Transcript adaptacija na klimatske promjene I djelovanje u nesrećama

EU and ADA co-funded project
Climate Forum East
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Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Moldova
Ukraine
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Outline
 About the project
 Project purpose
 Overview
– Establishment of civil society organization (CSO)
networks
– National climate vulnerability assessments
– Evidence-based advocacy/awareness raising on climate
change adaptation
– Education for action and citizenship among young
people
– Climate Forum East
 Expected results
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About the project
 Project duration: January 2013 – December 2014
 Project budget: € 1.1 million
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EU € 825,000
Austrian Development Agency € 200,000
Austrian Red Cross € 50,000
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) € 5,000
 Main beneficiaries: population from Eastern Partnership
countries vulnerable to climate risks
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Project purpose
Strengthen the capacity of CSO networks to participate
effectively in policy dialogue with local authorities, EU
institutions and international organisations in Climate
Change Adaptation across all six Eastern Partnership
countries.
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Partners in the project
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implementing partners:
Austrian Red Cross – project lead
Armenian Red Cross Society: www.redcross.am
Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society: www.redcrescent.az
Belarus Red Cross Society: www.redcross.by
Georgia Red Cross Society: www.redcross.ge
ECOSPECTRU in Moldova
National Ecological Society of Ukraine
technical advisors:
 World Wide Fund For Nature, Danube Carpathian Programme
 Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Hague, NL
 Environment Agency Austria
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Establishment of CSO networks
 Establishment of six national CSO networks, one in each of
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and the Ukraine
 Building capacity of six national CSO networks in conducting
climate vulnerability assessments
 Building capacity of six national CSO networks in communication,
negotiation and development of (evidence-based) advocacy
strategies
 Building capacity of six national CSO networks in education and
activism amongst youth and community
 Development of regional platform for CSOs and other
stakeholder to foster cross-border cooperation and initiatives
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Climate vulnerability assessments
 Six national and two regional reports
 Focus on regional and national
vulnerabilities in defined key sectors
(e.g. biodiversity, disaster management,
energy, health, water resources etc.)
 Application of “traditional” tools &
methods, e.g. vulnerability and capacity assessments
 Pre-condition for evidence-based advocacy on national
and regional level
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Climate change adaptation
advocacy
 Trainings for six CSO networks in advocacy, communication
and negotiation skills
 Development of joint advocacy strategies in climate
change adaptation
 Implementation of joint awareness raising and evidencebased advocacy strategies on climate change adaptation
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Educating youth and communities
 Concrete activities focusing on communites and young
people held by network members on a local/national level
 Advocacy workshops for youth and community leaders held
in six countries; seminars for teachers held
 Promotion of youth and community actions
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Climate Forum East
 Establishment of a regional forum with international,
regional and national multi-sectoral stakeholders
 Linking national advocacy/awareness raising efforts in
climate change adaptation to the regional level, defining
joint priorities
 Systematic information exchange by governments and
civil society organizations in climate change adaptation
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Expected results
 Strengthening advocacy/awareness raising including among
youth and communities
 Establishing cross-sectoral strategic partnerships for joint
action
 Strengthening civil society in Eastern Europe and South
Caucasus region
 Fostering climate change adaptation initiatives in the region
 Bridging the gap between climate change adaptation activities
on national and regional level
 Capacity building in climate vulnerability assessments
 Results of climate risk/vulnerability analysis can be used for
design of future RC/RC and civil society activities
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Information and updates
 Project website:
 Partner websites:
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Austrian Red Cross: www.roteskreuz.at
Armenian Red Cross Society: www.redcross.am
Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society: www.redcrescent.az
Belarus Red Cross Society: www.redcross.by
Georgia Red Cross Society: www.redcross.ge
ECOSPECTRU (Moldova):
National Ecological Society of Ukraine: www.necu.org.ua
WWF: www.panda.org
Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre:
www.climatecentre.org
Environment Agency Austria: www.umweltbundesamt.at
Contacts
 general, overall project management/regional (East):
Sonja Greiner, AutRC, [email protected]
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Armenia: Suren Movsisyan, ARCS, [email protected]
Azerbaijan: Shaban Shayev, AzRCS, [email protected]
Belarus: Dmitry Rusakov, BRCS, [email protected]
Georgia: Mikheil Ramazashvili, GRCS, [email protected]
Moldova: Dimitru Drumea, ECOSPECTRU, [email protected]
Ukraine: Yury Urbansky, NECU, [email protected]
Regional (West): Natalia Gozak, WWF, [email protected]