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March14, 2002
Weekly WOrk progress report
on the
Preparatory
Project for the Tisza River Basin Sustainable Development Programme
(TRB-SDP)
UKRAINIAN PART
Provisional identification of the potential key
interests in the TRB-SDP
The key issue for the Ukrainian part
of the TRB might be formulated as:
Minimisation of socio-economic and environmental effects
of extreme hydroclimatic conditions
1.
Optimisation of the water economy sector – improvement of its capability
to withstand flash floods
2.
Introduction of sustainable practices in silvicultural sector, namely
restoration of the water-regulating function of forests
3.
Sustainable reorganisation of agriculture – on the plain as well as
in the mountain meadows
4.
Development and utilisation of the recreational potential
Networking
1. Identification of the most important organisations
/ contact persons
Central Government
Ministry of the Environment and
Natural Resources (Contact: Anatoliy Hrytsenko,
Deputy-Minister) – is proposed as the main partner.
There might be other ministries and
state committees involved:
Ministry of Emergencies
Ministry of Agricultural Policy
State Committee for Forestry
State Committee for Water Resources
State Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism
Regional Government
State Administration of Zakarpatska Oblast
State Administration for the Environment
and Natural Resources in Zakarpatska Oblast
State Administration for Forestry in Zakarpatska
Oblast
Industrial Administration for Water
Management and Reclamation in Zakarpatska Oblast
NGOs
"Alexanor" (biodiversity, environmental actions, etc.), Uzhgorod – Contact: Serhiy
Popov
"Carpathian Agency for Regional
Development" (sustainable development
of mountainous settlements, etc.), Rakhiv – Contact: Vasyl Khoma
Environmental Club "Carpathians"
(environmental monitoring, education, etc.), Rakhiv – Contact: Vasyl
Pokynchereda
"Eco-Ex" (environmental actions, education, etc.), Uzhgorod – Contact: Oleksandr
Herevych
EcoCentre “Tysa”, Uzhgorod (Western Branch of the National Ecological Centre
of Ukraine) – Cntact: Volodymyr Kricsfalusy
Environmental Club "Edelweiss", Uzhgorod – Contact: Yaroslav Kutsenko
Carpathian
Environmental Club "Ruthenia" – Contact: Vasyl Sabadosh
Regional Organisations
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Rakhiv – Contact: Fedir Hamor, Director
Experts
"EkoPravo-Lviv" (Environmental
and Planning Legislation), Lviv – Dmytro Skrylnikov, Lawyer
Ivan Franko National University of
Lviv (Water management) – Prof. Ivan Kovalchuk
Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain
Forestry, Ivano-Frankivsk
Institute for Regional Studies, National
Academy of Sciences (Economy), Lviv
Institute for Ecology of the Carpathians,
National Academy of Sciences (Conservational biology), Lviv – Prof.
Stepan Stoyko
University of Uzhgorod (Forest and
agricultural economy, conservational biology) – Prof. Mykhailo Lendil,
Prof. Mykola Boyko
"Parallel"
Projects
Joint Ukraine-NATO
Project on Flood Preparedness and Response in the Carpathian Region – Contact: Volodymyr Tchipak, Industrial Administration
for Water Management in Zakarpatska Oblast
Transcarpathian Biodiversity Protection
Project – GET Grant 28638 (1993-1997)
Development of Flash Flood Forecasting,
Monitoring and Early Warning System in Zakarpatska Oblast of Ukraine – (Application date – March, 2001, Duration – 24 months). Tacis Cross
border Cooperation Programme 2001.
Integrated Management of Ecosystems
and Formation of Ecological Corridor in the Mountainous Part of the
Carpathians – Project application to GEF/UNDP – Contact: Valeriy Holovashkin,
Ukrainian Research Institute for forest Economy
Management system for flash floods
protection in the Tisza River Basin – Implemented
by the Regional Environmental Organisation of Reihneld-Pfalz, Trier,
Germany – Participating countries: Germany, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia,
Romania – Duration 18 months – Beginning date: 16.02.2001.
Anti-flash flood management in Slovakia and Ukraine – implemented by the Danish Hidrological Institute, Horlsholm
– Duration 32 months – Beginning date: 01.03.2000.
Wetland
management public awareness plan – TACIS-WWF
(Environmental Programme for the Danubian River Basin in Ukraine and
Moldova)
Conservation
of threatened wetlands in the Upper Tisza region – Pro Natura (Switzerland)
Study
of the trans-boundary contamination with special regard of sediment
and fish fauna in the Upper Tisza water system – Ministry of Water Management
of Hungary
Public
monitoring of water quality in the Latorytsya and Uzh rivers – Carpathian
Foundation
Tisza
watershed cooperation project – Carpathian Foundation
Water-quality monitoring and assessment of trans-boundary rivers Latorytsya
and Uzh – TACIS
Building
the Agency for regional development and cross-border cooperation – PHARE-TACIS
Creation
of inforamation and educational precondition for ecotourism development
in Transcarpathia – OEKO-B AG (Switzerland)
The
Carpathian Ecoregion Initiative – WWF;
Danube-Carpathian Programme
Carpathian
upper mountain forests: management and conservation for the sustainable
regional development – Carpathian Foundation
Supporting ecotourism development in
Uzhansky National Nature Park – Polish Environmental Partnership Foundation,
Foundation for the Eastern Carpathians Biodiversity Conservation
Improvement of
an infrastructure for development of ecological tourism in the Carpathian
Biosphere Reserve – WWF
2. Presentation of the TRB-SDP concept and the Preparatory Project
January 23. Deputy Minister of the Environment
Anatoliy Hrutsenko expressed interest in the TPRB-SDP during the meeting
with the Ukrainian NC. He asked the Chief of the Depatment of Water
Resources – Mrs. Natalya Movchan – to study the possibilities of the
Ministry's participation in the Project and the Programme. It was agreed
with Mrs. Movchan that the Ministry of the Environment will co-ordinate
activities of governmental organisations in the course of the Preparatory
Project.
January 28. In the wake of the meeting with the Ukrainian NC, Deputy
Minister of the Environment A. Hrytsenko was addressed by the UNDP Regional
Support Centre in Bratislava to appoint a governmental co-ordinator
for the Preparatory Project.
February 11. The TRB-SDP concept was presented in Uzhgorod to the Deputy-Head
of the Forestry Administration of Zakarpatska Oblast Mr. Volodymyr Kitchura.
He mentioned that his organisation would like to participate actively
in the introduction of sustainable forestry in the region. The main
difficulty of the moment is severe lack of funds for the forest maintenance.
February 11. Head of the Industrial Administration for Water Management
and Reclamation in Zakarpatska Oblast Mr. Volodymyr Tchipak and his
deputy Mr. Orest Ivanytskyi would like their organisation to be engaged
in the TRB-SDP. They provided information about the international projects,
in which the Administration takes part.
February 11. The visit to the Carpathian Foundation representative in Uzhgorod,
Mr. Ihor Ilko was useful to establish the most influential NGOs of the
region. The prospects for the CF support of the national consultative
workshops were also discussed during the meeting.
It was decided that the Environmental Club "Edelweiss" would
organisationally support the activities of the Ukrainian NC, especially
those related to the final national workshop. The Club is headed by
Mr. Yaroslav Kutsenko, who simultaneously is the Chief of the Environmental
Laboratory belonging to the National Academy of Sciences and the State
Administration for the Environment and Natural Resources in Zakarpatska
Oblast.
February28. Deputy Minister for the Environment Mr. Anatoliy Hrytsenko
assured UNDP representative in Kyiv that the governmental co-ordinator
from the Ministry of Environment – Mrs. Natalya Movchan – will be appointed.
3. Organisation of the initial national workshop
The workshop in Uzhgorod is to be postponed, because the governmental
co-ordinator (who is in charge of inviting governmental representatives)
is not appointed yet by the Ministry of the Environment. New provisional
date for the workshop is February 28.
The workshop is to be held on March 14 in Uzhgorod, Hotel "Druzhba".
Invitations were sent to the regional governments (State Administration
of Zakarpatska Oblast, Environmental Administration, Water Economy Administration,
Forestry Administration), central governments (Ministry of Environment,
Ministry of Emergencies), local councils (Khust and Tyachevo regions),
NGOs, business representatives. UNDP and Carpathian Foundation representatives
in Ukraine are also invited. The experts will make presentations to
provoke exchange of opinions on the issues relevant to the sustainable
development in the national part of the Tisza basin. The issues to be
discussed are:
1. Legislative backgrounds; 2. Water economy problems; 3. Forestry development;
4. Agricultural development; 5. Sustainable recreation; 6. Nature conservation
areas; 7. Physical planning; 8. Informational support.
Initial national workshop took place
on March 14, 2002 in Hotel "Druzhba", Uzhgorod. The workshop
was attended by 37 persons representing diverse governmental, non-governmental,
academic and business organisations as well as UNDP Kyiv Office (Mrs.
Oksana Demkiv) and Ukrainian Branch of the Carpathian Foundation (Mr.
Ihor Ilko and Mrs. Olha Tartchynets).
Governmental organisations were represented by the Ministry of Emergencies, State Administration
of Zakarpatska Oblast, State Administration for the Environment and
Natural Resources in Zakarpatska Oblast, State Administration for Water
Resources. Self-governmental organisations were represented by
the Council of Zakarpatska Oblast. Non-governmental organisations
were represented by several environmental clubs from Uzhgorod and Rakhiv.
Academia was represented by Uzhgorod and Lviv Universities, Institute
for Strategic Research (Uzhgorod branch). Business was represented
by the Free Economic Zone "Zakarpattia" and Agricultural Union
of Zakarpattia.
The discussion exposed some problems
regarding enforcement of environmental legislation, new plans for reservoir
construction on the Tysa tributaries, unreliable statistics of the forestry
sector.
It was decided to create an Initiative
Group for the Preparatory Project, which should include 9 persons representing
the main stakeholders at the oblast level and experts (State Administration,
Environmental Administration, Forestry Administration, Water Administration,
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Environmental Club "Ruthenia",
Environmental Club "Tysa", Uzhgorod University, Ukrainian
Land and Resource Management Centre). The secretary of the Initiative
Group is Mr. Yaroslav Kutsenko (Environmental Club "Edelweiss",
which organised the workshop). The members of the Initiative Group will
ensure exchange of information between the organisations they represent
and are responsible for the development of the national statement to
be presented at the final international conference.
The extended meeting of the Initiative
Group (The Final national Workshop) is planned for April 11 in Uzhgorod.
The anonymous feedback of the participants
witnesses high representation of the meeting participants, actuality
of the issues discussed and adopted.
Mapping
1. Identification of the Sectors Relevant to TRB-SDP
The provisional identification of
the key interests in the TRB-SDP implies on several sectors that can
be relevant to the Programme:
·
Forestry
·
Water management
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Nature conservation
·
Tourism
2. Development of the structure/contents of the national
meta-database on the TRB-SDP
The provisional structure and interface
version of the database has been developed using MS Access software.
It is proposed to have two tables in the database – "Documents"
and "Contacts". The table "Documents" contains information
about the names of publications, legislation, manuscripts (project applications,
reports), meeting minutes, etc. relevant to the TRB-SDP. This table
can be related to the other dataset – "Contacts" – with the
list of organisations and/or individuals as well as their contact data,
which have reference to the documents. The DBMS needs to be validated
by the other Project members prior to further development.
The database structure and the interface
have been updated and further developed. At this stage the software
can be used to create the meta-database of the Project.
3. Collection of the opinions of the experts about
the most crucial data sources/events
Lawyers Dmytro Skrylnikov and Natalya Balushka from the Public Benefit
Organisation "Ecopravo-Lviv" agreed to conduct the analysis
on the legislative environment of the TRB-SDP in Ukraine. Regional planning
issues were selected as the primary focus for the analysis. The lawyers
also agreed to present their standpoint on the issue during the initial
workshop in Uzhgorod.
Professor Stepan Stoyko, a prominent Ukrainian conservational biologist
of the Carpathians will present his opinion about the state and prospects
of the forested areas development.
Professor Ivan Kovalchuk, the author of the known texts on regional hydrology
and geomorphology will speak about the water problems in Zakarpattia.
The discussion during the Initial
National Workshop (March 14, Uzhgorod) exposed some problems regarding
enforcement of environmental legislation, new plans for reservoir construction
on the Tysa tributaries, unreliable statistics of the forestry sector.
A more detailed survey of the problems will be given later.
Final identification of the national key needs/priorities/conflicts
of interests in the TRB-SDP (during the final national workshop)
An application is submitted in Uzhgorod to the Carpathian Foundation representative
Mr. Ihor Ilko for a mini-grant to support the final national workshop.
The application is made on the behalf of the Environmental Club "Edelweiss",
which agreed to support organisationally the activities of the NC. In
case of the positive response of the CF, the final workshop would take
place not earlier than mid-March.
The Final National Workshop (extended
meeting of the Initiative Group) is planned for April 11 in Uzhgorod.
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