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Greening Economies in the Eastern Partnership Countries

Harvesting fruits from EaP GREEN and beyond

Why a Green Economy?

• More jobs created
• Better human and “ecological” health
• Less inequality
• Less pollution of

air, water and soil

International Frameworks

EU & Eastern Partnership

Developments and Opportunities

• EU Action plan on Circular Economy
• Transition to the Green Economy, t2ge Conference
• EU external investment plan
• Horizon 2020 – Industry 2020 in a Circular Economy

Circular Economy for EaP offers:

• Early coherence with upcoming EU policies
• Reduced resource needs
• Economic opportunities

Contribute to a Green Economy

Batumi Initiative on Green Economy (BIG-E)

• Green Economy expert group
• First ever regional commitment on GE
• Over 100 pledges made by 36 governments and
• rganisations at Environment for Europe in June 2016

Moldova to implement GE Road Map & support green SMEs Belarus to implement GE Action Plan & develop organic law Azerbaijan to measure SDG achievements

Green Economy leadership in the region

Towards Green Economies

USE OF SEA AND EIA AS PLANNING TOOLS

Promote use of the Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment

OVERALL OBJECTIVE Enable Eastern Partnership countries to move towards a Green Economy GOVERNANCE AND FINANCING TOOLS

Mainstream sustainable consumption and production into national development strategies

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

Apply sustainable consumption and production in economic sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing

• Green Economy Road Map/Action Plans
• EIA/SEA laws, regulations and pilot assessments
• Sustainable Procurement Action Plans
• Estimates of major subsidy schemes
• Green growth measurement
• Consensus on creating market incentives for greener products
• RECP concept adapted to national conditions of all countries

Policy action

• Work with 200+ companies on RECP - water, energy, economic

savings

• Scaling up of RECP at municipal level
• International organic fairs: contracts signed worth €16 million
• Stimulation of domestic organic market (TV campaign, canteens)
• Public pilot tenders for sustainable goods

Private sector action

From commitments to results

Project synergies in Republic of Moldova

Inter-Ministerial Working Group Green Economy Road Map

Sustainable Public Procurement Training Pilot tenders Organic Agriculture Trainings, Campaign, Exports, business support Industry/SMEs RECP Audits & Training, Business support

Pilot Tenders for Organic Agriculture

Greening of SME strategy, RECP Roadmap

Assessments

• GE Scoping/economic modeling
• Harmful subsidies
• Economic instruments for

products

• Indicators

Strategic Environment Assessment local master plan

subsidies

Pilot SEA for Green Economy Road Map

SPP Action Plan, Regulation

National Environmental Strategy

• Strong political momentum at regional and national levels
• Baselines set through EaP GREEN support to:
• National policy making, e.g Green Economy Policy Framework and

inter-ministerial governance in Moldova

• SCP introduced in economic sectors, e.g manufacturing and organic

farming

• Regional knowledge creation and sharing, e.g. exchange of practices

and joint actions

Conclusions and Recommendations

• Replicate and implement national green economy strategies and

develop and enhance green policies and policy instruments

• Upscale pilot initiatives to ensure citizens’ support and stimulate

businesses in EaP region

• Promote regional collaboration and multi-stakeholder exchange

What’s next?