The document summarizes progress in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus on various water management initiatives supported by the EUWI+ program. In Armenia, key accomplishments include developing two river basin management plans, upgrading water monitoring infrastructure, and establishing an integrated water data management platform. Azerbaijan's achievements involve adopting a national water strategy, upgrading laboratories, and developing a river basin management plan. Belarus convened inter-agency meetings on water issues and worked to align legislation with EU directives.

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COUNTRY RESULTS AND
REGIONAL COOPERATION
European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership (EUWI+)
Fourth Steering Committee Meeting
UNECE / OECD / EU MS Consortium
Prepared for the Regional Steering Committee, online event, 6 July 2021

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COUNTRY PROGRESS ARMENIA
The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE
• 4 Meetings of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue (over 180 participants
representing environment, water, energy, agriculture, finance, economy, health, infrastructure
and emergency situations)
EU WATER ACQUIS APPROXIMATION
• Roadmap for implementation of CEPA provisions (5 EU Water Directives) adopted
LEGISLATIVE REFORM
• Amendments to the Water Code, the Law on the National Water Program etc. in line with the
CEPA implementation roadmap completed and submitted for adoption
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
• Revised National Targets in the context of the Protocol on Water and Health and analysis of
legislative barriers to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation finalized and submitted for
adoption
SUPPORT IN UPDATING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
• Development of updated water quality standards for Lake Sevan and the Sevan River Basin
district
LEGISLATION POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL
STRENGTHENING PROGRESS / OUTPUTS / OUTCOMES

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KEY RESULTS
• Laboratory: renovation and technical upgrading of HMC lab premises
in Yerevan (high-tech equipment): opening event Jan. 2020
• Support for lab accreditation (QM trainings & documentation, study visit
to AT, remote audit)
• Surface water: trainings (video), equipment, surveys, guidances,
Monitoring Devt. Plan; Investigative Monitoring (Hrazdan & Debed
basins) using the new field equipment/manuals; transb. survey on
Debed river with Georgia
• 6 new hydrological stations at Hrazdan basin
• Groundwater: trainings, equipment, surveys, guidances, delineation,
reviewed network: 13 refurbished and 12 new GW monitoring sites;
Monitoring Development Plan;
KEY RESULTS
• 20 technical reports; 22 trainings; 7 surveys at 142 sites; 20 equipment
• Still capacity needs in staff, budgets, monitoring network, analysis
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE WATER
AND GROUND WATER MONITORING

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KEY RESULTS
• National methodological guidance documents to develop RBMPs in
Armenia and stakeholders involvement
• 2 RBMPs developed (reports, atlas) in the Kura River Basin: Lake Sevan
and Hrazdan River Basin Districts (8,700 km², 1.8 million inhabitants).
Both ready for approval after environmental impact assessments.
• 20 Armenian experts involved in RBMP development
• Implementation of Akhuryan RBMP, approved on 9 March 2017, with
identification of ecological flows and protected areas
• 8 stakeholder consultation meetings: 184 participants, 78 comments
incorporated in the 2 draft RBMPs
• 6 RBMP workshops
DEVELOPMENT
Formal adoption of RBMPs, new RBMPs development, transboundary
coordination, strengthen public consultation, support basin councils
implementation
PARTICIPATIVE RBM PLANNING
Programmes of measures
estimation: 115 €/inhabitant

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• Diagnostic on data management: List of actors/ existing information systems
/ data management workshop/ global organizational scheme in line with SEIS
principles/ metadata production
• National water data platform available for transfer to MENR server:
o Online metadata catalogue
o 78 Web services
o 10 Interactive maps
o 3 Interactive dashboards
o 1 Interactive scheme related to irrigation
• Digitalization and visualization of all historical hydrological data
• Creation/ development of a new national water quality and
hydromet database with visualization of all historical data
implemented on a local server at Hydro-meteorology and
monitoring center (HMMC)
• First interoperability processes available between the platform and
HMMC database
• And various other actions related to data management
o EPIRB layer transformed to web services
o Support to SWC information system updating
o Support to prepare API for SWC data access
o GIS training for SWC
o Window server license acquisition for HMMC server
REINFORCING INTEGRATED
WATER DATA MANAGEMENT (AM)

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COUNTRY PROGRESS AZERBAIJAN
The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE
• 4 Meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue (over 175
participants representing ecology and natural resources, energy, agriculture,
economy, health, and emergency situations )
SUPPORTING A NATIONAL WATER STRATEGY & ACTION PROGRAMME
• Development and consultation on the draft national water strategy which has been
submitted for adoption. Provisions of the new bilateral agreement between AZ and
the EC were taken into consideration. Development of a National Water Action
Programme completed to facilitate strategy implementation.
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
• First set of national targets under the Protocol on Water and Health adopted and the
reporting exercise supported
• Support to the Water Convention implementation and reporting under SDG 6.5.2 on
transboundary water cooperation
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
• Workshop on the Protocol on Water and Health and equitable access to water and
sanitation
LEGISLATION POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL
STRENGTHENING PROGRESS / OUTPUTS / OUTCOMES

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KEY RESULTS
• Laboratory: renovation and technical upgrading of premises in Baku,
Beylagan & Gazakh (high-tech equipment): opening event Dec. 2019
• Support for lab accreditation (QM trainings & doc, study visit, remote audit)
• Surface water: trainings (video), equipment, surveys, guidances, Monitoring
Devt. Plan; Investigative Monitoring (Ayrichay sub-basin of Kura)
• 8 new hydrological stations at Ganikh & Lesser Caucasus sub basins
• Groundwater: trainings, equipment, survey, guidances, delineation,
reviewed network; Monitoring Development Plan;
• Coastal & transit. Water: trainings, installed equipment, 18 WB delineated,
Kura delta salinization survey; pressure & impact study Lower Kura & delta
KEY RESULTS
• 16 technical reports; 20 trainings; 6 surveys at 136 sites; 20 equipment
• Still capacity needs in staff, budgets, monitoring network, analysis
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE WATER
COASTAL AND GROUND WATER MONITORING

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KEY RESULTS
• RBMP for the Kura river basin upstream the Mingachevir dam ready for
adoption (15,000 km², 1.5 million inhabitants)
• Additional assessment for a water allocation strategy
• 6 Azerbaijani experts involved in RBMP development
• 13 stakeholders consultations with159 participants
• 6 RBMP workshops
DEVELOPMENT
Formal adoption of RBMP, districts delineation, RBMPs development,
transboundary coordination, strengthen public consultation, support basin
councils implementation
PARTICIPATIVE RBM PLANNING
Programmes of measures
estimation: 240 €/inhabitant

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• Diagnostic on data management: List of actors/ existing
information systems / data management workshop/ global
organizational scheme/ metadata production
• 1 new Web server implemented at MENR level
• National water data platform available from MENR server
with access to:
o Online metadata catalogue
o Integrated geographical database
o 40 Web services
o 9 Interactive maps
o 3 Interactive dashboards
• First interoperability process implemented for automatic
processes for daily hydrological data integration
• And various other actions related to data management
o Training of MENR IT experts related to server maintenance
REINFORCING INTEGRATED
WATER DATA MANAGEMENT (AZ)

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COUNTRY PROGRESS BELARUS
The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE
• 3 Inter-agency committee meetings with over 90 participants representing natural resources management and environmental
protection, water, statistics, health, housing and utility services
SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL WATER STRATEGY
• Assistance to developing new Water Strategy to 2030, in the context of Climate Change
o Draft new Water Strategy passed public hearings
o Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Water Strategy completed
o Study on sludge treatment to inform future WSS strategy
PILOT ACTIONS AT LOCAL LEVEL TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER STRATEGY AND RESPECTIVE RBMP
• Pilot actions in Kopyl Rayon of Minsk Oblast:
o New water consumption and wastewater discharge norms developed and approved by 4 most water intensive enterprises in the
rayon
o Recommendations on the future Master plan for potable water supply developed and generally approved by rayon’s public
administration
• Recommendations on the use of surface water for irrigation and revitalisation of wetlands in Gomel oblast
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
• Methodology to monitor nationalised SDGs 6.3-6-5 developed, approved by BelStat and integrated in the computer based
State Water Cadaster data-base allowing an automated calculation of time-series for reporting purposes
• Revised national targets under the Protocol on Water and Health adopted
• Reporting under the Water Convention and SDG 6.5.2. supported
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND LESSONS LEARNED
• Training materials on economic instruments for WRM developed and integrated into curricular of training institutions
• Training on methodology for reporting under 6.5.2 provided
• Training on scoping study for SEA procedure and a workshop on the Protocol on Water and Health and equitable access
• Publication of report on achieving Water Security in Belarus
LEGISLATION POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL
STRENGTHENING PROGRESS / OUTPUTS / OUTCOMES

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KEY RESULTS
• Laboratory: procurement (high-tech equipment) for the labs at RCAC
Minsk and Gomel and RPCG in Minsk; support for accredited lab (QM
trainings, study visit to AT, remote audit); lab building renovation
• Surface water: trainings (video), equipment, surveys, guidances,
Monitoring Devt. Plan; Investigative Monitoring (Dniepr basin),
• Groundwater: trainings, equipment, surveys, guidances, delineations:
transb. coordination of Dniepr GW Bodies with Ukraine (intl.
publication); reviewed network; pollution areas investigated (pesticides,
radionuclides); Monitoring Development Plan;
KEY RESULTS
• 15 technical reports; 18 trainings; 9 surveys at 202 sites; 18 equipment
• Still capacity needs in staff, budgets, monitoring network, analysis
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE WATER
AND GROUND WATER MONITORING

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KEY RESULTS
• Dnieper RBMP refined to be closer to WFD requirements and Pripyat RBMP
developed (115,000 km², 5.8 million inhabitants) with report, atlas, tables,
dashboard
• Dnieper RBMP approved on 31 Dec. 2019, Pripyat RBMP adoption on-going.
Western Bug RBMP approved on 30 Dec. 2019
• Production of 3 guidance documents: RBMP development, estimation of diffuse
sources pollution, stakeholders involvement
• 20 Belarusian experts involved in RBMP development with close support of
experts’ team
• Dnieper RBMP implementation: 2 sub-basin management plans developed and
discussed (Uza River, Mogilev urban water courses)
• 6 Basin Council meetings with more than 100 participants including 50% women.
• More than 30 comments incorporated in the draft RBMP
DEVELOPMENT:
Formal adoption of Pripyat RBMP, Transboundary coordination, strengthen public
consultation
PARTICIPATIVE RBM PLANNING
Programmes of measures
estimation: 120 €/inhabitant

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• Diagnostic on data management: List of actors/
existing information systems / data management
workshop/ global organizational scheme in line with SEIS
principles/ metadata production
• Acquisition of 1 new Web server implemented
at CRICUWR level
• National water data management platform
available from CRICUWR server with access to:
o Online metadata catalogue
o Integrated geographical database
o 51 Web services
o 6 Interactive maps
o 1 Interactive dashboard
REINFORCING INTEGRATED
WATER DATA MANAGEMENT (BY)

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COUNTRY PROGRESS GEORGIA
The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE
• 4 Meetings of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue - over 180 participants
with representation including environment, water, energy, agriculture, finance, economy and
sustainable development, health and social affairs, regional development and infrastructure
LEGISLATIVE REFORM
• Support to finalisation of the Draft Law on water resources management, which was submitted
for adoption
• Support to drafting secondary legislation for the Draft Law on water resources management
• Support in facilitation of the reform of water abstraction charges
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
• SEA of the Alazani-Iori RBMP completed along with a respective Guidelines
• Support to reporting on SDG 6.5.2
SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL WATER STRATEGY
• Policy paper providing a long-term vision for further policy developments in the water sector of
Georgia and support to development of a strategic framework for water management
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
• Trainings on SEA procedures and application in water sector
LEGISLATION POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL
STRENGTHENING PROGRESS / OUTPUTS / OUTCOMES

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KEY RESULTS
• Laboratory: procurement (high-tech equipment): opening event Oct 2019
• Support for lab accreditation (QM trainings, study visit to AT, remote audit)
• Surface water: trainings (video), equipment, surveys, guidances, Monitoring
Devt. Plan; Investig. Monitoring (Iori sub-basin), TB survey on Debeda with
AM
12 new hydrological stations at Alazani-Iori and Khrami-Debed basins
• Groundwater: trainings, equipment, surveys, guidances, delineations,
reviewed network; Monitoring Development Plan; 7 automated monitoring
stations
• Coastal & transit. Water: trainings and manuals, new equipment installed,
23 GE water bodies delineated,
• Extended RBMP of Chorokhi-Ajaristskali River Basin – Coastal &
Transitional Waters (characterisation, risk analysis, Programme of Measures,
monitoring)
KEY RESULTS
• 23 technical reports; 26 trainings; 11 surveys at 239 sites; 15 equipment
• Still capacity needs in staff, budgets, monitoring network, analysis
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE WATER
COASTAL AND GROUND WATER MONITORING

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KEY RESULTS
• 2 RBMPs developed (reports, atlas) in the Kura River Basin: Alazani-Iori and
Khrami-Debeda river basins
• Extension of the Chorokhi-Ajaristskali RBMP to the Black Sea coastal issues
• All three ready for adoption (covering together 24,000km², 1 million inhabitants),
Strategic Environmental Assessment for Alazani-Iori
• 16 Georgian experts involved in RBMP development
• 12 stakeholders consultation meetings with 319 participants, and 40 comments
incorporated in the 2 draft RBMPs
• 4 RBMP workshops
• Methodological guidance document concerning stakeholders involvement
DEVELOPMENT
Formal adoption of RBMPs, districts delineation, new RBMPs development,
transboundary coordination, strengthen public consultation, support basin councils
implementation
PARTICIPATIVE RBM PLANNING
Programmes of measures
estimation: 100 €/inhabitant

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• Diagnostic on data management: List of actors/ existing
information systems / data management workshop/ global
organizational scheme in line with SEIS principles/ metadata
production
• Reinforcing Web server existing at MEPA/EIEC level
• National water data management platform available from
MEPA/EIEC server with access to:
o Online metadata catalogue
o Integrated geographical database
o 74 Web services
o 10 Interactive maps
o 4 Interactive dashboards
• First interoperability process implemented for potential
automatic integration of surface water quality
• And other actions related to data management
o Integration / visualization ground water quantity data
o Proposal for API on permit data
o Supporting permit data digitalisation
o …..
REINFORCING INTEGRATED
WATER DATA MANAGEMENT (GE)

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COUNTRY PROGRESS MOLDOVA
The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE
• 5 Meetings of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue with over 260 participants including representatives
from environment, water, energy, agriculture, finance, economy, health, infrastructure, European integration and partners
LEGISLATIVE REFORM
• Draft Law on the amendments to the Water Law No.272 prepared, and adopted by the Parliament in November 2018 as Law
No.249/2018
• Code of practice making permanent new norms for design and construction of small-scale potable water supply systems
leading to Ordinance # 162 of 01 September 2020 by the Minister of Economy and Infrastructure
• A study on the use of Economic instruments for WRM in Moldova, including monetary evaluation of damage to water
resources and bodies; and identifying and assessing options for establishing a dedicated Water Solidarity Fund.
SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL WATER STRATEGY / MID-TERM PLANS
• Update of the national Water Supply and Sanitation strategy with a new mid-term action plan for 2020-24, leading
to Government Resolution #442 on an updated national Water Supply and Sanitation strategy and adoption of the new mid-
term Action Plan in the Republic of Moldova
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
• Methodological support for reporting under the Water Convention and SDG 6.5.2 indicator provided
• Draft revisions to the National Programme for the Protocol on Water and Health implementation completed and submitted for
adoption; Report on proposals for legislative changes to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation finalised.
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND LESSONS LEARNED
• Capacity development event on applying the new norms for small-scale potable water supply systems and sustainable business models
in rural WSS (March 2019)
• Development of training materials on EIs for WRM – to be embedded in curricula of Moldova’s Academy for Economic Studies
• Studies leading to publications on improving domestic financial support mechanisms in, and on enhancing the economic regulatory
system for, the Moldova’s water and sanitation sector.
• Stakeholder consultations on the Protocol on Water and Health and equitable access
LEGISLATION POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL
STRENGTHENING PROGRESS / OUTPUTS / OUTCOMES

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KEY RESULTS
• Laboratory: technical upgrading of Environmental Reference
Laboratory of Environment Agency Moldova (high-tech equipment)
• Support for lab re-accreditation in March 2021 (local expert, QM
trainings & documentation, study visit to AT, remote audit)
• Surface water: trainings (video), equipment, surveys, harmonised
water body delineations with RO; guidances, Monitoring Developt.
Plan; Investigative Monitoring (Ialpug sub-basin)
• Participation in ICPDR Joint Danube Survey 4
• Groundwater: trainings, equipment, survey, guidances, delineation,
extended network; 3 new drilled wells; Monitoring Develmt. Plan;
KEY RESULTS
• 18 technical reports; 21 trainings; 6 surveys at 113 sites; 12 equipmt
• Still capacity needs in staff, budgets, monitoring network, analysis
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE WATER
AND GROUND WATER MONITORING

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KEY RESULTS
DANUBE-PRUT AND BACK SEA DISTRICT RBMP DEVELOPMENT
• 1st CYCLE RBMP approved in Oct. 2018
• 2nd CYCLE fully compliant project RBMP 2022-2027 finalized (350 p document with chapters
and atlas of the district)
• Executive version of the RBMP ready for adoption
• Two 6-month public consultation on main issues and draft RBMP
• All documents approved by the basin committee having regular follow up meetings
• Adoption procedure well engaged with the state chancellery
• Impatiently waiting for the new government to finalise the adoption process!
• Trialogue on RBMP development with Romania and Ukraine engaged on the Danube Day 2021!
DANUBE-PRUT AND BACK SEA DISTRICT RBMP IMPLEMENTATION
• Development of a first Water Sanitation Supply (WSS) master plan for the Nirnova sub-basin
• 2 larger on-line workshops gathering the 18 localities mayor and 2 heads of the rayons
• 3 inter-municipality sub-groups defined, option for operator set up in line with the infrastructure
development logic
• pilot governance scheme at sub-basin level successfully tested
• Supporting the development and adoption of a code of good agricultural practices in Moldova
RBM PLANNING AND STAKEHOLDERS’ INVOLVEMENT
Programmes of measures
estimation: 160 €/inhabitant

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• Diagnostic on data management: List of actors/ existing
information systems / meeting on data management/ global
organizational scheme in line with SEIS principles/ metadata
production
• Acquisition of 1 new Web server at Apele Moldovei level
• National water data management platform implemented
on Apele Moldovei server with access to :
o Online metadata catalogue
o Integrated geographical database
o 20 Web services
o 8 Interactive maps
o 7 Interactive dashboards
• First interoperability process available between Apele
and Geofond on ground water quantity data
• And other actions related to data management
o Support to Geofond for data integration and visualization on
their server
REINFORCING INTEGRATED
WATER DATA MANAGEMENT (MD)

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COUNTRY PROGRESS UKRAINE
The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE
• Re-establishment of the National Policy Dialogue and 3 Meetings of the Steering Committee with
over 325 participants with representation including environment, water, energy, agriculture,
economy, health, infrastructure, regional development and European integration
SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL WATER STRATEGY
• Support towards developing a national water strategy. Zoom-in at the WSS sector reform and
associated challenges
• A series of roundtable workshops were held with different focus groups (regional WRM
authorities, municipalities, water utilities) to discuss the approximation challenges towards the
EU water acquis (WSS investments) and setting national water targets and indicators to be
included in the water strategy.
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
• Revision of the national targets under the Protocol on Water and Health prepared and the SEA
procedure initiated, the process is linked with the work on the National Water Strategy
• Support was provided to reporting under the Water Convention and SDG 6.5.2 and on the
Protocol on Water and Health
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
• Support to on-hands capacity developed through participation in ICPDR meetings
• Consultation meetings on the Protocol on Water and Health
LEGISLATION POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL
STRENGTHENING PROGRESS / OUTPUTS / OUTCOMES

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KEY RESULTS
• Laboratory: renovation and technical upgrading of premises in
Vyshgorod / Kyiv (high-tech equipment): opening event March 2021
• Support for lab accreditation (QM trainings & documentation, study visit
to AT, remote audit)
• Surface water: trainings (video), equipment, surveys, guidances,
Monitoring Devt. Plan; Investigative Monitoring: pollution screening of
Dnipro at 27 sites for 65,000 substances -> 21 basin-specific)
• Groundwater: trainings, equipment, survey, guidances, delineation:
transb. coordination of Dnipro GW Bodies with Belarus (intl.
publication); reviewed network; Monitoring Development Plan;
KEY RESULTS
• 13 technical reports; 19 trainings; 4 surveys at 132 sites; 20 equipment
• Still capacity needs in staff, budgets, monitoring network, analysis
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE WATER
AND GROUND WATER MONITORING

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KEY RESULTS
• First part of River Basin Management Plan for the Dnipro completed
(300,000 km², 21 Million inhabitants)
• Production of guidance documents for RBMP development: risk analysis
of surface and groundwater bodies, protected areas, economic analysis,
monitoring, surveys in surface water, stakeholders involvement
• 30 Ukrainian experts involved in RBMP development
• 4 RBMP workshops, 6 lectures at the National Training Centre
• 6 extended Basin Council meetings with 321 participants including 50%
women
• 37 comments incorporated in the draft RBMP first part
DEVELOPMENT
Dnieper RBMP achievement, transboundary coordination, strengthen public
consultation, support basin councils coordination
PARTICIPATIVE RBM PLANNING

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• Diagnostic on data management: List of actors/ existing
information systems / data management / global organizational
scheme in line with SEIS principles/ metadata production
• Acquisition of 2 new Web servers
o 1 at SAWR (no access given to the project)
o 1 at UkrHMC/CGO
• National water data management platform available for
transfer to SAWR server with:
o Online metadata catalogue
o Integrated geographical database
o 31 Web services
o 5 Interactive maps
o 2 Interactive dashboards
• First interoperability process aiming to integrate CGO
hydro biological data
• And other actions related to data management
o Terms of reference for updating of the State Water Monitoring
Information System in Ukraine managed by State Agency of
Water Resources of Ukraine
REINFORCING INTEGRATED
WATER DATA MANAGEMENT (UA)

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REGIONAL COOPERATION
The EU-funded Action “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the
implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document was produced by
UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect
the official opinion of the European Union or the Governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the
status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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• Water Strategy preparation under high risks and uncertainty (April and October 2018)
• Side-event and special session at the Water Convention MOP (Nur-Sultan, October 2018)
• Exchange of experience in reform of rural WSS at the EUWI+ side-event at the International water
forum in Minsk (February 2019)
• A regional training on Synergies and joint implementation of the Protocol on Water and Health, related
EU Directives and SDGs in the Eastern Partnership countries (Geneva, 2 April 2019)
• Special session, organised by EUWI+ at the 15th Environmental Forum in Novogrudok, Belarus (7
June 2019)
• Side-event and special session at the Protocol on Water and Health MOP (Belgrade, 19-20 Nov 19)
• Economic instruments for water management, as part of the EUWI+ week (November 2019)
• Co-organisation and EaP experience sharing at the Global workshop on exchange of data and
information in transboundary basins (Geneva, 4-5 December 2019)
• Regional training on reporting on SDG 6.5.2 (Virtual, 28 May 2020)
• Regional workshop on equitable and sustainable water allocation and water scarcity (Virtual, 5-6
October 2020)
• Capacity development workshop on Water-related SDG Integration and Implementation in Eastern
Partnership (EaP) Countries and beyond (23-24 November 2020)
• Financing transboundary water cooperation and basin development (16-17 December 2020)
• Special sessions on EUWI+ at the Working Groups on IWRM under the Water Convention throughout
the project
RESULT 1 - REGIONAL EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE
AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

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TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION
• Support to transboundary cooperation between Armenia and Georgia on the
Ktsia/Khrami-Debed basin, including discussions on a possible bilateral
agreement on transboundary monitoring and data exchange – joint field survey,
technical guidance document and a series of physical and online consultations
• Support to consultations on the bilateral Kura Agreement between Azerbaijan and
Georgia provided. Support to a bilateral meeting and follow up consultations
• Support to cooperation in the Western Dvina/Daugava basin by facilitating
consultations on an inter-ministerial agreement between Belarus and Latvia and
between Belarus and Lithuania on the Neman basin, including on elements of a
transboundary RBMP
• Support provided to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to meet commitments
under ICPDR through participation in relevant ICPDR meetings and capacity
development activities and cooperation on the Dniester basin as a feed-in to the
GEF project

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LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT
• Joint participation in laboratory proficiency testing
• Harmonised high-level laboratory quality management system
• Coordinated steps towards intl. EN ISO 17025:2017 laboratory standard
MONITORING OF SURFACE , COASTAL AND GROUNDWATERS
• Building up of an updated comprehensive knowledge base of environmental
status of international River Basin Districts to start coordinating all water
protection, sustainable uses and effective mitigation measures
REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
• (Sub-)regional trainings and manuals, ICPDR meetings and joint study tours
to build up a common technical understanding on implementing WFD/IWRM
and approximating EU water policies from expert level to decision-makers
REGIONAL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
• Start of transboundary water management, e.g. at BY-UA Pripyat ground-
water and AM-GE Debed river; harmonised water body delineation (MD-RO)
• More competent engagement in regl. initiatives, like EMBLAS (GE coast)
• Regional workshops on economic analysis, stakeholders involvement
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Linking health protection and wastewater monitoring
Epidemiological information of connected population (pharmaceuticals,
diseases)
Analysis via chemical and molecular/genetical tools (PCR, genome sequencing)
New concept and methodologies for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance:
• Early warning system: trend analysis, monitoring of measures, de-warning
• Information on unknown/unreported cases
• Fastly developing surveillance in EU & beyond: Coron-A Initiative of March 2020
COVID MONITORING IN URBAN WASTEWATER
WEBINAR, 4 NOVEMBER 2020
New European Commission call for assistance to EaP countries initiated:
Sewage Sentinels Partnership for SARS-CoV-2
Aim: share best practices and build capacities in the EU Neighbourhood

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COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY - KEY FIGURES
• Reach
• 54 outreach events and online campaigns
• More than 50,000 people reached (through EUWI+ channels)
• Website: from 5000 visitors in August 2019 to more than 20,000
in July 2021
• FB: from 190 followers in Aug 2018 to 867 in July 2021
• YT: created in Sept 2020, 4,400 views in total
• Deliverables
• 4 country-based guidance document on communication and
awareness-raising activities (GE, BY, AM, UA):
• 70 informative materials on RBMP: 45 factsheets and
infographics, 8 summaries of RBMP, 10 informative cartoons, 5
UA video lessons and 2 video training lessons on diatoms)
• Around 50 communication material for a larger audience: more
than 40 videos, 6 country leaflets, 1 top-10 project leaflet
• More than 300 news and press releases on the EUWI+ website,
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• EU support to water sector made visible
• 4 Lab Openings (GE, AZ, AM, UA), 8850+ people reached
• 2 social media campaigns with EU Neighbours East (World Env Day 2020 & 2021), 104,000
people reached for the 2021 edition
• Awareness raising on water issues increased in the 6 countries
• AM: educational activities, series of manuals for schoolchildren, RBMP cartoons
• AZ: EU Days 2019, campaign on water saving
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• BY : educational activities and contest (campaign under the Ministry “Tell us about your
springs”)
• GE: RBMP cartoons, numerous video interviews
• MD: Cycling around the Prut, Danube Day, video shared among MD media + RBMP
presentation meeting
• UA: lessons (students) + videos for water managers + main campaigns for Dnipro, Danube
Day, WWD, Clean Beach Day + RBMP and Pollutant Screening results meetings
COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY - HIGHLIGHTS

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COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY – LOOK AHEAD
• Civil society is aware of water issues and have access to information:
• Strengthen educational activities with schoolchildren and students, in
particular in rural areas
• Develop access to online information, understandable digital tools (back
to back with data integration reinforcement)
• Ensure the representation of less self-organised stakeholders groups in
Basin Councils, consultation meetings
• Decision-makers have access to timely and key information to take the
best decisions
• Make conclusions of technical reports visible by synthetizing key
technical information into policy briefs
• Ensure dissemination of key messages through presentation of main
results (eg such meetings have been done for UA and MD for RBMP
and Pollutant Screening Result)
• EU support to sound environmental practices is made visible among EaP
countries:
• continue and strengthen partnership with EU communication networks to
boost visibility and reach a wider audience.

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EUWI+ WEBSITE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
EUWI+ website
https://www.euwipluseast.eu/en/
EUWI+ FaceBook page
https://www.facebook.com/euwiplus/
EUWI+ YT Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjK1x3nUpleeG55JPd_nPAw
FaceBook Group The Dnipro Unites
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Dniprounites/?ref=br_rs
FaceBook Group Clean Rivers for a Healthy Future - Caucasus
https://www.facebook.com/groups/764028737267175/