Lead country
Regional Centre - Istanbul
Participating countries
Moldova Republic, Ukraine
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From August 10, 2017 to May 10, 2021
Project ID: 5269
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Technical team
- Oceans and Water Programme
Technical area(s)
- Climate resilient integrated water resource & coastal area management
Landscape(s)
- Wetlands
- FreshWaters
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- General
- Rivers and river basins
- Mining sites
- Industrial site
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Aquaculture
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Data collection and analysis
Strategy
- Governance
- Enabling
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Transboundary governance
- Partnerships
- Inter-sectoral coordination
- Ecosystem mitigation and adaptation
- Mainstream
- Ecosystem-based management
- Integrated water resource management
Social inclusion
- Women
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Reduce exposure
SDG target(s)
- 7.b Expand energy infrastructure, upgrade technology
- 6.4 Increase water-use efficiency, sustainable water withdrawals
- 6.5 Implement integrated water resources management
Conventions and protocols
- Strategic Action Programme
- Other Global Conventions
- National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
About this project
Description
The overall objective of the project is to support ‘Integrated water resources management in the Dniester river basin to strengthen sustainable development, through the update of the TDA, development and endorsement of the SAP and initiation of its implementation,' and has been designed to deal with important water/environment issues within Moldova and Ukraine. The main directions of work will be:•Undertaking a detailed situation analysis in the transboundary Dniester basin (TDA) and agreeing on the joint Strategic Action Programme (SAP). These will support the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to implement the EU Water Framework Directive (EU Association Agreements signed in 2014 by both countries), the National Environment Strategies for the Republic of Moldova for the period 2014 -2023 and the National Environmental Policy Strategy of Ukraine to 2020, •Support to the transboundary management bodies, and to facilitate the national inter-sectoral and stakeholder dialogues, which fall under the obligations of the two states to implement the UNECE Water Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and the EU WFD,•Addressing the issue of water quantity taking into account the needs of various upstream and downstream stakeholders (working with the hydropower sector, water balance, addressing adaptation to climate change) which are reflected in the National Adaptation Strategy for the Republic of Moldova (2014), and the bilateral Strategic Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Dniester River Basin (2015),•Implementing pilot projects on some of the most burning issues on the basin: degradation of the small rivers, loss of biological diversity. Actions on these issues are prescribed by the Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation of the Republic of Moldova for 2015-2020, National Environmental Policy Strategy of Ukraine till 2020, bilateral Strategic Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Dniester River Basin (2015), and the management plans for several wetlands of international importance (the Ramsar sites) located along in the Dniester river. •All project activities will follow a gender strategy to be developed in the inception phase and will, as a minimum, record sex-disaggregated data on all participants.
Objectives
Integrated water resources management in the Dniester river basin to strengthen sustainable development, through the update of the TDA, development and endorsement of the SAP and initiation of its implementation.
USD $2,000,000
Grant amount
USD $19,465,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,000,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Moldova Republic
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