environmental risks of industrial and military heritage; management of shared
waterbasins such as the Dnieper and the Dniester; and, most recently, the need
to secure an independence and efficient use of energy supply hopefully at a
minimum environmental cost.
Frozen conflicts or tensions in parts of the
region (Transnistria in Moldova, the South-East of Ukraine) weaken resistance
of countries
and communities to
environmental threats and their capacity to address them. Such situations
on the other hand define needs and opportunities for non-political mitigation
of instability. Not least, strategic location on the border of the European
Union makes the region particularly sensitive to global and continental geopolitical
challenges.
Environment and Security assessment in Eastern
Europe was initiated in cooperation with the three governments in 2005. A series
of multi-agency consultations took place in the countries in May-June 2006.
Meetings have helped to identify, confirm and detail key threats faced by the
region on the interface between the environment and security, as well as to
discuss needs and opportunities to act. ENVSEC assessment for Eastern Europe
was presented to donors and the international audience at OSCE's 15th Economic
and Environmental Forum in May 2007, along with a proposed work programme of
ENVSEC-facilitated activities.
Eastern Europe Publications
 ENVSEC
April 2008 information bulletin. ENVSEC, 2008.
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ENVSEC
November 2007 information bulletin. ENVSEC, 2007.
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ENVSEC
July 2007 information bulletin. ENVSEC, 2007.
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Work
programme. ENVSEC, 2008. |
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State
of the environment of the Donetsk region of Ukraine (in
Ukrainian, Donetsk; launched at the 6th Ministerial Conference 'Environment
for Europe', Belgrade, October 2007). |
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 Environment
and Security - Transforming risks into cooperation - The Case of Eastern
Europe. ENVSEC, 2007.
(russian version)
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 Poster
- Environment and Security - Transforming risks into cooperation - The
Case of Eastern Europe. ENVSEC, 2007.
(russian version)
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Background
paper for consultations in Chisinau – Kyiv – Minsk (Russian
only), UNEP, 2006.
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Donwload maps n°. 1
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Republic
of Belarus: Environment and Security
(russian version)
Background paper for UNEP, 2006. |
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Identification
and description of key environmental and security problems in the Republic
of Moldova
(russian version)
Background paper for UNEP, 2006. |
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Ukraine
country chapter for ENVSEC
Background paper for UNEP, 2006.
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Identification
and review of key environmental and security problems in the Transnistrian
region, Republic of Moldova
(russian version)
Background paper for UNEP, 2006.
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Eastern Europe ENVSEC Projects
 ENVSEC Work Programme for Eastern Europe - On-going [See also project website]
ENVSEC regional assessment for Eastern Europe - Completed [See also project website]
Development of Moldova's national environmental security programme - Completed [See also project website]
Strengthening capacities to assess and prevent risks from transboundary accidents - Completed [See also project website]
Rocket fuel (mélange) disposal workshop and assessment in Ukraine - Completed
Transboundary cooperation and sustainable management in the Dniester river basin: Implementation of the Action Plan (Dniester III) - On-going [See also project website]
Real-time monitoring and decision support systems for international rivers: the Dniester and Prut rivers - On-going
Cross-border assessment and management plan for the Drisviaty / Druksiai lake basin - On-going
Sustainable management of shared water resources in the upper Pripyat basin - On-going
Joint environmental monitoring, assessment and exchange of information for integrated management of the Danube delta - Planned
Environmental assessment of development planning and environment-security monitoring in Crimea - On-going
Mitigating risks from stocks of obsolete pesticides in transboundary basins and near-border areas - On-going
Development of capacities for application of the UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context - Planned
Assessment and capacity-building for managing environment and security risks in the Donbas and Soligorsk regions - On-going
Study of Plutonium, Americium and other radionuclides in the Belarus sector of the Chernobyl power plant’s exclusion zone - On-going
Sustainability assessment of energy security strategies - On-going
Training, awareness raising and institutional support to address environmental effects of defence activities - Under Consideration
Disposal of stocks of rocket fuel toxic component (mélange) - On-going
Needs assessment, technical, institutional and legal strengthening of environmental cooperation and management in Transnistria - On-going
Prevention of illegal cross-border transport of hazardous waste: training of border, customs and environmental authorities - On-going
Eastern Europe Maps & Images
ENVSEC
Maps
Eastern Europe Country Meetings
Project meetings
Strengthening
safety measures at hazardous activities, Vadul-lui-Voda,
Moldova, 13-14.12.2007
Cross-border
Assessment and Transboundary Cooperation for Management of the Drisviaty/Druksiai
Lake Basin, Minsk, 07.12.2007
Expert meeting on Pripyat river basin cooperation, Kyiv 17-18
September 2007
Report
(russian)
Launches of ENVSEC assessment and work programme
Kyiv and Donetsk - 26-27.02.2008
List
of participants in Kyiv
List
of participants in Donetsk
Opening
by the Deputy Minister of Environment Protection
ENVSEC
introduction
Pripyat
basin cooperation
Environmental
issues in the Donetsk region
Strategic
environmental assessment in Crimea
Announcement
by Ukraine's Ministry of Environment Protection
Announcement
by Donetsk Oblast Department of Environment Protection
Ukrinform
news
"The
Day" (Ukrainian / Russian / English)
Minsk - 19.09.2007
Agenda
List
of participants
Press
release
Dnepro_Bun
Canal
Pripyat
Flood Control
Drysviaty
lake
Obsolete
pesticidesl
Mining
risks in Soligorsk
Renewable
energy park
Chisinau 19.06.2007
Programme
List
of participants
Press
release
ENVSEC
assessment and work programme
Dniester
bassin cooperation
Transboudary
water quality monitoring
Transboundary
impacts of industrial accidents
National
environmental security programme
Radio
interview
Radio
interview "Moldova at 7 o'clock"
Prague 21.05.2007
ENVSEC
assessment launch event, Prague 21 May 2007
ENVSEC
work programme
ENVSEC
Eastern Europe News & Outlook July 2007
Eastern Europe Consultations
Introduction
to ENVSEC 
Introduction
to ENVSEC consultations
Introduction
to ENVSEC mapping
Minsk - June 2006
Agenda
List
of participants
ENVSEC
preliminary findings (a)
ENVSEC
preliminary findings (b)
Polesie
Project
Restauration
of peatland
Dnieper
cooperation
Environmental
monitoring and mapping
Chisnau May 2006
Agenda
(russian)
List
of participants
(russian)
ENVSEC
preliminary findings (a)
ENVSEC
preliminary findings (b)
ENVSEC
preliminary findings (c)
Dnieper
cooperation
Kyiv May 2006
Agenda
List
of participants
ENVSEC
preliminary findings
GIS
and mapping
Carpathian
environment
Ideas
for ENVSEC interventions
Eastern Europe Resources
UN Agencies
UNDP
Country Office in Belarus
UNDP
Country Office in Moldova
UNDP
Country Office in Ukraine
UNDP
Crimea Integration and Development Programme, Simferopol
International and
National Cooperation Agencies & NGOs
IOM
in FYR of Macedonia
OSCE
(Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
OSCE Office
in Minsk
OSCE Mission to Moldova
OSCE
Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
NATO
Information and Documentation Centre in Kyiv
Authorities
Ministry
of the Environment - Belarus
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs - Belarus
Ministry
of the Environment - Moldova
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs - Moldova
Ministry
of the Environment - Ukraine
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs - Ukraine
Council
of
National Security and Defence- Ukraine
Other Agencies and
projects
Environmental
monitoring in Belarus
Transboundary
Dniester River Project
Environmental
situation in Moldova
Ukrainian
environmental news
Eastern Europe Focal Points
 Belarus Alexander RACHEVSKY
Head of International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Kollektornaya ul. 10
220048 Minsk
Tel: +375 17 200 4328
Fax: + 375 17 200 7454
E-mail: icd@minpriroda.by Alexander SUSHKEVICH
1st Secretary, Department of humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lenina str. 19
22030 Minsk
Tel: + 375 17 222 44 56
Fax: + 375 17 227 4521
E-mail: ugs@mfa.gov.by
Moldova Inga PODOROGHIN
Head of International Cooperation and European Integration Department
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
9 Cosmonautilor Str.
MD 2005 Chisinau
Tel: +373 22 20 45 30
Fax: +373 22 22 68 58
E-mail: inga@mediu.gov.md T.B.D.
Multilateral Cooperation Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
31 August 1989 str. 80
MD 2012 Chisinau
Tel: +373 22 233 940
Fax: +373 22 232 302
Ukraine Olga MARUSHEVSKA
Head of International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Environmental Protection
Uritskogo vul. 35
03035 Kyiv
Tel: ++38 044 206 3110
Fax: ++38 044 206 3110
E-mail: marushevska@menr.gov.ua Volodymyr TOLKACH (contact)
Head of the OSCE Division, Department of the UN and other International Organisations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1 Mykhailivska Sq.
01018 Kyiv
Tel: +380 44 238 1640
Fax: +380 44 272 2040
E-mail: v.tolkach@mfa.gov.ua |
