Каспинфо
июль 2001

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Название: Материалы на английском. Сообщения НПО региона
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* Основными целями семинара <Управление информацией и отчетностью по окружающей среде и устойчивому развитию в бассейне Каспийского моря>, организованного КЭП и UNEP/GRID-Arendal1 в Баку, являются определение необходимости создания и усиления информационных и технических возможностей в регионе; создание структуры электронного отчета по состоянию окружающей среды Каспия.
* НПО восьми причерноморских государств инициировали создание Международного черноморского партнерства IBSP. Главные цели коалиции - сохранение окружающей среды Черного моря, экологическая безопасность для жителей региона, международное и межсекторальное сотрудничество, вовлечение населения в решение проблем региона. Список участников учредительной конференции прилагается.
* Основными направлениями деятельности Операционного центра Международного океанического института (IOI), созданного на базе Астраханского технического университета, станут подготовка специалистов в области био- и минеральных ресурсов Каспия, загрязнения моря и т.д., содействие в решении проблемы статуса Каспия, повышение информированности и роли населения региона в решении проблем Каспийского моря.
(18.07.2001)

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Материалы на английском. Сообщения НПО региона
Материалы на английском. Сообщения НПО региона

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Programme Coordination Unit
Room 108, 3rd entrance
Government Building
40 Uzeir Hadjibeyov St.
Baku 370016, Azerbaijan
Tel.: +994 12 97 17 85
+994 12 93 80 03
Fax: +994 12 97 17 86
E-mail: caspian@caspian.in-baku.com
Web: http://www.caspianenvironment.org/

Press - release

200/200.4/005 05 July 2001


Information management and reporting on the Caspian Sea environment

Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 July 2001 - The Caspian Environment Programme
(CEP) jointly with UNEP/GRID-Arendal1 are holding a workshop on
information management and reporting on the environment and
sustainable development in the Caspian Sea Basin on July 5-7, 2001.

The aim of the workshop is to overview the present environmental
information management and reporting system in the Caspian region with
the purpose to set up the structure for producing the Environmental
Report on the Caspian Sea Basin.

The workshop is designed to share experiences concerning the
importance of environmental information for decision-makers and the
wider public, as well as the role of the mass media and education
systems in this process. The workshop brings together potential users
of environmental information such as scientists, environmentalists,
students, NGOs, and journalists as well as representatives of the CEP
Management Advisory Group, UNEP/GRID-Arendal national focal points
from five Caspian countries, REC Central Asia and others.

The CEP and GRID Arendal are expecting the following tangible outputs
of the workshop:
· identification of needs for better information dissemination for
different user categories, capacity building and training in the
Caspian Sea Basin;
· draft of the structure of the electronic State of Environmental
Report of the Caspian Sea Basin.

Contact persons:

Vladimir Vladymyrov, the Caspian Environment Programme, Programme
Coordination Unit, Room 108, Government Building, 40 Uzeir Gadjibekov
Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan,
E-mail: vladymyrov@caspian.in-baku.com
Phone: + (99412) 97 17 85, 93 80 03
Fax: + (99412) 97 17 86

Elina Farmanova, the Caspian Environment Programme, Programme
Coordination Unit, Room 108, Government Building, 40 Uzeir Gadjibekov
Street, Baku 370016 Azerbaijan,
E-mail: efarmanova@caspian.in-baku.com
Phone: + (99412) 97 17 85, 93 80 03
Fax: + (99412) 97 17 86

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INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA PARTNERS (IBSP)

WE, THE REPRESANTATIVES OF NGOS IN AZARBAIJAN, BULGARIA, GEORGIA,
MOLDOVIA, RUSSIA, TURKEY AND UKRANIA, HAVE JOINED UNDER THE NAME
INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA PARTNERS.

WE HAVE MET BETWEEN 21-23 OF JUNE 2001 TO FORM AN AGENDA. THEREFORE AS
A RESULT WE MAKE OUR FINAL DECLERATION TO THE PUBLIC OF THE WORLD:

IT IS INEVITABLE THAT ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE BLACKSEA CATCHMENT AREA
WILL INDUSTRIALLY, COMMERCIALLY AND SOCIALLY BE AFFECTED IN CASE OF A
DISASTER CAUSED BY THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY BY
THE TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND THE STORAGE OF
HAZARDOUS WASTES.

TO PREVENT SUCH A CALAMITY, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL THE PEOPLE
AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED, UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NGOS WHO ARE PRESENT HERE,
INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA PARTNERS CONTINUE TO CARRY ON WITH ITS WORK,
GAINING STRENGTH WITH THE NEW JOINING PARTIES.

OUR AIMS AND PRIORITIES DUE TO THEIR MAGNITUDE OF IMPORTANCE ARE
LISTED AS BELOW:

1. THE SAFENESS OF THE RIGHT OF LIVING CANNOT BE THREATENED OR TAKEN
AWAY BY NO MEANS.
2. EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE HUMANLY IN A SAFE AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
3. THE GENERAL AIM OF THE INTERNATIONAL BLACKSEA PARTNERS (IBSP)
NETWORK IS THE PROTECTION OF THE BLACKSEA ENVIRONMENT, REABILITATION,
TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE NGOS OF THE 8 BLACKSEA COUNTRIES WITH THE ACCEPTANCE
OF THE JOINED PRINCIPLES AND INTENTIONS FOR THE PREVENTATION OF
CALAMITIES AND FOR THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
4. EACH COUNTRY WILL FORM ITS OWN NATIONAL AGENDA WITH ITS OWN
PRIORITIES, THE AGENDAS OF THE COUNTRIES WILL BE UNITED DUE TO THE
JOINT PRIORITIES TO FORM A JOINT AGENDA OF THE BLACK SEA CATCHMENT
AREA AS WELL AS COMMONLY PREPARED ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.
5. JOINT PROJECTS WILL BE PREPARED TO FORM A CENTRAL OFFICE AND
COUNTRY OFFICES, NECESSARY APPLICATIONS WILL BE MADE, EACH
REPRESANTATIVE WILL ACTIVATE ITS OWN RESOURCES FOR FORMING A COMPLETE
STRUCTURE.
6. OTHER PRIORITIES WILL BE DETERMINED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE
AGENDA.

WHAT WE AIM WITH THIS WORK IS:

1. INFORMATION EXCHANGE
2. TO ESTABLISH THE MECHANISMS FOR INTERNATIOANL AND INTERSECTORAL
COLLOBRATION AND PARTNERSHIP.
3. PUBLIC AWARENESS.

THE REPRESANTATIVES OF THE RELEVANT COUNTRIES HERE, FORM THE
INTERNATIOANL BLACK SEA PARTNERS NGOS ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE. THEY
ARE ALSO REPRESANTATIVES OF IBSP IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP FORMED WITH THE UNITY OF EQUALITIES.
UNTIL THE NECESSARY FUNDS ARE CONSTITUTED, THE PEACE WITH NATURE
SOCIETY HAS APPLIED FOR AND HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO ACT AS THE
FACILITATIVE.

AS THE TRUE OWNERS OF THE BLACK SEA AND ITS BASIN, WHICH ARE THOUGHT
TO BE UNCLAIMED, WE DECLARE THE EXISTANCE OF THE INTERNATIOAN BLACK
SEA PARTNERSHIP AND THAT OUR UNION OF STRENGTH GROWS LARGER WITH NEW
PARTICIPATIONS.


INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA PARTNERS (IBSP)

1. A website to be built for IBSP and the adequate application to be
installed to enable each partner to update its own part.

2. An IBSP booklet to be prepared in which each partner will have two
sheets for a short presantation and texts about living in healthy and
safe environment. These texts will be sent to Peace with Nature in two
months.
3. A logo will be designed for IBSP and a badge will be produced with
this logo.
4. A competition to be held for this in which the winner will be
awarded by a cup.

5. In every participating country, country offices will be established
with the own resources of the organizations for the time being.
Projects will be prepared for funding.

6. Peace with nature to undertake the represantation of enabler for
three years in the direction of joint principles and joint intentions
until the necessary opportunities occur to establish the Central
Office.

7. To meet again in October 2001 or June 2002,

8. To invite the maximum number of organizations to join IBSP, and to
make joint application for represantation of IBSP in UNDP, UNEP, AB,
BSEP, Black Sea Comission and organizations alike, within 2 months.

9. An application text to be prepared for these applications, and this
text to be signed by each of the participants and to be sent to Peace
with Nature within 3 months of time.

10. In this text it is to be declared that participants of the meeting
in June 2001 to be represantatives of IBSP in each country under the
direction of joint intentions and these participants to represent
IBSP in their own countries in national and international meetings.

11. A declaretion to be prepared containing the principles, intentions
and the summary of the IBSP agenda.

International Black Sea Partners



INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA PARTNERS PARTICIPANTS


Alecu Renita, President, Ecological Movement of Moldova, Moldova,
+3732 237423 (phone) +3732 237157 (fax), renitsa@ecomoldnet.md.

Alla Shevchuk, Director, Socio-Ecological Union Odesas Dept, Ukranie,
+38 048 2268275 (phone), alla@eco.odessa.ua

Anna Kochineva, Press Secretery, Socio-Ecological Union.Int,
Russia, +70951247934 (phone), +7 095 1247934 (fax), seupress@online.ru

Dimitru Doragan, Con.in.Gen Drt.of.W.Mn.Mn.of W.and Prt, Romania +40
14104465 (phone), +4013102032 (fax), dsrc@mappm.ro

Irina Butorina, Chairman, P.O.Ecologic Center.Strtegy, Ukranie, +38 0629348112 (phone),
+38062 9336287 (fax), strategy@mariupol.dn.ua

Ivan Rusev, Chairman, Natural Heritage Fund, Ukranie, +38 0482522805 (phone),
+380482522805 (fax), wildlife@paco.odessa.ua

Ljubomir Mechkarov, Prof.of.Env.Law, Sofia University, Bulgaria,
+35929810054 (phone), +35929876057 (fax), dr_mechkarov@hotmail.com

Mariam Tarasashvili, Int.Coordinator, Guria Youth Eco Center,
Georgia, +995 32293241(phone) +99532253649 (fax), fabfour@caucasus.net

Nana Janashia, Manager, CENN, Georgia, +995 32996328 (phone),
+99532996328 (fax), cenn@access.sanet.ge

Nikolai Shadrin, Chairman, Soc.for Prt.of An.andNt.in Crimea,
Ukrania, +38 0692573731 (phone), +380692557813 (fax), shadrn@fossil.Ukrcom.sebastopol.ua

Parascovia Renita, Editor, Natura Review, Moldova, +3732237149
(phone), +3732237157 (fax), renitsa@eco.moldnet.md

Patrescu Vasile, Prog.Dep.Head, N.Inst.ForMrn.Research&Dev, Romania,
+40 41543288 (phone), +3732237157 (fax), vasile@alpha.rmri.ro

Sabir Israfilov, Chairman, A Society of Protection of Nature,
Azerbaijan, +99 412697357 (phone), +4041831274 (fax), isabir@azdata.net

Samir Isayev, Chairman, Enviromental Law Center, Azerbaijan, +99 4122683359 (phone),
+99412926981, ecolex@azdata.net

Stanislav Ermolaev, Director, NGO UTRISH, Russia, +7 8613393340
(phone), +70951247934(fax), gen_ecologmail.ru

Yuksel Ustun, President, Peace with Nature, Turkey, ++902164149025
(phone), ++902164149026 (fax), dib@dogailebaris.org.tr, dib@netone.com..tr

Umit Cilingiroglu, Vise President, Peace with Nature, Turkey, ++902164149025 (phone),
++902164149026 (fax), dib@dogailebaris.org.tr, dib@netone.com..tr

Islam Sadiker, Vice President, ZEYCED, islamsadiker@hotmail.com


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28/29 May, 2001

Aid memoire of the visit of the IOI Executive Director
to Astrakhan, Russian Federation
on 10-12 May, 2001

The occasion of the inauguration of the IOI Operational Centre under
the auspices of the Astrakhan State Technical University, was used by
the IOI Executive Director, Prof. G. Kullenberg to achieve three
objectives:

(i) to use an opportunity of his visit to the University and Astrakhan
to get closer acquainted with the University activities and people who
will operate the IOI Centre;

(ii) to advertise widely the mission, objectives, activities and
structure of the IOI and its virtual university project;

(iii) to seek the view of regional experts on priorities in the
activities of a newly established Centre and help the Centre in
formulating the action plan.

During Dr. G. Kullenberg's visit, he had an opportunity to have
meetings with the members of the Operational Centre Steering
Committee, with Prof. Y.N. Kagakov, President of ASTU, Executive
Director of the Association of Universities of Caspian Region states;
Prof. V.P. Ivanov, Director of KaspNIRKH; Mr. A.P. Guzhvin, Governor
of the Astrakhan Region and with the staff of all these
establishments.

During the meetings the participants exchanged views on the urging
problems facing Caspian Sea and the Volga River and on the ways to
overcome these problems. The problems include political-status of the
Caspian and delimitation; economic-depletion of bio-resources, oil
production; environmental-pollution, sea level change and
social-unemployment, distortion of natural habitat areas, etc.

The visit culminated with round table discussions on the future
activities and responsibilities of the Operational Centre on the role
of the IOI and its Centre in tackling regional problems. Members of
the Steering Committee of the Centre from Russia (Astrakhan Region,
Dagestan, Kalmicia), Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazahstan took part
in identifying the Centre priorities and in formulating the draft of
the plan of actions.

The participants agreed that the Centre activities should be focused on:

· coastal zone sustainable development;
· education and training based on the principles of the IOI Virtual University;
· ocean governance;
· enhancement of public awareness of Caspian Sea and its conditions.

To achieve the goals in these areas the participants recommended:

· For the coastal zone sustainable development an eco-village project
be considered taking into account experience gained in IOI-India. An
Indian expert be invited to the Operational Centre to brief local
people on the approaches and methodology. Demonstration sites be
selected to implement the project in such a way that results obtained
could be used for other parts of the region;

· In research area, main problems to be included in the scope of the
Operational Centre interests may include biodiversity, flooding, sea
level change, beach and coastal area pollution caused by oil spills at
sea and on earth, e.g. in the 80-ies more than 300 drills appeared on
earth in the coastal area. Out of them a half is in a flooded zone.
As of today only two drills have them sealed. Unsealed drills may be
potential sources of the coastal area pollution.

· In education and training a Caspian Sea Study Programme be developed
which will include designing of the curricular on marine issues to
lecture part and parcel of the University Programme. It will be based
on medium term education development, oriented to the users and
utilize distance learning methods. The cycle of lectures be developed
on the basis of methods of the sea/coastal zone research and
networking. The study programme and lectures may include such topics
as hydrochemical regime of the sea, biological and mineral resources,
sea pollution, methods of data collection and processing, etc.

This approach will also be used in public awareness creation
activities.

It was noted that the University has facilities, experience and
resources to contribute to the development of the IOI Virtual
University and will be able to incorporate sea related education
modules into existing courses developed for distance learning. More
than 15 programmes and methodological materials have been developed.
Funding is coming from grants, federal budget, IASIS programme. More
than 400 students receive knowledge through distance learning
arrangements not only from Russia but also from Kalmikia, Dagestan,
and Kazahstan.

The discussions in the Duma on the establishment of the All-Russia
Open University on the basis of the partnership of all universities
with the usage of distance learning and common agreed upon programmes
were noted with interest. It was agreed that the establishment of
such a University will provide a window of opportunity for applying
and incorporating the IOI Virtual University principles into a
national scheme.

Noting the experience of South Africa IOI Operational Centre in
developing programmes and software for distance learning with the
usage of Internet mechanisms the wish was expressed to have an expert
from South Africa Centre coming to Astrakhan to share the experience
and facilitate the development of sea programmes at the University.

Creation of virtual chairs in economic sciences has already been
started within the TEMPUS/EuroCaspia programme in Russia, Dagestan and
Kalmikia. The European Union provided a grant of 250K USD for
networking the universities of the region.

The visit of a South African expert to Astrakhan can also be used for
establishing contacts with the Moscow State University experts from
its Faculty of Geology.

It was emphasized that the University and its IOI Operational Centre
should work in cooperative and friendly manner with KaspNIRKH and
other Universities. Their work should be complementary not competing
and should help to build a bridge between research and education.

The Youth Programme should occupy a central place in education and
training process. The programme will include courses for professional
development, support to the establishment of a school on marine
ecology, floating university project of KaspNIRKH. For the Youth
Programme best scientists from Russia and Europe are being invited to
give lectures and training. There will be a need for upgrading
equipment used for marine data collection. The Youth Programme should
be applicable to help solving social, economic and environmental
problems. An essential part of the education programme should be
focusing on enhancing public awareness about the Caspian Sea and its
conditions.

Noting the IOI experience in other regions, especially in the
Mediterranean Sea, it was recommended that a joint meeting with the
students from Slovenia be organized before the end of the year in
conjunction with the 2001 Floating University Workshop to share
experience in developing and implementing youth programme.

To help the Governments of the Caspian Sea bordering countries in
finding a solution to the political issues related to the states and
delimitation of Caspian, a Workshop could perhaps be organized in the
region with the participation of independent world-known experts.
Using the experience of IOI in assisting Member States in providing
advice on ocean governance the Workshop will prepare an independent
report containing a vision on the status and other legal problems of
the Caspian and submit it to the Governments. The application of the
UNEP Regional Sea Convention approach should be explored. The
workshop could also help enhance the public awareness creation as
regards the Caspian Sea.

The participants of the round table discussions developed a list of
activities they felt would be beneficial not only for Russia but for
all countries of the region (see a list attached). In this regard it
was stressed that the Operational Centre though established in Russia
as a national Centre should be open for the participation of all
countries of the region. Meeting national and regional objectives
should go in parallel. The Centre activities, such as on oil
pollution, soil and coastal area degradation, ecological changes,
socio/economic problems, biodiversity, flooding, may not only be
national but local or regional as they are in everyone's interest.
The Operational Centre may also play a role as a national/regional
coordination center and clearing house as many scientific institutions
duplicate their efforts and the lack of coordination is a serious
drawback.

In closing Dr. G. Kullenberg urged the staff of the Operational Centre
to start the development of the action plan without delay. Taking
into account that the IOI programme is being developed for a 2-3 year
period, there is an urgent need to establish the programme for
2002-2004 by September 2001. He advised that it would be desirable to
inform the Association of the Universities of the Caspian Region
States (Association includes 28 Universities and other educational
establishments) when the meeting of the Association of the
Universities be held in Iran, on the establishment of the IOI
Operational Centre and to seek the Associations view on the planned
programme of the Centre and the order of priorities. The Association
can be used as an important mechanism for exchange of information and
as an additional advisory body for meeting the Operational Centre
objectives.

Dr. Kullenberg further recommended that concrete projects should be
prepared which are users' oriented, can be applied in the
local/national/regional environment and will not need big IOI
contributions. Much attention should be paid to public awareness
efforts. Internet should be widely used for establishing direct
contacts and for advertising the Operational Centre activities.

The participants agreed that in order to achieve universality, two
languages will be used (Russian and English), at all Operational
Centre meetings and all materials published by the Centre should
appear, as far as possible and feasible, in these two languages.

Finally, it was recommended that the establishment of the IOI
Operational Centre in Astrakhan be brought to the attention of the IOC
Assembly (2-13 July 2001, Paris) under Agenda Items on Caspian Sea or
IOC/IOI Co-operation.
Proposed Plan of Actions

Short term (to be implemented in 2001-2002)

· Visits of Indian and South African Experts to the University to
discuss and possibly assist in launching eco-villages and virtual
university projects;

· Workshop on Ocean Governance (pending the results of consultations
of Dr. Kullenberg with Prof. E. Mann Borgese and UNEP); These
consultations held in June 2001 recommended that the Workshop be
organized in 2002 and that public awareness creation about the present
situation be one focus.

· Youth Programme. Meeting with Slovenia in KaspNIRKH.


To be considered for medium-term and inclusion in 2002-2004 Workplan

· Eco-villages and support to the projects on sustainable alternate
sources of energy; Possibly eco-villages projects for Kalmikia,
Dagestan Atiran, Aktan and Turkmenistan;

· Independent risk assessment of oil production at sea and sea
transport and implementation of ecological expertise at the regional
level;

· Development of mechanisms for free access to the data bases on the
monitoring of the Caspian Sea environment;

· Development of the integrated educational programmes on complex
ecological studies of the Caspian Sea (physical and hydrological
processes, hydrochemical regime and sea pollution, biological
resources and their rational use); on international/legal regime of
the use of mineral and biological resources within the framework of
UNCLOS and other international agreements with the participation of
legal experts and specialists in marine sciences; on the
socio/economic impacts of the sea level fluctuations jointly with
Dagestan and Kalmikia;

· Harmonization of the regional legislation with the UNCLOS;

· Conservation and management of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR);

· Conservation of biodiversity and bioproductivity; Influence of
Mnemiopsis Leidyi on biological diversity and bioresources of the
Caspian Sea;

· Implementation of training courses on coastal zone management e.g.
based on the programmes adopted in South Africa, Senegal and Costa
Rica and experiences thereof, using distance learning methods if
possible, as part of IOI VU;
· Conservation of coastal environment through environmental education,
public awareness creation, participation and capacity building in poor
coastal communities;

· Production of a documentary film about people/villages from the
coastal area;

· Implementation of the background charting of chemical pollution of
the delta area (water, soil, fauna, flora, precipitation) before the
oil production will be started;

· Investigation of flooded oil drills on earth in the north-eastern
coastal zone of the Caspian.