1. Development of SEIS in Central Asia Achievements and lessons learnt
Project financed by the European Union

2. SEIS development in Central Asia
Main regional processes: Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators;
Main running projects:
MONECA financed by the European Union: Environmental monitoring and reporting in Central Asia
Support to the development of a State of Environment report in Turkmenistan supported by FOEN
Countries involved: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

3. MONECA - Support to the fulfilment of JTF recommendations
Recommendation 7: All produced indicators should be published online on websites of national agencies;
8: Indicators should be easily accessible from the main/home page of national agencies;
9: Indicators should be available on individual webpages or be structured by thematic area;
10: Indicators should be available in an interactive file format that permits easy navigation between indicators and indicator content;
11: Information on indicator structure and format, methodology, data validation as well as a brief interpretation, policy targets and trends should be provided on webpages presenting indicators;
12: Webpages containing the indicators should provide links to further reading;
13: Webpages should clearly specify the time of the last update of the content;
14: Indicator webpages and the main/home webpages of relevant agencies should be shared in the national language and at least a second language (English/Russian)

4. KAZ
KYR
TAJ
TKM
UZB
Website of the Agency for Environmental Protection
Website of the Statistical Agency
Others
Aarhus Center

5. National State of the Environmental Report of the Kyrgyz Republic

6. Support to regional information exchange
SIC Interstate Coordination Water Commission
Development of an open regional web-portal on water quality (UNECE indicators)
SIC Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development
Improvement of the existing web-portal, development of regional indicators (e.g. protected areas)
Both organizations cover 5 countries and have political support  relevant platforms to develop SEIS at the regional level

7. Selected lessons learnt

8. Embed SEIS development into existing processes
Country-driven policy/institutional processes (e.g. UZ – e-government)
Donor-driven processes (e.g. TJ – UNDP support to environmental monitoring)
International MEA and working groups – recommendations for SEIS development and reporting commitments

9. Improve understanding through pilot activities
SEIS principles are still poorly understood in CA
Implementation steps are unclear to policy makers
Piloting the development of online interactive State of the Environment Reports allows addressing most of the aspects of SEIS:
Inter-Agency cooperation
Legal and institutional upgrading
Infrastructure development (storage, online reporting)
Development of indicators and related analysis
Data quality checking
Development of accessible resources (internet)

10. Support to regional organizations
Strengthens interstate cooperation
Allows the development of indicators at the regional level  particularly relevant in the case of transboundary resources
Can trigger the development of a regional position at international events (e.g. EfE)

11. Support countries’ involvement within international processes
Raise awareness at the national level on the objectives of and synergies between various international processes (e.g. UNECE, UNEP, OECD processes)
Support regional coordination before/after major events
Ensure countries’ ownership and continuity in their participation