RBEC Regional Programme

Regional programming includes projects which have a sub-regional or multi-country focus, and are thus implemented (or coordinated if implementation is in specific countries) at the regional level. The Regional Programme Document has been approved by UNDP's Executive Board for 2006-2010. The table below gives links to basic (fiche) and detailed (prodoc) information on all regional projects.

Programming areas include Democratic Governance, Energy and Environment, Poverty Reduction and cross-cutting issues. The Evaluation Plan for the Regional Programme (2006-10) has also been developed in line with UNDP Evaluation Policy.

Regional Projects


Capacity Development
Project Partners Budget
Capacity 2015 Europe and CIS: Localizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Europe and the CIS
January 2007 - December 2008
  $1,500,000.00
Regional Scenario and Vision
January 2005 - December 2006
   
Western Balkans on the path to EU Integration: Strengthening Decentralized Service Delivery for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
January 2007 - March 2009

UNDP Croatia (Lead Country Office, Project Management), UNDP Western Balkans Country Offices, UNDP Western Balkans Cluster, SNV  

 

$360,000.00
Country Support Team (BRC)
Project Partners Budget
Preparing for HCFC phase out in CEITs: needs, benefits and potential synergies with other MEAs
June 2008 - December 2009
The project’s primary goal is to develop country strategies for HCFC phase out based on in-depth surveys of HCFC consumption.

National Ozone Units

$255,000.00
Total Sector Methyl Bromide Phase Out in Countries with Economies in Transition
January 2005 - June 2008
The overall objective of the project, is to rapidly phase-out all non-exempted uses of methyl bromide.

Bulgaria, National Ozone Unit, Ministry of Environment and Water
Hungary, National Ozone Unit, Department for Integrated Pollution Control, Ministry of Environment and Water
Latvia, National Ozone Unit, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia
Lithuania, National Ozone Unit, Ministry of Environment
Poland, Ozone Layer Protection Unit in the Industrial Chemical Research Institute in Warsaw; Department for Air and Land Protection Ministry Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry

$3,222,075.00
Democratic Governance
Project Partners Budget
Anti-Corruption Practitioners Network Phase 2
January 2008 - December 2010
Support to Anti-Corruption agencies in Central and Eastern Europe

UNDP Country Offices in the countries of the Agencies selected for the project are expected to take the lead in the final stage of the progect and to ensure the sustainability of the project results.

$430,000.00
HRBA & A2J in the region
February 2008 - December 2010
Regional project to support both internal UNDP and external counterparts’ capacity in the areas of human rights and justice.
  $411,000.00
Policy Impact Assessment
February 2006 - January 2009
Improving policy development in Eastern Europe and the CIS through strengthening capacities for ex-ante impact assessment.

Open Society Institute (Budapest), UNDP Country Offices in participating countries

$328,000.00
PRomoting Oversight and Greater Regional Engagement
January 2006 - December 2008
Promoting oversight and greater regional engagement in the security sector.

DCAF

$1,200,000.00
Regional Centre for Public Administration Reform / RCPAR
February 2008 - December 2012
  $7,091,935.00
Regional Centre for Public Service Professionalism
January 2006 - September 2008
Programming framework and regional facility to enhance regional cooperation, networking, and information sharing on PAR in Eastern Europe and CIS.

Government of Greece

$1,025,675.00
Regional Cooperation for e-Leadership Capacities in the Western Balkans to Strengthen Good Governance and European Integration
February 2006 - February 2008
Regional Cooperation for e-Leadership Capacities in the Western Balkans to Strengthen Good Governance and European Integration.

UNDP COs, eSEE Agenda Working Group, E-Governance Academy

$450,000.00
Strategic PAR Workplan 2006-2007
July 2006 - December 2007
Strengthening the Public Administration Reform Sub-Practice in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
   
Strengthening capacities of local governments for effective local development
April 2007 - December 2010

Main implementing partners: SNV, the Council of Europe, FDI, Poverty Practice, LOGIN Partners, OSI/LGI, COs

$600,000.00
Strengthening Human Rights & Justice Sup-Practice in Europe & CIS
January 2006 - December 2007
Strengthening the Human Rights and Justice Sub-Practice in Europe & CIS

UNDP COs, national human rights institutions and local governments, UN agencies working on HR and Justice, Oslo Governance Center, Czech Trust fund

$310,000.00
Sub-Regional: Western Balkans Sub-Regional Mechanism for Facilitation of Anti-Corruption Initiatives
January 2007 - December 2008
  $61,000.00
Emerging Donors
Project Partners Budget
Capacity Building- EU cross-border    
Czech Trust Fund (CTF)
January 2004 - December 2010
Regional East-East Cooperation, Emerging Donors Initiative

UNDP COs in RBEC, regional programme, Czech NGOs, Czech governmental institutions, Czech private sector

$5,000,000.00
Emerging Donors Initiative
January 2005 - December 2010
Regional East-East Cooperation, Emerging Donors Initiative
  $140,000.00
Slovak Trust Fund - 2008-2010: Promotion of the Slovak Transitional Experience and Human Capital in ODA
July 2008 - September 2010
The project is designed to enhance development cooperation between Slovakia and its target countries.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic

$1,100,000.00
Energy & Environment
Project Partners Budget
“Every Drop Matters” a Regional Water Partnership Initiative
January 2006 - December 2011
   
Addressing Environmental Aspects as Root Causes of Conflict by Integrating them in Early Warning Systems for Social Conflict
July 2006 - July 2008

NGOs:
In Kyrgyzstan: ”Peaceful Development in Ferghana Valley”
In Tajikistan: “Ittifok”
 

$150,000.00
Capacity building for Kyoto Protocol in Europe and CIS
January 2005 - December 2007
Capacity building for Kyoto Protocol in Europe and CIS

UNDP DEX;Czech Trust Fund

$270,000.00
Capacity building for Kyoto Protocol in Europe and CIS / TTF
January 2006 - August 2008
Capacity building for Kyoto Protocol in Europe and CIS / TTF

UNDP DEX;Energy Trust Fund

$120,000.00
Capacity Development for Strategic Environmental Assessm
February 2007 - December 2008
Capacity for integrating environment and energy into national development frameworks improved, both in E&CIS countries and within UNDP staff

Environmental ministries of the EECCA countries

National UNDP COs

$100,000.00
Climate Risk Management in Eastern Europe and CIS
February 2008 - March 2010
The project will help improve capacity of national governments and UNDP COs for climate risk management in ECIS
  $300,000.00
Environment & security assessment and capacity-building in the Eastern Caspian region and Amu-Darya river basin
February 2007 - December 2008
Assessment of environment and security linkages in the Eastern Caspian and Amu Darya and development of preliminary ENVSEC work programmes.

UNDP CO and ministries of Environment in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

$130,000.00
Environment and Security Initiative: Phase II.
July 2007 - May 2010
Environment and Security Initiative: Phase II.

Ministries of Environment and Foreign Affairs

$569,000.00
Environmental assessment of development planning

•    Crimean regional authorities
•    local planners and community representatives, research organisations, NGOs
•    UN Habitat, University of Geneva

$200,000.00
Feasibility Study for the Closure of Lojane Mine
November 2005 - July 2006
  $55,000.00
Feasibility study for the remediation of the Bor mine surface and groundwaters *
October 2006 - September 2007

Bor Municipality, Faculty of Mining & Geology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, NGO “Responsibility for the future”
 

$121,500.00
Fostering Dialogue between Riparian States for Development and Establishment of Initial Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Increased Cooperation and Joint Management of the Kura-Aras River Basin
January 2007 - December 2008
Development of preliminary legal and institutional framework for regional action for the protection of the Kura-Aras basin environment.

UNDP CO, Ministries of Environment and Foreign Affairs in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

$128,944.00
National Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Planning and Transboundary Dialog in Central Asia (Preparatory Phase)
October 2007 - January 2008
Developing a National IWRM Plan and Water Supply & Sanitation Strategy for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; fostering transboundary dialog in Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan: Department of Water Resources (DWR) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Processing Industry (MAWRPI); State Agency of Environment Protection and Forestry (SAEF); Chief Admimistration on Hydrometerogemeteroology of Ministry of Emergency Situations; Ministry of Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources

Tajikistan: Ministry of Water Resources Management; State Committee on Environmental Protection and Forestry; Main Geological Institution; Committee on state inspection of the secure industrial works

Other partners: Global Water Partnership, GWP-CACENA (co-executing); UNDP Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan;

$85,000.00
Programme of Capacity Building for the Removal of Barriers to the Cost-Effective development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling in EU Candidate Countries
January 2007 - January 2011
This project will help countries meet EU energy requirements for household appliances
  $750,700.00
Reducing Trans-boundary Degradation of the Kura-Aras River Basin through Public Involvement and Stakeholder Inclusion in Governance
August 2004 - December 2007

UNEP ROE (Geneva), UNEP GRID-Arendal, OSCE (Secretariat and field missions),

$100,000.00
Regional Environmental Action Plan (REAP) implementation support
February 2004 - December 2007
  $260,000.00
Removing barriers to sustainable and commercial Wind Energy Development in Azerbaijan
January 2006 - January 2007
Reducing emissions of CO2 through a comprehensive barrier removal process focused on the development of wind energy.

DEX;Ministry of Industry and Energy, Azerenerji Company

$50,000.00
SEA Training for trainers
June 2007 - October 2007
   
Strategic Workplan for Strengthening the Water Governance Sub-Practice in Europe & CIS
January 2006 - December 2009
Strengthening the Water Governance Sub-Practice in Europe & CIS
  $400,000.00
Support to Sustainable Transport Management in Dushanbe
January 2006 - January 2010
Project aims to reduce local and greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport system in Dushanbe while improving access for all residents

The State Committee on Environmental Protection and Forestry (through the Committee of Environmental Protection of Dushanbe City)

$35,000.00
Supporting Country Action on the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas
April 2007 - April 2011
  $9,400,000.00
Sustainable Land Management
August 2005 - July 2007
Promoting Community Based Sustainable Land Management and Capacity Building in Central Asia
  $200,000.00
Transboundary Degradation
December 2004 - July 2007
Reducing Trans-boundary Degradation of the Kura-Aras River Basin through Public Involvement and Stakeholders Inclusion in Governance
  $100,000.00
UNDP – SNS REAAL Partnership on Water
January 2006 - December 2008

SNS REAAAL, The Netherlands; UNDP CIDP, Ukraine; Regional and local authorities of Crimea; USAID (tbc); local NGOs incl. Community Organizations

$500,000.00
UNDP-Coca Cola Water-Partnership Programme 'Every Drop Matters'
Umbrella project for national and regional projects under this partnership

Coca Cola Bottling Companies; UNDP COs

$6,500,000.00
Gender
Project Partners Budget
Capacity Building for more Effective Gender Mainstreaming
April 2005 - July 2008

All UNDP COs in the region; CO Gender Focal Points

$307,000.00
HIV/AIDS
Project Partners Budget
Regional HIV/AIDS Programme in Eastern Europe and the CIS (2004-2007)
January 2004 - December 2007
Increase the capacity of countries to implement effective AIDS responses and to strengthen UNDP AIDS practitioners’capacity to support those efforts
  $292,000.00
Regional HIV/AIDS Programme in Eastern Europe and the CIS (2008-2009)
January 2008 - December 2009
Increase the capacity of countries to implement effective AIDS responses and to strengthen UNDP AIDS practitioners’capacity to support those efforts
  $1,334,000.00
Knowledge Management
Project Partners Budget
"Development and Transition" NEWSLETTER
June 2004 - December 2008
Development and Transition is a newsletter that disseminates information about important development trends and best practices across the region.

The London School of Economics.

$541,441.00
Knowledge Management Support for Europe and the CIS
January 2008 - December 2010
  $450,000.00
MDG and Poverty Reduction
Project Partners Budget
Fostering multi-stakeholder partnerships to achieve MDGs in the Western CIS and Caucasus in the framework of the UN Global Compact
April 2006 - September 2009
  $2,993,305.00
Black Sea Trade and Investment Promotion Programme
January 2007 - December 2010
BSTIP has been designed in order to support the regional integration process among the BSEC member states

Business and trade support institutions in the BSEC Member States

$1,752,704.00
Civic Engagement in Poverty and Social Impact Assessments    
Economic Policy Institutes Network
March 2004 - December 2008
Economic Policy Institutes Network, East to East Cooperation, Develop capacity of economic policy institutes in target countries.
  $569,000.00
Growing Sustainable Business for Poverty Reduction
January 2006 - December 2008
   
Growing Sustainable Business for Poverty Reduction in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Moldova
November 2005 - June 2008

Austrian Development Agency, companies, government and NGOs in target countries

$480,000.00
Improving Human Development Literacy and Strengthening Capacities for Implementation of MDGs in Central, Eastern Europe and the CIS
January 2007 - December 2009
The objective of the project is to provide CO with adequate HD support; and conduct in-depth research on human poverty to build and share knowledge.
  $475,000.00
MDG Government Support
Millennium Development Goals: Improving MDG literacy in Europe and CIS, help the countries pursue their MDG agenda.
  $355,600.00
Promoting Good Governance through Improved Civic Legislation
This initiative proposes to review the legal environment for civic existence, expression, and engagement in several countries of the CIS.
  $325,000.00
Reducing Vulnerability of Roma in the Western Balkans
January 2007 - December 2009

UNDP Serbia, UNDP Montenegro, UNDP Kosovo

$3,808,930.00
Rolling out MDG support
February 2007 - December 2009
  $550,000.00
The CSR Western Balkans Baseline Study
January 2007 - December 2008
Baseline survey assessing the level of corporate social responsibility practices among companies operating in Southeast Europe.

UNDP counterparts in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia

$110,000.00
The Role of Social Enterprises in Employment Generation
January 2006 - December 2008
SE could be deployed to address manifold development concerns in the region.

EMES, national counterparts in Ukraine, Serbia, and Poland

$400,000.00
Vulnerable groups socioeconomic status in SEE and CEE
January 2004 - December 2007
Socioeconomic data collection on status of Roma and other vulnerable groups.
  $705,408.00
Sub-regional projects
Project Budget
Sub-regional: Building joint MDG campaign
January 2006 - December 2008
$307,000.00
Sub-regional: CA Initiatives  
Sub-regional: Chernobyl
March 2006 - December 2008
The project aims to promote the recovery and development of communities affected by Chernobyl nuclear accident.
$362,208.00
Trade facilitation in Central Asia (project initiation)
January 2007 - January 2008
$80,000.00
Sub-regional: W.Balkan Reg Env  
Black Sea Trade and Investment Promotion Programme
January 2007 - December 2010
BSTIP has been designed in order to support the regional integration process among the BSEC member states
$1,752,704.00
Central Asian Website on Development
March 2004 - December 2007
$130,000.00
Sub-regional: CA Trade Facilitation
January 2007 - December 2008