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Mapping of activities in support of greening the economy in the Pan-European region by UN Agencies Maria Teresa Pisani UNECE

Overview of developments on Green Economy in the Pan-European region:  Mandate: UNECE CEP following the outcome of the 7 th EfE Ministerial Conference  Purpose: facilitate policy coherence and inter-agency cooperation

Overview of developments on Green Economy in the Pan-European region:  Two studies on progress, modalities and prospects for CEP Oct 2013 and Oct 2014  Next overview for 22 nd CEP meeting Jan 2017 (side event on Green Economy)

Sample overview Type of activity Economy- Regional/Sub- Organization/ wide/Cities/Sector region/ Programme Country • • • • Knowledge Assessments GG Studies (region) Regional OECD • • • • development & Thematic Studies LC economy studies (country) Georgia, Belarus, UNEP (EaP Green) • • sharing Evaluation of economic/social/ Green jobs in transport Moldova • • • env. impacts EIA of city plans Austria WB • • Moldova UNECE (EaP Green) • • • • Strategy & policy National GE strategies or policy GE Roadmap Kazakhstan UNDP (GEF) development frameworks • • • • Policy Regulatory policy instruments Strategic Env Assessment (SEA) Belarus UNECE (EaO Green) • • • • implementation Market-based instruments Extended Producer Resp. (EPR) Moldova GEF • • • • Education, information-based Ed. for SD (ESD) programs Georgia UNECE instruments • • • • Public expenditure programme Emission Trading Systems (ETS) Slovakia EU • • • • Institutional & High-level oversight and coord. GE Committee Belarus UNEP (EaP Green) • • • • capacity Mechanisms for dialogue with Resource Efficient & Cleaner Armenia UNIDO (EaP Green) development business and civil society Production Centres • • • • Capacity development GG monitoring Georgia OECD (EaP Green) • • • • Monitoring GE monitoring GG indicators Turkey OECD frameworks/Indicators

Source of information: • Greening the economy in the Pan-European Region: progress and future prospects http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2014/ece/cep/ece.cep.2014.5.e.pdf • Greening the economy in the Pan-European Region: progress, modalities and options http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2014/ece/cep/ece.cep.2014.5.e.pdf • EfE/CEP secretariat efe@unece.org –