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Nicola Di Pietrantonio Neighbourhood Directorate European Commission

Nicola Di Pietrantonio Neighbourhood Directorate European Commission. The GREEN-EaP project in the Neighbourhood East region. The GREEN-EaP project: Factsheet. ▪ Title: Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (GREEN- EaP )

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Nicola Di Pietrantonio Neighbourhood Directorate European Commission

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  1. Nicola Di PietrantonioNeighbourhood DirectorateEuropean Commission The GREEN-EaP project in the Neighbourhood East region

  2. The GREEN-EaP project: Factsheet • ▪ Title: Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (GREEN-EaP) • ▪ Geographical coverage: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine • ▪ Total budget: EUR 10 M + contribution by implementing agencies (EUR 2.5 million in total sourced by OECD, UNEP, UNIDO, UNECE) • ▪ Project duration: 48 months (2012-2016)

  3. The GREEN-EaP project: objectives

  4. The GREEN-EaP project: implementation

  5. The GREEN-EaP project: Three Components Component 1: Governance and financing tools for promoting SCP • ▪ Objectives: (a) to support advancements in the relevant sectoral policies' regulatory framework and (b) to promote demand and supply of SCP of both the public and private sector • ▪ Proposed policy areas of intervention: strategic policy setting, SCP financing, green public procurement, SP processes • ▪ Activities include: reform of environmentally-harmful subsidies; tax policies and market incentives; investment policies and access to finance; SCP strategy definition and progress measurement

  6. The GREEN-EaP project: Three Components Component 2: SEA/EIA: accompanying SCP policy implementation • ▪ Objective: Integrating environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of plans/programmes/projects by ensuring that environmental assessments are carried out for initiatives that are likely to have an impact on the environment • ▪ Activities at policy level include: revision of the existing national regulatory and legislative framework; capacity building on SEA/EIA procedures, following good practices in use in the EU; strengthening the administrative capacity of the authorities in charge of the environmental assessments.

  7. The GREEN-EaP project: Three Components Component 3: Demonstrationprojects • ▪ Regional or national with regional value or replication potential • ▪ To be identified in cooperation with Partner Countries and to be implemented on a sector basis or with a more specific territorial focus • ▪ Objective: Projects will target both demand and supply side of production and will include actions for stimulating public and private consumers' demand • ▪ Activities include: promotion of resource efficient and cleaner production processes across sectors and companies; work on innovation and sustainability through SPP; promotion of organic farming.

  8. GREEN-EaP: First achievements

  9. Country focus: Armenia Discussion of national priorities, June 2013 Green economy in action: Organic product certification

  10. Country focus: Azerbaijan Discussion of national priorities, July 2013 Green economy in action: Gobustan Hybrid Polygon

  11. Country focus: Belarus Pilot post-project analysis of a transboundary EIA: “Hotislavskoe” chalky deposits Green economy in action: Energy efficiency in public buildings

  12. Country focus: Georgia Discussion of national priorities, May 2013 Green economy in action: Ateni Bio Valley

  13. Country focus: Moldova Expert meeting to on draft GGIs-based pilot report and follow up Green economy in action: Colonita Biogas Installation

  14. Country focus: Ukraine • Identification of priorities for modelling work in support • to the development of a Green Economy Concept Green economy in action: Wind farm Botievo

  15. Thank you for your attention! Nicola Di Pietrantonio Unit F.3 Regional Programmes Neighbourhood East Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation EuropeAidEuropeAid-F3-1@ec.europa.eu

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