This progress report summarizes work done under four programme areas: 1. National green economy dialogues and strategies in several Eastern European and Central Asian countries. 2. Green finance and investment projects in Eastern Partnership countries, including on energy subsidies and financing green SMEs. 3. Integrating environmental and economic policies through projects on green growth indicators and mining impacts. 4. Strengthening water management through activities like improving economic instruments and national strategies in Eastern Partnership countries.

1. AGENDA ITEM 8:
PROGRESS REPORT ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2016-18
PROGRAMME OF WORK
Activities since October 2017

2. WORK PROGRAMME AREA 1:
NATIONAL GREEN ECONOMY
DIALOGUES AND STRATEGIES

3. Policy Dialogues in Kazakhstan, Georgia and
Kyrgyzstan (in co-operation with UN
Environment)
Signing ceremony of Ukraine’s commitments
on green economy under the Batumi Initiative
on Green Economy (in co-operation with EU
and UN agencies)
Contribution to the Kazakhstan Prime
Minister’s Council on Improving the Investment
Climate and the Astana Economic Forum
1. National Green Economy Dialogues and
Strategies:

4. Final Conference of the “Greening the Economies
in the EU Eastern Neighbourhood” (EaP
GREEN) project
Contribution to the Central Asian International
Environmental Forum in Uzbekistan
Presentations of the Task Force work at the
UNECE/CEP and OECD/EPOC
3rd GREEN Action Task Force meeting
1. National Green Economy Dialogues and
Strategies:

5. WORK PROGRAMME AREA 2:
GREEN FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

6. Report on energy subsidies in the EaP countries
(chapters available in country languages)
Report on energy affordability and environmental
impacts of reforming major energy subsidy schemes
in Moldova
Financing SME greening in the EaP countries
(with UNIDO)
Analysis of the state of, and support to, low-carbon
urban mobility in Moldova and Kyrgyzstan
Expert workshops and reports on improving
investment policies and access to finance in
Belarus, Azerbaijan and Georgia
2. Green Finance and Investment:

7. Stakeholder meeting on managing environmental
credit lines provided by IFIs in Ukraine (with
Ukreximbank)
Analysis of green finance as part of the development
of the Green Economy Strategy of Kyrgyzstan
Launch of the second phase of the regional project
on green finance and investment (2018-2020)
funded by Germany’s IKI
Development of the green finance component of the
EU-funded EU4Environment for the EaP
countries (2018-2022 in co-operation with UN
agencies and the World Bank)
2. Green Finance and Investment:

8. PROGRAMME AREA 3:
INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL,
ECONOMIC AND SECTORAL POLICIES
FOR GREEN GROWTH

9. Toolkit for Greening SMEs in the EaP
region
Analysis and inventory of green growth
indicators in Azerbaijan
Analysis on environment and mining in the
EECCA region (with the focus on
Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan)
Contribution to the World Mining
Congress
Contribution to the UNECE Environmental
Performance Review of Kazakhstan
3. Environment-Economy Integration

10. Launch of projects on reforming environmental
payments, Extended Producer Responsibility
systems and green growth indicators in
Kazakhstan
Contribution to the EU4Environment in the
EaP region kick-off event (in conjunction with
the EU EaP Panel on Environment and Climate
Change) and the EU-EaP Environment
Ministers meeting
Development of the environment-economy
integration component of the EU4Environment
in the EaP region (2018-2022 in co-operation
with UN agencies and the World Bank)
3. Environment-Economy Integration

11. PROGRAMME AREA 4:
STRENGTHENING WATER
MANAGEMENT

12. Improving Domestic Financial Support Mechanisms in
Moldova's Water and Sanitation Sector
Improving Economic Instruments for Water Resources
Management in the Republic of Buryatia (Lake
Baikal Basin) - in Russian
Facilitating the Reform of Economic Instruments for
Water Management in Georgia
Strengthening Shardara Multi-Purpose Water
Infrastructure in Kazakhstan
Project reports: Use of Economic Instruments in the
irrigation sector in Tajikistan, New norms for design
and construction of small scale WSS in Kyrgyzstan,
Developing national definitions and indicators in water
security, Kyrgyzstan
4. Strengthening Water Management:

13. National Policy Dialogues under EUWI+ in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Moldova, Ukraine, planning for Belarus
National Policy Dialogues in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
National irrigation and drainage committee meeting and national workshop on
economic instruments for irrigation in Tajikistan
National Trainings on: (i) Economic Instruments for water resources
management; and (ii) Water Security Indicators in Kyrgyzstan
FinWaterWEI-II final conference presenting work on water security for
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (Bishkek)
Regional exchanges: Capacity building study tour, Tajikistan to Armenia on
irrigation policies
Workshop on National Water Strategies for EaP countries (Minsk)
Training for EaP countries on “Strategic Planning under High Uncertainty”
(Vienna)
Expert workshops under EUWI+, Developing National Water Strategies,
Georgia and Azerbaijan, Water Security, Infrastructure and Water Intensive
Industries, Belarus
EUWI+ 2nd Steering Committee for EaP countries (Tbilisi)
4. Strengthening Water Management: