Energy and environment are essential for sustainable development. The poor are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and lack of access to clean, affordable energy services. UNDP is convinced, that issues as climate change, loss of biodiversity and ozone layer depletion cannot be addressed by countries acting alone.
In Tajikistan, where the economy of is presently growing rapidly, it is increasingly important to make sure that natural resources are managed and used in a sustainable way. UNDP Tajikistan’s activities within the practice area of Energy and Environment are consequently undergoing a phase of strong growth. A number of small-scale preparatory projects are ready to be scaled up in the coming years in areas such as biodiversity, renewable energy and the management of protected areas. The most important donor in this field is the GEF, the Global Environmental Facility.
The UNDP/GEF project “Environmental Learning and Stakeholder Involvement as Tools for Global Environmental Benefits and Poverty Reduction” was approved mid-2008. It is a three-year project and its official starting date is September 28, 2008. The implementing partner is the State Committee on Environment Protection. The Government Focal Point (FP) is Mr. Mahmadsharif Hakdodov from the Ministry of Energy and Industry of Tajikistan assigned to this position by the Committee on Environment Protection. The project has a GEF budget of USD 470,000 and co-financing commitments of USD 470,000. The main stakeholders are the State Committee on Environment Protection, Ministry of Education and the Jamoats (4) in the Gissar Region.
The aim of this project is to expand Tajikistan’s capacity to generate global environmental benefits through educating and involving diverse stakeholders in addressing Rio Convention themes at national and local levels. The objective is to strengthen capacity to use environmental learning and stakeholder involvement as tools to address natural resource management issues as part of poverty reduction. This objective will be reached through three main outcomes: (i) Enhanced legal, policy, institutional and strategic frameworks to strengthen environmental education/learning and stakeholder involvement as natural resource management tools; (ii) Improved capacity of government and civil society to integrate environmental learning and stakeholder involvement into programmes and projects; and (iii) Enhanced capacity of local government and community organizations to use community environmental learning and involvement as tools for natural resource management and poverty reduction.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a global partnership among 178 countries, international institutions, NGOs, and the private sector that aims to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives.
The GEF was established in 1991 and serves as an independent financial mechanism to assist countries in fulfilling their obligations under the following Conventions they have signed and ratified: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The GEF’s mission is the protection of the global environment with a particular purpose: achievement of global environmental benefits through funding programs and projects in the following six focal areas: biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants. GEF projects are managed by GEF Implementing Agencies: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank (WB). For more details, use link on brief information, reference manual and SGP thematic areas
SGP has announced among interested organisations to participate in forthcoming tender for grants. For those interested, proposal form should be filled in and submitted no later than February 15, 2010.
Sustaining Agricultural Biodiversity in the Face of climate Change in Tajikistan
Aims and objective
The main objective of the project is to embed globally significant agrobiodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change in agricultural and rural development policies and practices at national and local levels in Tajikistan.
The project seeks to remove the barriers to conservation and adaptation of the globally significant agro-biodiversity of Tajikistan by a combination of interventions targeting capacity development (at systemic, institutional and individual level), in situ and ex situ agro-biodiversity conservation measures and market development in support of socio-ecological adaptation to climate change. Managing for socio-ecological resilience recognizes the opportunities provide by effectively managed agricultural ecosystems in supporting the environment and dependent communities to absorb shocks, regenerate and reorganize so as to maintain key functions, economic prosperity, social wellbeing and political stability. Strengthening the capacity of farmers to anticipate and plan for climate related changes while buying time for ecological recovery through effective local ecosystem management creates powerful and cost-effective opportunities for meaningful action to cope with unavoidable climate change impacts. A project emphasis on agro-enterprise development (both nationally and internationally and perhaps in the area of certified organic fair-trade fruit and nut products) will seek to increase farmers’ financial returns and ensure meaningful community based participation.
There are three basic components of the project, which refer to the (i) improved agrobiodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change through supportive policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks, (ii) improved capacity for sustaining agro-biodiversity in the face of climate change, and (iii) maintained environment for agro-biodiversity products market development.
The Project “Demonstrating New Approaches to Protected Areas and Biodiversity Management in the Gissar Mountains as a Model for Strengthening the National Tajikistan Protected Areas System", known as Gissar Biodiversity Project is being currently implemented by the UNDP Communities Programme. The project is financed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).
The project aims at supporting development of the system of three protected natural areas as a key part ofTajikistan’s overall development effort in accordance with international best practices. It will do this by introducing modern approaches for protected areas management and through the training of relevant government agencies. An important aspect is the future involvement of local communities living in or around the protected areas and the combination of efforts to improve the sustainability of their livelihoods, with conservation of natural resources.
$3.075 Million (2005-2009) UNDP Service line: 3.2 - Effective
Water Governance
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Responsible and sustainable transboundary water management
is crucial for the young Central Asian states. Few issues have the potential to
either contribute or hinder development, and to favor peace or conflict, as
managing scarce hydrological resources. There are fundamental constraints
imposed by the recent independence of Central Asian states resulting in desires
to assert national sovereignty. Economic, social, political and administrative
issues rather than technical concerns plague the effectiveness of water
management reform. Though the needs and costs of water infrastructure
improvements should not be understated, the most rapid progress with
transboundary water management in the region can be achieved through the
introduction of improved management and governance systems at the regional,
national and local levels. Important steps will be taken by UNDP to address
above issues and favor regional cooperation and deepen common understanding
among regional partners, especially by supporting the organization of major
events on transboundary river management and other initiatives on effective
water management. UNDP's country office network throughout Central Asia,
experience in management of large-scale water projects in the region, reputation
for neutrality and global and regional track record in capacity building make
UNDP uniquely suited to achieve significant in-roads in the water sector working
at the local, national and regional levels.
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