Dniester II
The project “Action Programme to Improve Transboundary Cooperation and Sustainable Management of the Dniester River Basin” (Dniester-II, 2006-2007) was based on the results of the Dniester-I. The Dniester II was supported by the Swedish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and is part of the ENVSEC initiative. The project was implemented by OSCE and UNECE in collaboration with authorities and NGOs in Moldova and Ukraine. UNEP/GRID-Arendal contributed to the information management component of the project. The following documents were the results of the project implementation:
- Action programme to improve transboundary cooperation and sustainable management of the Dniester river basin in the period 2007-2010. Project results (publication)
- Action programme to improve transboundary cooperation and sustainable management of the Dniester river basin in the period 2007-2010
- Draft Agreement on cooperation on conservation and sustainable development of the Dniester River basin (version 12 March 2007) identifies principles and areas of cooperation, guidelines and standards and provides a framework for cooperation on, inter alia, water pollution prevention and control, distribution of water resources, water flow regulations, the conservation of biodiversity, the protection and preservation of the Black Sea environment, emergency situations, monitoring and environmental assessments, data cooperation, public participation etc. The establishment of a Commission on Sustainable Use and Protection of the Dniester River basin (hereinafter referred to as the “Dniester Commission”) is envisaged under this new Dniester Agreement.
- Draft Provision on public participation in the work of the Dniester Commission and decision-making with regard to the condition of the Dniester River basin (version November 2006) establishes a detailed procedure for public participation in the work of the Dniester Commission.
- Regulation on stakeholder participation in the activities of the institution of Plenipotentiaries aims at improving stakeholder participation in the work under the 1994 Agreement. Based on the principles of the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), the document defines the principles of access to information and stakeholder participation in decision-making relevant to the Dniester River basin. The Regulation was signed and entered into force on 19 December 2007.
- Draft Regulation on cooperation on sanitary-epidemiological control of water quality in the transboundary Moldovan-Ukrainian section of the Dniester River basin and the transboundary rivers of the Black Sea basin (version may 2007) was initiated by NGOs, the Odesa Oblast sanitary-epidemiological service and the Ministry of Health of Moldova. The document aims at resuming (after the break-up of the Soviet Union) Moldovan-Ukrainian cooperation on sanitary-epidemiological water quality issues. A programme for systematic monitoring, methods, and modalities for the working group are presented in the document.
- Regulation on Moldovan-Ukrainian cooperation in the management of the joint Dniester River basin website defines the procedure for a systematic update of the Dniester River basin website. The Regulation was signed and entered into force on 19 December 2007.
Reports of the Dniester-II meetings are presented below:
- Report on the 1st project meeting (Kyiv 10-11 August 2006)
- Report on the 2nd project meeting (Odesa 22-24 September 2006)
- Report on the 3rd project meeting (Chisinau 8-9 November 2006)
- Report on the 4th project meeting (Chernovtsy 23-24 February 2007)
- Report on the 5th (final) project meeting (Chisinau 12-13 June 2007)