Chairmanship of the Republic of Tajikistan in the ICSD
During its chairmanship, the following meetings of the Commission were held:
26th ICSD Meeting was held in Dushanbe (June 2013), during which the Report on the activities of the ICSD during Kazakhstan’s chairmanship for 2011-2012 was presented; information was provided on enhancing the effectiveness of the implementation of the REAP for Central Asia in the context of the post-Rio+20 process; on opportunities for cooperation in the field of the “green economy” within the ICSD mandate with the support of international organizations; the SIC ICSD was tasked with establishing a Working Group composed of representatives of the Central Asian countries to develop recommendations for strengthening the institutional and legal framework for regional cooperation in the field of environmental protection within the ICSD mandate and with the proposal to establish a Working Group under the ICSD on one of the priority areas of the REAP – the issue of water pollution. The meeting also featured presentations on the work of international organizations in the region; information from Kyrgyzstan was shared on efforts to integrate the principles of sustainable development and the green economy into the country’s development programmes.
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27th ICSD Meeting was held in Dushanbe (April 2014), during which the proposal of UNECE was adopted to develop a Roadmap listing short- and medium-term measures to address the challenges outlined in the recommendations of the Assessment Study on Strengthening the Institutional and Legal Framework for Improving Subregional Cooperation on environmental protection for sustainable development within the framework of the Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development. Furthermore, the participants supported the initiative to establish a Working Group on the REAP priority area of "Water Pollution" and discussed the further development of cooperation in the fields of green economy, biodiversity, and climate adaptation. Matters related to international partnerships were also addressed, including the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the SIC ICSD and CAREC, as well as the revitalization of the activities of the ICSD Regional Mountain Centre.
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28th ICSD Meeting was held in Dushanbe (November 2014), during which the finalization of the "Programme (formerly the "Roadmap") for the Implementation of the Recommendations on Strengthening the Institutional and Legal Framework for Regional Cooperation in Environmental Protection within the Mandate of the ICSD" was noted; information was provided by Central Asian countries on the progress of implementing green economy principles at the national level, as well as by the UNEP Regional Office for Europe on the prospects for cooperation on green economy issues in Central Asian countries; it was decided to conduct consultations with the International Center for Environmental Technologies (ICET) under UNEP on waste management and the potential implementation of a regional project; consultations were mandated with the Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) regarding the implementation of the "Economics of Land Degradation in Central Asia: Approaches and Planned Activities" process; the Central Asia Programme of the WWF provided information on the "CIS Ecological Network" conference and a meeting on the development of national biodiversity conservation strategies and action plans; consultations were mandated with UNECE to develop a concept for a regional project proposal on the REAP priority area of "water pollution," taking into account previously developed drafts of the Regulation and Terms of Reference for the Working Group, and to agree on this concept with Central Asian countries for submission at the next ICSD meeting.
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