The first Steering Committee on the Project

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The first Steering Committee on the Project
POPs monitoring, reporting and information
dissemination using Pollutant Release and
Transfer Register (PRTR) in Kazakhstan
Promoting for Development of the national PRTR in
Kazakhstan

• Ministry of environmental protection of the
  Republic of Kazakhstan Centre for Sustainable
  Production and Consumption
• Elvira Ibrayeva,
• Deputy Director of the legislation and
  international cooperation Department
• Santiago de Chile 1-4 June 2009

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Existing Legislation base related to
PRTR (AARHUS) Convention on
access to information, public
participation in decision-making and access
to justice in environmental mattersRatification
Law of RK of 23.10.2000 No 92-IIEnvironmental
Code Chapter 5. Environmental
monitoring and cadastresArticle 161- State fund
of environmental information includes Pollutant
release and transfer register
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National system of the Environmental reporting
Governmental Cadastres of the natural resources
Environmental accounting
Environmental monitoring
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Adjustment Regulation Tools related to PRTR

• - Environmental impact assessment and
  environmental expertise
• - Permissions system
• - Governmental control system
• - Environmental monitoring system
• Environmental statistic system

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Pilot projects

• Toward to PRTR system in Kazakhstan
• Main tasks of the project
• - To disseminate information about PRTR protocol
  among business, NGO, government
• To prepare recommendation on jointing Kazakhstan
  to PRTR
• To assess the public opinion on PRTR
  opportunities

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Business reaction
Yes Yes, but it takes time No, in future No
Information official bodies Mass Media Meetings
with civil society Nothing
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Business reaction
Yes Yes, but it takes time No
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Projects results

• There is a need to inform civil society about
  PRTR
• To start this activity as soon as possible
• To provide round tables, conference, seminars
  for widely discussion on necessity of jointing
  Kazakhstan to PRTR

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• In September 2007 was launched TACIS Project
  "Strengthening public participation and civil
  society support to implementation of Aarhus
  convention for Central Asia countries (CAC).
• In May 2008 the Kazakh NCC approved pilot
  projects in Kazakhstan.

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• One of the pilot projects is
• Development of the national PRTR in Almaty city
• Almaty was chosen as a pilot territory because
  its the biggest city in Kazakhstan and has
  severe problems with air pollutions.
• Taking in account that emission from
  transportation make up about 80 of air
  pollution in Almaty the activity of the project
  is focused on analysis of the existing
  legislative and institutional base for potential
  including in future in national PRTR in section
  Non-point sources of pollution a component
  Emissions from transportation

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• Main tasks of the pilot project
• Analysis of existing legislative and
  institutional bases for potential including in
  future in national PRTR in section Non-point
  sources of pollution a component Emissions from
  transportation
• Analysis of statistical reporting system related
  to emissions from transportation
• Analysis of the existing and approved guideline
  for estimating emissions from urban
  transportation
• Comparative analysis of the guideline on
  estimating emissions from transportation that is
  used in Kazakhstan with international guidelines
  and approaches (UNITAR)
• Work out recommendations on improving the
  existing guideline on estimation of emissions
  from urban automobile transportation.

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• At the present time the project is in final
  stage. Its planned to discuss at roundtable the
  following questions
• Recommendations on improving the existing
  guideline and submit them to the Ministry of
  Environmental protection of the Republic of
  Kazakhstan
• What agency (agencies) should make calculation of
  emissions from transportation and with what
  periods
• Where the data should be published
• Public access to results of calculations

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• Thank you for your attention
• Contact information
• E-mail e_ibrayeva_at_moos.kz