Greening Eastern Europe and Central Asia

The EU4Environment: Water and Data Programme, launched in 2021, supports six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. It aims to develop a more sustainable use of water resources, as well as an improved use and availability of environmental data for decision-makers and citizens. The work is concentrated within two specific components:

• Reducing the adverse impact of human activities on water and aquatic ecosystems, and ensuring water resources are available in sufficient quality and quantity for all.

• Extending and improving the use of sound environmental statistics, and ensuring greater availability of policy-relevant data for decision-makers and citizens.

SIPA supports countries in Central Asia in their transition towards energy, transport and industry systems aligned with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals. SIPA provides countries with capacity development and policy advice at different stages of the infrastructure investment cycle:

• Long-term strategic planning

• Project-level evaluation

• Aligning national policy frameworks for energy, transport and industry 

• Green finance and investment 

The OECD supports EU Eastern Partnership countries facilitate the transformation of selected EU trade-related agricultural and related industrial food value chains. Our work promotes the introduction of innovative technologies, tools and methodologies to spur a sustainable green transition in the region. We also seek to improve enabling framework conditions, access to financing and financing mechanisms and instruments involving national banks, development banks and public budgets to facilitate implementation. Regional exchanges provide an opportunity to share good practices and expertise and further anchor them within the institutional structures of regional and national implementing partners.

The OECD supports the Central Asian countries with ‘nexus solutions’ across energy, water, land-use management to strengthen the planning processes and adopt a whole-of-government approach to address socio-economic and environmental challenges.

The nexus approach aims to:

• Enhance institutional and individual capacity that leads to integration of nexus considerations into policy development and project planning in Central Asia. 

• Scale up finance for projects and businesses that generate nexus benefits and contribute to deeper regional and cross-sectoral co-operation toward climate, energy, water and food security.