UNDP Project Document
Governments of:
Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan,
Russian Federation & Turkmenistan
United Nations Development Programme
PIMS #4058
The Caspian Sea:
Restoring Depleted Fisheries
and
Consolidation of a Permanent Regional Environmental Governance Framework
"CaspEco"
This project builds upon a solid foundation of regional cooperation for Caspian environmental conservation put in
place by the five Caspian states and the Caspian Environment Program over a period of more than 10 years with
substantial catalytic support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Building on these achievements this
project's objective is to strengthen regional environmental governance and apply new thinking to the sustainable
management and conservation of the Caspian's bioresources.
The project supports the littoral states' efforts to halt the decline in bioresources and to restore depleted fisheries in
the Caspian Sea, through the implementation of agreed actions defined in the Caspian Strategic Action Plan (SAP),
and to fully operationalize and make the Caspian Sea's regional environmental governance mechanism sustainable.
In line with the new GEF priorities, the major focus of GEF involvement will be to assist the countries to agree on
the political commitments made to ecosystem-based joint action on sustainable fisheries and bioresources and
introduce institutions and reforms to catalyze implementation of policies reducing over-fishing and benefiting
communities. There are two main components of the project: 1) Ecosystem based management of aquatic
bioresources; and 2) Strengthened regional environmental governance.
The key outcomes sought under the two main components are: 1) Improved ecosystem-based aquatic bioresources
management; Invasive species mitigation; Implemented policies & measures to increase reproductive success of
Caspian's diadromous fish species; Application of circum-Caspian approach to habitat conservation; and increased;
Coastal communities participate in and contribute measurably to improved bioresources conservation; and 2)
Operational and sustainable Tehran Convention institutions; Coordination and synergy with other projects and
activities including effective donor coordination and engagement; Implementation of Strategic Convention Action
Plan (SCAP) at regional level and NSCAP at national/sub-national level; Enhanced stakeholders' engagement in the
Tehran Convention process and improved public access to information.
(Dec04)
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Table of Contents
ACRONYMS
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SECTION I: ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE
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PART I: Situation Analysis
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1.1 Context and global significance
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1.2 Socio-economic Context:
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1.3 The problem to be addressed. 10
1.4 Threats, root causes and barriers analysis. 10
1.5 Stakeholder analysis
14
1.6 Baseline analysis
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PART II: Strategy
21
2.1 Institutional, law and policy context 21
2.2 Project Rationale and Policy Conformity 24
2.3 Project Goal, Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/activities 26
2.4 Project Indicators, Risks and Assumptions 42
2.5 Incremental reasoning and expected global, national and local benefits 43
2.6 Country Ownership: Country Eligibility and Country Drivenness 45
2.7 Relevance to UNDP mandate. 46
2.8 Sustainability
47
2.9 Replicability
47
PART III: Management Arrangements
47
PART IV: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Budget
49
PART V: Legal Context
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SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND GEF INCREMENT
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PART I: Incremental Reasoning
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Part II: Strategic Results Framework.
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SECTION III: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORKPLAN
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SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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PART I: Letters of Endorsement and Financial Commitment.
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To be attached as a separate document.PART II: Terms of Reference for Key Project Staff
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PART II: Terms of Reference for Key Project Staff
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PART III: Stakeholder Involvement Plan
95
Part IV: Analysis of Stress on Caspian Sea Ecosystem Health/Sources of Stress and Underlying Causes. 111
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Part V: Parallel Co-funded Partner Activities.
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Acronyms
AZ Azerbaijan
CC
Caspi-Control Environmental Monitoring Organization (Turkmenistan)
CAB
Commission on Aquatic Bioresources (for the Caspian Sea)
CaspEco
Short name for full project name: "The Caspian Sea: Restoring Depleted Fisheries and
Consolidation of a Permanent Regional Environmental Governance Framework"
CaspNIRKh
Caspian Scientific Research Institute for Fisheries (Astrakhan, Russian Federation)
CaspMNITz
Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center (Russian Federation)
CISS
Caspian International Seal Survey
CMPA
Coastal Marine Protected Areas
CP Country
Programme
CSCN Caspian
Seal
Conservation
Network
DSU
Dagestan State University (Russian Federation)
DI Darwin
Initiative
DIAE
Dagestan Institute of Applied Ecology (Russian Federation)
EB Ecosystem-based
EBM Ecosystem-based
Management
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EEA
European Environment Agency
EFH
Essential Fish Habitat
EwE
Ecopath with Ecosim ecological modeling software
ERA
Ecological Risk Assessment
FAF
Federal Agency on Fishing, Ministry of Agriculture (Russian Federation)
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FBE
Fisheries and Bioresources Expert
GRID
Global Resource Information Database
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GloBallast
GEF-UNDP-IMO Global Ballast Water Management Programme
GOIN
State Oceanographic Institute (Russian Federation)
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IFI International
Funding
Institutions
IFO
Iranian Fishery Organization
IFRO
Iranian Fishery Research Organization
IMCM
Inter-Ministerial Coordination Mechanism
IMO International
Maritime
Organization
IoO
Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
IR-I
Islamic Republic of Iran
ISRI
International Sturgeon Research Institute (Iran)
IWC
GEF Biennial International Waters Conference
IWEN
International Waters Experience Notes (GEF)
IWRM
Integrated Water Resources Management
JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
KMG
KazMunaiGaz (National Oil and Gas Company of Kazakhstan)
KZ Kazakhstan
LBS
Land-based sources of pollution Protocol to the Tehran Convention
M&E
Monitoring and Evaluation
MNP
Ministry of Nature Protection (Turkmenistan)
MNRE
Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (Russian Federation)
MoE
Ministry of Environment (Kazakhstan)
MoENR
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Azerbaijan)
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MoT
Ministry of Transport (Russian Federation)
MPCSA
State Marine Pollution Control Salvage and Rescue Administration, MoT
NFP
National Focal Point
NCAP
National Caspian Action Plan
NC
National Coordinator
NSCAP
National Strategic Convention Action Plan
OPS
Office of Project Services (UN)
OU
Out posted Unit (of the Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat)
OSIR
Oil Spill Incidence Response
OSPRI
Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative
PA Protected
Area(s)
PIMS
Project Information Management System
PNC
Project National Coordinator(s)
PMO
Ports and Maritime Organization, Ministry of Roads and Transportation (IR-Iran)
PTS/POPs
Persistent Toxic Substances/Persistent Organic Pollutants
QA Quality
Assured
RAS
Russian Academy of Sciences
RCU
Regional Coordinating Unit (UNDP-GEF in Bratislava)
RF Russian
Federation
SAP
Strategic Action Programme
SCAP
Strategic Convention Action Programme
SCFI
State Committee on Fish Industry (Turkmenistan)
SC
Steering Committee (of the project)
SCF
State Committee on Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture (Kazakhstan)
SEIS
Shared Environmental Information System (European Environment Agency)
SPACE
Special Protected Areas of the Caspian Ecosystem
TA Technical
Assistance
TAC
Total Allowable Catch
TC
Tehran Convention or "Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the Caspian Sea"
TCIS
Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat
TCIS-OU
Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat-Out posted Units
TCPS
Tehran Convention Permanent Secretariat
TDA
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
TK Turkmenistan
UEMP
Unified Ecosystem Monitoring Program
UNDAF
United Nations Development Assistance Framework
VNIRO
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography
WB World
Bank
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SECTION I: ELABORATION OF THE NARRATIVE
PART I: Situation Analysis
1.1 Context and global significance
1.
The Caspian Sea is the largest inland closed water body in the world. Straddling the line between
Europe and Asia, the Caspian's transboundary waters are shared by five littoral States: Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, IR-Iran, Russian Federation and Turkmenistan. Nearly twenty-seven meters below the level
of the world oceans, the Caspian differs from most other large inland water bodies in its meridian
orientation and great 1,200 km length. The result is a large north-south climatic differentiation, from
extreme continental climate in the North, to a sub-tropical climate in the South.
2.
A large number of inter-connected ecosystems coexist in the Caspian and a unique feature of the
Caspian is its extreme diversity of biotopes, biotic and biotic conditions. For example, the range of
salinity around the Caspian sustains freshwater, oligohaline, mesohaline and hyperhaline ecosystems.
Freshwater ecosystems are formed in deltas and estuaries of the Caspian influents. Oligohaline
ecosystems characterize the Northern Caspian, where the water salinity ranges from 0.5 - 5 grams/liter
(gr/l). The waters of the Middle and Southern Caspian comprise a mesohaline ecosystem, with an average
water salinity of 12 gr/l. And in the Gulf of Kara-Bogaz-Gol on the eastern shoreline of the Caspian, the
water is heavily mineralized a hyperhaline ecosystem where water salinity is higher than 40 gr/l.
3.
Nearly 130 rivers drain into the Caspian with an annual input of approximately 300 km3. The main
rivers are the Volga (80% of annual input), the Ural (5%), the Terek, Sulak, and Samur (combined 5%),
the Kura, the Sefi-Ruud, Alborz and others (combined 10%). Combined, these rivers are a critical part of
the overall Caspian ecosystem and are estimated to have once sustained millions of hectares of spawning
habitat for the Caspian's diadromous fish species.
4.
The average breadth of the Caspian from the west to the east is 330 km. The Caspian's surface area
is about 436,000 km2. This sea has three distinct parts: the northern, middle and southern. The shallow
northern part of the sea averages 5 m in depth. The middle part has an average depth of 190 m and the
deepest part of the Caspian is the southern area with a maximum depth of 1025 m.
5.
The 7000 km long Caspian coastline is varied in its physical attributes. The deltas of the Volga, the
Ural, the Emba, and the Sagiz rivers create a jagged northern shoreline, whereas the rest of the Caspian
shoreline is generally smoother. The length (km) of each littoral state's Caspian coastline is estimated as
follows: Azerbaijan (825), I.R. Iran (1000), Kazakhstan (2320), Russian Federation (1460), Turkmenistan
(1200). These estimates are subject to variation due to water level fluctuations.
6.
Biodiversity includes the variety of living organisms at genetic, species, and higher levels of
taxonomy, as well as the variety of habitats and ecosystems and the processes that occur in them. This
broad and inclusive definition highlights how actions and impacts at the smaller scale can have follow-on
effects at much larger scales. A high level of endemism and a unique combination of ecological processes
and systems characterizes the Caspian's aquatic biological diversity.
Intra-species diversity of the Caspian's aquatic biodiversity:
7.
Diadromous fish travel between salt and fresh water. There are three types of diadromous fish:
- anadromous: live in salt water, breed in fresh water.
- catadromous: live in fresh water, breed in salt water.
- amphidromous: move between fresh and salt water during life cycle, but not for breeding.
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There are at least thirty species of diadromous fish in the Caspian, including 5 species of sturgeon, 3
species of Caspian herring, one species of Caspian salmon.
8.
Diadromous species develop genetically distinct intra-specific diversity within species as one race
returns again and again to one river1, developing morphological and other adaptations to the
environmental conditions unique to that river system. This intra-specific diversity is anticipated to be
considerably high among Caspian diadromous species, given the range of aquatic ecosystems and the
number of rivers flowing into the Caspian utilized by these species.
9.
Studies have shown genetically distinct sub-populations of most of the five sturgeon species present
in the Caspian. Three sub-populations of Beluga sturgeon (H. huso) have been identified. Immunological
studies show that northern and southern populations of A. stellatus are genetically distinct from each other
and have distinct spawning periods in spring and winter. A distinct population of A. persicus (Persian
sturgeon) has been identified in the southern Caspian Sea. Different stocks of Russian sturgeon (A.
gueldenstaedti) have been identified and immunological analysis of these stocks has revealed a high
degree of differences among fish from different geographical regions.
10. These findings are supported by similar findings in other parts of the world. Along the eastern coast
of North America, there are genetic differences within Atlantic sturgeon that spawn in rivers less than 160
km apart. A recent status review of Atlantic sturgeon on the Atlantic coast suggests five genetically
distinct populations and perhaps more. Some of these are ecologically distinct as well. Green sturgeon
spawn in three coastal river systems in western North America and two stocks have been identified as
genetically distinct.
11. The Caspian salmon (S. trutta caspiensis) must also have had different stocks or genetically distinct
units. In the Pacific Northwest of North America, the US FWS has identified over 100 genetically distinct
units or races of wild salmon, specifically adapted to individual river conditions and seasonal distinctions.
The same level of intra-species diversity may still exist for S. t. caspiensis, although this is currently
unknown.
Diversity of aquatic species:
12. The biodiversity of the Caspian aquatic environment is a product of thousands of years of isolation
from the world's oceans, allowing ample time for speciation.
13. The biological diversity of the Caspian and its coastal zone makes the region one of the most
valuable ecosystems in the world. The Caspian harbors some 147 species of fish, 450 species, varieties, or
forms of phytoplankton, 87 species of algae, and 315 species of zooplankton. One of the most important
features of the Caspian's biodiversity is the relatively high level of endemism among its fauna. Recent
studies suggest the actual endemism may be even higher than what is already known. To date, there are
331 known endemic species in the Caspian. They are represented by the following:2
Four (4) species of Spongia
One (1) species of Isopoda
Two (2) species of Coelenterata
Sixty-eight (68) species of Amphipoda
Twenty-nine (29) species of Turbellaria
Nineteen (19) species of Cumacea
Three (3) species of Nematoda
One (1) species of Decapoda
1 Many diadromous species enter the same river system year after year (or for sturgeon, every 2-5 years, depending
on the species). Salmon are famous for doing this, but researchers are discovering that sturgeon repeat patterns as
well (D. Erickson, pers. comm.)
2 Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis for the Caspian Sea. Caspian Environment Programme. September 2002.
Baku. www.caspianenvironment.org/newsite/Data-MajorDocuments.htm.
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Two (2) species of Rotatoria
Two (2) species of Hydracarina
Two (2) species of Oligochaeta
Fifty-three (53) species of Mollusca
Four (4) species of Polychaeta
Fifty-four (54) species of fish
Nineteen (19) species of Cladocera
One (1) species of marine mammal
Three (3) species of Ostracoda
Twenty (20) species of Mysidacea
Twenty-three (23) species of Copepoda
One (1) species of Isopoda
Twenty (20) species of Mysidacea
14. Some of the most well known of the Caspian's bioresources are its sturgeon (see Table 1). Sturgeon
are anadromous, as are Caspian herring (3 species) and Caspian salmon (1 species) and others, spawning
in the Caspian rivers and feeding throughout the Caspian Sea. The Caspian contains more than 90% of the
world resources of sturgeon.
Table 1: Sturgeon species of the Caspian.
Common name
Scientific name
Status
Beluga sturgeon
Huso huso
IUCN Red List "Endangered"
Russian sturgeon
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
IUCN Red List "Endangered"
Persian sturgeon
Acipenser persicus
IUCN Red List "Endangered"
Starry sturgeon
Acipenser stellatus & subspecies IUCN Red List "Endangered"
cyrensis
Fringebarbel sturgeon
Acipenser nudiventris
IUCN Red List "Endangered"
15. The Caspian seal (Phoca caspica) is the only marine mammal in the Caspian Sea and is endemic to
the Caspian. It will be listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Endangered with effect from
October 2008, a change from its previous listing as Vulnerable. The Caspian seal feeds on a variety of
small fish throughout the Caspian and migrates in the winter to the North Caspian to breed, with the pups
being born on the winter ice field. The total number of Caspian seals was estimated at more than a million
at the beginning of the 20th century, but was assumed to have fallen to about 350400 thousand by the late
1980s (Krylov, 1990; KaspNirkh annual reports, 200206). Surveys of pup production 2005-2008, and a
hindcasting analyses based on these censuses and historical hunting records show that the total number of
seals in the Caspian in 2005 had declined to approximately 111,000 seals, with an average annual decline
of about 4% over the past 50 years. This has resulted in a total decline of >80% in the fertile female
population in the past 3 generations (ca. 50 years) up to 2005.
16. There are three endemic species of Kilka3 recognized in the Caspian Sea: Clupeonella caspia
(Caspian kilka); Clupeonella grimmi (Southern Caspian or Big-eye kilka); Clupeonella engrauliformis
(Anchovy kilka). Each species has its own peculiarities in distribution, food preference, spawning time
and other biological and ecological characteristics.
17. The Caspian region is the global center for diversity and endemism of members of the genus Salmo,
especially the bull trout (Salmo trutta). Caspian salmon (Salmo trutta caspiensis) are believed to be the
largest of the European salmon, which includes the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S.
trutta). The Caspian salmon is listed in the Red Books of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. In
Azerbaijan and Iran, it is characterized as a sharply declining species.
18. The Caspian lamprey is listed in the Red Books of all littoral states as a Category II species,
diminishing within its habitat. It is the only representative of the order lamprey in the Caspian Sea. It
3 This fish is also known by fishery experts as "tulka" and "tyulka."
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spawns in rivers, running for hundreds kilometers upstream, and used to occur along the entire coast
north-to-south.
19. There are seven species of herring in the Caspian of which three species are anadromous. The three
anadromous species spawn mainly in the Volga: blackback shad (Alosa kessleri kessleri), dolginka shad
(Alosa brashnikovi brashnikovi), Caspian shad (Alosa caspia caspia). After damming of the Volga, the
populations of these and other species have dwindled considerably. Today, the only species of Caspian
herring that is of commercial importance is the black-backed shad, whose spawning grounds are located
in the lower stretches of the Volga below the dams.
1.2 Socio-economic Context:
20. The total Caspian coastal population is approximately 16 million people. This figure represents the
combined population of the administrative units contiguous to the Caspian Sea in all five littoral states.
Iran has the largest Caspian population at 7 million people, though the Azerbaijan's capital Baku has the
highest population density. Both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have populations of less than 1 million
each in the Caspian coastal zone. Russia and Azerbaijan have coastal populations of just over 3 million.
21. The UN's Human Development Report (HDR) measures development by combining indicators of
life expectancy, educational attainment and income into a composite human development index, the HDI.
The rankings place the five Caspian countries in the High (1-70) and Medium (71-155) Development
Categories. To compare economic statistics across countries, the data must first be converted into a
common currency. PPP rates of exchange allow this conversion to take account of price differences
between countries. By eliminating differences in national price levels, the method facilitates comparisons
of real values for income, poverty and expenditure patterns. The five Caspian countries' HDR data are
presented in Table 2 below.
Table 2. Human Development Report Index figures for Caspian States
Country Global
HD Index
Per Capita GDP at Purchasing Power Parity
Rank
(HDI)
(PPP) in $
Russia
67
0.802
10,845
Kazakhstan
73
0.794
7,857
Iran 94
0.759
7,968
Azerbaijan 98
0.746
5,016
Turkmenistan 109
0.713
3,838
22. The socio-economic development of the Caspian region has been significantly impacted by the
increasing value of oil, the rise of the oil industry in four of the five littoral states, and the significant
decline in the fishing industry in every littoral state. In the past 10 years oil exports from the Caspian
region have increased dramatically. On the other hand, nearly every commercial fishery in the Caspian
has essentially collapsed. Consider the high value Caspian sturgeon fishery. The total catch for all five
species declined from 16.5 thousand tons in 1990 to 920 tons in 2004 -- a 95% decline in 14 years. The
kilka fishery is another very important fishery in the Caspian. Catch levels for kilka declined 84%
between 2003-2007. Combined, these declines in the two fisheries represent losses of between US$ 2-7
billion/year. Such losses and dramatic changes in the structure of the fishery have caused significant
economic hardship among local communities, forcing local fishermen to adapt and seek other ways of
producing fish or catching different non-traditional species.
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1.3 The problem to be addressed.
23. The loss of biological diversity (as defined above) has disrupted the Caspian ecosystem in
fundamental ways. Biodiversity is intimately linked to ecosystem function. Healthy, resilient ecosystems
those that contain natural assemblages of organisms, habitats, interactions and processes can sustain
appropriate levels of exploitation. Disrupted ecosystems can collapse.4
24. Concern over the collapse of important Caspian fisheries and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem
resilience in the Caspian Sea is widespread in the region and internationally. The clear threats to some of
the economically important fish species (including sturgeon) heighten concern.
25. The Caspian Sea's sturgeon, herring, kilka and some other commercial fisheries have sufferred
dramatic declines in the past three decades. In addition to the over 90% decline in sturgeon fishery, two of
the three endemic species of Caspian herring too have suffered significant declines. An even bleaker
picture can be painted regarding the Caspian salmon, which once was caught in commercial quantities
and now barely survives in extremely small numbers. All these species are diadromous, or more
specifically, anadromous, meaning they spawn in river sytems and live their lives in the Sea itself.
26. The Caspian seal's numbers are also now declining rapidly. The annual pup production and number
of adult seals on the winter ice field have now been accurately surveyed during the four years 20052008.
Pup production in those years has been approximately 21,000 and 17,000 in 2005 and 2006 respectively5,
but has dropped sharply to around 6,000 and 7,000 in 2007 and 2008 respectively. The total number of
breeding and non-breeding seals in the entire Caspian cannot be counted directly, but is estimated from
the annual pup production using a population dynamics model. In 2005 the total female population was
thereby estimated at 55,000, with the total population approximately double that number6. The sharp drop
in the number of pups, and therefore also of fertile females, since 2006 suggests that the population
decline is now much more rapid than the average 4% per annum over the past 50 years. The number of
pups produced, has declined by 60%, and the number of adult seals hauled out on the ice by 30% between
2005 and 2008.
27. These declines among the Caspian's bioresources, starting decades ago and increasing in recent
years, appear to be persistent. They raise the very real possibility that the resilience of the Caspian
ecosystem has frayed and that the ecosystem itself is approaching a threshold that if crossed, could result
in an undesirable and irreversible regime shift resulting in the permanent degradation of the bioresources
of the Caspian Sea.
28. The decline of the Caspian fisheries directly affects the livelihoods and food security of the local
people, as well as having significant broader socioeconomic impacts due to the extremely high value
placed on these bioresources, particularly sturgeon caviar.
1.4 Threats, root causes and barriers analysis.
29. This section analyzes stresses on ecosystem health and resilience, sources of stress, and underlying
causes or barriers to address them. For additional detail, please see Section IV, Part IV: "Analysis of
Stress on Caspian Sea Ecosystem Health, Sources of Stress and Underlying Causes".
4 Helfmann, G. 2007. Fish Conservation. Island Press. Washington, DC. 548 pp.
5 Härkönen et al. 2008. Ambio, Vol. 37 (5) 356-361.
6 Population size and density distribution of the Caspian seal (Phoca caspica) on the winter ice field in Kazakh
waters. Härkönen et al., 2005. Caspian Environment Programme. Tehran. www.caspianenvironment.org/NewSite/
DocCenter/Seal/Caspian_seaCISS_main_report_to_CEP%20_Final_June_2005.pdf
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30. The Caspian Sea's ecosystem resilience has been diminished over time due to the cumulative effects
of human development. This includes the separation of the Caspian's fish from their spawning rivers
through the dewatering of some rivers and the damming of others; intensive hatchery programs operating
with insufficient numbers of brood stock; the introduction of an invasive species of jellyfish that has
modified the appearance of the system and most likely its function, including it's trophic relationships;
the input of POPs/PTS from agricultural activities and chronic, low-level pollution from oil exploration
over time. The cumulative effects of all of this are manifested most clearly in the dramatic depletion of
the Caspian's priority fisheries of sturgeon, herring, sprat and kilka.
31. The loss of biological diversity, at the genetic, species and higher taxonomic levels, and habitats and
ecosystems levels has disrupted the Caspian Sea ecosystem and correspondingly the fisheries of the
Caspian in fundamental ways. For example, the loss of genetic diversity within a species of sturgeon or
salmon and drastically reduced abundances of those species limits the species' role within the ecosystem,
which can affect the ecosystem as a functioning whole. Lost species and reduced abundances of
individual species degrade the resilience of ecosystems.
32. Although the data on fisheries legal and illegal take in the Caspian are incomplete, it is considered
to be excessive - far above the level of sustainable harvest. This is contributing to reduced population
numbers and reduced mature breeding fish in the population, which reduces the number of spawners
naturally spawning and available as brood stock to hatchery programs. Contributing to this problem is of
course inadequate enforcement against poaching. Poachers weigh the risks of poaching versus the benefits
of an illegal catch of sturgeon and most of them decide the benefits outweigh the potential costs. Current
penalties and enforcement practices are not a sufficient deterrent. Also contributing to this problem is a
traditional, narrow approach to fisheries management that focuses on 1 taxon without considering the
interconnection between these target fish and the food web and ecosystem around them. This narrow
focus manifests itself in the TAC and quota estimates and other traditional fisheries management tools.
33. Genetic degradation of wild genotypes among fish is very likely a significant contributing factor to
the Caspian's depleted fisheries. Degraded wild stocks and artificial propagation pose a genetic threat to
conservation of naturally spawning populations of fish. Long-term hatchery effects, made worse when
basic rules of hatchery genetics are violated, can reduce fitness and lower overall heterozygosity caused
by introgressive hybridization, out breeding depression, and modified growth, survival and reproduction.
Such direct genetic effects on natural populations of fish have the overall effect of accelerating extinction7
because the genetic degradation is spread through interbreeding among hatchery and wild fish, creating an
overall population of less fit hybrids instead of robust wild populations.
34. Hatchery programs worldwide, including those in the Caspian, have operated on the basis of a kind
of circular logic. In essence, hatchery program "success" has been measured by numbers of fish stocked,
with little regard to documented survival. Any increase in stock abundance was taken as evidence that the
stocking was working. Failure of stocks to increase was taken as evidence of the need for even more
stocking. Fisheries management accepted that hatcheries were beneficial without knowing whether they
caused damage to natural ecosystems or even if they worked at all.
35. Another factor contributing to depleted fisheries and ecosystem resilience is the separation of
anadromous fish from their natal river systems in the Caspian. Reduced access to sturgeon spawning sites
began in the 1930s with the construction of irrigation weirs, followed by the construction of large dams
on the Kura River in the 1950s, the Volga River in the 1960s, and the Sefidrud River in the early 1970s.
In the past 50 years, anadromous fish migrations have been blocked to up to 90% of natural spawning
grounds on rivers like the Volga and the Kura. As summarized above, anadromous fish such as sturgeon,
7 Ibid.
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salmon or herring develop genetically distinct sub-populations in response to environmental variability.
Dams without fish passages block migration up rivers for spawners and down rivers for fingerlings. This
loss of connectivity and natural selection cannot be replaced by hatcheries and has had the effect of
drastically reducing the biological diversity of the Caspian's fish species and populations. It has led to
reduced numbers of fish overall and reduced numbers of genetically distinct populations of fish.
36. Invasive species are also factors thought to be contributing to ecosystem stress, loss of biodiversity
and depleted fisheries. Invasive species have been shown the world over to have direct and indirect
impacts on many ecosystem components, including productive fisheries and the economy. Ecosystems
often contain cascading feeding interactions that respond in unpredictable ways to introductions. Invasive
species affect individuals, populations, and assemblages of populations in the ecosystems where they
occur. One assemblage-level impact is a substantial shift in relative abundances, resulting in declines and
losses among native fishes, for example. This is widely believed to have happened in the Caspian with
respect to the native species of fish called the kilka among others. Mnemiopsis lediyi, an invasive species
of jellyfish, is thought to have affected the cascading feeding interactions that the kilka relied upon,
possibly causing the kilka populations to decline dramatically, which in turn is thought to have impacted
the Caspian seal, for whom kilka are an important food source. Clearly, to restore depleted fisheries,
ecosystems and the processes and interactions that occur within them must be protected.
37. The presence of POPs (in particular pesticides) and PTS from exploitation of oil in some parts of the
Caspian Sea is a major source of concern, especially their accumulation in the long-lived species
mollusks, seals, and sturgeons.
38. Factors contributing to the depleted Caspian seal populations include unsustainable juvenile
mortality, which means there is very low recruitment to the breeding population, resulting in the current
spiraling decline in pupping in recent years. Direct causes of juvenile decline are not fully known, but
include hunting of pups in the ice and the accidental drowning of juveniles in fishing nets. Longer-term
bio-cumulative effects of PTS/POPs in breeding females, resulting in reduced fertility in older animals,
may have accelerated the decline in pupping. Breeding failure might also be caused by a food shortage for
breeding females; both commercial over fishing and the effects of Mnemiopsis may be contributory
factors.
Barriers to reducing these stresses and sources of stress:
39. Barrier #1: Underlying many of these factors is a more fundamental conceptual element that acts as
a barrier to the adoption of ecosystem-based management practices practices that are fundamental to the
recovery of sustainable fisheries and bioresource populations in the Caspian.
40. Traditional fishery management worldwide was founded on the assumption that ecosystems tend
toward static or steady-state conditions. The overriding goal of management under this assumption has
been to achieve the steady state that resulted in optimal production. An underlying assumption of this
view has been that humans could exert a sufficient degree of control over natural systems to optimize
production from natural systems. Traditional fishery management has been reluctant to recognize the
importance of natural environmental variability and complexity as essential features of healthy
ecosystems and necessary for sustained fish production and instead viewed natural variability as an
impediment to achieving optimal production. This is manifested in the Caspian region in different ways.
For example, hatchery programs around the Caspian pay little to no attention to trying to understand and
maintain the natural genetic variability within one species of sturgeon. The "optimization" focus of
traditional fishery management has also led to an unnatural emphasis on efficiency, which although
desireable in industrial systems is often harmful in natural systems. This is manifested in the Caspian
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region through the significant budgetary resources that some Caspian states dedicate to "cleaning" river
bottoms to enable sturgeon to more easily pass.
41. One of the predominant assumptions of fisheries management worldwide, including in the Caspian,
is that ecosystem function lost as a result of development can be replaced by technological solutions to
individual problems. Artificial propogation (hatcheries) have been a major technological solution to the
damming of rivers and depleted fisheries for over a century worldwide and for fifty years in the Caspian.
42. In more recent times, fishery managers have begun to realize that the assumptions upon which
"traditional" fishery management were founded are misguided and that ecosystems supporting fisheries
and fish species are dynamic rather than static systems, whose condition and structure are driven by
biological and physical processes. These natural processes create spatially and temporally diverse habitats
with a high degree of connectivity. Habitat variation in space and time creates a template for development
of diverse life histories and locally adapted popualtions. Life history and population diversity are essential
for sustaining productivity of anadromous species. Fish conservation and restoration should be directed at
the restoration and protection of physical processes that create diverse habitats and the ecological
processes such as migration that allow individuals and populations to persist in those habitats.
43. Barrier #2: CEP's recent update of the TDA and the contributing research and studies also indicate
that the Sea is still not understood at least as far biodiversity and productivity dynamics are concerned.
This is a significant barrier because the restoration of depleted fisheries needs to be undertaken in the
broader context of sustainably managing the wider Caspian ecosystem. There is a poor level of
understanding of the Caspian ecosystem, particularly the full range of biological diversity and the
ecosystem structure and function, particularly with respect to the interactions among native species,
invasive species, pollution and habitats. More work is needed to begin building an ecosystem based
understanding of:
- Overall status of fish stocks & trophic interactions relevant to and among target species;
- The importance of migration and connectivity for anadromous species in the Caspian, bioresources,
pollution, invasive species and habitats including benthic communities;
- Factors contributing to the resilience (or lack thereof) of the Caspian Sea ecosystem and the
thresholds to ecosystem change or regime shift.
44. Barrier #3: There is a significant capacity gap with respect to ecosystem-based management and
stakeholders' experience and ability to develop and utilize decision support tools for ecosystem-based
management. There is also a capacity gap among the Caspian states themselves that hampers effective
bioresources management in the Caspian.
45. Barrier #4: CAB, the regional collaboration mechanism for bioresources management, has no legal
basis and its operations are not transparent or open for constructive scrutiny. This hampers the authority
and effectiveness of the Commission itself and the ability of CAB to build its capacity. With no legal
basis, it is difficult for member states to obtain funding from their governments for CAB. This is also
hampering the finalization of an inter-governmental agreement on common fishery policy for shared
stocks.
46. Barrier #5: Environment/Fisheries management gaps. Traditionally, environmental institutions and
fisheries institutions rarely have worked together, one seeking to conserve and the other seeking to utilize.
Although the wall or barrier between the two is coming down brick-by-brick, it is still standing in most
countries of the world and the Caspian states are no exception. To be sure, restoring the Caspian's
depleted fisheries and securing effective regional environmental governance will require this wall
between the two to come down even further.
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47. This project is designed to enable stakeholders to reduce these stresses on ecosystem resilience,
address their underlying causes and overcome the key barriers preventing progress on these issues. The
project's two-pronged approach focuses on bolstering bioresource management and regional
environmental governance inter alia through promoting the development and application of protocols
and ecosystem-based management approaches.
1.5 Stakeholder analysis
48. Please see the detailed description of stakeholders' relevant responsibilities and anticipated roles
in the project in the Stakeholder Participation Plan in Section IV.
49. This project marks the third stage of GEF financial support to the Caspian. It also marks a change
in focus and a change in the stakeholder mix of the project itself. By focusing on the problem of
depleted fisheries and conservation of biodiversity, this project places more emphasis on sustainable
development and as such the fisheries sector itself is important. Add to this the fact that regional
governance is critical to this project and the three most important stakeholder groups are: Ministries of
Foreign Affairs, Ministries of Environment/Natural Resources, and Ministries of
Agriculture/Departments of Fisheries and two regional institutions.
Regional Stakeholder Institutions:
50. Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat (TCIS). The UNEP Regional Office for Europe serves as
the TCIS until a decision can be taken concerning the seat for a permanent Secretariat. The TCIS will
be lead institution for several activities under Component II of the project and will be instrumental in
helping to establish intersectoral committees in each country for the Convention and by extension
project implementation.
51. Commission on Aquatic Bioresources (CAB). The officials of national fisheries agencies of the
Caspian Sea range states are all members of the Commission on Aquatic Bioresources (CAB). Initially
the representatives of only four Caspian states (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and
Turkmenistan) were members of the CAB. In 1996 the IR-Iran participated as observer at the annual
meetings and became an official member in 2002.
52. As the only regional body involved in bioresources management and conservation in the Caspian,
CAB will play an important role in the project. It and its member organizations in each Caspian state will
be the main partners for most of the project's work under Component 1.
53. The CAB is an inter-agency body. The chairmanship of CAB rotates ever 2-years to the next
country, which during that two-year period acts as the CAB Secretariat and is responsible for organizing
meetings responsible for all necessary coordination and communication with CAB parties. CAB has the
following objectives:
Coordination among range states on conservation and exploitation of Caspian bioresources;
Scientific collaboration and data exchange including conducting joint research (stock assessment);
Regulation of fishing based on scientific data;
Determination of Total Allowable Catch (TAC), and export quotas of shared stocks.
54. CASPCOM: This is regional network of each Caspian country's meteorological and hydro
meteorological agencies. While not directly involved in the activities of the project it is useful to engage
the CASPCOM in the reciprocal exchange of information and participation in meetings.
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National Stakeholder Institutions:
Table 3: List of major national stakeholder institutions.
Azerbaijan
Russian Federation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology
Department of Aquatic Bioresources Enrichment
Federal Agency for Fisheries
and Protection
IR-Iran Turkmenistan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department of the Environment, Marine
Ministry of Nature Protection
Environment Bureau
Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture; Iran Fisheries
State Enterprise of Caspian Sea Issues/Office of the
Organization (IFO)
President of Turkmenistan
Iran Fisheries Research Organization.
State Committee of Fish Industry
Kazakhstan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, State Committee on
Fisheries
55. Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MoFA): MoFAs play a key role in determining each littoral state's
level of participation in regional sustainable development and environmental conservation cooperation in
the Caspian Sea. At least one MOFA (Iran) serves as the GEF focal point; another chairs the national
committee to oversee implementation of the NCAP (Turkmenistan).
56. Ministries of Environment, Natural Resources, Ecology (MoE): MoE elaborate and implements
state policy and normative and legal regulation for environmental protection, including the monitoring,
use, reproduction, and protection of natural resources and the environment, including wildlife and their
habitats. Usually, they are responsible for specially protected natural areas including many in Caspian
region. Most of them serve as the National Focal Point for the Tehran Convention and the GEF Focal
Point. Most of them have experience working intersectorally with their fisheries colleagues on activities
such as environmental impact assessments and wildlife conservation/protected area management.
57. Ministry of Agriculture and/or Environment & Department of Fisheries (MoA/MoE & DoF): The
MoA/DoF represents each littoral state on the CAB. They are often better funded and better equipped
then the MoE. They are responsible for bioresources management and the elaboration and implementation
of state fishery policy, research and protection activities. Increasingly, MoA/DoF are finding that their
work is requiring them to venture into the "environmental" side of issues (i.e. ecosystem-based fisheries
management), which is something that is relatively new and unfamiliar. They usually have overlapping
statutory responsibility with MoE for aquatic and marine wildlife.
1.6 Baseline analysis
There are two trend lines of interest to this baseline analysis.
Trend line # 1: The trend in status, condition, and management of the bioresources in the Caspian Sea.
58. This trend line is disturbingly downward as described in earlier sections. In a baseline scenario
going forward, this trend would likely continue either declining or bottom out with little to no
improvement in the near to medium term.
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59. The lack of experience and knowledge and other capacity constraints with respect to ecosystem-
based management will prevent Caspian states from developing a basic understanding of key ecological
relationships such as trophic links among the seal and kilka and other species and applying this
understanding to practical resource management decision making. Capacity constraints will hamper the
region's ability to develop effective management decision support tools that will enable regional and
national institutions to better link bioresources management with bioresources conservation objectives
and improve regional collaboration and management actions across the Caspian.
60. In the baseline situation, individual countries will continue with their regular monitoring programs
of various environmental and ecological parameters in the Caspian. But this will be done in the absence of
an agreement on regional standards and protocols for elemental monitoring of Caspian Sea ecosystem
health. This means that the data from each country, because it is collected in different ways and different
times, will be difficult to compare and contrast, hampering use of the data in regional bioresources
management.
61. With respect to regional bioresources management, the CAB is the only official regional body
conducting joint research on bioresources and making decisions on utilization of shared stocks, including
sturgeons, kilka and seals. Although the CAB is officially responsible for making decisions based on
sound scientific principles of sustainable fisheries management and an ecosystem-based approach, in the
baseline situation, two governance trends will continue in the absence of this project:
Regional cooperation on the sturgeon fishery has improved in recent years. Iran joined the CAB in
2002 and, under a CAB agreement encouraged by the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES), the littoral states have agreed to conduct winter and summer stock
assessments through joint investigation, using similar research methods, vessels and equipment. The
continuing decline of sturgeon numbers and the growing concern of caviar consuming countries will
continue to provide a powerful incentive for future collaboration.
However, in the baseline situation this regional collaboration under the CAB will be significantly
hampered. There is no regional bioresources agreement that underlies the work of the CAB. As a
result, the CAB will continue to be hampered in its work because it lacks legal status in each country.
The absence of a legal basis hampers the ability of the Commission to strengthen its regional
organizational capacity and to improve its scientific and technical capacity in ecosystem based
management of bioresources, something that is sorely needed in order to support Caspian states'
efforts to restore depleted fisheries.
62. The Tehran Convention is the only legally binding commitment among all five Caspian states.
Article 14 of the TC requires the sustainable management and conservation of bioresources. In the
baseline situation, it is very likely that the CAB will continue to have difficulties capitalizing on the
tremendous opportunity for improved regional bioresources governance that is presented by the Tehran
Convention and Article 14.
63. In the baseline scenario, the CAB's work will also be hampered by different level of technical
capacity among the five Caspian states. Many technical questions regarding the sturgeon fishery have
been identified by CITES which need to be addressed. In a baseline situation, the countries will have
some difficulty solving these technical questions without assistance and capacity building.
64. Mitigation of invasive species such as Mnemiopsis and prevention of future introductions through
ballast water issues are inherently a regional problem that must be addressed jointly. Cooperation between
CEP-2 and GloBallast resulted in a series of meetings at regional level and a proposed regional roadmap
with some management options identified. What is lacking in the region is the agreement on suitable
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management measures to prevent such transfers in the future. In a baseline situation, this problem would
go unaddressed at the regional level because there was no feasibility study conducted on how to
implement these options and no follow up work on securing regional agreement. In a baseline situation,
this problem would go unaddressed at the regional level. Some national-level activities may continue
related to invasive species, such as some monitoring and some low-level research, but there would be
little to no sharing of information or forming of joint regional strategies for mitigation and prevention.
65. The decline in bioresources and biodiversity are closely linked through food chains and feeding
patterns. A disturbance in the phytoplankton-zooplankton and benthic communities caused by invasive
species for instance may impact species at higher trophic levels, such as sturgeon or seals. With the
invasion of ML as well as introductions of other species the naturally occurring food web may have
undergone or be undergoing potentially significant disruptions particular when under concurrent stresses.
66. The baseline scenario, Caspian states would continue to apply fishery management practices rooted
in assumptions that people can control natural systems and consistently achieve maximum sustainable
yields. Bioresources management would continue to emphasize technological fixes and simplification of
complex natural systems and processes instead of emphasizing the importance of restoring natural
systems and processes to the extent practicable.
67. According to the 2002 CEP TDA, between 1980 and 2000, 55-70 million fingerlings were released
into the Volga River alone, and in the late 1990's Azerbaijan and Iran together claim to have released up
to 45 million in any one year. However, this additional effort did not halt the fishery's decline. In a
baseline scenario, there will continue to the serious problems with the effectiveness of the hatcheries
around the Caspian and their ecological "friendliness." There is no regionally agreed system for certifying
hatcheries, making it impossible to confirm with any certainty the level of stocking and evaluate the
potential stocking deficit.
68. In a baseline situation, major investments will be made in new hatcheries. Turkmenistan is in the
late stages of planning a large ultra-modern sturgeon hatchery its first. Iran is continuing to improve the
existing sturgeon hatcheries. Authorities in the Astrakhan and Dagestan plan new hatcheries in addition to
the 10 already in existence in the Russian Caspian zone.
69. These hatcheries, especially for sturgeon, will face serious limitations on the availability of brood
stock. To date, sturgeon hatcheries in the Caspian have lacked a "best practice" standard for how to
ensure that hatchery operations do minimal damage to natural wild genetically distinct populations of
fish. Instead, many hatcheries have used fish caught at sea as brood stock without regard to their pheno or
genotype, which only further weakens the viability of wild populations.
70. In addition, too little attention will be paid by managers as to how to increase the reproductive
success of target fish and other wildlife species through ecologically-based approaches that seek to
enhance natural connectivity, enhance the ability of migratory anadromous fish to access spawning
grounds above dams and allow their fry to safely pass through the dams en route back to the Sea. Some
fisheries reports for Caspian sturgeon and other species have called for huge increase in the number of
fingerlings released from hatcheries around the Sea.
71. A total of 31 hatcheries are in operation around the Caspian: 33 hatcheries if one counts the 2 in
advanced stages of planning (1 in KZ and 1 in TK). See Table 4 for summary of hatcheries in the Caspian
coastal zone. There are at least 12 sturgeon hatcheries: 14 when the two new modern, high-capacity
sturgeon hatcheries come on line in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. There are at least 4 salmon and 4 carp
hatcheries. In Russia there are Oblast-level plans budgeted to build new hatcheries as well, for sturgeon
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and Inconnu (a salmonidae), among other species. It is feasible that in the next 3-5 years, there could be a
25% increase in the number of hatcheries around the Caspian.
Table 4: Summary of hatcheries in Caspian coastal zone by country
Country #
of Breakdown by fish group/species
Hatcheries
Azerbaijan
11
4 Sturgeon; 3-Salmon; 4-Carp
IR-Iran
9
4 Sturgeon; 5-Kutum, Oriental bream, Caspian salmon, Perch.
Kazakhstan
1
Sturgeon; 1 other sturgeon hatchery under construction.
Russian
10
Sturgeon, carp, Inconnu,
Federation
Turkmenistan
0
1 large sturgeon hatchery under construction.
Total
31
+ 2 in process
72. In the baseline situation, a significant portion of the overall Caspian fishery management budget
will continue to be invested in artificial propogation of sturgeon, as well as other species, with little to no
evidence that this support is having a beneficial effect on the sustainability of productive fish populations.
73. This approach is trapped in circular logic that defines the problem as "not enough fingerlings" and
therefore the solution is "produce more fingerlings." This approach also fails to recognize that nowhere in
the world has a commercial fishery, once collapsed, been revitalized and sustained by hatchery production
alone. Any future effort to restore the Caspian fisheries to even a modest degree will need to place vastly
more emphasis on re-connecting anadromous fish to the all-important rivers and their natural spawning
grounds.
74. In Russia there are signs of increased attention being paid to ecological aspects of bioresource
management. The Federal Task Program "South of Russia" proposes the maintenance of fish way
channels in a fishery regime of optimal admission of producers of valuable fishes to spawning grounds
and provision of conditions for downstream migration of young fish in the Northern Caspian. Similar
activities are envisaged in the corresponding sections of the Programme of socio-economic development
of Astrakhan oblast.
75. In addition, other States have been taking bold steps to lessen the pressure on the Caspian fishery
from too many fishermen. In IR-Iran, the two main programs are capture fisheries and aquaculture. IFO is
engaged in a process to decrease the overall catch by Iranian fishermen by decreasing the unit effort of
fishing in the Iranian Caspian. To do this, the IFO has dedicated large sums of money to buy out private
fishermen's fishing licenses, their boats and their instruments, decreasing the number of boats from 360 in
1998 to 200 in 2008 with plans to buy-out more fishermen in future years. So there is possibility for
fishermen to start another business with the money get from government.
76. With respect to invasive species, in the baseline situation, nearly every Caspian state will continue
low levels of monitoring of Mnemiopsis lediyi. Kazakhstan has initiated scientific monitoring for the
purpose of controlling Mnemiopsis. IR-Iran transferred Beroe ovata from the Black Sea into its research
center in the Caspian region as part of its past work with CEP and it plans to conduct additional research
on how best to propagate Beroe in captivity pending agreement on introduction among all five Caspian
states. In the meantime, Iran will continue also with annual monitoring of Mnemiopsis, as will the Russian
Federation and Azerbaijan. In the absence of this GEF project, however, these activities will continue to
be fragmented and uncoordinated and it is unlikely that they will lead to any regional consensus on the
way forward to prevent and mitigate invasive species in the Caspian.
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77. On the river Volga there are two fish passage facilities. The Volgograd and Saratov hydroelectric
dams have fish passage facilities the form of fish-pass canals and a mechanical fish elevator respectively.
Both are quite old and have not been updated or modified in many years and their efficiency has not been
measured in recent years. Ten years ago fish-pass facilities in the Volgograd and Saratov hydroelectric
dams were temporarily closed down because of sharp decrease of fish quantity in lower part of the river.
On the Kargalinsky hydroelectric scheme there is a fish ladder proposed for construction for passing of
fish (including sturgeons) past the dam. The hydroelectric dam on the Kura River in Azerbaijan does not
have fish passage facilities and so all fish passage is effectively blocked.
78. The CEP TDA reports ongoing reductions in sturgeon spawning grounds in the Ural and Volga with
approximately 1,700 hectares still remaining in the Volga -- a 90% decrease. In the Ural, which is a free-
flowing river, there are estimated 1,110 hectares of spawning grounds remaining. Approximately 343
hectares of spawning grounds are claimed for the Kura-Aras, Terek, and Salak. The status and usage of
these grounds is not recorded and there is no assessment of the status of the individual river fisheries. An
interesting question to ask would be, "Are the fisheries in those rivers where substantial spawning
grounds still exist fairing better or worse than those supported by hatcheries alone?" Also where there are
no hatcheries, for example on the Terek and Salak rivers, it is not clear whether the remaining spawning
grounds are being fully utilized. This information would provide a better insight into the sustainable
sturgeon catch level on the Caspian.
79.
It is understood that a bi-lateral project between the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan has been
commissioned with the objective of managing and protecting the spawning grounds in the Ural River. In
conjunction, work has begun by Kazakh scientists on the development of sturgeon population dynamics
on the Ural River, but how will this study contribute to improved management decision-making? A
World Bank supported project in Azerbaijan conducted a study of natural spawning grounds on the Kura
River in 2002. Similar studies of the natural spawning grounds have been conducted for the upper Kura
and Aras rivers by CEP under the WB lead PIPP study.
80. In the baseline scenario, local communities and stakeholders around the Caspian will continue to
suffer from the economic consequences of depleted fisheries. Fishermen and women are adapting to the
times, shifting their target species or leaving fishing altogether. There are some signs that government
programs are seeking to help local communities develop new opportunities for livelihoods linked to the
Caspian Sea.
81. The concept of the Federal Task Programme (FTP) "South of Russia (2008-2012)" is to support
tourism, recreational, and agricultural projects that will provide high added value and increased rates of
economic growth and employment. The FTP calls for the introduction of intensive sturgeon aquaculture
in Ikrianoye village of Astrakhan oblast. But overall, there will remain many barriers to local people
adopting new livelihoods and participating in regional sustainable development initiatives, including poor
communication infrastructure in rural areas and inadequate experience and knowledge of new options
such as small-scale aquaculture.
Trend line # 2: The trend for regional environmental governance and collaboration in
the Caspian.
This trend line is on solid footing and angling upwards.
82. In recognition of the seriousness of the growing environmental problems in the Caspian Sea region
and their impact on social and economic development, the Caspian States approached the international
community for assistance in the 1990s. In response, the Caspian Environment Program (CEP) was
established as a comprehensive long-term collaborative program for conservation and management of the
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Caspian environment, which it has catalyzed for nearly 10 years. The major partners of the CEP included
all Caspian States as well as the GEF, UNDP, UNEP, the EU, and the World Bank.
83. After eight years of complex and politically sensitive negotiations, the Caspian Governments, in
November 2003, signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the
Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention). Having entered into force on 12 August 2006, the Tehran Convention
(TC) became the first legally binding agreement ratified by all five Caspian littoral states. The TC serves
as an umbrella legal instrument laying down the general requirements and the institutional mechanisms
for environmental protection and sustainable management of the Caspian Sea .
84. The Convention goes beyond protection of the Caspian environment from pollution. It supports the
protection, restoration and sustainable and rational use of the biological resources of the Caspian Sea. The
TC includes provisions for the control of pollution from land-based sources, seabed activities and vessels.
The TC covers the prevention and mitigation of invasive species (Art.12), the protection, preservation,
restoration and rational use of marine living resources (Art. 14), environmental emergencies (Art. 13),
coastal zone management (Art. 15), and sea level fluctuation (Art. 16). The Convention requires the
Contracting Parties to apply EIA procedures for activities likely to have adverse environmental effects.
The Convention also includes obligations for environmental monitoring, research, and exchange and
access to information.
85. Further to the general obligations of the TC, the Parties are required individually or jointly to take all
appropriate measures to achieve these objectives and to cooperate with international organizations to that
end. Some main principles of international environmental law, such as the precautionary principle, the
polluter pays principle and the right to access to information are referred to in the TC as guidelines for
proper implementation.
86. The TC contains a set of commitments from the Caspian states to protect and safeguard the marine
environment of the Caspian Sea. Complemented by ancillary protocols, the TC will create a web of rules,
regulations, standards, recommended practices and procedures with respect to the sustainable and rational
use of the Caspian Sea, its protection, preservation and restoration. Being a framework legal instrument,
the TC envisages that concrete obligations of the Parties will have to be formulated and implemented
through ancillary binding instruments, mainly in the form of protocols (Art. 6). The Protocols will
provide substantive guidance and an institutional setting for turning the related provisions in the
Convention into operational reality. These instruments will form a cornerstone for regional environmental
policy and lay down the basis for national actions for protecting and securing the health of the marine
environment of the Caspian Sea.
87. Three of four draft protocols under consideration relate to environment protection activities in
particular globally recognized priority areas: pollution from land-based sources, conservation of
biodiversity and regional cooperation in cases of oil spill. One protocol concerns environment impact
assessment in a transboundary context.
88. The negotiation process for each of the protocols is determined by a number of common factors and
circumstances. First, pending a decision on the legal status of the Caspian Sea negotiators have difficulty
in defining the scope of application of all protocols, special protected areas for the Biodiversity protocol,
zones of response for the purposes of the protocol concerning regional preparedness, response and
cooperation in combating oil pollution incidents. Second, international practice shows that complex
protocols, which have technical obligations and involve several governmental departments, are difficult to
negotiate and ratify. Third, Caspian States seek to promote such provisions of the protocols, which are
fully compatible with their existing national legislation. One should also be aware of the fact that the
Caspian States have different level of accession to major multilateral environment agreements.
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89. In the baseline scenario, the Parties to the Convention would struggle to secure sustainability for the
Interim Secretariat and all that this entails. The countries have committed to providing financial support to
the Secretariat beginning in 2009, but this will require more work in organizing the institutional setting of
the permanent Secretariat and perhaps most importantly, it will require further negotiation in order to
reach agreement among all five countries as to the location of the permanent Secretariat. In the absence of
this project, such outcomes would be very difficult to bring about.
90. In the baseline scenario, countries would face some difficulty in implementing the four and perhaps
five protocols in a coordinated and effective manner. The negotiation of the Protocols has been rapidly
advancing, however the negotiation process has reached the stage where more support and alliance of all
major stakeholders is needed to finalize the protocols and make them ready for signature. The Secretariat
to the TC will play a key role in enabling this and without some catalytic support from GEF, the countries
would be hampered in developing intersectoral protocol implementation plans at their respective national
levels.
91. In addition, because the TC is a framework convention, it requires a solid action plan for
implementation of its important provisions and effective monitoring of that implementation. In the
baseline scenario, there would be no resources available to draft such an action plan.
92. At a summit meeting in October 2007, the Presidents of the five Caspian states issued a Declaration in
which they inter alia recognized the importance of the TC and emphasized the need for the expedited
development and approval of the associated Protocols to the Convention. They also stressed the
importance of establishing a regional order to protect and maintain biological diversity and to wisely
manage and utilize bioresources.
93. Article 14 of the TC provides for the Contracting Parties to co-operate in the development of
protocols "in order to undertake the necessary measures for protection, preservation and restoration of
marine biological resources" for the Caspian. This provision is a legal foundation for regional cooperation
on fisheries conservation measures, and it is at the same time a broader remit.
94. Article 14.1 lists six areas (a-f) where Parties are to "take all appropriate measures on the basis of the
best scientific evidence available". Article 14, while clearly covering conservation and management of
fisheries, also has a much broader scope. Article 14 recognizes that commercially fished species are just
one part of the overall marine ecosystem, albeit a very important part. By including all marine
bioresources in its scope and by recognizing the link between humans and nature, it argues for a more
comprehensive and integrated approach to the conservation and management of the marine bioresources
of the Caspian.
PART II: Strategy
2.1 Institutional, law and policy context
95. For detailed description of roles and responsibilities relevant to the project, please see Part III
Stakeholder Involvement Plan.
96. The institutional, sectoral and policy context at the regional level is evolving. As described in the
baseline section above, the regional institutional and policy context is quite strong, with the recent
ratification of the Tehran Convention by all five states, the creation of an Interim Secretariat and the
drafting of four more detailed protocols to the Convention and the potential of a fifth and other protocol
under consideration.
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97. Negotiations are close to being finalized on four protocols to the Convention:
on Regional Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in Combating Oil Pollution Incidents
on Conservation of Biodiversity
on Land-Based Sources of Pollution
on Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment.
Regional level policy gaps include the need to adopt and implement these four protocols. This will require
developing protocol implementation strategies at the national level that will then be incorporated into the
regional program of work for the Convention. Another important gap relates to the weak legal status for
the existing regional cooperation on bioresources management and conservation. A scoping paper has
been developed on this issue at the request of the COP-1.
98. One of the most important regional level institutional gaps relates to the need to build the capacity of
the TC Interim Secretariat and find a permanent seat for the Secretariat in the Caspian region. Currently
the TCIS is in Geneva, with no offices yet in the region. The need is great to establish some out posted
units of the Secretariat in the Caspian region to begin implementation of the Convention while the states
finalize agreement on the future location of the permanent secretariat. Secondly, an important gap at the
regional institutional level is lack of a legal basis for the CAB. It is critical to bolster the work of the CAB
in part by lifting the CAB to a higher level of commitment among the five states and introducing it to a
broader ecosystem approach.
99. The institutional and sectoral context at the national level is well established and dominated by
Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Ministries or Departments of Environment, Ministries of Agriculture and
Fisheries, and various research and monitoring institutions attached to Environment and Fisheries. The
main institutional and policy gap at the national is the lack of role clarity in the existing coordination
mechanism, in particular with regards to bio-resources management issues in some countries, to enable
these different Ministries to work effectively together and bring the environmental issues to the fore. The
project, as well as the Convention, are not just "environmental" initiatives: they are sustainable
development initiatives. Therefore, fisheries, foreign affairs and socio-economic development are critical
partners that must help drive these initiatives forward. In Turkmenistan, the President's Office has
established an "Inter-agency Commission on Caspian Issues at the President of Turkmenistan" chaired by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Legal Framework:
100. In Azerbaijan, legislation on the rational use of marine bioresources was adopted predominantly in
late 90s and has been recently slightly changed. In 2005 following the meeting of the CITES Standing
Committee held in 2001, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the "Rules for regulating the use and trade in
sturgeon marine resources". The changes increased the charge for taking of sturgeon and other valuable
Caspian fish, the amount of administrative fines for illegal fishing, and also established fishing rules,
including methods and tools of fishing, catch limits, inspection and control procedures.
101. Relevant provisions on fisheries were included in the National Environment & Sustainable
Development Program for the Azerbaijan Republic (2003). A provision to restore natural spawning
grounds is included in this program, as is a provision for a national assessment of sturgeon resources and
the development of international cooperation in the rational use of fish resources. There is no special
program for rehabilitating natural spawning grounds for Caspian fish or for enabling access to
inaccessible spawning grounds.
102. The law "On Environmental Protection (2001) provides the framework for biodiversity conservation
and addresses wildlife and habitat protection and conservation challenges in a traditional way. It provides
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for keeping the Red Data Book of rare and endangered species, for fish propagation and setting up
protected areas. The National Reforestation Program for Azerbaijan Republic (2003) calls for the
formulation of the national action Plan to combat desertification and for the rehabilitation of the coastal
zone including the elimination of unauthorized landfills.
103. The Ecological Doctrine of the Russian Federation (2002) determines the conservation of the
integrity of natural systems, and their life-support functions as a strategic goal of the state environmental
policy in order to maximize sustainable development, quality of life, and the country's ecological safety.
104. The baseline foundation for the environmental legislation in the Russian Federation is the Federal
Law "On Environmental Protection" (2002). This law calls for the establishment of a state environmental
monitoring and survey system for the staffing, equipping and functioning of this system.
105. The law "On Fishing and Protection of Aquatic Biological Resources" (2004) requires setting Total
Allowable Catch (TAC) for fishery stocks and defines it as "scientifically justified annual catch of aquatic
biological resources of particular species in a fishing area." Also highlights the importance of biodiversity
to fisheries management and for the first time, creates the statutory basis for the establishment of fish
refuges across Russia.
106. The Marine Doctrine of the Russian Federation up to 2020, adopted by the President of the RF
(2001), provides the basis for the adoption and provision of strict compliance with measures agreed with
other littoral countries and aimed at conservation of valuable fishes and other bioresources in the Caspian
Sea as an important part of a sustainable commercial fishery.
107. In IR-Iran Act on Conservation and Utilization of Bioresources of the IR-Iran (1995); Act on
Establishment of the Fisheries Organization of Iran (2006) are the two major pieces of legislation dealing
with bioresources management. These are complemented by a plethora of Decisions of the Cabinet of
Ministers and that of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture that define the strategic objectives and directions
of the Bioresources management in the country.
108. In Kazakhstan, laws aimed at fisheries management and biodiversity conservation in an integrated
way have not yet been adopted. The Law "On Protection, Reproduction and Use of Wildlife" (2004)
provides for the protection of rare and threatened species and their habitats and is also specifically aimed
at implementation of international obligations. In particular, it restricts international trade in species listed
in CITES Annexes 1 and 2, and requires a Red Data Book.
109. The Law "On specially Protected Areas" (2006) extends protection to valuable habitats. The law has
a special chapter that establishes the regime of the protected area in the Northern part of the Caspian Sea,
where for the sake of sturgeon protection, strict environmental conditions are imposed upon hydrocarbon
development. The following Kazakhstan state-approved and budgeted programs for 2008-2010 are
relevant :
110. "On Environment Protection" focuses on relevant activities such as: the estimation of oil and gas
impacts on population and migration of fish and benthic fauna in the north Caspian Sea; and ecological
zoning of the Caspian region.
111. "On Conservation and rational use of water resources, animal life and development of natural
protected areas" focuses on the stocktaking and cadastre of fishery resources, with different priority needs
addressed each year. Recent activities have focused upon: the determination of fish productivity of water
bodies and development of biological elements of optimal and allowable catches, and; transboundary
investigations of fish stocks of the Caspian Sea.
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112. "On Science and Research" is designed to investigate ecological and epidemiological issues in the
Caspian Sea. Caspian seal populations have declined in part due to disease and this is of great concern in
Kazakhstan. The research program includes the following priorities:
- Analysis of environment status, aquatic and land bioresources;
- Field inspection of oil-gas and other ecological threats and sources of contaminants;
- Detection and identification of diseases affecting wildlife and bioresources;
- Development of strategic activities on conservation of bioresources.
113. "On Conservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Resources, Animal life and Natural Protected Area
Networks" includes the following priorities for the Ural Caspian basin:
- "Cleaning" or dredging of Ural and Kigash River deltas in order to facilitate sturgeon passage.
- Biotechnical work on breeding, fishing and mowing natural growth
- Increase survival rates of young fish in order to rehabilitate their quantity in Ural and Kigash Rivers
- Re-establish the state monopoly over the sturgeon and caviar market (export & domestic market).
- Aerial patrolling over the Caspian and tributary rivers as a more efficient way of poaching enforcement.
114. Turkmenistan's biodiversity legislation provides for most of biodiversity conservation requirements
related to this project. In 1999 Turkmenistan published regulations on taking of rare and threatened
species. The Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (1997) called for the
creation of additional protected areas, measures for conservation of spawning grounds, and monitoring of
biological resources.
115. The Plan also provides for improvement of the biodiversity protection legislation, and specifically, it
is planned to adopt Regulations on restriction of certain activities during the Species Migration Periods
and the law "On access and sharing of profit in respect to biological and genetic resources." The
legislation lacks reference to sensitive areas as a type of area to be individually protected, and there are
neither procedures nor other material rules concerning designation and regime of such areas. However,
nature reserves are designated as such, should they meet various criteria related to sensitivity and
importance.
116. In Turkmenistan laws adopted in the early 1990s regulate fishing. The legislative provisions are
developed in regulatory acts of the government. The Regulation on Protection of Fish Stocks and Fishing
in the Territorial and Internal Waters (1998) requires the establishment of annual catch quotas and a
permitting mechanism for fishing.
117. The State Committee of Fish Industry of Turkmenistan's activities and work are based upon the
National Program entitled "Social, political and economic development of Turkmenistan till 2020," which
includes all spheres of the economy. The State Committee is responsible for the use and management of
fish resources in Turkmenistan's Caspian coastal region. The Committee is making plans to establish a
modern, scientific and research department.
2.2 Project Rationale and Policy Conformity
118. Building upon the strengths and the weaknesses of the baseline situation, GEF involvement is critical
to 1) help the countries begin to reverse the ongoing decline in transboundary fisheries and bioresources
of the Caspian Sea and 2) helping the countries consolidate their achievement with respect to the Tehran
Convention and related protocols and secure a sustainable, effective regional environmental governance
mechanism.
119. Cooperation on bioresources management in the region is fraught with political sensitivities. It is
critical that sustained attention be given through the Tehran Convention process to help the states
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integrate bioresource restoration measures into an integrated ecosystem management approach for the
Caspian. A GEF-supported co-funded project is key to achieving this goal. Without external support from
GEF, it is unlikely that the littoral states will be able to reach agreement on practical measures for
sustainable, ecosystem-based bioresources management.
120. Also, while the states have made significant progress with the entry into force of the Convention,
continued support from GEF and the international community is needed to assist in the full
operationalization and sustainability of a functional Secretariat for the Convention. Without this active
support it is likely that the momentum would be lost, and cooperative work on the broad SAP-inspired
program would falter.
121. Shared legal obligations of countries that are set forth in the Convention can only be met through
regional cooperation not only among environmental officials of the five Caspian states, but also among
fisheries, local and regional development organizations, and foreign affairs officials both nationally and
regionally. Continued GEF support will ensure that the GEF-catalyzed achievements of the past eight
years will serve as the foundation for concerted national and regional actions to protect the unique
biodiversity of the Caspian and ensure that coastal communities will still be able to rely on Caspian
bioresources to support their livelihoods.
122. More broadly, the project will strengthen the region's institutional capacity for cooperative
implementation of the SCAP and NSCAPs through support to the Interim Secretariat, effective donor
coordination and stakeholder engagement, and practicable M&E using GEF IW Indicators framework
(Process, Stress Reduction & Environmental Status).
123. The project will monitor implementation of the SCAP and the NSCAPs and will assist the
countries to revisit and update the SCAP and the NSCAPs in the last year of the project upon being
satisfied of implementation progress. In this way the project will provide limited assistance to the states
for the key initial regional actions under the TC, which came into force in August 2006. The latter
assistance would be for a period of 12-18 months only, and will be phased out during implementation of
the project as the Secretariat builds its capacity and becomes financially and operationally self-
sustainable.
124. The role and importance of the Caspian Sea region in the global energy and climate change debate
is steadily increasing. Continuing environmental cooperation between the littoral states will not only
help to manage the increasing anthropogenic pressure, including degradation of water quality and
overexploitation of Caspian bioresources, but may also contribute to stability and security in the region
and provide an impetus to tackle other regional challenges and problems.
Project consistency with the GEF Strategies and Programs and Portfolio.
Operational Strategy, Focal Area(s), Operational Program, and Strategic Priority.
125. The project fits well with both strategic long-term objectives of the GEF International Waters (IW)
focal area, i) to foster multi-state cooperation on priority transboundary water concerns, and ii) to
catalyze transboundary action to address these concerns. Furthermore, the proposed project conforms to
GEF-4 IW Strategic Programme 1 (SP1): Restoring and Sustaining Coastal and Marine Fish Stocks and
Associated Biological Diversity (Caspian Sea and associated river basins). In line with SP1, the
proposed project will concentrate on strategically targeted interventions to address the long-term
decline in the Caspian's commercial bioresources.
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126. The restoration of fish stocks and ecosystem resilience represent an immediate response to the global
environmental values defined under the CEP Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)/SAP
Environmental Quality Objectives (EQO).
Project's Fit within the GEF portfolio.
127. This project fits and complements the GEF portfolio of International Waters projects. First, the
project builds upon an impressive country-driven regional environmental framework convention, which
the GEF played a key role in bringing to fruition. This will enable the project to generate many useful
lessons and to serve as a mature model in this respect to many other fledgling transboundary initiatives in
GEF's worldwide portfolio. Secondly, the project is designed to learn from other IW initiatives such as
the Benguela Current, the Rio de la Plata, and the Black Sea, benefiting this project and contributing to
the strengthening of the overall IW:LEARN portfolio. The project design benefited from IW:LEARN's
IWEN and the project will contribute IWEN to IW:LEARN for others to benefit from in the future. GEF
funds multiple projects in the Caspian region and this project is designed to complement, benefit from and
coordinate with these other GEF projects in the region. It is designed to complement, build upon and
benefit from the work of three GEF projects dealing with protected areas around the Caspian: 1)
Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Khazar Nature Reserve on
the Caspian Sea Coast; 2) Conservation of globally significant wetland biodiversity in Kazakhstan; and 3)
Conservation of Wetland Biodiversity in the Lower Volga Region, Russia. The project's work to build a
circum-Caspian network of protected areas, priority habitats and essential fish habitats in each country's
coastal zone is intentionally designed to include protected areas being strengthened by the above three
GEF projects in the virtual "SPACE" network. The project will also coordinate closely with other GEF
projects in the region .
2.3 Project Goal, Objective, Outcomes and Outputs/activities
Rationale
Development Goal: The sustainable use and conservation of the Caspian Sea's bioresources.
Objective:
The five littoral States of the Caspian Sea strengthen regional governance and apply new
thinking to the sustainable management and conservation of the Caspian Sea's biological
resources.
COMPONENT I. ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC BIORESOURCES IN THE
CASPIAN SEA.
OUTCOME 1. ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT (EBM) HAS BEGUN TO BE ADOPTED AND
PRACTICED BY THE CASPIAN STATES.
Output 1. New analytical models and decision support tools for EBM.
Activity 1. Case Study: Link biodiversity conservation and fishery production objectives to advance EBM
in the Caspian Sea.
This case study is designed to promote learning by doing. It will be supported by a well-known "center of
excellence" in ecosystem-based management of bioresources. It will be conducted in a way to encourage
intersectoral collaboration between fisheries and environment. Up to 2 experts from each Caspian
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country's fisheries and environment agencies will be trained through their participation in this case study,
including by default experts from organizations that comprise the Commission on Aquatic Bioresources
(CAB). This activity will be implemented through the following three steps:
Step 1: Conduct a Caspian Ecoregional Assessment to generate data for ecological modelling tools.
A) Caspian biodiversity review. Conduct a desk-based comprehensive Caspian-wide review of
biodiversity assessments and literature to evaluate the present state of knowledge of the full spectrum of
Caspian biodiversity (species, habitats, ecosystems) by known population sizes, status/condition, and
location. This work will draw extensively upon previous CEP reviews and assessments of national and
regional databases as well as biodiversity and contaminant data made available by petroleum company
surveys.
B) Caspian fisheries review. Conduct a desk-based comprehensive Caspian-wide review of assessments
and literature on target commercial fish species and their associated Catch Per Unit Effort and Essential
Fish Habitat (EFH)8.
C) Compile the best geographically linked quality-assured (QA) data available from steps A, B above.
Compile geographically linked data on anthropogenic impacts (areas of lesser and greater fishing effort,
areas with higher/lower levels of pollution) and existing designated land-uses (e.g. protected areas; oil
platforms).
Information gathered in A/B above should be location specific if possible and recorded in 500/1,000 ha
planning/mapping units. This activity will build on CEP mapping, including IMAPS and Coastal
Sensitive Sites Inventory.
Step 2: Apply modeling tools utilizing data
TA and training will enable Caspian scientists to create an ecological pathway model utilizing
"Ecopath" software, a fisheries-based ecosystem-modeling tool, in order to help stakeholders begin to
understand better the complex biological inter-relationships of the Caspian ecosystem.
The "Ecopath" model will be used to investigate energy flow through the Caspian food web focusing
on: a) limited number of commercially significant species; b) functional groups of top predators; c)
producers (phytoplankton) and a broad aggregate of non-commercial fishes.
This work will build upon the biodiversity data gathered by CEP and CEP partners (e.g. the fisheries
research institutes in the Caspian region and the Caspian International Seal Survey or CISS) and will
involve synthesizing information available in the published and unpublished literature. Targeted field
studies co-funded by partners may also be required to supplement this data.
Step 3: Generate priority site selection scenarios and input these scenarios into a fisheries-based
ecosystem modeling approach.
Based upon Steps 1 and 2 above, provide TA and training to Caspian stakeholders to enable them to:
- Identify priority conservation areas using software tools that allow the combination of information
on species, habitats, ecosystems and threats to the Caspian environment with marine fish targets
and fishing effort. This allows for biodiversity and fishery objectives to be jointly accounted for
within a single decision support system.
8 All waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity.
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- Input these site-selection scenarios into a fisheries-based ecosystem model (Ecospace) to inform
decision making across biodiversity conservation and fishery production objectives.
Output 2. Unified Environmental Monitoring Program operational and data utilized.
Activity 1. Develop unified, integrated, and affordable Caspian ecosystem monitoring program (EMP)
among all five Caspian countries.
This activity will be conducted by a working group comprised of one technically qualified expert from
one lead agency representing each of the 5 Caspian countries. Ideally, these will be the same lead
agencies that have been working with the TACIS Caspian MAP project. Iran was not included into the
TACIS project and so a lead agency will be designated by Iran to contribute to this activity.
Work under this activity will build upon TACIS Caspian MAP project, as well as the Regional
Environmental Monitoring Program initiated under CEP I and II and upgrade of this nascent monitoring
program to agreed international standards for all five countries. Prerequisite "baseline" information is
needed to cover Iranian waters not included in the TACIS project. The workgroup will appoint a lead
expert from the region. An international monitoring expert will also be recruited to work with the team
in finalizing the design of the EMP, which will include specific practical information such as agreed
parameters (including socio economic), methods for the inter-calibration of the parameters for
monitoring of ecosystem health following int'l QA/QC guidelines, and methods and types of equipment
to be used. A regional symposium will be held to endorse and launch the EMP involving all Caspian
countries. Following the symposium a joint field mission among Caspian scientists will be conducted to
refine monitoring approaches and solidify institutional links.
This activity will be inter-linked with the Caspian Information Center work done under Component 2,
Output 7 to establish an internationally accessible database on environmental health parameters in the
Caspian Sea.
Activity 2. Conduct Ecological Risk Assessment Training.
Working together with the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories in Monaco, the project team will
develop and implement a training program for the assessment of risks to fish larvae, fingerlings and
their foods of the levels of contaminants in waters and sediments that have been measured in Essential
Fish Habitat (EFH) such as feeding & nursery areas or spawning grounds.
This activity will develop an online demonstration on how changing one parameter could benefit
bioresources. This activity will establish current environmental quality benchmarks in EFH against
which to: a) identify optimal pilot sites and b) measure any remedial improvements. This activity will
depend upon good QA measurements by regional laboratories, supported by inter-regional comparison
exercises.
IAEA funding will support two training courses for 15-20 people from the Caspian region. The first
course will be held at the IAEA Laboratory in Monaco and the second follow up training will be held in
the Caspian region. The first course will among many things, introduce the principles of ecological risk
assessment (ERA) and how to do an ERA, and will enable participants to design and carry out a case
study based upon the Caspian. Additional details of IAEA co-funding can be found in Section IV Part V
of the project document. The second follow up course will focus on follow up of national-level ERA
activities conducted since the first course.
Output 3. Capacity building for bioresource governance and management.
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Activity 1. Strengthening regional bioresources management effectiveness and institutional capacity.
a) Bridging the bioresource conservation and management skills gap among Caspian countries.
Utilize regional centers of excellence and international expertise to help bridge the skills gap among the
five Caspian states in key bioresource management skills.
Conduct a thorough training needs assessment at project inception. Incorporate the ongoing work on
capacity building in this area, e.g via the ongoing Darwin Initiative Caspian seal project. Based upon
this needs assessment, develop targeted training programs for ecosystem based bioresources
management capacity building among key fishery management and research agencies and
environmental protection. This could include training in topics like: Field survey techniques; how to
process, report and publish data to international peer-reviewed standards; How to apply ecosystem-
based management of bioresources; Ecosystem-based fisheries management; Field survey techniques;
Use of modern software tools for ecological modeling and data management.
A priority of this gap-filling initiative will be to work with universities and fisheries research institutes
and agencies, both in the Caspian region and abroad, to offer training scholarships for young scientists
to study skills necessary for biodiversity monitoring and bio-resources management. Such scholarships
could combine periods of study at participating institutes outside the region, distance learning, and on-
site intensive study to enable a core group of trainees to qualify for undergraduate and/or graduate
degrees or academic credits from centers of academic excellence within the region, in partnership with
universities and research institutes from outside the region. The project would also work to complement
such training opportunities by bringing in guest specialists from non-Caspian countries and
development of a basic ecosystem-based bioresources management training curricula.
b) Contribute to the activities of the CAB and its members in integrating the ecosystem approach as
provided for under this project.
This will include key EBM-oriented elements such as:
How to apply modern bio-economic models to the economics of fishing in the Caspian Sea in order
to maximize efficiency and sustainability.
Developing practical guidelines for ecosystem-based aquatic bioresources management, and
developing specific time-based targets.
Investigation of EBM-related questions such as:
- What are the key trophic linkages and how do they impact on fishery productivity?
- How has the decline of the kilka fishery impacted top predators such as the Caspian seal and how
should their consumption be taken into account when calculating TAC?
- What is the survival rate of sturgeon fingerlings from hatcheries and natural spawning grounds
and how can they be improved?
Create communication pathways between scientific institutions carrying out research and
monitoring of Caspian biodiversity and bioresources.
The use of international best practices in regional monitoring of bioresources.
OUTCOME 2. INVASIVE SPECIES INTRODUCTION MITIGATED.
Output 4. Recommendations for regional management of ballast water to control invasive species traffic
among the Caspian and the Black and Baltic seas.
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Activity 1. Establish a Caspian-wide Task Force comprising of two representatives from Ministries of
Transport, Environment, and Fisheries in each country.
Activities of the Task Force will include: a) revisit CEP-II IMO report on ballast water to discuss main
findings and consider main recommendations; b) establish database on shipping traffic and volume of
ballast water exchanged between Caspian and Baltic/Black Seas; c) facilitate review of national
legislation and provide examples of best practices for requesting countries; d) develop a set of
recommendations for regional management of ballast water in concert with other regional initiatives for
the Black and Baltic Seas. Guidelines developed under the IMO Convention on Ballast Water will serve
as a useful resource for this work.
Output 5. Regional collaborative process focusing on Mnemiopsis control.
Activity 1. Assist the Tehran Convention to refine recommendations for Invasive Species Management in
the Caspian Sea in line with the TC protocol on biodiversity.
Work under this output will follow-up on Mnemiopsis related work done under CEP/GEF I & II.
Follow-up is needed to catalyze more regional cooperation on the basis of the Biodiversity Protocol to
the Tehran Convention. Work under this output will seek to catalyze discussions and action at the
national and Caspian regional level.
To do this, a working group of eminent scientists from appropriate institutions in Caspian countries will
be formed and over a nine-month period, this group will re-visit and build upon CEP/GEF-II
recommendations for invasive species management and the possibility of biological control of
Mnemiopsis. The working group will compile monitoring data from national monitoring surveys of
Mnemiopsis. Based upon an analysis of this data, recommendations will be formulated and specific
action points developed for inclusion into the TC program of work, approval by the COP, and
incorporation into each country's respective NSCAP.
OUTCOME 3. CASPIAN STAKEHOLDERS IMPLEMENT POLICIES & MEASURES TO INCREASE
REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF CASPIAN'S DIADROMOUS FISH SPECIES.
Output 6. Pilots to improve existing hatcheries efficiency including location consideration, culture
techniques.
Activity 1. Provide technical recommendations for Caspian salmon hatchery on Iran's Caspian coast.
Under this activity, GEF funding will support the assessment of a long-standing hatchery program for
Caspian salmon and the provision of technical recommendations on improving the efficiency of the
hatchery. This will include similar technical assistance described in Activity 1 above, including:
improving genetic variability when operating with very limited numbers of brood fish and a review of
the complete production cycle from brood stock selection to fingerling release; sharing information on
measures to improve restocking efficiency; and provide advice on how to integrate hatchery operations
with salmon conservation measures. This work will build upon and collaborate with FAO co-funded
work as described in Section IV Part V of this project document.
Activity 2. Clarify the problem of genetic variability and viability within remaining populations of
priority Caspian fish species and initiate work to conserve and sustainably utilize the genetic variability of
sturgeon stocks.
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Organize a workshop to elaborate solutions for addressing and clarifying the genetic problem of the
Caspian's sturgeon populations and elaborate the main components of a gene bank program for
threatened species of Caspian fish (e.g. sturgeon, Caspian salmon). At the same time, initiate work to
begin preserving this genetic diversity in different gene banks around the Caspian.
Under this activity, one pilot gene bank will be established at the ISRI to support the conservation and
sustainable use of the sturgeon gene pool in Iran. The main objectives of this pilot will be to:
· Outline policies and procedures for artificial breeding/restocking programs based on genetic principles;
· Develop a genetic data bank for each pair of spawners used for artificial breeding and restocking in Iran;
· Introduce specific markers for farmed spawners of each sturgeon species;
· Introduce specific primers for Acipenser persicus to assist studies on population genetics and gene pool and
its genetic status;
· Determine the genotype of spawners used for aquaculture and for production of farmed caviar;
· Determine the genetic identity of spawners maintained at the ISRI and the Shahid Beheshti Hatchery;
· Determine the genotype of spawners and trace it in farmed fingerlings and caviar.
Output 7. Pilot demonstrations to identify, rehabilitate and/or expand access to natural spawning
grounds.
Activity 1. Conduct a Caspian-wide inventory of the natural spawning ground habitat for Caspian
sturgeon and Caspian salmon below and above dams.
A working group of no more than 5 leading icthyologists from Caspian countries will conduct this
survey together with one international scientist recommended by the IUCN Species Survival
Commission. A common survey methodology will be agreed upon to maximize accuracy and
minimize cost for conducting this survey.
Activity 2. Assess and develop recommendations on how to improve the quality of wetlands / spawning
grounds during the spring-summer floods and on the establishment of buffer/quiet zones around the most
valuable natural spawning grounds.
Fisheries and environment stakeholders in Caspian states will identify high priority wetland/spawning
habitat in need of rehabilitation and develop specific, affordable proposals on what is required to
rehabilitate spawning habitat (e.g. improved water management). GEF funding will support this needs
assessment and country co-funding will implement the proposal resulting in improved spawning
habitat. This activity will build upon work being done by Kazakhstan and Russia on the Ural River
spawning grounds.
Activity 3. Assess fish passages/fish ladders on five dams on the Caspian's main tributary rivers and best
practice experience worldwide with the introduction of fish ladders and the improvement in recruitment.
This assessment will consider how such fish passage facilities could be improved or constructed, as the
case may be to facilitate passage of sturgeon and other species of diadromous fish to allow access to
historically important habitat needed for the recovery of these highly migratory species of the Caspian
region. This assessment will generate recommendations for how to modify such passages to enable fish
to more easily pass to upstream spawning grounds, and subsequently, back to the Caspian Sea to feed.
This activity will catalyze National and Caspian-wide dialogue on this issue and share international best
practice with Caspian stakeholders.
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A Caspian expert working group will be formed comprised of 1 expert from each country and 2
international experts. The group main tasks will be to:
Identify top priority dams for improving fish passage using criteria such as: 1) level of institutional
interest and financial support for such activities; 2) # of species an improved fish passage could
help; 3) estimated impact that the improvement will have on recruitment for each species; 4)
condition of existing facilities and estimated costs of recommended improvements.
Organize a group mission to visit top five priority dams in the Caspian region to assess each dam's
fish passage facility or lack thereof. The working group must have ecologists who understand
migratory behavior and biological needs of the diadromous species and engineers who understand
dam and ladder construction and costs.
Prepare a report detailing assessments of each criterion above as well as recommendations on how
to improve fish passage on each dam visited.
Summarize 2-3 case studies from around the world where the introduction or improvement in fish
passages on a dam led to increased recruitment and/or increased catch levels.
Present this report to responsible institutions in each country and to the TCIS.
Activity 4. Develop and implement pilot project to modify a fish passage facility to increase the
efficiency and effectiveness and return on investment.
Work under this activity will develop a pilot demonstration to implement the recommendations
formulated under Activity 4 with at least one dam in the Caspian region. The pilot activity will
demonstrate how a fish passage may be modified and modernized to:
increase fish access to natural spawning grounds and thereby improve recruitment levels.
allow a greater number of fish and a broader range of species to pass, from sturgeon to Caspian
salmon to other diadromous species.
benefit the genetic health of the fish population.
The pilot will include a well-designed monitoring program to assess and document the impact of fish
passage improvements on historic fish passage numbers and recruitment levels.
OUTCOME 4. STAKEHOLDERS APPLY REGIONAL, CIRCUM-CASPIAN APPROACH TO HABITAT
CONSERVATION IN THE CASPIAN.
Output 8. Circum-Caspian network of "special protected areas, wildlife habitats and essential fish
habitats for Caspian ecosystem" (SPACE).
In conducting the activities described below, the stakeholders will be applying the skills and insights
generated under the EBM case study above. The results of the case study will enable them to identify
priority areas that will contribute not only to biodiversity conservation, but also contribute to restoring
depleted fisheries. The SPACE network will be comprised of five existing special protected areas (one in
each Caspian country), 10 to-be-identified priority wildlife habitats (2 in each country) and 10 to-be-
identified essential fish habitats (EFH) in each littoral state's coastal area. This output will enable Caspian
stakeholders to begin moving from a data-poor to data moderate position by improving understanding of
additional threatened species around the Caspian. This work will build upon and benefit from the PA
strengthening work underway by the GEF Volga Wetlands project in Russia, the GEF Globally
Significant Wetlands Project in Kazakhstan, and the GEF Khazar Protected Area project in Turkmenistan,
-- all of which are strengthening protected area management along the Caspian coast.
Activity 1. Establish the SPACE network.
Step 1: Designate the one existing priority protected area in littoral state's coastal area to serve as the
anchor of the SPACE network. There are obvious protected areas that should be included in the SPACE
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network: Turkmenistan's Khazar Zapovednik, Russia's Volga Delta Zapovednik, and Kazakhstan's
Akzhayk protected area in the Ural River delta. The MoENR and DoE will designate the anchor areas
for Azerbaijan and IR-Iran respectively.
An effective low-cost virtual network structure will be established, including the designation of a
rotating chairperson who will receive modest administrative support from the project and be responsible
for organizing the bi-annual meeting among the SPACE directors. In addition, a webpage for the
SPACE network developed as part of the web-based TCIS Caspian Information Center.
Step 2: Identify and designate priority wildlife habitats and EFHs.
Stakeholders will utilize the ecoregional assessment and ecological modeling tools developed under
Output 1 and to join biodiversity management and fishery management objectives in order to inform the
planning and identification of these priority wildlife habitats and the EFH areas, particularly for seals
and priority fish species.
Seals will be a priority focus on under Step 2. Kazakhstan is home to most of the Caspian seal's critical
winter-ice pupping habitat. The project will provide technical assistance to help conduct the preparatory
recommendation work and surveys (biological, natural sciences and economic baseline) required for the
establishment by the Government of Kazakhstan of a coastal protected area for seal conservation along
Kazakhstan's Caspian coastline.
Most of the priority seal habitats and shore (`haul-out') sites around the Caspian have yet to be fully
inventoried and documented. The CISS survey team has assessed the distribution of seal pups and
breeding seals on the ice every year since 2005. However, stakeholders do not know the priority seal
habitats nor how many seals currently use particular shore sites or extent of habitat disturbance or
degradation. Telemetry work to determine seal foraging hotspots is also needed. Data in future years
will be essential to understand the interaction among ice conditions, declining breeding numbers and
industrial development. This activity will complement and continue this work together with other
private and public partners.
The choice of shore haul-out sites may to some extent reflect the local availability of prey species. The
final selection of these sites will be based on habitat types, seal presence, and an analysis of sites with
higher and lower fishing effort associated with them.
Caspian salmon will also be a priority focus under Step 2. Together with regional natural resource
agencies and academic centers, conduct a review of existing literature and monitoring data in order to
compile a status report on the distribution and abundance of all salmon species inhabiting the Caspian
Sea and rivers flowing into it, including the Caspian salmon. With this data, experts will identify and
map 1-3 of the most important stronghold basins, habitat refugia and spawning habitats for native
stocks of salmo species in the Caspian region.
Step 3: Enable SPACE network to conduct collaborative circum-Caspian surveys.
One of the main activities of the SPACE network will be to conduct collaborative Caspian-wide annual
migratory fish and seal surveys. This work will build upon the work already being done by the each
country's respective fishery agencies with respect to shared fish species. It will also build upon existing
trans-boundary wildlife survey work such as the collaboration between Turkmenistan's Khazar
Zapovednik and its sister reserve across the border in IR-Iran. The project will provide assistance to
continue the CISS nationally based surveys of seal haul out sites in each littoral state. Data from these
surveys will feed into the UEMP database established under Outcome 1, Output 2.
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Activity 2: Demonstrate results-based state-of-the-art management plan for the Kura River Delta
protected area.
Azerbaijan's Kura River Delta is one of the largest and most important river deltas on the Caspian
coast. Under this activity, work will be focused upon establishing a protected area in the Kura River
Delta. The aim of this activity is to introduce results-based management planning to the area and will
draw upon the experience and lessons previously learned in PA management planning of other GEF
projects around the Caspian, specifically UNDP-GEF's Khazar Zapovednik project and the Lower
Volga Wetlands project.
OUTCOME 5. COASTAL COMMUNITIES INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTE MEASURABLY TO
IMPROVED BIORESOURCES CONSERVATION IN THE CASPIAN.
Output 9. Matched Small Grants Programme (MSGP)
This small grants program will co-finance small-scale projects at the coastal community level that result
in measurable support for improved ecosystem based bioresources management. It is anticipated that the
MSGP projects will also contribute to sustainable livelihood at the community level and broaden
stakeholder engagement in CaspEco and implementation of the Caspian Strategic Convention Action
Programme and the associated national plans. Priority will be given to projects at the coastal community
level that aim to reduce pressure on Bioresources and promote sound bioresources management, such as
small scale aquaculture, eco-tourism, ecofriendly agriculture practices, innovative protected areas
management, and so on. Projects that promote sharing successful experiences across communities within
and between countries would also be eligible for co-funding from MSGP.
The program will be implemented in a manner that utilizes the experiences from the previous Caspian
Environment Programme MSGPs, MEG and other small grants programs, such as those of UNDP, the
World Bank and EU-Tacis. The main features to be incorporated in the CaspEco MSGP include:
· Emphasis on guidance for communities and other project proponents regarding participation in
MSGP, and assistance in preparing proposals.
· Streamlined and simplified application, grant disbursement and reporting procedures.
· Broad eligibility, to include any legal entity in a Caspian state (e.g., government agencies and
institutions at all levels, academia, private companies, NGOs, CBOs; and partnerships among
these); multi-country proposals would also be eligible.
· Requirement for 100% matching contribution in cash or in kind from the proponent.
· Close liaison with GEF Small Grants programme whenever in operation.
· Given the priority for small-scale community-based projects and the limited funds, grant size will
range from $10,000 up to $50,000.
· Each project should have a planned implementation period of not more than 12 months.
· Regional and international partner participation in the selection of projects, informed by
evaluations from technical specialists.
· One proposal cycle per year for the first two years of CaspEco, followed by an impact assessment
of the program. This assessment should coincide with the CaspEco mid-term review, and could
form the basis of a regional learning workshop.
· Additional funding for expansion of the grant program will be sought from donors.
Standard typologies of projects for community monitoring, small scale aquaculture and cross-community
learning will be developed prior to announcement of the first MSGP grant round. The standard typologies
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would provide guidance to project proponents, but proposals would not be limited to these. Preparation of
the typologies will be supported by the World Bank Caspian Fisheries Technical Assistance project.
Project Selection Procedure:
Efforts will be made to ensure broad dissemination of information on MSGP availability throughout
the coastal communities and technical assistance will be provided to the potential applicants to
develop technically and financially viable proposals.
MSGP project proposals will be invited by the PMCU structure from the qualified applicants. These
will be technically vetted by the PMCU and shared with the countries in due time for their collective
consideration and selection either electronically or through a regional event.
Evaluation Criteria will be drafted by PMCU and shared with the countries during the fist six months
of the project. These will include inter alia, focus on ecosystem-based management of bioresources,
sustainable livelihood of coastal communities; replicability and impact.
The evaluation /selection process will to the extent possible engage representatives of the coastal
communities. The process will also involve inputs from other similar grants programme, in particular
the GEF Small Grants Programme when in operation.
The awardees will be trained in implementation and reporting procedures.
Micro Environmental Grants Programme (MEG): The MSGP will support a MEG with the objective
of raising environmental awareness and sensitivity in the Caspian region among target stakeholder
groups, including bioresource users such as fishermen's cooperatives, local community leaders,
communities around spawning grounds, and so on. MEGs will essentially follow the same aims as MSGP
but will be of smaller sizes of up to $5,000 and will not require mandatory matching and will focus on
NGOs/CBOs capacity building, environmental awareness raising and learning at the local community
level. MEG will have much simpler selection, implementation and monitoring procedures that will
involve local authorities in the implementation and support of the program and be detailed during the fist
six months of the CaspEco project.
COMPONENT 2. STRENGTHENED REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE.
OUTCOME 1. INSTITUTIONAL SETTING OF TEHRAN CONVENTION IS FULLY OPERATIONAL AND
SUSTAINABLE.
Output 1. National and regional level coordination and institutional support to the Tehran Convention
and its Protocols.
Activity 1. Establish national coordination and implementation structures for the implementation of the
Convention and its protocols, including the CaspEco project.
The TC is a sustainable development convention addressing the priorities and interests of a wide range
of government agencies. In order to engage and ensure broad national support and participation in the
implementation of the Convention and its protocols, through the National Strategic Convention Action
Plans (NSCAPs) and otherwise, each country will establish an inter-Ministerial Coordination
mechanism. TCIS with the support of the PMCU will assist the countries through the development of
guideliness, demonstration of best practices and the provision of other forms of technical assistance and
advice.
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National Focal Points (NFPs) will be nominated by the countries to assist in carrying out and
overseeing the implementation of the NSCAPs, including the pertinent elements of the CaspEco
project. Each NFP will nominate a highly qualified person as a National Coordinator, who will
substantively assist the NFP in carrying out his/her duties and responsibilities and/or act as the day-to-
day national implementation laision, monitoring and coordinatoor for the CaspEco project also
coordinating the implementation at the national level of the SCAP, NSCAP and CaspEco project.
Activity 2. Establish an Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat (TCIS) Outposted Unit (OU) for area-
specific regional cooperation in each littoral country.
The TCIS will have Out-posted Units (OU), one in each country. Each OU will have specific Terms of
Reference and a budget approved by the COP II. The TOR will specify activities related to regional
cooperation towards implementation of specific protocols/themes as defined in the SCAP based
Programme of Work (PoW). Within this context, the budget will cover staff costs, operational costs and
activities of the Unit and will be funded by each country as its contribution to the Interim Secretariat.
Each OU will report directly to the TCIS. If possible, each OU will be provided with adequate
accommodation, means of communication, furniture and office equipment by the host government. The
entire OU arrangement will be transitional and will be subject to review by COP III or upon an earlier
establishment of the Tehran Convention Permanent Secretariat (TCPS).
Activity 3. Generate adequate financial support by the Caspian littoral states for the administration of the
Convention and its Protocols, and promote regional negotiations on the location of the TCPS.
The aim of this activity, which builds upon Activity 2, is for the Caspian littoral states to agree on the
arrangements of the TCPC, including location and host organization, and to ensure a fully littoral
Governments-financed TCPC in the Caspian region.
At COP I the Ministers decided to continue discussions on institutional arrangements of the Convention
with a view to finalize and reach consensus on these issues. In their 25-point declaration on 16 October
2007, in Tehran, the Presidents of the five Caspian Sea countries noted the need to finalize the
procedural aspects of the Tehran Convention as soon as possible, especially as regards the location of
the permanent secretariat to the Convention.
With the support of the PMCU, the TCIS will undertake and facilitate consultations with and between
the candidate countries through missions and at meetings, as well as through the provision of
background papers, comparative analyses, cost estimates and options for the possible location and
related institutional arrangements of the TCPS, including potential host country - and organization
arrangements.
In the context of this activity and building on the experience with the implementation of activity 2,
budget estimates will be prepared and discussed with the littoral states, including cost-benefit analyses
and other clarification material for the internal discussions in the countries involving Ministries of
Finance, with a view to make the countries agree to collectively share the core cost of the TCPS and its
work.
Activity 4: Provide advisory services to the national protocol ratification process, and assist in
establishing regional protocol management structures.
Supported by the PMCU, the TCIS will organize discussions and provide explanatory notes, including
cost-benefit analyses, comparative studies and background material related to the implications of the
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ratification and implementation of eligible Convention Protocols, with a view to facilitate and help
accellerate the internal approval and ratification processes in the Caspian countries. Bilateral and
regional consultations may be organized to exchange views and experiences, thereby helping to
overcome bottlenecks in the internal approval and ratiofication processes of the countries.
In the context of activity 2, the TCIS will consult countries and, upon endorsement by COP II prepare
and negotiate arrangements for entrusting the management of regional Protocols to the proposed OUs.
Activity 5: Finalize draft protocols, promote preparation of protocol implementation plans, and develop
new protocols.
Four ancillary Protocols in priority areas are in the process of being finalized: (i) Protocol on
Biodiversity Conservation; (ii) Protocol concerning Regional Preparedness, Response and Cooperation
in Combating Oil Pollution Incidents, (iii) Protocol for the Protection of the Caspian Sea against
Pollution from Land based sources of Pollution and Activities; (iv) Protocol on Environmental Impact
Assessment in a Transboundary Context. TCIS Outsposted Units will be made responsible for
advancing and servicing further negotiations and activities in preparation and anticipation of Protocol
ratification and implementation. Upon the adoption and signature of these Protocols OU under the
supervision of the Head of the TCIS will be made responsible for advancing their implementation,
through the preparation and adoption of implementation plans, and for advancing regional cooperation
in anticipation of their ratification and entry into force. Specific Terms of Reference specifying related
activities as well as a budget for the implementation are up for approval by COP II.
At least one new protocol is expected to be negotiated upon request of COP II.
Activity 6: Monitor and evaluate progress and organize and report to ordinary and extraordinary COPs.
This activity will be implemented by the TCIS and its OUs with the support of the PMCU and the
countries offering to host the meetings of the COP. It will consist of regular indicator-based reporting
by the TCIS and OUs on the progress made on the implemenation of the PoW to be complemented with
reports by NFPs /National Coordinators on progress made at the national level on the SCAP , NSCAP
and CaspEco.
OUTCOME 2: COORDINATION AND SYNERGY WITH OTHER CASPIAN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.
Output 2. Convention Executive structure, donor coordination and thematic partnerships established and
in operation.
Activity 1. Support the establishment and operation of a Convention Executive body that will include
representatives from the Parties, international partners, relevant donors and relevant IFIs.
At the CEP Steering Committee (SC) meeting in February 2008, the Caspian littoral countries agreed to
schedule the preparatory meetings of the COPs and the meetings of the SC back-to-back. With the time
bound CaspEco project focusing largely on support to EBM and the Tehran Convention process and the
expectation that COP II will decide to have the COP in future meet every two years in stead of every
year, the need for an executive body, integrating the institutional setting and work of CaspEco and other
externally funded projects with that of the Convention and its Protocols in between the COPs, has
become apparent. COP II may request the Convention interim Secretariat to meet and consult with the
CaspEco SC to review matters of common concern and prepare a proposal for an all-inclusive
intersessional Executive body.
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The TCIS and the CaspEco project PMCU will facilitate the necessary consultations, prepare the
documentation and service the intersessional meetings of the TC and the CaspEco SC, with a view to
integrate the information on the implementation of the CaspEco project in the documentation for COP
III, prepare the proposal for an all-inclusive Executive body for approval by the SC and COP III, and
service the Executive body and its meetings from COP III onwards.
Donor coordination, which during the CaspEco project takes place as part of the SC process, will be
formalized in support to and as part of the meetings and decision making of the COP and the
intersessional Executive body to the Convention.
Activity 2. Initiate thematic partnerships and joint programmes in support of the Convention and protocol
implementation.
The preparation process of the protocols and discussions on potential new protocols, has highlighted a
strongly increased need to exchange views and build upon the expertise and experience gathered in
similar institutions and organizations, including the IMO, FAO, EU/EEA, Espoo Convention; UNEP
Regional Seas Program, UNEP/GPA, Black Sea Secretariat, WB, UNDP, CITES and UNESCO.
Collaborative arrangements will be explored with the UNEP Regional Seas Programme and the Black
Sea institutions. Thematic partnerships will be explored, negotiated and established in the area of LBS
(UNEP/GPA), fisheries management (FAO, WB), oil pollution prevention/mitigation (IMO), capacity
building on EIA in a trans-boundary context (Espoo Convention), SEIS (EEA and UNESCO), and
conservation of marine species (CBD, CITES). In case COP II decides to provide for follow up of
decision of COP 1 concerning the scoping paper on the interrelationship between the fisheries and the
protection of the marine environment of the Caspian Sea, support will be provided to this activity.
Output 3. Partnerships with private sector, including an effective process /mechanism to promote
identification and financing of investment projects in the region.
Discussions will explore the possibility of engaging the private sector for the identification and
financing of investment projects in the region, in close collaboration with IfI's, including the WB and
EBRD. To that end the TCIS will undertake consultations with representatives of the DABLAS Task
Force and of other relevant regional sea's investment fora and institutions in preparation of a proposal
for a Caspian Seas investment forum. It will furthermore explore with potential thematic partners the
possibility of putting together investment portfolios, and call a meeting with relevant public and private
sector actors to consider the portfolio together with the proposals for a Caspian Sea investment forum.
Outcome 3. Littoral States Implement Strategic Convention Action Programme (SCAP) as
adopted by the COP-II at regional level and approve and implement NSCAP at
national/sub-national level.
Output 4. Updated knowledge-based and enforceable SCAP and NSCAPs developed, initiated, and
monitored for enforcement.
Activity 1. Develop standard reporting formats for the primary types of technical (quantitative) data and
programmatic (qualitative) data required under each protocol.
This activity will complement the project's monitoring work under Component 1, Output 2. Working
closely with relevant government institutions, the TCIS will put in place a system of harmonized data
collection and analysis in order to ensure adequate monitoring of protocol and SCAP/NSCAP
implementation.
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Protocols require collection of specific information and reporting in accordance with a format that will
be developed by the TCIS. For example, the Biodiversity protocol calls for the monitoring of alien
species, ecological systems, habitats, and biological characteristics of sensitive areas. Harmonized data
will allow countries to apply common approaches and criteria to the implementation of TC protocols.
Activity 2. Develop NSCAPs to facilitate national-level implementation of the Tehran Convention and its
protocols.
Under this activity each littoral country will review and adjust the existing National Caspian Action
Programmes (NCAPS) developed under the CEP-II project to align the NCAPS with the objectives and
requirements of the SCAP and the protocols. The review process will be under the responsibility of
each Contracting Party and will be coordinated under the umbrella of the inter-ministerial coordination
structure as described under output 1 above. Technical and financial assistance will be provided by the
TCIS.
Activity 3. Assist countries upon request to strengthen their national capacity for the implementation of
the Convention and its protocols.
Timely and efficient implementation of the Convention and its protocols might require further
strengthening of the national legal and institutional frameworks. Under this activity the TCIS, together
with the OUs and the PMCU, will organize workshops and provide technical assistance at the regional
and national levels to strengthen the countries' capacity to implement Convention protocols effectively.
Capacity building will be provided through, inter alia, a) protocol-specific training workshops; b)
reviews of national legislation to enable stronger protocol implementation; c) Preparation of protocol
implementation guidelines.
Output 5. Effective regional M&E framework.
Activity 1. Develop regional M&E framework to track implementation of regionally agreed measures
(Protocols, CAP, NCAP) using a suite of measurable indicators, including the GEF 4 SP-1 Indicators.
Under this activity, the TCIS will work closely with the MoFA and MoE/DoE in each Caspian state to
develop and align indicators essential for the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the
protocols and selected partnerships in specific thematic areas.
The purpose of this is to clarify specific results-based targets for the region to move towards and to
improve compliance and enforcement of regionally agreed measures. The indicators will enable the
countries to focus their reporting and enable the TCIS to better monitor and evaluate progress and
provide regular progress reports on the implementation of the Convention and the Protocols.
OUTCOME 4. ENHANCED STAKEHOLDERS' ENGAGEMENT IN THE TC PROCESS AND IMPROVED
PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THE CASPIAN SEA ENVIRONMENT.
Output 6. Creation of solid regional NGO partnerships engaged in the implementation of the Tehran
Convention and its protocols.
Activity 1. Align and streamline the existing CEP public participation strategy (PPS) to better support the
requirements of the Convention and its protocols.
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This activity will focus on adapting and aligning the existing PPS to the requirements of the Convention
and its protocols with the overall objective to strengthen the involvement of the civil society in the
Caspian Sea region in the implementation of the Tehran Convention. The existing PPS will be reviewed
in light of the requirements of the Tehran Convention and the protocols with the view to prepare
simplified and practical guidelines for civil society stakeholders' engagement in the Tehran Convention
process. The guidelines will be subject to intergovernmental review by the Contracting Parties and will
provide basis for further regional efforts to strengthen stakeholders' presence and involvement in the
Convention process.
Activity 2. Creation of Caspian "Virtual Partnerships"
The need for solid and efficient regional NGO networks, encompassing national ones, has been voiced
at several occasions in the context of the Caspian Environment Programme. The same needs are being
brought forward in the context of the Convention process and ample attention will have to be given to
those concerns. The first step for enhanced involvement of the civil society in the Convention process
are structured, well-defined and efficient NGO partnerships that would allow for adequate and
coordinated representation of the civil society in the context of the Convention and Protocol
implementation.
Concrete support to the creation and maintenance of such partnerships will be provided on the basis of a
website-based "virtual partnerships" that would be part of the overall Caspian Information Center as
described below under output 7. The Virtual Partnerships will include a website and an email list-serve.
It will encourage the membership of community-based organizations (CBOs) and NGOs (registered and
non-registered). The virtual partnership will be working in all regional languages as well as English,
with country-specific content managed in each country respectively. The primary focus of the
partnership will be to raise the visibility of local/national/regional NGOs in the Convention process
through the implementation of small, well-defined pilot projects that concentrate on attainable joint
regional actions, including regional NGO activities in support of the Caspian Day celebrated every year
on the 12th August.
Activity 3. Regional NGO meetings
Further support to the strengthening of the civil society engagement in the Convention process will be
provided through regular regional NGO meetings that will allow the regional NGO community to
exchange experiences, strategize and coordinate their input to the Convention process. Those meeting
will be primarily held in conjunction with the Meetings of the Conference of the Parties, but also at
other occasions as deemed necessary.
Output 7. Data/information sharing web-based Caspian Information Centre (CIC) incorporating Caspian
environment status data.
Activity 1. Enhance data and information sharing through the establishment of a web-based CIC,
incorporating available environment status data
This activity will promote data collection, monitoring, analysis, harmonization and public
communication. It will build upon work done to create the Unified Environmental Monitoring Program
under Component I, Output 2, Activity #1 and work done to harmonize environmental reporting under
Component 2, Output 4. This activity will make harmonized data and related environmental reports
from the Convention available on the Internet -- accessible and transparent for public as a critical
element to facilitating good regional environmental governance and to meet the requirements of the
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Tehran Convention, in particular Art. 21. Upon request of the COP, the CIC will also be the host to a
Tehran Convention website and to the above mentioned "Virtual NGO Partnership".
Activity 2. Prepare the biennial report on the state of the environment of the Caspian Sea and a
Biodiversity Atlas for the Caspian.
Public education is key element for enhanced public awareness of the conditions, challenges and threats
to the environment of the Caspian Sea. Adequate education is relevant to all concerned stakeholders at
all levels in the civil society. This activity will aim at ensuring and improving the availability of regular
comprehensive reports providing accurate, up-to-date and accessible information about environmental
conditions of the Caspian Sea and thereby enhancing the consciousness of the civil society.
The report will be prepared in close collaboration with main stakeholders and on the basis of scientific
assessment. The activity will also contribute to the preparation of other relevant information/education
materials including the Biodiversity Atlas of the Caspian Sea
All materials will be accessible through the CIC and will be widely distributed to the public.
OUTCOME 5: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE CASPECO PROJECT.
Output 8. Project Coordination & Management Unit (PCMU)
Activity 1: Support to establish the PCMU in Astana including office equipment, provision of capacity
building training.
Work under this activity will entail establishing the PCMU in Astana, Kazakhstan. This will require the
hiring of an international Chief Technical Advisor (CTA), national professionals and support staff, and
CaspEco project coordinators in each of the other four Caspian countries. The CTA will organize
training events for PCMU staff to ensure effective teamwork among the PCMU. The Government of
Kazakhstan will provide modern office space, furniture and office equipment to the new PCMU.
Activity 2: Transfer of CEP-SAP project assets in Tehran to new PCMU venue in Astana.
The CaspEco project is designed to build upon what has been done to date by CEPI and II. This will
require some careful transfer of CEP project assets from the current PMCU in Tehran to the new
PCMU venue in Astana, including the CEP library, the Caspian Information System, the Technical
Documents Unit, and the transfer of CEP website content into a new Caspian Information Center
website with new hosting and web-design services tailored to support the Tehran Convention. The
website will be consistent with IW:LEARN guidance and cost norms.
Output 9. Adaptive management process.
Activity 1. Conduct annual Steering Committee (SC) Meetings, regular monitoring, & participate in each
GEF Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC).
Annual steering committee meetings will be held. These meetings will coincide with the meeting of the
annual meeting of the TC Executive Body as a cost-saving measure since most of the members in both
bodies will be the same. At each meeting, the project director will report on the project's progress in
achieving the project's Strategic Results Framework (SRF) indicators of success as well as benchmark
indicators for the project's day-to-day work. Each annual workplan submitted to the SC will be linked
to SRF indicators.
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To facilitate adaptive management, the project CTA will be required to provide to the SC an assessment
of the project's implementation successes and struggles to date along with recommendations for how
the project can build on success and learn from difficulty as part of its ensuing annual work planning
process. In addition, project staff will actively participate in GEF IW:LEARN activities and at least one
project and two country officials will participate in each GEF Biennial IWC and produce an exhibit for
the IWCs.
A mid-term progress review will be conducted by one outside expert at the project's halfway mark.
This will focus on assessing the project's progress to date with achieving SRF indicators and providing
specific recommendations for how to maximize the achievement of indicators in the remaining 2nd half
of the project implementation period. A final or terminal evaluation will be conducted as per GEF and
UNDP Terminal Evaluation guidelines.
2.4 Project Indicators, Risks and Assumptions
Risk Risk
Risk Management Measures
Rating
The establishment and smooth L-M
These risks are managed in several ways: i) through initial
functioning of the permanent TC
support to establish the Secretariat based on international best
Secretariat presents several risks,
practice with appropriate managerial and technical skills for
including the possible delay on
coordination of the regional program. ii) The project is
agreement by the states on its
helping TCIS apply a proactive, cost-effective step-by-step
location and fulfillment of their
approach to the countries becoming full financing partners of
funding commitments for
the TC Secretariat. This approach first enables countries to
Secretariat costs.
support the TCIS through their annual contributions by
supporting Out-posted Units of the TCIS in their own country
as a transitional measure, leading to full funding of a
permanent Secretariat as the next step.
The protocols to the Tehran L-M
The project emphasizes helping countries prepare for the
Convention may not to be ratified
ratification of the protocols through assessments of each
in a timely fashion by the countries.
country's respective law and policy framework to enable a
more informed and efficient consideration and rapid approval
by respective national bodies. This risk is assessed to be on
the low end because these protocols are called for under the
already ratified TC and the five Presidents requested their
rapid development and entry into force part of their regional
meeting on Caspian sea issues.
Insufficient organizational capacity
The Tehran Convention process, including planned support
to address the environmental issues
for ecosystem-based bioresources management instruments,
on an ecosystem-based approach
is designed to mitigate the political and institutional risks.
Environmental perturbations could
M-S
The project's success indicators are designed to account for
affect conservation and sustainable
these perturbations. The project emphasizes data-driven
use results.
adaptive management, which will help the bioresource
managers to discern the difference between impacts from
environmental changes and anthropogenic impacts and
respond accordingly.
Poor inter sectoral coordination in
H
The TC is not an environmental convention it is a
particular poor intersectoral
sustainable development convention and this reality
approach to bioresources
provides the regional legal basis for lowering the barriers
management.
among environment and fisheries and resource use in order to
develop joint proactive programs. This project takes two main
approaches to this: The process and institutional side
emphasizes intersectoral, inter-Ministerial Coordination
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mechanisms be established to oversee and facilitate TC
implementation and project implementation at the national
and regional levels. At the technical level, the project
introduces the ecosystem-based approach to bioresource
management, which is rooted in applying a intersectoral
approach to resource management and conservation.
Baseline Gov't funding may
L-M
The project emphasizes enabling stakeholders to work with
continue only to support basic
resources at hand and build effective conservation practice
management of bioresources.
step-by-step by applying a multiple-level approach to
conservation and monitoring work.
Caspian bioresource management S-M
The project places a high priority on capacity building
staff may have difficulty
through in-situ training, personnel exchanges with and study
overcoming years of habit and
tours to areas with similar challenges and very different
organizational culture in order to
management proscriptions.
change their approach from being
reactive to proactive in
bioresources management and
conservation.
Support from donors & private M
The project mitigates this risk because its work is a regional
sector for regional partnerships on
endeavor and is not focused on any one country. Secondly,
environmental issues may suffer
the project is focused on non-political ecological and
due to the complexity and variety
sustainable development issues.
of the political issues related to
each littoral state.
Poor access to data and information M-H
The project mitigates this risk in three ways: First, the project
may constrain the project's work
enables each country to contribute information and data at its
with monitoring and resource
own "comfort level" and to increase this level of comfort as
conservation.
trust builds and experience allows. Secondly, the project
seeks to build its work on data and information needs that are
not considered sensitive by the countries. Thirdly, the project
will build upon years of information and data generated by
CEP work in order to allow the countries to continue building
a collectively owned regional database on Caspian ecosystem
health parameters.
Climate change: marine and coastal M
The project's ecosystem-based approach emphasizes the
ecosystems are most susceptive to
importance of bolstering ecological resilience in the Caspian
climate change impacts
by better linking fisheries and conservation objectives. The
full project will include climate change resilience analysis in
the marine and coastal PA monitoring programme. Through
the TDA/SAP process the project will also assist the littoral
countries to the build management flexibility needed to adapt
to the most severe climate change scenarios.
Inflationary pressures and falling
M-H
Budget estimates in the project document are anticipating
value of the US$ could place
some additional decline in the dollar's value and competitive
significant stress on the project's
salary rates will need to be re-assessed on an more frequent
bottom-line, hampering its ability to
basis in order for the project to be able to retain top-level
hire and keep good staff and fund
staff. The project team will need to be prepared to adapt to
activities at planned levels.
changing circumstances if necessary.
2.5 Incremental reasoning and expected global, national and local benefits
128. Under the baseline scenario (in the absence of this GEF incremental investment) the Caspian states
will face significant bioresources management challenges in light of the depleted fisheries and related
problems affecting the region. In the baseline scenario, Caspian states will proceed as best they can with
traditional fishery management practices. But these efforts will be hampered by a weak transboundary
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bioresources management body, by a significant capacity gap among the five Caspian states, by
knowledge and experiential barriers related to ecosystem management and ecosystem resilience, and by
steadily eroding biological diversity in the aquatic Caspian environment. The Tehran Convention is a rare
and fragile flower that is not ready yet to survive on its own without some cultivation and irrigation.
Under the baseline scenario, the countries will struggle to finalize and adopt 4-5 protocols to the
Convention and to build the Convention Secretariat into a sustainable, regionally based entity.
129. The GEF alternative provides sustained attention through the Tehran Convention process to help
the states integrate bioresource restoration measures into an integrated ecosystem management approach
for the Caspian. A GEF-supported co-funded project is key to achieving this goal. Without external
support from GEF, it is unlikely that the littoral states will be able to reach agreement on practical
measures for sustainable, ecosystem-based bioresources management. Without the incremental support
from GEF and the targeted co-funding support of the project's partners, it is unlikely that the littoral states
will be able to consolidate their impressive achievements related to the Tehran Convention by adopting
and implementing the key protocols and secure a sustainable permanent Secretariat.
Expected Global Benefits
Improved management and understanding of the Caspian Sea, one of the world's unique
transboundary closed water bodies.
Improved management of depleted transboundary fisheries shared by five countries;
Strengthened capacity for transboundary bioresources management.
Strengthened Tehran Convention and its Secretariat enable sustainable trans-boundary environmental
governance.
Improved management and strengthened resilience of the Caspian's five species of sturgeon, which as
one of the oldest genera in the world and occupies a unique place in the biological history of the
planet.
Conservation of the Caspian seal, an endemic species.
Improved management and conservation of other endemic species of fish in the Caspian, such as the
three species of Caspian herring and the Caspian salmon. The Caspian region is a center of endemism
globally for brown trout. This project will bring some much-needed attention to the Caspian salmon, a
highly threatened species. The genetic diversity of the locally adapted races of brown trout in the
Caspian region are of great value because of their intrinsic value, their ecological role in freshwater
ecosystems, their value as a source of genetic diversity for salmon hatchery programs worldwide, and
because--due to their ability to survive in warmer water conditions than other European races of S.
trutta -- their increased resilience to the environmental effects of global warming. These traits are
very valuable to protect in a warming world.
Improved understanding of the resilience of the Caspian Sea ecosystem and the importance of
ecosystem resilience in the face of global climate instability.
Expected National & Local Benefits
National benefits will include assistance in restoring one of the world's most fisheries - sturgeon.
National fishery organizations will benefit from improved hatchery efficiency and strengthened
resilience of non-sturgeon commercial fisheries.
National organizations will benefit from the potential revitalization of one of the most sought-after
sport fish in the world the Caspian Sea salmon.
National organizations will benefit from training programs and from strengthened capacity in
ecosystem-based management and the use of newly developed decision support tools for EBM.
Local benefits will include improved awareness of environmental issues among targeted
groups of local stakeholders
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2.6 Country Ownership: Country Eligibility and Country Drivenness
130. All five proposed recipient countries -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Russian
Federation and Turkmenistan are eligible under paragraph 9 (b) of the GEF Instrument. All five
countries have signed and ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): four of the five
countries have signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Both
Conventions are highly relevant to the management and conservation of bioresources in the Caspian Sea.
All five countries have committed to the implementation of the principles of the FAO Code of Conduct
for Responsible Fisheries.
131. The proposed project will build on the growing national and political commitment shown by the
Caspian littoral states to engage in effective regional environmental cooperation. The five Caspian States
achieved a major milestone and demonstrated an impressive level of ownership with the entry into force
of the Tehran Convention in 2006 and the convening of the 1st Conference of Parties in May 2007.
132. The Caspian States have also made significant progress in NCAP implementation, including
integration of the NCAPs into national development strategies and budget planning. Given the important
competing development priorities and political sensitivities in the region, however, cooperation on
transboundary environmental problems, including issues of global significance such as shared
bioresources, biodiversity, invasive species, and organic pollutants, is not automatic. Shared legal
obligations of countries that are set forth in the Tehran Convention can only be met through regional
cooperation not only among environmental officials of the five Caspian states, but also among fisheries,
local and regional development organizations, and foreign affairs officials both nationally and regionally.
Continued GEF support will ensure that the GEF-catalyzed achievements of the past eight years will
serve as the foundation for concerted national and regional actions to protected the unique biodiversity of
the Caspian and ensure that coastal communities will still be able to rely on Caspian bioresources to
support their livelihoods.
133. The national and regional concerns regarding the status of the Caspian environment and the need to
collaborate regionally and internationally to address these environmental challenges facing the Sea are
well captured in Points 11 and 12 of the Caspian Presidents' Tehran Declaration of October 2007:
Point 11: The Parties, recognizing their responsibilities to the present and future generations to
protect the Caspian Sea and the integrity of its environmental system, emphasize the importance of
extending cooperation to address environmental issues including coordination of national policies to
protect the environment
and collaboration with the
international environment protection
organizations in order to establish a regional order to protect and maintain biological diversity and to
wisely utilize, propagate and culture bioresources.
Point 12: The parties accept that the environmental conditions of the Caspian and its sturgeon stocks
call for extended and speedy collaborative efforts to avoid undesirable environmental consequences. In
this connection the parties will continue to establish priority legal-contractual basis that are required
for the regional cooperation to protect the environment of the Caspian on the basis of the Caspian
Legal Regime Convention.
134. The countries' respective national biodiversity conservation and sustainable use action plans all
highlight the Caspian region as a priority. The National Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation in Russia,
in force since 2002, refers to the Caspian Sea ecosystems as being critical ecosystems and the Caspian
Sea itself to the list of "Unique natural complexes, centers of endemism and regions of key significance
for conservation of global and national biodiversity...". Turkmenistan's Action Plan for the Conservation
and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (1997) calls for the conservation of biodiversity of the Caspian Sea.
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Project link to the CP/GCF/RCF and UNDAF.
Country:
UNDAF
Expected Outcome(s) Expected
Outcome(s)/Indicator(s):
/Indicator (s):
Output(s)/Indicator(s):
Azerbaijan
Natural environmental
Same as UNDAF
Mechanism placed for
protection and natural resources
management of
management.
international waters.
Islamic
Global environmental concerns Same as UNDAF
Tackling
coastal
Republic of Iran and green development integrated
pollution with priority
in national development
given to the Caspian
frameworks through
Sea.
commercially based approaches
to sustainable natural resource
use, capacity building, and the
removal of economic, legal,
institutional, technology barriers.
Kazakhstan
Comprehensive approach to SD Same as UNDAF
Increased capacity of
integrated into national
the national Council of
development planning and linked
SD" and "expanded
to poverty reduction.
cooperation of private
sector and other
stakeholders in natural
resources management.
Russia
NA Improved
Conserved ecosystems
environmental
are considered as
sustainability of
important resource for
development
sustainable
/environmental
development.
dimension in
development policy.
Turkmenistan
A comprehensive approach to Same as UNDAF
Environmental
and
environmentally sustainable
natural resources
principles
and practices is
policies/implementation
implemented into policies at all
are aligned with global
levels
and into community
environmental
development and is linked to
commitments and
improved social well-being'.
national development
priorities.
2.7 Relevance to UNDP mandate.
135. The project is designed to maximize its relevance to the UNDP mandate within GEF. Capacity
development in ecosystem-based bioresources management is key element of the project's work.
Governance is the other key element of the project's work in its support of the Tehran Convention's
maturation and transition to sustainability. The project aligns with and falls within the Regional and
Global Cooperation on Transboundary Waters strategic priority of UNDP's corporate Water Governance
Strategy. Overcoming barriers to participation and knowledge transfer at the local level is also an
important element of the project's approach. Approximately 10% of the project's budget will be
committed to a matched small grants program that will focus on strengthening ecosystem resilience at the
local level by enabling local monitoring of environmental parameters, by improving public awareness
among target groups of local stakeholders, and by helping local people to overcome knowledge and
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financial barriers to piloting new livelihood generation activities that also have the effect of reducing
pressure (fishing or other) on priority bioresources (e.g. small scale aquaculture).
2.8 Sustainability
136. The potential for sustainability of project-inspired approaches is high for the following reasons:
137. Environmental: The project's whole approach is to enable the Caspian countries to develop and
apply a bioresources management and conservation approach that focuses on ecosystem health and
ecosystem resilience. Depleted fisheries cannot be restored using technological solutions alone: natural
processes must be better understood and restored as well in order to achieve environmental sustainability.
A resilient ecosystem is best able to withstand and absorb climate instability.
138. Social/institutional: The project is building upon and working through the Tehran Convention - an
extremely impressive regional governance framework ratified by all five Caspian countries and the only
binding legal commitments among all five countries. Very few regional projects have such a solid legal
and institutional basis and this has significant implications for sustainability given that countries have
obligated themselves to support and further regional environmental improvements.
139. Financial: a) Significant national investments have been and are being made in each country. These
investments are tracked as implementation of the NCAPs, and would be expected to accelerate as the
SCAP and Convention protocols enter into force.
140. b) The countries have committed themselves to providing financial support to the Tehran
Convention Secretariat in the amount of $360,000/year beginning in 2009. The project is designed to help
the Interim Secretariat of the Convention (TCIS) begin to implement key articles and protocols to the
Convention in the Caspian region beginning in 2008, providing 12-18 months of support to the TCIS as it
transitions to full support from the countries themselves. The cost-effectiveness of the project's work also
bodes well for the sustainability of the proposed approach. The value of the Caspian's bioresources,
particularly the sturgeon, demand that serious investments continue to be made in new and improved
approaches for bioresources management of the kind that the project will enable the states to establish.
2.9 Replicability
141. The proposed project has the potential to provide lessons that can be adapted to other regions of the
world, particularly those aiming to adopt ecosystem-based management approaches to bioresources
conservation and management and those seeking to establish a truly country-owned and driven regional
framework convention and governance process. The project will document these lessons in a form that
facilitates their replicability, and will actively participate in GEF and other activities that seek to promote
replication and share experiences, such as IW:LEARN and the Biennial GEF IW Conferences. The
project will also draw on lessons learnt from other GEF IW projects in particular: the Black Sea project
on donor coordination; the Rio de la Plata project on enhancing usefulness of websites and other
communication tools and on pilot networks for the exchange of information; the Benguela Current project
on "state of the ecosystem" reporting, bridging skills gaps among different countries, and shared stocks
management. The anticipated cost of such knowledge sharing and replication-related activities is
approximately US$70,000 or about 1.5% of the project budget. See "Learning and Knowledge Sharing"
section under Table 5 below for more detail.
PART III: Management Arrangements
142. The project will be implemented by UNDP with UNOPS as the Executing Agency.
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143. A Project Management and Coordination Unit (PMCU) will provide the day-to-day management
and coordination function for project activities. A Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) will oversee the
PMCU. The CTA will have strong project management experience, multidisciplinary skills, fluency in
English and at least one of the Caspian country languages, and will preferably have experience in the
Caspian region and a background in natural resources management and environmental management. The
CTA will report to the UNDP-GEF Regional International Waters Advisor located in Bratislava.
144. The core of the PMCU will be located in the offices of the Ministry of Environment in Astana,
Kazakhstan, and staffed by a Fisheries and Bioresources Expert (FBE), a Finance and Administrative
Affairs Officer (FAAO), a Civil Society Participation Officer (CSPO), and one Operations & Logistics
Assistant (OLA) providing support to the CTA and the FAAO. All PCMU staff will be recruited at the
national UN contracting level. The Government of Kazakhstan (GoK) and GEF will co-fund the PMCU.
The GoK will provide modern office space, furniture and equipment necessary for the functioning of the
PMCU, including computers, copy machines and other materials as needed and appropriate. The GEF
will fund PMCU staff costs.
145. Five out-posted, regionally-recruited project staff will also be part of the PMCU and will report to
the CTA: one Project National Coordinator (PNC) will be hired in each of the five Caspian states to
enable project implementation at the national level and assist the NFP. This PNC will liaise closely with
the Out-posted Unit of the Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat (TCIS) to be located in each Caspian
state, as well as the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Mechanism (IMCM) in each Caspian state.
146. The PMCU will need to be able to exercise a considerable degree of financial independence for it to
operate effectively, particularly with respect to local contracting and the executing agency will design the
necessary administrative arrangements to support this. International and regional consultants, selected
from agreed rosters, will also support the PMCU.
147. The project will be guided by a Steering Committee (SC) comprised of representatives from each of
the five participating states, international partners and other stakeholders. The SC will provide adaptive
management guidance based upon project progress assessments and related recommendations from the
PMCU. The SC will review and approve annual project reviews and workplans, technical documents,
budgets and financial reports. The SC will provide general strategic and implementation guidance to the
PMCU. It will meet annually, make decisions by consensus, and liaise closely with the TCIS and its
Executive Body. The specific rules and procedures of the SC will be decided upon at the project inception
meeting.
148. Country-funded National Focal Points (NFP) in each of the five Caspian states will be encouraged
to establish an IMCM where none currently exist, to ensure policy streamlining and facilitate in-country
implementation of the project and the Tehran Convention and its protocols. Another important role of the
NFP will be to ensure coordination of relevant national projects (government and donor funded) with the
UNDP-GEF project and to liaise with the TCIS and its Out-posted Units.
149. The success of the project implementation is dependent upon strong project guidance, coordination
and advocacy from the SC. The PMCU which will be responsible for arranging SC meetings, providing
materials to members prior to the meeting, and delineating a clear set of meeting objectives and sub-
objectives to be met.
150. A regional Stakeholder Participation Group (SPG) will be established and supported to facilitate
civil society participation in regional bioresource issues and Tehran Convention implementation.
Stakeholders from a wide array of groups with diverse interests and concerns will be invited to serve on
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the SPG. They may include representatives from coastal communities, NGOs, oil, fishing and tourist
industries, conservationists, the media, educators, and others. The members will receive training on the
Tehran Convention and the ecosystem based management approach. The SPG will convene prior to or
subsequent to SC Meetings to provide feedback, recommendations, comments and critique on project
developments. To cultivate accountability, the feedback from the SPG will be presented to the SC in an
un-filtered manner to allow the SC members to take this into account as they provide adaptive and
strategic guidance to the PMCU. The SPG inputs will also be into project implementation and
workplanning, including NSCAP design and pilot projects.
151. The Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat (TCIS) is fundamental to the project's work on
environmental governance. The project's management arrangements and the institutional arrangements
for the nascent TCIS have been designed to be as complementary and collaborative as possible.
152. In line with the decision of the first Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Tehran
Convention (TC), the United Nations Environment Programme/Regional Office for Europe is acting as
the TCIS pending a decision of the Contracting Parties on the arrangements and location of the TC
Permanent Secretariat (TCPS). The Interim Secretariat will place Out-posted Units (OU) of the TCIS in
each of the Caspian littoral state with the mandate to implement part of the TC Programme of Work and
in particular to provide regional leadership on the implementation of specific protocols or themes. The
OU are being created in order to strengthen the capacity of the TCIS, ensure adequate regional presence
and country ownership of the Convention process, and to engage the Caspian littoral States in the
implementation of the TC and its protocols in a cost effective manner. The arrangement should be seen
as an interim institutional arrangement for the TC, pending the decision by COP on the location of the
TCPS.
153. OU staff and office space will be funded through each respective country's annual contribution to
the Convention Secretariat's work. Each of the five OU will have at least one officer and will work under
the supervision of the Head of the TCIS as an integrated part of the TCIS. Each OU will have specific
ToR and a budget approved by the COP II. Activities conducted by each OU will be funded by GEF
within the context of the agreed programme of work. The TCIS and OU will coordinate closely with the
project SC and PMCU to ensure the harmonized and efficient implementation of inter-related activities.
In the performance of the day-to-day activities the OU will maintain a close dialogue with the National
Coordinators of the CaspEco project in particular on issues related to the implementation of the SCAP
and NSCAPs. As a cost saving measure, SC meetings will be held in conjunction with the meetings of the
(future) TC Executive body. In similar way the project will ensure that the CoP of the TC is adequately
informed about the implementation of the CaspEco project and its implications for the Convention
process. The long-term purpose of this cooperation between the Convention process and the CaspEco
project is to integrate the two processes and ensure adequate continuation of CaspEco-inspired initiatives
under the umbrella of the TC process once CaspEco is completed.
154. In order to accord proper acknowledgement to GEF for providing funding, a GEF logo should
appear on all relevant GEF project publications, including among others, project hardware and vehicles
purchased with GEF funds. Any citation on publications regarding projects funded by GEF should also
accord proper acknowledgment to GEF. The UNDP logo should be more prominent -- and separated from
the GEF logo if possible, as UN visibility is important for security purposes."
PART IV: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Budget
155. Project monitoring and evaluation will be conducted in accordance with established UNDP and
GEF procedures by the project team and the UNDP-GEF Regional Coordinating Unite (RCU) in
Bratislava. The Strategic Results Framework Matrix provides impact and outcome indicators for project
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implementation along with their corresponding means of verification. The M&E plan includes: inception
workshop and report, project implementation reviews, IW Results Template, GEF-4 IW Results Tracking
Tool, quarterly operational reports, and a mid-term and final evaluation. .Table 5 outlines indicative cost
estimates related to M&E activities. The project's Monitoring and Evaluation Plan will be presented and
finalized at the Project's Inception Meeting following a collective fine-tuning of indicators, means of
verification, and the full definition of project staff M&E responsibilities.
Project Inception Phase
156. A Project Inception Workshop will be conducted with the full project team, relevant government
counterparts, co-financing partners, the RCU, as well as UNDP-CO and GEF (HQs) as appropriate. A
fundamental objective of this Inception Workshop will be to assist the project team to understand and take
ownership of the project's goals and objectives, as well as finalize preparation of the project's first annual
work plan on the basis of the project's logframe matrix. This will include reviewing the logframe
(indicators, means of verification, assumptions), imparting additional detail as needed, and on the basis of
this exercise finalize the Annual Work Plan (AWP) with precise and measurable performance indicators,
and in a manner consistent with the expected outcomes for the project. Additionally, the purpose and
objective of the Inception Workshop (IW) will be to: (i) introduce project staff with the UNDP-GEF
expanded team which will support the project during its implementation, namely OPS and responsible
RCU staff; (ii) detail the roles, support services and complementary responsibilities of OPS and RCU
staff vis à vis the project team; (iii) provide a detailed overview of UNDP-GEF reporting and monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) requirements, with particular emphasis on the Annual Project Implementation
Reviews (PIRs) and related documentation, as well as mid-term and final evaluations. Equally, the IW
will provide an opportunity to inform the project team on UNDP project related budgetary planning,
budget reviews, and mandatory budget rephasings. The IW will also provide an opportunity for all parties
to understand their roles, functions, and responsibilities within the project's decision-making structures,
including reporting and communication lines, and conflict resolution mechanisms. And finally, the IW
will invite and include other partners to facilitate coordination of complementary programs and projects in
the Caspian region. The Terms of Reference for project staff and decision-making structures will be
discussed again, as needed in order to clarify for all, each party's responsibilities during the project's
implementation phase. Rules of procedure for SC meetings will also be discussed and agreed.
Monitoring responsibilities and events
157. A detailed schedule of project reviews meetings will be developed by the project management, in
consultation with project implementation partners and stakeholder representatives and incorporated in the
Project Inception Report. Such a schedule will include: (i) tentative time frames for Steering Committee
Meetings, or other relevant advisory and/or coordination mechanisms and (ii) project related Monitoring and
Evaluation activities.
158. Day to day monitoring of implementation progress will be the responsibility of the CTA based on
the project's Annual Work Plan and its indicators. The Project Team will inform UNDP of any delays or
difficulties faced during implementation so that the appropriate support or corrective measures can be
adopted in a timely and remedial fashion. The CTA will fine-tune the progress and performance/impact
indicators of the project in consultation with the full project team at the Inception Workshop with support
from the RCU. Specific targets for the first year implementation progress indicators together with their
means of verification will be developed at this Workshop. These will be used to assess whether
implementation is proceeding at the intended pace and in the right direction and will form part of the
Annual Work Plan. The local implementing agencies will also take part in the Inception Workshop in
which a common vision of overall project goals will be established. Targets and indicators for subsequent
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years would be defined annually as part of the internal evaluation and planning processes undertaken by
the project team.
159. Periodic monitoring of implementation progress will be undertaken by the RCU through quarterly
telephone meetings with the project local implementation group, or more frequently as deemed necessary.
This will allow parties to take stock and to troubleshoot any problems pertaining to the project in a timely
fashion to ensure smooth implementation of project activities. The RCU will conduct yearly visits to
projects that have field sites, or more often based on an agreed upon scheduled to be detailed in the
project's Inception Report/Annual Work Plan to assess first hand project progress. Any other member of
the Steering Committee can also accompany, as decided by the SC. A Field Visit Report will be prepared
by the RCU and circulated no less than one month after the visit to the project team, all SC members, and
UNDP-GEF.
160. Annual Monitoring will be ensured by means of the project Steering Committee meetings9 being the
highest policy-level meeting of the parties directly involved in the implementation of a project. SC
meetings will be held at least once every year. The first such meeting will be held within the first twelve
months of the start of full implementation. The project implementation team will prepare a harmonized
Annual Project Report and Project Implementation Review (APR/PIR), IW Results Template (RT) and
the GEF-4 IW Results Tracking Tool and submit it to UNDP-CO and the UNDP-GEF regional office at
least two weeks prior to the SC for review and comments. The APR/PIR will be used as one of the basic
documents for discussions in the SC meeting. The project proponent will present the APR to the SC,
highlighting policy issues and recommendations for the decision of the SC members. The project
proponent also informs the participants of any agreement reached by stakeholders during the APR/PIR
preparation on how to resolve operational issues. Separate reviews of each project component may also be
conducted if necessary.
Project Monitoring Reporting
161. The Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) in conjunction with the UNDP-GEF extended team will be
responsible for the preparation and submission of the following reports that form part of the monitoring
process.
162. A Project Inception Report will be prepared immediately following the Inception Workshop. It will
include a detailed First Year Work Plan divided in quarterly time frames detailing the activities and
progress indicators that will guide implementation during the first year of the project. This Work Plan
would include the dates of specific field visits, support missions from the RCU or consultants, as well as
time frames for meetings of the project's decision making structures. The Report will also include the
detailed project budget for the first full year of implementation, prepared on the basis of the Annual Work
Plan, and including any monitoring and evaluation requirements to effectively measure project
performance during the targeted 12 months time-frame. The Inception Report will include a more detailed
narrative on the institutional roles, responsibilities, coordinating actions and feedback mechanisms of project
related partners. In addition, a section will be included on progress to date on project establishment and
start-up activities and an update of any changed external conditions that may effect project
implementation. When finalized the report will be circulated to project counterparts who will be given a
9 A SCM mechanism as such is similar to the Tripartite Review (TPR) formally required for the UNDP/GEF
projects, and differs from the latter only in the composition of the review panel, which, in case of the SC, is broader
that that of the TPR.
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period of one calendar month in which to respond with comments or queries. Prior to this circulation of
the IR, the RCU will review the document.
163. The APR/PIR is an annual monitoring process mandated by the GEF10. It has become an essential
management and monitoring tool for project managers and offers the main vehicle for extracting lessons
from ongoing projects. It also forms a part of UNDP's central oversight, monitoring and project
management, as well as represents a key issue for the discussion at the Steering Committee meetings.
Once the project has been under implementation for a year, an APR/PIR must be completed by the RCU
together with the project implementation team. The APR/PIR can be prepared any time during the year
(July-June), prior to the SC meeting. The APR/PIR should then be discussed at the SC meeting so that the
result will be an APR/PIR that has been agreed upon by the project, the executing agency, and the key
stakeholders. The individual APR/PIRs are collected, reviewed and analysed by the RC prior to sending
them to the focal area clusters at the UNDP/GEF headquarters.
164. Quarterly Progress reports: Short reports outlining main updates in project progress will be provided
quarterly to the RCU by the project team based upon a standard format to be provided by UNDP-GEF.
165. As and when called for by UNDP, UNDP-GEF or the Implementing Partner, the project team will
prepare Specific Thematic Reports, focusing on specific issues or areas of activity. The request for a
Thematic Report will be provided to the project team in written form by UNDP and will clearly state the
issue or activities that need to be reported on. These reports can be used as a form of lessons learnt
exercise, specific oversight in key areas, or as troubleshooting exercises to evaluate and overcome
obstacles and difficulties encountered. UNDP is requested to minimize its requests for Thematic Reports,
and when such are necessary will allow reasonable timeframes for their preparation by the project team.
166. During the last three months of the project the project team will prepare the Project Terminal
Report. This comprehensive report will summarize all activities, achievements and outputs of the Project,
lessons learnt, objectives met, or not achieved, structures and systems implemented, etc. and will be the
definitive statement of the Project's activities during its lifetime. It will also lay out recommendations for
any further steps that may need to be taken to ensure sustainability and replicability of the Project's
activities.
Independent Evaluation
167. The project will be subjected to at least two independent external evaluations as follows:
168. An independent Mid-Term Review will be undertaken at the mid of the second year of
implementation. The Mid-Term Review will determine progress being made towards the achievement of
outcomes and will identify course correction if needed. It will focus on the effectiveness, efficiency and
timeliness of project implementation; will highlight issues requiring decisions and actions; and will
present initial lessons learned about project design, implementation and management. Findings of this
review will be incorporated as recommendations for enhanced implementation during the final half of the
project's term. The organization, terms of reference and timing of the mid-term evaluation will be decided
after consultation between the parties to the project document. The Terms of Reference for this Mid-term
review will be prepared by the PMCU based on guidance from the RCU and UNDP-GEF.
169. An independent Final Evaluation will take place three months prior to the terminal Steering
Committee meeting, and will focus on the same issues as the mid-term evaluation. The final evaluation
10 The GEF M&E Unit provides the scope and content of the PIR. In light of the similarities of both APR (standard
UNDP requirement) and PIR (GEF format), UNDP/GEF has prepared a harmonized format - an APR/PIR.
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will also look at impact and sustainability of results, including the contribution to capacity development
and the achievement of global environmental goals. The Final Evaluation should also provide
recommendations for follow-up activities. The Terms of Reference for this evaluation will be prepared by
the PMCU based on guidance from the RCU and UNDP-GEF.
Audit Clause
170. The project will be audited in accordance with UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules and Audit
policies.
Table 5: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Budget
Type of M&E
Responsible Parties
Budget US$
Time frame
activity
Excluding project staff time
Inception Workshop
CTA
Within first two
& associated
UNDP CO
Indicative cost:
15,000
months of project
arrangements
UNDP GEF
start up
Project Team
Indicative cost
5,000
Immediately
Inception Report
UNDP CO
(stakeholder consultations,
following IW
Consultancy support if needed
consultancy translation)
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CTA will oversee the hiring for
To be finalized in Inception
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Means of
specific studies and institutions,
Phase and Workshop.
project
Verification for
delegate responsibilities to
Indicative cost
12,000
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relevant team members, and
Indicators
Ensure hiring outside experts if
deemed necessary
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Oversight by Project GEF
To be determined as part of
Annually prior to
Means of
Technical Advisor and CTA
the Annual Work Plan's
APR/PIR and to the
Verification for
Measurements by regional field
preparation.
definition of annual
Project Progress and
officers and local IAs
Indicative cost
12,000
work plans
Performance
(measured on an
annual basis)
APR/PIR; GEF-4
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Indicative cost:
0
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IW Tracking Tool
UNDP-CO
UNDP-GEF
Steering Committee
CTA
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46,000 Following Project
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UNDP CO
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IW and subsequently
relevant meeting
project stakeholders)
at least once a year
proceedings
(minutes)
Quarterly status
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0
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reports
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Technical reports
Project team
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30,000
To be determined by
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Project Team and
UNDP-CO
Project Publications
Project team
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40,000
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(e.g. technical
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Review
UNDP- CO
project
UNDP-GEF RCU
implementation.
External Consultants (i.e.
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Type of M&E
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Budget US$
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activity
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evaluation team)
Final External
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42,000
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Evaluation
UNDP-CO
implementation
UNDP-GEF RCU
External Consultants (i.e.
evaluation team)
Terminal Report
Project team
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UNDP-CO
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5,000
before the end of the
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project
Lessons learned
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Indicative cost:
14,000
formats for documenting best
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18,000
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Project team
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Yearly
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Indicative cost:
16,000
UNDP-GEF RCU (as appropriate)
to be charged to IA
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TOTAL INDICATIVE COST Excluding project team
staff time and UNDP staff and travel expenses
US$ 283,000
LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
1. Results from the project will be disseminated within and beyond the project intervention zone through
a number of existing information sharing networks and forums. In addition:
2. The project will participate, as relevant and appropriate, in UNDP/GEF sponsored networks,
organized for Senior Personnel working on projects that share common characteristics. UNDP/GEF,
IW:LEARN etc. have established a number of networks, such as IWRM, lake and river basin
management, Integrated Ecosystem Management, eco-tourism, and co-management that will largely
function on the basis of an electronic platform. The project will contribute to IW experience note
(IWEN) preparation. Development and maintenance of the project's website will be done following
the guidance of IW:Learn. And finally, the project has allocated funds to support the participation of
the Project CTA and (2) country representatives in IW Conferences. Approximately 1.5% of the
project budget will be spent on these IW:Learn associated activities.
3. The project will identify and participate, as relevant and appropriate, in scientific, policy-based and/or
any other networks, which may be of benefit to project implementation though lessons learned.
4. The project will identify, analyze, and share lessons learned that might be beneficial in the design and
implementation of similar future projects. Identifying and analyzing lessons learned is an on- going
process, and the need to communicate such lessons as one of the project's central contributions is a
requirement to be delivered not less frequently than once every 12 months. UNDP/GEF shall provide
a format and assist the project team in categorizing, documenting and reporting on lessons learned. To
this end a percentage of project resources will need to be allocated for these activities
PART V: Legal Context
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171. For all five participating countries, Azerbaijan, I.R. Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and
Turkmenistan, this Project Document shall be the instrument referred to as such in Article 1 of the
Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA) between these governments and the United Nations
Development Programme, signed by the parties previously. The host countries' implementing agencies
shall, for the purpose of the SBAA, refer to the governments' cooperating agencies described in that
Agreement.
172. The following types of revisions may be made to this Project Document with the signature of the
Principal Project Resident Representative (PPRR) only, provided he or she is assured that the other
signatories of the Project Document have no objection to the changes:
a) Revision of, or addition to, any of the annexes to the Project Document;
b) Revisions which do not involve significant changes in the immediate objectives, outputs or
activities of the project, but are caused by the rearrangement of the inputs already agreed to or by
cost increases due to inflation;
c) Mandatory annual revisions which re-phase the delivery of agreed project inputs or increased
expert or other costs due to inflation or take into account agency expenditure flexibility; and
d) Inclusion of additional annexes and attachments only as set out here in this Project Document
SECTION II: STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND GEF INCREMENT
PART I: Incremental Reasoning
173. Baseline Scenario a summary of the situation as it would be in the absence of the project.
174. Knowledge based decision-making promoted and capacitated for ecosystem-based bioresources
conservation. In the Baseline scenario, Caspian countries will continue to invest substantial sums in
bioresources management and monitoring. However, these activities will not be regional in nature, will be
limited to a small number of commercially important taxa and will not be ecosystem-based. Improved
bioresource management in the Caspian region will be hampered by a very low level of knowledge about
practical EBM decision support tools and how to use them in order to integrate fishery management and
biodiversity conservation objectives. In the baseline scenario, the littoral states will have difficulty
generating QA data at an international standard. Countries will also struggle to apply this data to adaptive
management of the Caspian environment in practical ways, such as through ecological risk analyses or by
assessing trends with respect to Caspian ecosystem health over time.
175. Invasive species introduction mitigated. Cooperation between CEP-2 and GloBallast Pilot project
resulted in a series of meetings at the regional level in the Caspian and a proposed regional roadmap. In
the baseline scenario, what is lacking is agreement on a suitable management measure to prevent invasive
species transfers in the future. In the baseline scenario, reaching an agreement of this kind will be
hampered by the absence of a detailed feasibility study on the top-ranked management options identified
in the CEP-Phase 2 study and in weak capacity for compliance and enforcement in the context of the
IMO/BWM Convention. Invasive species and in particular Mnemiopsis ledyii (ML) will continue to be
monitored by disparate groups around the region. For example, in Turkmenistan, the Khazar Reserve
monitors ML monthly from four different stations around Turkmenbashi Bay. However, a regional
approach to this monitoring and to developing recommendations for joint regional action will be absent.
176. Caspian stakeholders implement measures to increase reproductive success of Caspian's
diadromous fish. Many of the Caspian's most valuable commercial fish species and most threatened are
diadromous species. In the baseline scenario, most of the programmatic attention and investment in
restoring these depleted fisheries will be focused upon "traditional" remedies such as hatcheries and
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improved enforcement. Little attention will be paid to critical ecological elements to restoring depleted
fisheries in the Caspian sea: Little attention will be paid to EBM and improving the littoral states'
understanding of the ecological needs of these species and how to improve their reproductive success by
enhancing natural spawning capacity.
177. Stakeholders apply circum-Caspian approach to habitat and EFH conservation in the Caspian. In
the baseline scenario, national approaches will continue to be applied with respect to conservation of
biodiversity in each littoral state's coastal zone. Conservation will be focused in the littoral states'
respective national coastlines of the Caspian and will not be identified from a "whole Caspian" ecosystem
perspective. Conservation efforts will be tend to be focused more on wildlife habitat and less on essential
fish habitat and priorities.
178. Coastal communities increase participation and are enabled to contribute to improved bioresources
conservation in the Caspian region. Under the baseline scenario, coastal communities throughout the
Caspian region will continue to face financial and informational/communication barriers to increasing
their participation in environmental conservation and to increasing their contribution to an improved
regional understanding and consensus on environmental issues.
179. Regional Environmental Governance. In the absence of this project, the Tehran Convention process
would falter. The Convention process with its interim Secretariat would lack sufficient resources to secure
and provide the basis and incentives for making regional cooperation for the protection of the marine
environment of the Caspian Sea fully operational and sustainable. In the baseline scenario, the
Convention process with its interim Secretariat can be likened to a small seedling, that without continued
care and watering will not survive long enough to grow into a mature tree, or in this case, into a solid
legal instrument with operational commitments in the form of protocols, a permanent Secretariat and
sustainable financing. The countries, while committed to the Convention, would be severely hampered in
their efforts to come together on a regional level to further discuss, develop and finalize the necessary
collaborative and corporate arrangements for a regional environmental management regime
Global Environmental Benefits
180. The project is designed to address the IW focal area strategic program #1: Restoring and sustaining
coastal and marine fish stocks and associated biodiversity. The project is designed to contribute to the
achievement of the SP's expected outcomes and indicators.
181. The project will address the decline in fisheries in the Caspian Sea in a broader context of
ecosystem-based understanding of the complex interactions between factors such as biodiversity,
pollution, invasive species and habitats. The strengthening of the institutional capacity for cooperative
implementation of the SAP (and in the future the SCAP) through promoting the development and
application of protocols and EBM approaches for bioresources will enable commitments to be made by
the littoral states to joint, EBM-oriented action to mitigate the increasing anthropogenic pressures
manifested in the depleted fisheries of the Caspian Sea.
182. The global environmental benefits from this project will include the improved regional management
and understanding of the Caspian Sea, one of the world's unique transboundary closed water bodies.
Global benefits will also include the improved EBM of depleted transboundary fisheries shared by five
countries and the strengthened resilience of the Caspian's five species of sturgeon, which as one of the
oldest genera in the world and occupies a unique place in the biological history of the planet. The
project's support for EBM will bring an improved understanding of the resilience of the Caspian Sea
ecosystem and the importance of ecosystem resilience in the face of global climate instability.
183. The biological diversity of the Caspian and its coastal zone makes the region one of the most
valuable ecosystems in the world. The Caspian harbors some 147 species of fish, 450 species, varieties, or
forms of phytoplankton, 87 species of algae, and 315 species of zooplankton. One of the most important
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features of the Caspian's biodiversity is the relatively high level of endemism among its flora and fauna.
Endemic species are a distinct global benefit. Recent studies suggest the actual endemism among animal
and plant life in the Caspian may be even higher than what is already known. To date, there are 331
known endemic species in the Caspian. The project will contribute to the conservation of all these species,
through its focus on overall ecosystem health and it will contribute specifically to the conservation of
such well-known endemic species such as the Caspian seal, and three species of Caspian herring and the
Caspian salmon.
184. The Caspian is a center of endemism globally for brown trout. This project will bring some much-
needed attention to the Caspian salmon, a highly threatened species. The genetic diversity of the locally
adapted races of Caspian salmon are of great value because of their intrinsic value, their ecological role in
freshwater ecosystems, their value as a source of genetic diversity for salmon hatchery programs
worldwide, and because--due to their ability to survive in warmer water conditions than other European
races of S. trutta -- their increased resilience to the environmental effects of global warming. These kinds
of traits are very valuable to protect in a warming world. The project's strengthening of the Tehran
Convention and its Secretariat will enable sustainable trans-boundary environmental governance.
Incremental Reasoning
185. In the absence of GEF involvement, Caspian countries will continue to invest substantial sums in
bioresources management and monitoring. However, these activities will not be regional in nature, will be
limited to a small number of commercially important taxa and will not be ecosystem-based. Improved
bioresource management in the Caspian region will be hampered by a very low level of knowledge about
practical ecosystem-based management decision support tools and how to use them in order to integrate
fishery management and biodiversity conservation objectives.
186. In the absence of this project, the Tehran Convention process would falter. The Convention process
with its interim Secretariat would lack sufficient resources to secure and provide the basis and incentives
for making regional cooperation for the protection of the marine environment of the Caspian Sea fully
operational and sustainable. In the baseline scenario, the Convention process with its interim Secretariat
can be likened to a small seedling, that without continued care and watering will not survive long enough
to grow into a mature tree, or in this case, into a solid legal instrument with operational commitments in
the form of protocols, a permanent Secretariat and sustainable financing. The countries, while committed
to the Convention, would be severely hampered in their efforts to come together on a regional level to
further discuss, develop and finalize the necessary collaborative and corporate arrangements for a regional
environmental management regime
187. The Caspian Environment Programme (CEP), with critical and catalytic support from GEF since
1998, has had three major achievements, namely: the successful TDA/NCAP/SAP process; the
establishment of the Tehran Convention, a regional environmental dialogue and governance mechanism
that entered into force in 2006 and its interim Secretariat; and resource mobilization initiatives
encouraging considerable environmental investment by the littoral countries and development partners
and modest investment by the private sector.
188. Building upon this solid foundation, GEF incremental involvement is critical to: 1) help the
countries begin to reverse the ongoing decline in transboundary bioresources and to restore depleted
fisheries in the Caspian Sea; and 2) enable the countries to consolidate their achievement with respect to
the Tehran Convention (TC) and related protocols and secure a sustainable, fully operational and effective
regional environmental governance mechanism.
189. Cooperation on fisheries management in the region is fraught with political sensitivities. As in every
region of the world, the bulk of investment and funding in the Caspian supports national-level fisheries
and conservation-related work: little goes towards regional, trans-boundary issues and shared resources.
While other donors do contribute with some short-term technical assistance, it is critical that sustained
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attention be given through the TC process to help the States integrate fisheries recovery measures into an
integrated ecosystem management approach for the Caspian. A GEF-supported project is key to achieving
this goal. Without external support from GEF, it is unlikely that the littoral states will be able to reach
agreement on practical measures for sustainable, ecosystem-based management of shared bioresources.
Also, while significant progress has been made by the States with the entry into force of the TC,
continued support from GEF and the international community is needed to assist in the full
operationalization and sustainability of a functional Secretariat for the TC. Without this support the
momentum would likely be lost, and cooperative work on the program outlined in the SAP would falter.
Co-financing
Stakeholders have identified and secured parallel, cash and in-kind co-financing amounting to
$42,643,000 from a range of sources. This is detailed in Table 6 below. In addition, each of the five
littoral states has identified a total of $293 million in SAP-inspired baseline funding for sustainable
development and environment work in the Caspian coastal zone.
Table 6: Sources of Co-funding
Source of Co-financing
Type
Amount
Government Contributions
Azerbaijan Parallel11
3,000,000
Cash
821,000
Islamic Republic of Iran Parallel
6,500,000
Cash
876,000
Kazakhstan Parallel
7,000,000
Cash/In-kind
1,094,000
Russian Federation Parallel
8,000,000
Cash & In-kind
612,000
Turkmenistan Parallel
$7,500,000
Cash
839,000
GEF Agencies
- UNDP
In-kind
500,000
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3,596,00012
- FAO
In-kind
300,000
- WB
In-kind
830,000
- IAEA
In-kind
120,000
- UNEP
In-kind
205,000
Private Sector
British Petroleum
In-kind
150,000
OSPRI In-kind
700,000
Total
42,643,000
11 Parallel funding for activities to conserve and sustainably utilize the Caspian environment in each littoral state.
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Eq
M
M
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C
C
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Eq
M
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C
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Eq
M
M
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tc
2
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62
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Travel
C
Services
Eq
M
M
In
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M
M
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Eq
M
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6
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5
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5
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2
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6
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1
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2
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71
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71
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62
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M
M
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C
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M
M
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In
C
Local
C
C
Services
Eq
M
M
t
In
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p
p
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m
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5
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5
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2
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6
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5
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5
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3
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62
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SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PART I: Letters of Endorsement and Financial Commitment.
Attached as a separate document.
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PART II: Terms of Reference for Key Project Staff
The core PMCU will be located in the offices of the Ministry of Environment in Astana, Kazakhstan with
one staff person located in each Caspian littoral state.
The PMCU will be staffed by the following positions:
Internationally Recruited:
Chief Technical Advisor (CTA)
Regionally recruited:
Finance and Administrative Affairs Officer (FAAO)
Operations & Logistics Assistant (OLA)
Fisheries and Bioresources Expert (FBE)
Civil Society Participation Officer (CSPO)
Nationally recruited
Project National Coordinator (PNC) (1 based in each country)
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Chief Technical Advisor
Astana, Kazakhstan
The project Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) shall be responsible for providing critical technical input to
project implementation and overall management and supervision of the GEF project. He/she will manage
and provide overall supervision for all GEF staff in the Project Management and Coordination Unit
(PMCU). He/she shall liaise directly with the Regional Coordinator UNDP-GEF, National Focal Points
(NFPs) and project partners in order to develop the annual work plan for the project.
He/she will report to the UNDP-GEF Regional International Waters Advisor located in Bratislava.
He/she shall consult with, and coordinate closely with, the Principal Project Resident Representative,
senior representatives of partner agencies as well as the respective UNDP officers in all Caspian
Countries.
Duties:
The CTA will have the following specific duties:
Management:
· Supervise and coordinate the project to ensure its results are in accordance with the Project Document
and the rules and procedures established in the UNDP Programming Manual;
· Provide manage leadership of the CaspEco project - both organizational and substantive matters
budgeting, planning and general monitoring of the project, the PMCU, its staff located in five
countries, its budget and its imprest fund.
· Ensure adequate information flow, discussions and feedback among the various stakeholders of the
project;
· Prepare annual work plans and implementation of project activities in full consultation with the SC and
the Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat. The work plan will provide guidance on the day-to-day
implementation of the project document noting the need for overall coordination with other projects
and on the integration of the various donor funded parallel initiatives.
· Catalyze the adaptive management of CaspEco by actively monitoring progress towards achievement
of project objectives vis-a-vis the agreed progress indicators and applying the resulting insights to the
project's ongoing work; Ensure adherence to the project's work plan, prepare revisions of the work
plan, if required;
· Assume overall responsibility for the proper handling of logistics related to project workshops and
events;
· Prepare GEF quarterly project progress reports, as well as any other reports requested by the
Executing Agency and UNDP;
· Guide the work of consultants and subcontractors and oversee compliance with the agreed work plan;
· Monitor the expenditures, commitments and balance of funds under the project budget lines, and draft
project budget revisions;
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· Assume overall responsibility for the meeting financial delivery targets set out in the agreed annual
work plans, reporting on project funds and related record keeping;
· Liaise with project partners to ensure their co-financing contributions are provided within the agreed
terms;
Technical Input:
· Provide critical and significant environmental/natural resource-related technical input to project
implementation based upon professional background and experience. This technical input to be agreed
and detailed with UNDP at project inception.
· Provide overall technical guidance and consistency of vision for project's ecosystem-based
management approach as manifested through the development of related sub-contracting documents;
· Effectively and efficiently implement the project activities towards full achievement of its stated
objectives and for all substantive, managerial and financial reports from the Project.
· Engage in a constructive dialogue with the NFPs and project partners worldwide to maximize
consistency and synergy between the various project components.
· Provide technical input to and be responsible for preparation of the development of Terms of
Reference for consultants and contractors.
· Arrange for the timely recruitment and procurement of quality services and equipment and for
implementation of project activities of in accord with applicable rules, regulation and standards;
· Foster and establish technical best-practice links with other related Caspian initiatives and, where
appropriate, with other regional International Waters programmes.
· Interact on a technical, substantiative level with the Tehran Convention Interim Secretariat and its
Executive Body in order to maximize sustainability of project-inspired outcomes under the long-term
umbrella of the TCIS.
· Catalyze the development private sector partnerships for complementary technical activities and to
improve sustainability of project-inspired actions.
· Provide overall technical guidance to maintain and develop the project web-site seeking and
incorporating data and information from all project partners;
· Provide overall technical guidance to development of web-based Caspian Information Center and the
PMCU's Technical Documents Unit;
· Represent the project at the Steering Committee meetings, technical meetings and other appropriate
fora.
· Undertake any other actions related to the project as requested by UNDP.
Skills and Experience Required
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Post-graduate degree in environmental management or a directly related field, e.g. applied marine science,
natural resources economics; at least fifteen years experience in fields related to the assignment including
ten years of experience at a senior project management level. Must be able to demonstrate ability to make
significant technical and management contributions to project implementation under both Components 1
and 2. Demonstrated diplomatic and negotiating skills; familiarity with the goals and procedures of
international organizations, in particular those of the GEF partners; excellent knowledge of English;
familiarity with the coastal countries, knowledge of one of their languages is an asset.
Duty Station: Astana, Kazakhstan
Duration: Three years on a fixed-term contract
Suggested Grade: TBD
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Finance and Administrative Affairs Officer (FAAO)
Astana, Kazakhstan
Under the supervision of the Project Chief technical Advisor (CTA), the FAAO will manage the day to day
operations of the PMCU, particularly with respect to finances, technical services, procurement and
personnel matters, all to be carried out in close cooperation with the counterpart staff of UNOPS and the
UNDP Field Office in Astana. The post holder will be the principal line of liaison between the PMCU and
the UNOPS PMO in all financial and administrative matters.
Duties
The FAAO will have the following specific duties:
· Ensure the proper day-to-day functioning of the PMCU by supervising the provision of all necessary
supplies and services including maintenance contracts, office supplies and communications. He/she
will personally supervise the OLA. He/she shall be responsible for the proper running and upkeep of
the PMCU hardware including the computers, copiers, etc.
· Prepare draft budget revisions and working budgets in consultation with the UNOPS and CTA;
· Administer the petty cash and imprest account on behalf of the CTA and prepare relevant documents
including monthly cash statements, requests for replenishment and budget reviews and revisions.
He/she shall oversee the work of the Administrative Assistant regarding financial issues. The FAAO
shall also be responsible to arrange for due payments.
· Assist the CTA to prepare special budget and financial statements for Steering Committee and Donor
meetings, etc) and to regularly brief the CTA on the financial status of the project.
· Assist all the PMCU staff with personnel matters relevant to the performance of official duties. This
work, with support from the OLA, will include the obtaining of visas for official missions and
assistance to newly arriving or departing staff for shipment of their personal effects, opening bank
accounts, etc. The incumbent will also supervise keeping records of time and attendance and informing
staff of vacation periods and any other UNDP-related administrative functions as required by the CTA.
· Undertake all duties relevant to local procurement, with support of the OLA. He/she will maintain
records of suppliers, obtain competitive bids for the consideration of the CTA and complete the
relevant documentation including that pertinent to the tax status of the PMCU. He/she will arrange for
customs clearance if required. He/she will maintain precise records of all goods purchased and for
maintaining proper equipment inventories as well as for ensuring the proper labeling and recording of
equipment delivered to the field.
Skill and Experience Requirements
Degree in administration or a directly relevant field; three years proven experience in administration and
budget management; fluency in English and Russian; proven experience in the management of computer or
other office technology equipment; good knowledge of UNDP policies and regulations.
Duty Station: Astana
Duration: three years
Suggested level /grade: TBD
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Operations & Logistics Assistant (OLA)
Astana, Kazakhstan
Under the supervision of the project Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) the Operations & Logistics Assistant
(OLA) will provide support to the CTA and assist the FAAO to perform his/her tasks.
Duties
The OLA will have the following specific duties:
· Provide general administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the PMCU.
· Project logistical support to the FAAO and CTA and project consultants in conducting different
project activities (trainings, workshops, stakeholder consultations, arrangements of study tour, etc.).
· Prepare and maintain the local records of project accounts, particularly those pertaining to the imprest
fund. He/she shall prepare all relevant documents for administering the imprest account for final
approval by the CTA, in conformity with the stipulations of the financial regulations of the executing
agency. He/she shall prepare bank reconciliation and records of total project expenditure including,
where possible, full records of counterpart contributions to the project.
· Monitor Project expenditures with reference to the approved budget. He/she will prepare budget
proposals and also attend to all financial and budgetary aspects of the implementation of the
programme including the following specific duties.
· Monitor expenditures entailing monitoring the Interagency agreements, review of the executing agency
finance records of expenditures against MODs and budget lines.
· Assist the project staff to prepare budgets for meetings and activities and to review incoming
authorizations to ensure adequate recording against budget lines.
During the visits of foreign experts, bear the responsibility for their visa support, transportation, hotel
accommodation etc.
Assist the control of budget expenditures by preparing payment documents, and compiling financial
reports.
Maintain the project's disbursement ledger and journal & keep files with project documents, expert
reports.
Develop, edit and electronically publish on website a regular information bulletin on the project
activities including updated events calendar
Provide English translation as required.
Draft correspondence and documents; finalize correspondence of administrative nature; edit reports
and other documents for correctness of form and content.
Arrange duty travel.
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Act on telephone inquiries, fax, post and e-mail transmissions, and co-ordinate appointments.
Perform any other administrative/financial duties as requested by the CTA.
Organize and coordinate the procurement of services and goods under the project.
Skills and Experience Required
Degree in a directly relevant field; proven experience in accounting; fluency in English and Russian;
proven experience in the management of computer or other office technology equipment; good knowledge
of UNDP policies and regulations.
Duty Station: Astana
Duration: three years
Suggested level /grade: TBD
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Fisheries, Bioresources & Data Management Expert (FBE)
Astana, Kazakhstan
The Fisheries, Bioresources and Data Management Expert (FBE) shall be responsible for overseeing and
providing technical input to the project's ecosystem-based bioresources management-related activities and
related data and information management work. This will include information capture, exchange and
networking between a wide range of participants in the project including government officials,
international partners, scientists, non-governmental organizations and the public at large. He/she will work
closely with institutional focal points, project partners, international and national NGOs, industry,
academia and public and will cooperate with and encourage activities of other partners in this field. He/she
shall work under the direct supervision of the Project Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) within the Project
Management and Coordination Unit (PMCU), which will be established in Astana.
Duties
He/she will have the following specific duties:
· Work closely with the CTA in the project's work with ecosystem-based management, monitoring,
capacity building and habitat conservation.
· Take the lead in cultivating and building solid working relationships with bioresource management
colleagues in all five Caspian states in an open and even-handed manner.
· Assume responsibility for overseeing implementation of the bioresources-related activities under the
project's annual workplan.
· Develop and maintain the EBM-bioresource management elements of the project website building
fully upon CEP website materials and coordinating closely with the TCIS in this regard.
· Provide significant technical input and guidance to the project's work with all five Caspian countries in
developing a Unified Environmental Monitoring Program (UEMP) and work closely with regional and
international experts to this end.
· Identify data & information sources and arrange for collection, storage, updating, and maintenance of
same in electronic and hard forms copy forms as applicable.
· Facilitate and supervise data exchange and the maintenance of the bioresources data communications
network among cooperating institutions in all five countries.
· Supervise the development of a Technical Documents Unit at the PMCU.
· Liaise with project partners, donors, specialized UN agencies, international and national NGOs,
academia, industry and other stakeholders on ecosystem-based management of bioresources.
· Lead and effectively participate in IT capacity building activities under the project including
organizing training initiatives.
· Assist with the administration of other information-related technical issues where required by the
CTA.
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Skills and Experience Required
Post-graduate degree in bioresources, fisheries or marine science or a directly related field; at least five
years experience in similar international posts dealing with sustainable use and conservation of
bioresources/biodiversity; proven experience with computer data bases, GIS. Web site design experience
helpful. Experience in training other specialists and fully fluent in English and Russian including a proven
writing and editing ability; familiarity with the problems and opportunities of the Caspian region would be
a major advantage.
Duty station: Astana, Kazakhstan
Duration: Thirty months
Suggested Grade: TBD
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Civil Society Participation Officer (CSPO)
Astana, Kazakhstan
The CSPO will be responsible for the project elements designed to facilitate civil society participation and
strengthen capacity of civil society through the project's work supporting an NGO network, the Matched
Small Grant Programme (MSGP) and a Public Participation Strategy aligned with the Terhan Convention.
He/she will work closely with Governmental, NGOs, Caspian local authorities and communities, industry,
media and will liaise with corresponding activities of other project partners in this field, especially at the
regional governance level with the TCIS.
He/she shall work under the supervision of the Project Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) and will be a
critical part of the team comprising the Project Management and Coordination Unit (PMCU) in Astana.
He/she will coordinate closely with the Fisheries and Bioresources Expert (FBE) in the dissemination of all
information and with respective PNC around the Caspian region.
Duties
The MPP Manager will have the following specific duties:
· Provide leadership on the implementation of key civil society related activities under CaspEco,
particularly under Component I, Outcome 5 (Output 9) and Component 2, Outcome 4 (Output 6).
· Provide leadership and work closely with WB and other partners on the development and
implementation of the Matched Small Grants and the Micro Environmental Grants programmes.
· Work closely with the CTA and the TCIS and other project partners, to adapt and align the CEP public
participation strategy to the requirements of the Tehran Convention.
· Actively reach out to and liaise with NGOs in all five Caspian countries and provide leadership in the
creation of the web-based NGO network and the organization of related workshops and round-table
discussions to that end.
· Establish and coordinate technical support and capacity building initiatives targeted at the local
communities and authorities and Caspian NGOs including the effective implementation of micro
grants under the public participation strategy.
· Working closely with each PNC, arrange for and participate in MSGP outreach to the potential
beneficiaries; prepare materials and documentations including announcements, flyers, application
package, evaluation criteria for MSGP and micro grants; arrange for and participate in evaluation and
award of grants including technical review for pre-selection of proposals for consideration by the
MSGP Evaluation Committee; closely monitor implementation of awarded grants.
· Closely cooperate with the FBE to share out information on project in general and on the project and
MSGP in particular to the Caspian stakeholders and others.
· Liaise with other project partners (i.e. The World Bank) on the implementation of projects that support
public participation/ public awareness in the Caspian region.
Skills and Experience Required
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Degree in environmental studies, economics, finance or a directly related field; at least two years direct
experience with the establishment and management of NGOs; familiarity with the problems and
opportunities of the Caspian; and full fluency (spoken and written) in English and Russian. Knowledge of
Farsi is an advantage.
Duty station: Astana, Kazakhstan
Duration: Three years
Suggested level /grade : TBD
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Project National Coordinator (PNC)
(in all five countries)
Successful implementation of a regional project like CaspEco, to a large degree depends on effective
implementation and ownership of project-inspired work at the national and local levels. Each Project
National Coordinator (PNC) will be the CaspEco project's staff person on-the-ground in each Caspian
littoral state. The PNC will be responsible for effective project implementation at the national level,
including: enhanced stakeholders participation; capacity building; and effective resources mobilization.
He/she will report to the CTA. The PNC will work full time at the facilities provided by the NFP. He/she
will liaise closely with his/her colleagues at the PMCU, as well as his/her respective UNDP Country
Office, and the Outposted Unit of the Tehran Convention in his/her country.
Duties
PNC will have the following specific duties:
Oversee project implementation at his/her respective national level. This will involve the following
critical responsibilities:
Working with the CTA, develop national-level workplan for CaspEco and ensure all relevant
national partner organizations are in support of this workplan.
Monitor project implementation at the national level through assessing progress against established
indicators; identify opportunities,
Working closely with the NFP, facilitate project implementation at the national level with respect to
managing the national consultant recruitment process on budget and on-time according to UNDP rules
and procedures, and coordinating scheduling of joint work with important Government and civil
society partners, and ensure timely delivery of required and contracted national inputs, outputs and
outcomes.
Assist NFP and national officials in working with the PMCU to ensure best possible intersesctoral co-
ordination between the various Ministries towards effective bioresources management. To this end,
support the work of the IMCM
Communicate effectively and regularly with the CTA and colleagues at the PMCU, with his/her
respective NFP, with international partner organizations based in his/her respective country.
Working as an effective member of the PMCU team, facilitate the PMCU staff members' work in
his/her respective country with respect to civil society participation, data and information management
and small grants management.
Working closely with the CTA and the Civil Society Participation Officer in designing and overseeing
an effective MSGP and MEG structure in his/her country. If relevant, this may involve working closely
with the UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme at the national level.
· Catalyze the development of the NGO network in-country and the participation of this network in
regional-level consultations and capacity building exercises under CaspEco.
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· Establish and coordinate technical support and capacity building initiatives targeted at the local
communities and authorities and Caspian NGOs including the effective implementation of micro
grants under the public participation strategy in his/her country of assignment.
· Catalyze outreach activities to the potential beneficiaries for MSGP and micro grants; actively
engage is encouraging grant applications from local authorities, communities and NGOs; assist in
establishing grant awards to awardees, and closely monitor implementation of awarded grants.
· Closely cooperate with the FBE to share out information on project in general and on the project
and MSGP in particular to the Caspian stakeholders and others.
Assist NPF in his/her official responsibilities in project facilitation and oversight at the national level.
Provide and/or arrange for capacity building events, training and guidance for the participants in the
project implementation processes.
Cooperate fully with Tehran Convention partners in the initiation and development of Caspian related
project proposals; draft protocols and regional agreements.
Assist project partners towards collection of data and information for project research, studies and
activities and for updating of project web-site; and cooperate fully with project partners towards
completion and /or revisiting of strategic studies including the SCAP and NSCAP.
Assist project partners, in particular the NFP, and in resource mobilization activities towards
implementation of SCAP and NSCAP.
Assist the NFP in intersectoral and inter-ministerial co-ordination activities including organizing
meetings and providing timely reports on same to the PMCU.
Skills and Experience Required:
Degree preferably in an environmental field. Experience in management coordination, public relations and
administrative work. Knowledge of computers and common computer applications. Knowledgeable in use
of fax, email, and internet. Good written/spoken English language skills.
English speaking ability required. Excellent Russian language abilities in FSU countries and Farsi in Iran.
Duty Station: One in each of the Caspian littoral countries.
Duration: Three years
Suggested Grade: TBD
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PART III: Stakeholder Involvement Plan
A) Summary of information dissemination, consultation, and similar activities that
occurred during preparation/PPG.
Stakeholders were very much involved in project preparation and implementation of the PPG.
First, a questionnaire was translated and sent out to stakeholders in each of the five Caspian states in
advance of the inception workshop for the PPG. Second, an inception workshop was organized in the
region, in Baku, hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Azerbaijan, where stakeholders presented
and discussed the questionnaire replies and the project as a whole. Third, in-country consultations
were held with key stakeholders in environmental, fisheries, transportation and ports, and foreign
affairs ministries, baseline program offices in biodiversity and fisheries management, and so on.
Fourth, PPG consultations with country fishery management officials were appended to already
scheduled technical workshop on ecosystem based fisheries management with FAO in Rome. Fifth,
draft sections of the project document were circulated for comment and additional input prior to
translation and circulation of full draft project. Sixth, the full draft project was circulated for review
and in-country consultations prior to the final wrap up workshop. Seventh, a final wrap-up workshop
was held in the region to discuss the project draft, resolve outstanding issues and secure the basis for
country endorsement of the project document.
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C) Stakeholder participation -- long-term involvement in decision-making and implementation;
The indicative roles and responsibilities of relevant stakeholders in project implementation is described
above. Long-term involvement in decision making and implementation will be driven by the requirements
of the Tehran Convention and country support and participation in the implementation of articles and
protocols to the Convention. For example each Caspian state will establish an Inter-Ministerial
Coordination Mechanism (IMCM) to engage and ensure broad national support and participation in the
implementation of the project and the Convention and its protocols.
Other stakeholder participation activities will complement this IMCM. Regular meetings of NGO and
civil society representatives will be organized concurrent with Steering Committee and COP meetings.
This will enable the NGO community to exchange experiences and coordinate their input to the project
implementation process as well as the Convention process. The intent is for this to become an integrated
part of the CoP's long-term practice beyond the life-span of the GEF project.
D) Social issues -- impacts on beneficiaries and vulnerable groups, especially indigenous
communities, women, and displaced households. Describe how the marginal groups are going to be
involved in the project implementation.
The project will have no impact upon indigenous communities and displaced households. Women have
played an essential role in the implementation of previous GEF/CEP initiatives and will continue to do so
as part of CaspEco. Women will be involved in the project implementation in several ways: First, normal
UNDP hiring practices emphasizes the importance equality in hiring practices and women will be equally
represented among project staff and expert consultants. Secondly, women will continue to be essential
contributors to their own governments' contributions to CaspEco in the form of expert input and guidance
as part of their official capacity. Thirdly, women's groups will be well represented among the grantees as
part of the matched small grants and micro grants program under Component I of the project.
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Part V: Parallel Co-funded Partner Activities.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
300,000
Regional Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project "Capacity building for the recovery and
management of the sturgeon fisheries of the Caspian Sea" (TCP/INT/3101)
Overall Activity 1: Caspian countries and FAO conduct a joint review of existing sturgeon stock
assessment methodologies.
FAO will conduct a stock assessment workshop together with CITES and CAB members to review
existing stock assessment methodologies and if required, identify and develop changes to current stock
assessment and methods used to calculate total allowable catches (TAC). The meeting report will be
submitted to the CITES Animals Committee before the next meeting. If an improved methodology is
recommended by FAO, it may be tested in the waters of at least one Caspian country if requested and
co-funded by that country.
Overall Activity 2: Provide technical recommendations on improving efficiency of sturgeon hatcheries in
each Caspian country.
FAO will work with hatchery experts in each of the participating Caspian countries to: (i) provide
technical guidelines for restocking hatcheries to improve biotechnical practices including improving
genetic variability when operating with very limited numbers of brood fish (e.g. complete production
cycle from brood stock selection to fingerling release); (ii) share information on measures to improve
restocking efficiency (e.g., size of fingerlings at release, place and timing of release, tagging, non-lethal
egg extraction); (iii) share information on financing hatchery operations, ownership models, marketing
of products; (iv) provide advice on making hatcheries more ecologically and biodiversity friendly
Overall Activity 3: Strengthen regional cooperation in the fight against illegal fishing and trade in
sturgeon products.
FAO and CITES will cooperate in organising a workshop with participation of fisheries and law
enforcement representatives from the Caspian region and international experts. The workshop will
review international experiences in combating IUU fishing and illegal trade, with the view to identify
new methods that could be applied in the Caspian region.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Marine Environment Laboratories in Monaco
$120,000
Relevant to CaspEco project Component 1, Output 2, Activity 2. Conduct Ecological Risk
Assessment Training.
Working together with the IAEA, the project team will develop and implement a training program for the
assessment of risks to fish larvae, fingerlings and their foods of the levels of contaminants in waters and
sediments that have been measured in Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) such as feeding & nursery areas or
spawning grounds.
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This activity will develop online demonstration on how changing one parameter could benefit
bioresources. This activity will establish current environmental quality benchmarks in EFH against which
to: a) identify optimal pilot sites and b) measure any remedial improvements. This activity will depend
upon good QA measurements by regional laboratories, supported by inter-regional comparison exercises.
IAEA contribution
1) 1st year: training course in ecological risk assessment in Monaco for 15-20 people; costing to cover
return travel and stipend: $60, 000.
This training course for national trainers will include the following;
a) introduction to the principles of ecological risk assessment (ERA),
b) how to do ERA on water and sediment contaminant data with regard to fish, fish larvae and their foods,
c) ERA case studies for different categories of pollutants (organics, metals etc.) with regard to fish
habitat, spawning sites,
d) ERA case study for Caspian Sea, based on existing contaminant data,
e) Use of ERA in environmental management for small databases,
f) development and design of national projects in ERA for Caspian Sea states (additional funding to
support these project will be sought from IAEA and Oil companies),
g) provision of ERA software to participants.
2) 2nd year: follow-up workshop in ecological risk assessment in the region, 15-20 people: $60, 000.
This training course for national trainers will include the following;
a) ERA based on tissue residue levels in fish, fish larvae and their foods (activity 3 will support this
activity)
b) reports on national ERA projects and national trainers activities.
Other activities will be included following the first training course, when regional needs are better
assessed.
World Bank (WB)
"Caspian
Fisheries
Management"
Project
$300K
Trust Fund for Environmentally & Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD)
The project development objective is to assist the recovery of Caspian sturgeon, promote the sustainable
management of the fishery, and to introduce economically attractive alternatives to unsustainable fishery
practices at the community level.
The proposed project will a) support analysis of the Commission on Aquatic Bio-resources (CAB) and
stakeholders to address policy level issues that are limiting the effectiveness of sturgeon fishery
management; b) provide support to the CAB to develop technical capacity for use of genetics for sturgeon
management; and c) introduce new community-based monitoring approaches and economic alternatives
to reduce poverty and pressure on fisheries. audiences include CAB and its member fisheries agencies,
scientific institutes, other government officials and parliamentary representatives, Caspian coastal
communities and their local governments, and World Bank management and other donors.
Audience: CAB and its member fisheries agencies, Ministries of Environment, scientific institutes, other
government officials, Caspian communities and donors.
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Timing: June 2007 to mid-2010
WB - Technical Assistance for Caspian Fisheries (under preparation) Seeking $1 million
preparatory financing.
Focus: Support to Iranian Fisheries Organization's Comprehensive Fisheries Plan.
Objective: Analysis to define sector strategy and investment plan.
TORs Developed:
1. Sturgeon Aquaculture
2. Introduction of Marine Aquaculture
3. Evaluation of Credit Available to the Fishing Sector
4. Enhancement of the Alternative Livelihoods Program
5. Redefining and Strengthening the Role of Fisheries Unions
Status: Seeking $1.0m bilateral financing to conduct studies and prepare full-size investment proposal.
WB - Governance Partnership Facility Project Proposal under consideration Approx $2 million
New World Bank grant facility (Governance Partnership Facility) to promote good governance and
related capacities, including those relevant to natural resources and the environment.
Grant will fund: advisory services, workshops, study tours, as well as Bank staff time, travel costs (i.e.,
one objective is to deepen WB understanding and expertise in governance as a way to better serve
clients); intended for multi-stakeholder participation, not just for government counterparts.
Status: Decisions on approval expected in early Nov 2008.
JICA Anzali Wetland Restoration IR-Iran
$2.7 million
JICA Sefidrood River Integrated Water Resources Management
$1.27 million
The JICA/IR-Iran "Anzali Wetland Ecological Management Project" is to be implemented for two years
from mid-2007 to 2010. This project will focus on the establishment of a necessary mechanism for the
implementation of the Master Plan. Expected results of the project are 1) to establish a basic institutional
structure for integrated wetland management; 2) to establish monitoring procedures for wetland
management; 3) to determine zones and to draft management strategies for each zone considering the
socio-economic status of the area; 4) to develop the basis for environmental education, using the
Environmental Education Center; and 5) to develop a basis for ecotourism.
Following a scoping paper on the water resources of the Sefidrood, JICA is funding a IWRM planning
project together with the Water Resources Management Company, Ministry of Energy IR-Iran for the
Sefidrood River watershed. The Sefidrood is a tributary river to the Caspian Sea. The project's two main
objectives are to: 1) formulate a master plan for integrated water resources management for Sefidrud
River Basin; and 2) To transfer relevant skills and technologies to personnel concerned with the Study.
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SIGNATURE PAGE
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Countries: Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.
UNDAF Outcome(s)/Indicator(s): AZ: Natural environmental protection and natural resources management.;
IRI: Global environmental concerns and green development integrated in national development frameworks through
commercially based approaches to sustainable natural resource use, capacity building, and the removal of economic,
legal, institutional, technology barriers.; KZ: Comprehensive approach to SD integrated into national development
planning and linked to poverty reduction; RF: NA; TK: A comprehensive approach to environmentally sustainable
principles and practices is implemented into policies at all levels and into community development and is linked to
improved social well-being'._
Expected Outcome(s)/Indicator (s):AZ: Same as UNDAF; IRI: Same as UNDAF; KZ: Same as UNDAF; RF:
Improved environmental sustainability of development /environmental dimension in development policy; TK: Same
as UNDAF._
(CP outcomes linked to the SRF/MYFF goal and service line)
Expected Output(s)/Indicator(s): AZ: Mechanism placed for management of international waters; IRI: Tackling
coastal pollution with priority given to the Caspian Sea. KZ: Increased capacity of the national Council of SD" and
"expanded cooperation of private sector and other stakeholders in natural resources management; RF: Conserved
ecosystems are considered as important resource for sustainable development; TK: Environmental and natural
resources policies/implementation are aligned with global environmental commitments and national development
priorities.
(CP outcomes linked to the SRF/MYFF goal and service line)
_____________________________________
Implementing partner:
____UNDP_______________
(designated institution/Executing agency)
Other
Partners:
_________________________
_________________________
Programme Period:_____________
Total budget:
____________
Programme Component:_________
Allocated resources:
____________
Proj
ect Title: "CaspEco The Caspian Sea: Restoring
· Government
____________
Depleted Fisheries and Consolidation of a Permanent Regional
· Regular
____________
Environmental Governance Framework."
· Other:
Project I D: 00063443
o Donor _________
Proj
ect Duration: 2009 - 2011
o Donor _________
Ma
nagement Arrangement: UNOPS
o Donor _________
· In kind contributions _________
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Agreed by (Government of Azerbaijan): __________________________________________________
Agreed by (Islamic Republic of Iran): ____________________________________________________
Agreed by (Government of Kazakhstan): _________________________________________________
Agreed by (Government of Russian Federation): ___________________________________________
Agreed by (Government of Turkmenistan): _______________________________________________
Agreed by (Implementing partner/Executing agency):___UNOPS ____________________________
Agreed by (UNDP):______________________________________________________________
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