U N D P / G E F P r o j e c t
Development and Implementation
of the Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe
Basin Management Programme
Overall information of the project
implementation in year 2005
Natalia Alexeeva, UNDP/GEF Project Manager
monitoring field or TDA actions) were the local stakeholders, able to benefit
finalized this year and presented to from such small-scale financial contri-
the audience; others (feasibility stud- butions to their grass-root activities.
ies on eco-tourism and eco-farming)
were carried out and reported on. Key The Peipsi Museum was opened in
actions on the Management Program Estonia, whereas in Russia it was de-
were performed during all the year cided to arrange a virtual museum on
starting from overall content prepa- the Internet, due to the lack of suit-
ration and conceptual arrangements, able premises for the museum.
then leading to the presenting of the
short version of the MP to the Joint The third component, environmen-
Commission's working group on wa- tal education and public awareness,
ter management, and finalized with gave publications, information dis-
the full version of the Program to be semination via the project web-site
approved by the Co-Chairmen of the and Peipsi portal, supporting elabo-
Joint Commission and presented to ration of the education program and
the stakeholders. It is planned to have implementation of two pilot projects
a full version of the Management Pro- on eco-tourism (a camp-ground in
gram, and a shorter one for the gen- Estonia and springs' restoration in
eral public, so the Program will be Russia) in both countries, which will
widely circulated in the region and be finalized this year.
presented to all major stakeholders.
The project is coming to an end, so I
The project is also performing its final
could say that year 2005 was full of dif- The second project component, evaluation, to be started in December
ferent activities, leading to successful Capacity Strengthening, was less ac- this year, aiming at external evalua-
project finalization. These activities tive than in previous years and more tion of project performance and im-
were, as usual, combined under three focused on the Management Pro- plementation. Some activities are also
key project components such as Lake gram, presenting perspective plans left for the beginning of the next year
Peipsi/Chudskoe Basin Management of measures. However, some events - such as the last Steering Committee
Program, national and local institu- were aimed at support for the Peipsi meeting, which will be arranged after
tional capacity strengthening, and Council establishment and function- finalization of the project evaluation
environmental education and public ing, at contributing to transbound- procedures. We hope this meeting
awareness programs.
ary cooperation (Peipsi Forum) etc.; will provide us with feedback on the
some training sessions were also car- project implementation and guide us
The first project component, of the ried out. The small grants program in the follow-up measures and activi-
Management Program, was really ac- was implemented, as in the previous ties, aimed at implementation of the
tively developing - some of the activi- years of the project's implementa- Management Program.
ties (such as, for example, in the joint tion, and it got a lot of support from
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"Lessons learned" in the implementation
of the project
Aija Kosk, UNDP/GEF project Estonian coordinator
A main output of the UNDP/GEF of MP started in parallel with drafting Management Program" are following:
project ,,Development and Imple- of the local water management plans. - Be careful in co-operation with
mentation of the Lake Peipsi/Chud- Due to this situation quality of the MP
other projects as in the implemen-
skoe Basin Management Program" is would be decreased.
tation process aim and deadline
the ,,Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Basin Man-
of partner project would change
agement Program" (MP) as the draft At the same time I would like to em-
remarkably and affect therefore
document for the Estonian-Russian phasize as very positive experience co-
results of your project;
Joint Commission on Transbound- operation with Estonian and Russian - Local scientists and experts have
ary Waters to organize their future scientists and experts. Local scientists
perfect knowledge on local situa-
work. The main input documents for and experts have perfect knowledge
tion and their input to the project
the drafting of MP were "Lake Peipsi/ on local situation. Also they are ready
output would not be underesti-
Chudskoe Transboundary Diagnos- to help and share their knowledge. At
mate;
tic Analysis" (TDA) and "Proposals for the same time it is impossible to un- - The most important obstacle to
coordinated monitoring strategy and derestimate input of foreign scientist
reaching project's results is the
monitoring programme on the Lake (NIVA) as team leader in the process
lack of good will of officials.
Peipsi/Chudskoe ozero according of preparation TDA. In the coopera-
to UN ECE guidelines for monitor- tion with local scientists they made
ing and assessment of transbound- very good job in collecting informa-
ary lakes" (Monitoring Programme) tion on the local situation, analyzing
worked out by UNDP/GEF project data and drafting main strategic out-
as well as "Viru-Peipsi Catchment lines for the preparation of MP.
Area Management Plan" (Viru-Peipsi
CAMP) and "Water Management in For the drafting of Monitoring Pro-
the Lake Chudkoe Catchment" (Chud- gramme, 3 joint expeditions were
skoe WMP) prepared in the process of carried out during 2003 - 2004. Also
implementation of the EU LIFE and previous joint monitoring results
TACIS projects.
were used for data analyzes. The draft
Monitoring Programme was ready
In the project documents of Viru- in III quarter of 2004. It was sent out
Peipsi CAMP and Chudskoe WMP to the officials dealing with monitor-
deadline of the projects were end of ing as their everyday job as well as to
2004 and deadline of the UNDP/GEF scientists and experts carrying out
project was end of 2005. There was monitoring expeditions. Despite of
planned time for analyzing results fact that the Monitoring Programme
of the Viru-Peipsi CAMP and Chud- was draft with the aim to improve
skoe WMP projects for drafting MP. quality of monitoring it was almost
Unfortunately for UNDP/GEF project impossible to get any constructive
both our partner project deadlines comments from officials dealing with
were prolonged to the end of 2005. monitoring.
Also main aim of the EU TACIS project
was changed. As UNDP/GEF project My "lessons learned" in the imple-
lacked both financial and human re- mentation of the UNDP/GEF project
sources it was not possible to prolong ,,Development and Implementation
deadline. Therefore the compilation of the Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Basin
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Viru and Peipsi Catchment Area
Water Management Plan
Ülo Sults, UNDP/GEF project monitoring expert in Estonia
UNDP/GEF-project was participat-
ing in working out the Water Man-
agement Plan for River Basin District
Viru-Peipsi in Estonia. This River Basin
District with 15 761 km2 is the main
part of the East-Estonian River Basin
District, which covers more than one
third of the Estonian territory.
For preparing the water manage-
ment plan for the Viru-Peipsi River Ba-
sin District, an international project
"Viru Peipsi Catchment Area Man-
agement Plan" (Viru-Peipsi CAMP)
was launched in 2002. The project
was financed by the European Union
(LIFE- Environment), the French Envi-
ronmental Fund (Fond Francais pour 5) The economic analysis concerning Heavily modified water bodies.
l'Environment Mondial), the Estonian
cost recovery has been done;
"Heavily modified water body" means
Environmental Investment Centre 6) The directive specific action plans a body of surface water, which as a re-
and Estonian Ministry of the Environ-
for drinking and waste water have sult of physical alterations by human
ment.
been finished;
activity is substantially changed in
7) Public discussions have been or- character and therefore cannot reach
Population of the project area, with
ganized.
good ecological status. In Estonia, the
484 thousand is also one third of the
main causes of physical modification
total Estonian Population. There are Results of the assessment of the are dredging and straightening of
5 counties entirely or almost entirely, status of 50 main rivers in the sub- rivers and streams, and creation of
5 counties partly, with 19 towns and catchment:
impounding dams and man-made
70 rural municipalities entirely and · 36 rivers of 50 have good chemi- lakes.
19 rural municipalities partly in the
cal status;
project area.
· 28 rivers have good ecological
status;
Results Achieved
· bad or moderate status for 12
rivers of 14 was caused by high
1) The final report of the Viru-Peipsi
phosphorus content;
River Basin Management Plan was · The ecological status was classi-
finished in September 2005;
fied as moderate or poor for 22
2) Status of rivers, lakes, coastal sea
rivers for the following reasons:
and groundwater has been as- - 10 rivers water quality;
sessed;
- 7 rivers dams and land improve-
3) Delineation of water bodies has
ment;
been finished;
- 5 rivers both, either water qual-
4) The heavily modified water bodies
ity or impounding dams
have been appointed;
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Rivers were identified as heav- Groundwater bodies in Viru-Peipsi Most of assessments suggest the
ily modified in cases where their fish catchment area. In cooperation with good ecological status class of those
fauna has significantly changed due the experts of the French Geologi- coastal waters.
to the above mentioned reasons, and cal Survey, 13 groundwater bodies
the achievement of the type specific were distingueshed in the region. All Water Management Plan. The draft
good ecological status was not possi- groundwater bodies falling within water management plan for the Viru-
ble without removing the alterations. the territory of the Viru-Peipsi region Peipsi area in cooperation of French
are in a good
d qualitative and quan- Geological Survey -BRGM (France),
Lakes. There are 747 lakes altogeth- titative status, except the Ordovician Maves, Ltd., Maa ja Vesi, Ltd. (Estonia)
er in Viru-Peipsi region. Majority of groundw
gr
at
oundw er
at body
er
body of Ida-Viru oil shale was complied and discussed in the
those are small lakes. 112 lakes have basin. All groundwater bodies, except several open meetings. The cost-re-
surface area 10-50 ha, and 30 lakes the Ordovician-Cambrian and the Sil- covery analysis have been performed.
over 50 ha. Of the 103 small lakes as- urian-Ordovician groundwater body The implementation of that WMP
sessed: 9% belong to high, 48% to beneath Devonian layers, belong to needs comparison and co-ordinated
good, 39% to moderate and 4% to the "risk group".
activities with Russian institutions ac-
poor
or quality class. Moderate or poor
cording the Water Management Plan
status of lakes is caused by: point pol- Coastal waters. There are two types for Russian sub-basin of Lake Peipsi/
lution in 11 cases, agricultural pollu- of coastal waters in Viru-Peipsi catch- Chudskoe and Lake Pihkva/Pskovs-
tion in 4 cases, lowering of water level ment area:
koe, which would be carried on by
in 3 cases, combined causes in 3 cases. - type I Oligohaline open coastal TACIS- project team by the end of
The very important task for future
water (Narva Bay),
year 2005.
is the conservation of the following - type II mesohaline open coastal
lakes: L Saadjärv, Kurtna Lakes, Rõuge
wat
w er
at
er (western part of the Gulf of
Lakes and Kooraste Lakes in good
Finland).
ecological status.
Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe and Lake
Pihkva/Pskovskoe. Different interna-
tional projects have formulated the
following joint expert judgement on
the ecological status of those lakes:
- Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe is in a mod-
erate status,
- The status of Lake Pihkva/Pskvskoe
and Lake Lämmijärv/Teploe varies
between moderate and poor.
The most effective way of stopping
eutrophication would be to decrease
the inflow of phosphorus into the
lake.
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Research activities on the Russian side
of lake Peipsi
Olga Vasilenko, UNDP/GEF project Pskov PIU coordinator
The project UNDP/GEF "Development tourist factors of the development also conducted the analysis of the
and Implementation of the Lake Peip- have sustainable pre-conditions in development of water and ecological
si/Chudskoye Basin Management the region but are in need of moni- tourism on the Russian side of Lake
Program" has this year supported two toring and elaboration of strategies Peipsi region. The general descrip-
research projects on the Russian side for rational use, taking into account a tion of water bodies located in the
of Lake Peipsi: (1) on development of minimal negative impact on the en- region was done and their ecological
tourism and preparation of the con- vironment. The latter was the aim for status was defined. The inventory of
cept of water and ecological tourism carrying out this research.
natural and landscape objects, of cul-
development, and (2) on the impact
tural and historical importance, and
that agriculture has on the basin of The territory of the research is the of water transport objects, was made
Lake Peipsi and preparation of the Russian part of Lake Peipsi region and their condition was determined.
Concept of ecological farming on the and consists of 7 municipalities of 2 In the framework of the research, the
Russian side of the region.
regions of the Russian Federation work on information about cultural,
Pskov and Leningrad: Gdov, Kingi- sports and mass events in the munici-
Despite the different topics of the sepp, Pechory, Pskov, Slantsy districts palities, in 2005, was the basis for the
research activities, both are aimed and the cities of Pskov and Ivan- creation of the `Calendar of Events'.
at defining potential ways for Lake gorod.
The final variant of the Calendar was
Peipsi development, through eco- At the beginning of 2005, research was disseminated among the representa-
logical and water tourism or ecologi- carried out on the level of tourism de- tives of tourism companies, adminis-
cal farming. The choice of topics is velopment and elaboration of the con- trations of border districts, as well as
not random. Lake Peipsi is not only a cept of ecological and water tourism.
the Administration of the Pskov re-
binding element of the whole region,
gion and aimed at attracting tourists
but also the most important resource Within the limits of the research, car- to Lake Peipsi region.
of its development, which possesses ried out by the Pskov Center for Tour-
rich natural, cultural-historic and rec- ism Development, (the organization, Elaboration of the strategic document
reational potential. Agricultural and which developed the work), there was the concept of development of wa-
ter and ecological tourism, on the
Russian side of the Chudskoye Lake
region was the substantial result
of the research made. The following
eight mainstreams of tourism devel-
opment provided a basis for the con-
cept: (1) improvement of tourist infra-
structure, (2) fundraising activities, (3)
service development from the clients'
perspective, (4) increase of security
and comfort of tourists, (5) marketing
and advertising of tourist products,
(6) provision of high standards of hy-
giene and sanitation, (7) promotion
of entrepreneurship in tourist servic-
es, (8) use of the geopolitical position
of the region in tourism its location
on the Russian-EU border.
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On the basis of this concept, which reality because of the collapse of the giving the possibility to prepare con-
is an independent document for the majority of agricultural enterprises, crete steps in the implementation of
Russian part of the region, and on reduction of planted areas and the these spheres.
material from Estonian specialists, decrease in the assortment of culti-
the joint Estonian-Russian concept, of vated crops.
It is important to notice that both re-
the development of ecological tour-
search projects were carried out and
ism around Lake Peipsi, is being pre- The analysis, of the conditions in the implemented with the help of NGOs'
pared now. This joint concept will be agricultural region, showed that the experts, who performed as independ-
included into the Lake Peipsi/Chud- existing situation is worth using for ent think tanks, capable of developing
skoye Basin Management Program, the development of ecological farm- strategic documents for the regional
being designed in the context of the ing and this will enable the master- level.
UNDP/GEF project.
ing of perspective technologies of The brief results of the research are
farming and cattle breeding and the available at the web-site of the project
The aim of the second research activ- entering of new markets. For that, first in the section "Results" at the address
ity was the assessment of the impact of all, it is necessary to develop and www.peipsi.org/gef.
of agriculture on the Lake Peipsi ba- implement the mechanism of certifi-
sin and development of the concept cation of ecological agricultural pro-
of ecological farming on the Russian duction in the region under research,
side of the region. The person respon- even more so that, because of negli-
sible for the research was Velikie Luki, gible use of mineral fertilizers existing
State Agricultural Academy (Velikie nowadays, agricultural production is
Luki, the Pskov region).
anyway considered, de-facto, to be
The research was mainly carried out ecologically clean. It is important to
in three directions:
secure this on the legislative level. To
1) Defining the condition of agricul- stabilize the situation, and to provide
ture in the basin of Lake Peipsi;
the sustainable development of farms,
2) Determining the impact of this it is necessary to constantly conduct
condition on the water body and; the monitoring of farms' activities, to
3) Designing of the concept of the analyze their position in the region, to
development of ecological farm- form appropriate informational data-
ing in the region.
bases/banks. The main consumer, of
The full analysis of the available land ecologically clean agricultural prod-
was done in the framework of the first ucts, might be the industry of produc-
direction of the research. There was tion of food for children.
also reflected the condition, and the The concept of the development of
utilization of agricultural lands at this ecological farming, on the Russian side
moment; there was determined the of Lake Peipsi, designed in the frames
level of development of plant culti- of the UNDP/GEF project, creates an
vation and cattle breeding; research opportunity to get recommended in-
took place on the level of utilization of formation, starting with the first steps
chemicals in districts; analysis of for- of finding opportunities to transfer to
est reserves was conducted; the gen- this kind of production, under definite
eral characteristics of water resources conditions and analyzing the organi-
of the region were given and showed zational and economic situation, fin-
the potential sources of pollution of ishing with the basic stages of certifi-
the Peipsi Lake water; also presented cation of ecological farms.
were the conditions for agricultural
landscape optimization.
Thus, the research has allowed the
carrying out of overall monitoring of
The work performed showed that the existing ways of the Lake Peipsi re-
facts, of agricultural eutrophication of gion's development (ecological tour-
the Peipsi basin, cannot be tracked in ism and ecological farming) as well as
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Lake Life Room nature education-
related permanent exhibition in Kallaste
Virve Tuubel, UNDP/GEF Project Tourism Expert in Estonia
A number of projects implemented secrets of the lake as a natural habitat
by the Peipsi Center for Transbound- one can become familiar with the
ary Cooperation (CTC) have been biological diversity of this location,
enhancing tourism and nature edu- peculiarities of the local landscapes,
cation in the Lake Peipsi region. Like- lake biota and the role of people in
wise, booklets on the birds and fish of the latter. The largest exhibit is the
Lake Peipsi and human activities on interactive model of the lake, mak-
the lakeshore were completed within ing it possible to observe the bottom
the framework of the given project. relief of the lake and get to know the
The largest contribution, however, relevant natural and cultural places of
is opening of a permanent exhibi- interest in the region.
tion "Lake Life Room". The display
was completed in two phases in the In addition, museums and accommo- by Kärt Leppik in 2003, and later, by
course of three years and was opened dation possibilities in the area have Virve Tuubel. Besides, there were also
finally on the 30th of June, 2005.
also been depicted on the model. The several important assistants from the
making of plaster molds of all the fish Peipsi Center for Transboundary Co-
The permanent exhibition about Lake in the lake, in order to shape accurate operation, Tartu County Environmen-
Peipsi is one of a kind in the vicinity of models, was undoubtedly the most tal Service, Alatskivi Nature Centre,
the lake and should definitely be of labor-intensive undertaking. The Kallaste town and the nearby area.
interest for tourists and all nature lov- plants and algae of the lake are pre-
ers, particularly schoolchildren. Whilst sented graphically. It is also possible The exhibition is located at Keskväl-
other museums and expositions in to observe the development cycle of jak 1, in the building of Kallaste Town
the region have primarily focused on fish roe and to determine the age of Government, and, together with the
culture, be it that of the Old-Believers' fish according to its scale type.
tourism information point, which was
or the Setus, the nature-educational
completed at the same time, provides
permanent exhibition in Kallaste is, The exhibition was completed in co- diverse services for guests. The display
first of all, introducing the riches and operation between the Peipsi CTC is indeed open but, however, several
and Kallaste Town Government. Fi- interesting ideas remained unreal-
nancial support was provided by the ized. We do hope that these can be
Global Environment Facility and the implemented in the near future and
UN Development Program and also that the nature education-related
the US Embassy in Estonia. The ex- permanent exhibition facilitates the
position, from conceptual design to promotion of the region and helps
completion, was realised by Studio everyone who would like to better
Viridis. Regarding the Peipsi CTC, get to know this large and interesting
the relevant work was coordinated lake.
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Elaboration of the elective course
"Ecosystem of Pskovsko Chudskoye Lake"
Elena Bystrova, UNDP/GEF Project Capacity Building Expert in Russia
Since January 2003, Pskov oblast in the region, the staff of educational isms; 5) Problems of water resources
NGO "Chudskoye Project" has been and cultural organizations, as well as - recreational usage; 6) Methods of
taking part in the realization of the the representatives of nature preserv- research of water resources; 7) Meas-
UNDP/GEF project "Development and ing organizations, pointed out that ures on preservation of water bod-
Implementation of the Lake Peipsi/ they lack the time necessary for pre- ies (practical activities of students).
Chudskoye Basin Management Pro- paring, organizing and conducting Each of the topics contains variants
gram". One of the components of such events/activities. In addition, it of questions and tasks that can be
this project is environmental educa- was mentioned that theoretical ma- used by the teacher during the class
tion and public participation. In the terial, about water resources of the activities, as well as elective tasks for
frames of this component, the inter- Pskov oblast and about their condi- schoolchildren.
active regional web-site (www.peipsi. tion, is of poor quality; that educa-
org) is being developed, brochures tional institutions, in general, lack the It is important to say that, during the
and press-releases are being pub- necessary equipment and that in the elaboration of such a course, repre-
lished on a regular basis and the edu- rural area in villages, settlements sentatives of nature-protected, edu-
cational program, on preservation of and other communities of the oblast, cational and administrative organiza-
water resources, is being designed. there exists little timely and essential tions take part.
The issue of the development of the information on the topic.
above mentioned educational pro-
We hope that this course will be used
gram was raised at several seminars Taking into account the experience of by schools and other educational
and round tables and some of them teaching environmental subjects and institutions and will become an im-
were specially meant at discussing needs of the schools of the region, it portant component in the system
possible needs and different variants was decided to elaborate the educa- of ecological education of the Pskov
of the elaboration of such a program. tional program on preservation of wa- region.
In connection with the educational ter resources and to develop it on the
reform, which is presently being basis of local material. This
implemented in the Russian Fed- can be used by educational institu-
eration, the place of environmental tions for a profound study of subjects
disciplines at schools is changing. included into the federal component
Nowadays, environmental education of the basic curriculum, for introduc-
is provided mainly through extracur- tion of new subjects, electives, addi-
ricular activities such as expeditions, tional educational modules, special
different events/lessons conducted courses, practical training and etc.
by ecological-biological centers, sep- The preliminary title of the materials
arate classes in schools. In spite of the to be prepared, in the frames of the
fact that all these activities/events are project, is "Teaching and methodical
aimed at studying water resources of set for the elective course "Ecosystem
the Lake Pskovsko-Chudskoye basin, of the Pskovsko-Chudskoye water
each organization, when conducting body".
them, is designing its own programs
or plans and this inevitably leads to The material consists of the following
duplication.
topics: 1) Water as substance; 2) Wa-
ter as a habitat; 3) Water bodies of the
When discussing the current situa- Pskov oblast (types and peculiarities);
tion of the environmental education 4) Ecological groups of water organ-
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International Cooperation Forum. From
cross-border to transnational cooperation
Eilika Mölder, Information Expert and Website supporter of the
UNDP/GEF project in Estonia
On September 9 10 Peipsi CTC to- The first session of the conference fo-
gether with Forum Balticum and cused on European and Estonian gov-
Estonian Foreign Policy Institute or- ernment international cooperation
ganized conference "International policies. Presentations were made
Cooperation Forum. From cross-bor- by members of European Parliament
der to transnational cooperation."
Tunne Kelam and Toomas Savi; Mar-
Conference had 3 main aims:
gus Rava from Estonian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
(1) To discuss European and Estonian In last session of the conference and
government policies on as well as also in the group discussions, great
instruments available to Estonian attention was drawn to sharing previ-
organizations for international co- ous cooperation experiences. Michael
operation activities;
Kuhn from Bremen University con-
centrated his presentation on practi-
(2) To reflect on the experiences of in- cal scientific cooperation experiences
ternational cooperation projects from Europe; Vladimir Zubov from
implemented in Estonia and other Chamber of Commerce and Indus-
European countries that allows try of the Pskov Region talked about
drafting ideas for the future in tourism cooperation between Esto-
terms of types of projects, geo- nia and Russia etc.
graphic focus, as well as best prac-
tices.
To develop better overview of par-
ticipating organization's international
Thematic priorities that were ad- cooperation experiences and hopes
dressed within the Forum were for future, organizers asked partici-
environmental protection and pants to fill in questionnaires. Eventu-
water management, cultural and ally database will be evolved out of
scientific cooperation, commu- collected information that will be on
nity development, NGO capacity available through website for all or-
building, and promotion of demo- ganizations and institutions that are
cratic development through inter- interested in finding good partner
national cooperation activities;
from foreign countries.
The Forum was supported by United
(3) To develop specific recommenda- Nation Development Program and
tions for good practices of inter- Global Environmental Facility; Kon-
national cooperation and possible rad Adenauer Foundation; Estonian
future cooperation projects in Es- Foreign Policy Institute and Open Es-
tonia and on a larger scale - in the tonia Foundation East-East Program.
enlarged European Union within
the thematic areas outlined in (2).
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Project summary
Project implementation:
The aim of the project:
UNDP Russia is delegated the author- Manager. The Committee monitors
The development objective of the ity to implement the project on be- and evaluates the project's course,
project is to prepare, adopt and half of UNDP, one of the GEF Imple- particularly as regards its manage-
launch the Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Ba- menting Agencies. UNDP Russia will ment aspects. The Committee meets
sin Management Programme for the therefore be responsible for monitor- once a year.
nutrient load reduction and the sus- ing, supervision and evaluation of the The Project Manager will be responsi-
tainable development of the cross- project during the project's lifetime.
ble for the project manage-ment and
border region.
The project will be executed by an co-ordination of the project activities
The main project outputs can be sum- international non-governmental or- with the TACIS and other internation-
marized as follows:
ganization Peipsi Center for Trans- al projects in the region and relevant
1 Management Programme (Strat- boundary Cooperation (Peipsi CTC) international organizations.
egy Document) and Action Plan that works to promote sustainable Sub-contracts: The Peipsi CTC in con-
prepared and approved by all development and cross-border co- sultation with UNDP, will sub-contract
relevant Russian and Estonian au- operation in the border areas of the designated activities as required for
thorities;
Baltic States and the New Independ- the delivery of project outputs. The
2 Strengthened capacity of key re- ent States (NIS). The project will be project would engage expertise from
gional stakeholders (including implemented through project im- other institutions to assist project
environmental monitoring infra- plementation units Lake Chudskoe staff and project participants, who
structure and data collection and Project, located in Pskov, Russia, and include government and local com-
maintenance system);
Peipsi CTC, Tartu, Estonia.
munities, to achieve the purposes of
3 Networking and information ex- The Project Steering Committee con- the project.
change established;
sists of representatives of the Estoni-
4 Two pilot projects implemented an Ministry of Environment, Russian
in Estonia: one on eutrophication Ministry of Natural Resources, UNDP,
reduction through planning water the Estonian-Russian Transboundary
systems in a smal community and Water Commission, regional authori-
the second one on ecotourism and ties, NGOs from the Lake Peipsi/Chud-
nature protection (ecological route). skoe basin, and the UNDP/GEF Project
Contact information:
www.peipsi.org/gef
Ms Natalia Alexeeva
Ms Elena Armand
Peipsi Center for
Transboundary Cooperation,
Head of UNDP Environment Unit,
Aleksandri 9, Tartu 51004, Estonia
UNDP Russia,
Tel. + 372 730 2302
28 Ostozenka, Moscow, Russia
Fax + 372 730 2301
Tel. +7 095787 2102
Tel/fax: + 7 812 449 0555
Fax +7 095 787 2101
Email: Natasha@lake-peipus.net
E-mail: elena.armand@undp.ru
www.ctc.ee
www.undp.ru
www.peipsi.org
Project Number: RER/02/G35/A/1G/72
Project Title:
Development and Implementation of the Lake Peipsi/
Chudskoe Basin Management Programme
Project Budget: USD 1,000,000
Global Environment Facility
Starting Date: January 2003
Duration:
36 months
Project Site:
The Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Basin, Russian Federation, Estonia
www.peipsi.org/gef