“Evidence-based environmental governance and sustainable environmental policies in support of the 2030 Agenda in South-East Europe” Final Progress report as of 31 December 2023

Division 4.1 Continue to develop projects The EPR unit, and other units in the Under the Air Convention, a recent project proposal for consideration by the where UNECE provides support Environment Division, will continue EU Delegation in Uzbekistan takes the recent EPR recommendations for the in prioritizing recommendations to develop project proposals to country into account. [...] During UNECE States the UNECE nexus approach the prevention of accidental water pollution in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and missions hold workshops on the and to encourage ministries to continuing to pursue the engagement of relevant institutions and their cross- nexus approach in a concrete engage on the SDGs across sector sectoral considerations in 2023. [...] Continue to encourage Industrial Safety in Serbia, initiated since 2021 under the leadership of the silos, including through workshops Ministry of Environmental Protection, in close cooperation with the Ministry of ministries to engage on the and projects, subject to the Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, with SDGs across sector silos, using availability of re. [...] The EPR Unit will continue continued in a regional workshop organized by the Coalition in November 2023, in which a case study was presented from the West Balkans of “Growth to recognize links with EU law in its through Green and Just Recovery from COVID-19” in the context of the EU reviews of countries that are EU agenda. [...] The next EPRs will be of Montenegro and Republic of Moldova, both EU candidate countries, and the same practice as employed recently for Romania (a recent EU member State) Policy/Environmental-Performance-Reviews/pub/363321 and Armenia (which has a Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the EU), in terms of linking the review of the legal and poli.