National Co-ordination Team established in Kazakhstan
Information on the preparatory process on ratification of the PRTR Protocol in Kazakhstan (Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers)
12.12.2005 |Lydia Astanina, Green Women Kazakstan
Representatives of the key government agencies and ministries, OSCE Center in Almaty, NGOS take part in the National Coordination Team.
To establish the National Coordination Team on the preparatory process on ratification of the PRTR Protocol is one of the recommendations of the workshop on the PRTR Protocol (September 3-4, 2005; Borovoye village, Kazakhstan; meeting was held the OSCE Centre in Almaty in close cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of Kazakhstan).
It is expected that the group will perform the following tasks:
- Preparation of a report to the Government on necessary institutional framework and statistical reporting requirements to ratify the PRTR Protocol;
- Preparation of a project proposal on establisment of a national PRTR;
- Incorporataion of PRTR requirements into the draft Environmental Code etc.
Contact:
greenwomen@nursat.kz
Lydia Astanina,
Director, Agency for Ecological News "Greenwomen", The National Coordination Team Member.
