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EfE themes: Environmental policy reform in EECCA countries

The EAP Task Force's work area "Environmental Policy Reform in EECCA Countries" contributes to implementing the Environmental Strategy of EECCA countries, which was adopted at the 2003 Kiev Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference. 

Current work is outlined in the EAP Task Force's consolidated Programme of Work and Budget for 2008.

The implementation of the work program is supported by an expert network, the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN). This network  provides for a mechanism for sharing information, disseminating good practices and agreeing on policy recommendations. The REPIN is a Member of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) and cooperates with other relevant international programmes, such as the EU's Enforcement Network (Impel), the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network for Accession (ECENA) and the UNECE work on Environmental Performance Reviews and Environmental Monitoring.

Click here to view the EAP Task Force's webpages dedicated to the "environmental policy reform program".

Major reports produced so far under this work program include (note that reports which were submitted to the  2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference are listed in the green text box further below):

• Developing Effective Packages of Environmental Policy Instruments (2003)
• Review of Economic Instruments in EECCA (2003)
• Streamlining the Use of Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy in the Rostov Oblast, Russia (2002)
• Linkages between Environmental Assessment and Environmental Permitting in the Context of the Regulatory Reform in EECCA Countries (2003)
• Guiding Principles for Reform of Environmental Enforcement Agencies in EECCA (2003)
• Synthesis Report on Environmental Permitting Systems in the Newly Independent States (2003)
• Glossary of Enforcement Terms (2002)
• Inspectors Toolkit (2004)
• Funding Environmental Compliance Assurance:Lessons Learned from International Experience (2005)
• Peer reviews of enforcement institutions in selected EECCA countries (2005)
• Recommendations on Performance Measurement for Environmental Enforcement Authorities in EECCA countries (2006)

Documents related to "policy reform" discussed at the 2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference

The following documents related to "environmental policy reform in EECCA countries" have been submitted to the 2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference:

• Guiding Principles of Effective Environmental Permitting Systems (submitted by: EAP Task Force). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Progress in Modernizing Environmental Regulation and Compliance Assurance in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Policies for a Better Environment - Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force). View document: full text ENG/RUS, summary.
• Initiative on Strategic Environmental Assessment (submitted by Armenia, Belarus and Moldova). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Making Monitoring and Assessment Effective Tools in Environmental Policy (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Recommendations to Governments of East European, Caucasian and Central Asian countries for the application of environmental indicators and the preparation of indicator-based environment assessment reports (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Guidelines for Strengthening Environmental Monitoring and Reporting by Enterprises (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Environmental Indicators and Indicator-Based Assessment Reports: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, RUS.
• Monitoring What Matters: Tailoring Millennium Targets and Indicators of Environmental Sustainability to Local Conditions in Europe and Central Asia (submitted by: World Bank).View document: ENG, RUS.
• Sustainable Consumption and Production (submitted by: Sweden as one of the lead countries in cooperation with UNEP). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Sustainable Consumption and Production in South-Eastern Europe and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: UNEP and European Environment Agency). Note: This report is officially under "embargo" until 11 October, 2007. View DRAFT, ANNEX.
• Sustainable Consumption and Production in South-Eastern Europe (submitted by: Croatia).  View document: ENG.
• Integrating Environment in Key Economic Sectors in Europe and Central Asia (submitted by: the World Bank). View document: ENG.
• Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management (submitted by: the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes). View document: ENG, RUS.
• Europe's Environment: the Fourth Assessment (submitted by: European Environment Agency). Note: This report will be made available during the Belgrade Conference. View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Environmental Policy in South-Eastern Europe (submitted by: UNDP).  View document: ENG.
• Critical Issues in Implementation of Environmental Policies Highlighted by the UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews Programme (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG/add./Corr., FRE/add., RUS/add.
• Environmental Policy and International Competitiveness in a Globalizing World: Challenges for Low-Income Countries in the UNECE Region (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Progress Report on Partnerships in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Central Asian Initiative on Sustainable Development: Progress and Prospects. View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Strengthening Environmental Governance in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia through Local Environmental Action Programmes (submitted by: EECCA Regional Environmental Centres).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Public-Private Partnership for Reduced Air Pollution from Vehicles through Lead-Free and Low-Sulphur Fuels (submitted by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe and UNEP-based Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Last update of this page: 17 April, 2008.