ECA contact group meetings and bilateral cooperation 2009

Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan

Kyrgyzstan provided bilateral assistance for MeBr workshop together with UNIDO to Turkmenistan

Venue & date:
Turkmenistan, 7-10 April 2009

Delegation:
Mr. Denis Toichiev
Mr. Talant Sooronbaev

Albania, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Turkmenistan

Above countries requested bilateral assistance from Kyrgyzstan for stakeholder consultation on MDIs

Armenia, Turkmenistan

Armenia suggested sharing of experience concerning the up-dating of ODS legislation especially with regard to HCFCs (could possibly be combined with contact group meeting on legislation on Turkmenistan)

ECA contact group meetings and bilateral cooperation 2008


ECA planning meeting, Doha, Qatar, 18 November 2008

081118 ECA planning meeting minutes.doc

Bosnia & Herzegovina consultative meeting on compliance, Doha, Qatar, 17 November 2008

081117 BiH consultation meeting in the margin of MOP.doc

Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Asia Pacific Enforcement Network meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 24-26 September 2008

Above countries received assistance to enforce border controls and import / export licensing systems through participation in the Asia Pacific iPIC initiative which involved producing countries like China, India, Korea, European Community and to participate in the Asia Pacific enforcement network.

Venue & date:
Thailand, 24-26 September 2008

Albania, Armenia, Montenegro, Turkmenistan

Above countries requested assistance to initiate MDI stakeholder consultations and MDI awareness activities - Kyrgyzstan offered country-to-country assistance.

Venue & date:
Yerevan, Armenia, 22-23 October 2008

Stakeholder consultation with the representatives of Ministry of Nature Protection, Ministry of Health, PharmInspection and doctors and patients associations.

Delegation:
Mr. Mars Amanaliev
Dr. Talant Soronbaev

Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan

Contact group meeting on TPMP implementation and assessment of awareness raising activities, Moldova, 2- 4 December 2008

Above countries requested assistance to discuss the progress of TPMP implementation and to assess the effectiveness of awareness raising activities.

Venue & date:
Chisinau, Moldova, 2-4 December 2008

Delegation:
NOU Armenia, NOU Georgia, NOU Moldova, NOU Kyrgyzstan, NOU Turkmenistan

Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia FYR, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan

Contact group meeting on HCFC related ExCom decisions, guidelines and phase-out management plans

Above countries received assistance to discuss the HCFC-related ExCom decisions and guidelines as well as the preparation of HCFC national phase-out plans.

Venue & date:
Ohrid, Macedonia FYR, 15-16 May 2008

Delegation:
NOU Albania, NOU Bosnia & Herzegovina, NOU Croatia, NOU Macedonia FYR, NOU Montenegro, NOU Serbia, NOU Turkey, NOU Turkmenistan, UNIDO, European Commission, UNEP

Armenia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan

Above countries requested assistance to analyse and revise legislation - 1 day of the meeting will be used to review the CD-ROM/web-based customs training.

Venue&date:
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, January 2009

Delegation:
NOU Armenia, NOU Moldova, NOU Kyrgyzstan, NOU Turkmenistan

Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Dialog between Central Asian countries and China on border control in Urumqi (postponded to 2009)

Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan requested country-to-country assistance to continue consultations with China if possible in the context of ongoing activities led by ROAP. Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as GEF-funded countries also expressed their interest in participating.

Venue & date:
Urumqi, China, (postponded to 2009)

ECA bilateral cooperation 2007


Montenegro

Montenegro received assistance for initial data collection and kick-start of the Country Programme preparation

Venue & date:
Podgorica, Montenegro, 26-29 June 2007

Resource persons:
Marin Kocov, NOU Macedonia FYR
Miroslav Spasojevic, NOU Serbia
UNIDO, UNEP

Armenia

Armenia received assistance for a national halon stakeholder consultion with support from the UNEP CAP Halon Officer.

Venue & date:
Yerevan, Armenia, 4-6 July 2007

Resource person:
Fahreed Busheri, UNEP CAP Halon Officer

070704 Agenda for Halon Awareness Meeting - Armenia.doc

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan received assistance for a national halon stakeholder consultion with support from the UNEP CAP Halon Officer.

Venue & date:
Ashbabat, Turkmenistan, 9-10 July 2007

Resource person:
Fahreed Busheri, UNEP CAP Halon Officer

070709 TUK halon assistance summary report.pdf

070709 Agenda for Halon Awareness Meeting - Turkmenistan.doc

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia received assistance for a 2 day contact group meeting on RMP implementation and compliance issues.

Venue & date:
Zagreb, Croatia, 25-26 April 2007

Participants:
Snjezana Ilicic, NOU Croatia (host)
Marko Kresimir Abramovic, Croatia
Azra Rogovic-Grubic, NOU Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ibro Cengic, National NPP-RMP Team Leader

070425 BiH-Cro Contact group meeting Report.doc

070425 BiH-Cro Agenda

ECA bilateral cooperation 2006


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan received country-to-country assistance to review the use of methyl bromide in the country and to initiate the up-date of the Country Programme (peer review). Assistance has been provided by Kyrgyzstan’s Ozone Officer.

Venue & date:
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 1-2 June 2006

Delegation:
Mars Amanaliev, NOU Kyrgyzstan

Albania

Albania received country-to-country assistance to enforce their licensing system and to prevent illegal trade in ODS. Assistance has been provided by Macedonia's Ozone Officer, customs authorities as well as a UNIDO representative.

Venue & date:
Tirana, Albania, 26-27 July 2006

Delegation:
Mr. Marin Kocov, NOU Macedonia FYR
Mr. Tomislav Stojanov, Customs Officer
Mr. Nikola Stojanovski, Customs Officer
Mr. Georgis Anestis, UNIDO

Armenia

Armenia received country-to-country assistance to coordinate with the 2 major fumigation companies and to inform their clients on alternative methods of pest management and the enforcement of the ODS import / export licensing system. The activity took place after the contact group meeting on methyl bromide (MeBr) in Kyrgyzstan and after the participation in the GEF MeBr training in Bulgaria. Assistance has been provided by the NOU Georgia.

Venue & date:
Yerevan, Armenia, 5-6 December 2006

Delegation:
Mr. Mikheil Thushishvili, NOU Georgia

061205 National Workshop on Methyl Bromide Alternatives recommendations.doc

061205 Presentation on MeBr Phaseout in the Post Harvest Sector under the MP (Georgia).pdf

061205 Presentation on MeBr alternatives in soil sector (Georgia).pdf

Photos from Yerevan, 5-6 December 2006