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 International Frameworks • Less inequality • Less pollution of air, water and soil
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 Contribute to a • Reduced resource needs Green Economy • Economic opportunities
Green Economy leadership in the region 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 organisations at Environment for Europe in June 2016 Belarus to implement GE Action Plan & Moldova to develop organic law implement GE Azerbaijan to Road Map & measure SDG support green achievements SMEs
Towards Green Economies GOVERNANCE AND USE OF SEA AND EIA AS DEMONSTRATION FINANCING TOOLS PLANNING TOOLS PROJECTS Mainstream sustainable Promote use of the Strategic Apply sustainable consumption and consumption and production into Environmental Assessment and production in economic sectors such national development strategies Environmental Impact Assessment as agriculture and manufacturing OVERALL OBJECTIVE Enable Eastern Partnership countries to move towards a Green Economy
From commitments to results • Green Economy Road Map/Action Plans • EIA/SEA laws, regulations and pilot assessments Policy action • 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 Private • Work with 200+ companies on RECP - water, energy, economic savings • Scaling up of RECP at municipal level sector action • International organic fairs: contracts signed worth € 16 million • Stimulation of domestic organic market (TV campaign, canteens) • Public pilot tenders for sustainable goods
Project synergies in Republic of Moldova Assessments • GE Scoping/economic modeling National Inter-Ministerial Working • Harmful subsidies Environmental Group • Economic instruments for Strategy Pilot SEA for Green Economy Road Map products Green Economy Strategic • Indicators Road Map Environment Assessment Greening of SME strategy, SPP Action subsidies local master RECP Roadmap Plan, plan Regulation Sustainable Industry/SMEs Public RECP Audits & Organic Procurement Training, Agriculture Pilot Training Tenders for Business support Trainings, Pilot tenders Organic Campaign, Agriculture Exports, business support
Conclusions and Recommendations • 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
What’s next? • 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
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