CAREC: Regional Cooperation Platform and Knowledge Center

Empowering Fostering resilienceCutting through complexity

General features

• Established by the decision of the 4th Pan-European Conference held in 1998 in Aarhus (Denmark);

• Family of RECs : RECCEE, REC Moldova, REC Russia, REC Caucasus, CAREC;

• Operational since 2001

• The regional organization of international character;

• Staff – 42-50;

• HQ in Almaty, Kz,

• COs: Kz, Kg, Tj, Uz, Trm;

• Annual Budget ̃̃�� 2,2 mln Euro

• Board of Directors - 13 members: national MoEs, NGOs, OSCE, Germany and science

Mission: to assist in addressing environmental problems in CA through the provision of:

- dialogue platforms for multi-state and - sectoral communication;

- know-how, knowledge and technology exchange;

- supporting of the development and application of innovative environmental policies, approaches and practices;

- promotion of public participation in environmental decision-making and;

- exchange of information in the region

Cooperation with partners

Governmental organisations Regional

partners

Research org-ns

Private companiesNGOs

Education Institutions

International organizations

Agreements, MoUs,

Partnership,Consortia,

Sub-contracts…

Programmes

Environmental management and policies (EMP)

Water initiatives support (WIS)

Climate change, adaptation, mitigation, energy efficiency (CCSE)

Education for sustainable development (ESD)

Карта проектов

Environmental Management: Projects

– FLERMONECA (EU ): environmental monitoring component

– SEIS (FOEN): Status of Environment Reporting in CA “Supporting Turkmenistan to establish State of Environment Reports using UN-ECE indicators”

– Assessment of Assessment projects (Gov. Italy, Switzerland)

– Support towards local initiatives for sustainable water resources management in Central Asia (Norway)

– PES (FOEN, SWIS Re, UNEP) – economic incentives for saving ecosystems;

– Networks support: DryNet international, Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) , Interdisciplinary WG on Early Warning System and Transboundary Monitoring of geo-risks related to climate change

Water Initiatives Support: Projects

- Fostering transboundary cooperation on small watersheds in Central Asia (USAID);

- Support towards local initiatives in the env. governance and WRM in CA (Norway);

- AWARE comp. on return and reused waters (EU);

- WMBOCA projects of the EURECA;Knowledge Instit. Community of Practice (WB);Improvement of WRM in Zhambul Obl., RK through introd. of

effective WU system (UNDP/Coca-Colla);

- Effective WU technologies in Aspara and Ugam Basins (through NGO partners)

• Sustainable Energy Programme for CA (CASEP), EU GIZ-IS, GfA, CAREC;

• Integrated Approach for the Development of Low Carbon Development Strategies in Central Asia (NAMA), DIW-econ, CAREC;

• COMO East - Covenant of Mayors (inter-program)

• CA Energy Efficiency Leaning Portal (CAEELP) USAID, ICFI;

• Promoting clean fuel in transport sector in CA (Kz), UNEP

Climate Change and Sustainable Energy: Projects

Eductaion for Sustainable Development: Projects

– Green Packs (Central Asian, Caspian, Glaciers)

– Annual Leadership Programme on Env. for SD (CALPESD)

– COMO East - Covenant of Mayors (inter-program project)

– TEMPUS _ I-WEB (Water, Educ., Business), EU;

– Aral Sea Green Pack for CA (2010-2014);

Interprogramme Projects

Targeted awareness raising for EU-CA partnership (AWARE), EC:- return and reused waters, - SEIS, - Private sector inv.: CA Green Business Club

CAREC – Creation of a Center of Knowledge in CA to create, keep and disseminate information and knowledge products of CAREC and partners

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• CAREC Portal: www.carecnet.org;• Specific web-sites: www.led-ca.net, http://www.caeelp.ru,

http://iwebtempus.kz, www.riverbp.net; • CAREC Newsletter;• Library: paper and electronic;• Learning programmes (incl.vebinars), seminars, workshops; • Learning materials: analytic reviews, guidelines, training

modules;• Study tours and exchange programmes, cooperation with

Univ., dev. of curricula, competences, internship in CAREC, etc.

CAREC –Center of Knowledge in CA

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Thank you!!!

Ludmilla Kiktenko, lkiktenko@carececo.org