Implementation of The Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Program for the reduction of persistent toxics pollution
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General Information:
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Project
Type
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Medium Sized Project
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Project
Status
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PDFB
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GEF characteristic:
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Focal Area
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International Waters
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GEF Project Stage
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PDF-B
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GEF Allocation to project
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2.73M
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Total Cost of the project:
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6.10M
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Partners:
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Countries:
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Belarus, Russian Federation, Ukraine
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Lead Implementing
Agency
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United Nations Development Programme
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Executing
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Project
Description:
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"This Project Concept builds on the previous GEF investment in the Dnipro Basin, the development and country adoption of the Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Programme. As a priority, GEF support will focus on a Full-Sized Project Proposal to directly address the International Waters issue of industrial chemical pollution. The development of the Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Programme (SAP) followed on from concerns expressed in the 1990s about the progressive degradation of the Dnipro River ecosystem, particularly in the middle and lower reaches. These concerns tied in closely with those raised over the degradation of the Black Sea environment, which led to the GEF support of the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and the Black Sea SAP. This in turn linked with the Danube SAP, now institutionally connected to the Black Sea programme through the “Strategic Partnership addressing Transboundary Priorities in the Danube/Black Sea Basin”. The GEF project supporting the development of the Dnipro Basin SAP (Annex 4) was approved in December 1999 by the GEF Council, and became effective with inception workshop in 2001. The development of the Dnipro TDA and SAP was the result of the joint effort of the three riparian countries (Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation, and Ukraine), assisted by international executing agencies. These included UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation), IDRC (International Development Research Centre, Canada), IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). The SAP is a policy document, negotiated and endorsed by three riparian countries, to be implemented at the highest level of executive power. The SAP focuses on six transboundary priority areas for action to resolve the most urgent issues identified in the TDA: chemical pollution, modification of ecosystems, modification of the hydrological regime, eutrophication, flooding and high ground water levels, and radionuclide pollution. Of these, the first priority is industrial chemical pollution. This can be categorised as coming from two main industrial sub-sectors, the major industrial complexes, generally with their own treatment facilities, and the groups of smaller urban based industries that discharge effluents through the municipal facilities, the Vodokanals. Following a review of current donor activities and trends, it appears that major industries may be able to attract investment through other funding agencies. This leaves the more complex tasks of dealing with the large numbers of small industries that cumulatively pose major pollution threats, with the parallel concerns of financing mechanisms and regulation in a sector which is rapidly becoming more privatised. The GEF Full-Sized Project will therefore address the priority issue of industrial chemical pollution emanating from the smaller urban industries discharging waste through the Vodokanals."
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