Event

Ministries and Agencies of Environment, Agriculture, Water, Finance, Economy; Scientific institutions (universities, hydromets, etc); non-governmental organizations and associations; environmental information networks (e.g. CARNet, Ecois); international organizations; national experts and international consultants; mass media representatives.

Outcomes

Some of the main conclusions of the conference included:

Agenda

Time	Session title	Expected speaker/organization
Day 1, 12 November 2012
Session 1 – Priority adaptation measures and technology needs in water and agricultural sectors
9:00 – 9:30	Registration of participants
9:30 – 10:00	Opening Speeches	Representative of the State Committee for Environment of Uzbekistan   Ms. Puja Sawhney, Coordinator for APAN   Mr. Rustam Arstanov, Environmental Management Programme   Manager, CAREC Mr. Yegor Volovik, Coordinator of UNDP Central Asian Multi-country Programme  for Risk Management in the Field of Climate Changes (CA-CRM)
10:00 – 10:15	Impact of climate change on water and agricultural sector in Central Asia.	Ms. Lesya Nikolayeva,
10:15 – 10:30	Climate Change and Current Climate Variability – Experience of UNDP CA-CRM Programme in the Field of Climate Risk Management (CRM) in Central Asia.	Mr. Yegor Volovik, Regional Programme Coordinator, UNDP Central Asian Climate Risk Management Programme (CA-CRM)
10:30 – 10:45	“Climate Change adaptation practices with the involvement of local communities” GEF/ UNDP Programme implementation in Kazakhstan	Ms. Katerina Yushenko, Coordinator of Small Grants Programme of GEF in Kazakhstan
10:45 – 11:00	Results and recommendations of WHO project for climate change adaptation in the field of public health in CA	Dr. Aliya Kosbayeva, World Health Organization
11:00 – 11:15	Coffee break
Priorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of adaptation to Climate Change Moderator: Mrs. Tatyana Nemtsan
11:15 – 11:30	The key strategic documents of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of water resources, agriculture and adaptation to climate change	Mr. Yerlan Zhumabayev, National Coordinator of UNDP/GEF/GTZ/GM CACILM CPP: Multi-Country capacity building project
11:30 – 11:45	Climate risks in the agricultural sector. Adaptation practices at the local level in Kazakhstan	Dr. Gulnara Bekturova, expert at “Farmer of Kazakhstan” Public Fund
11:45 – 12:15	Dialogue on priority adaptation measures and technological needs in water and agriculture sectors in Kazakhstan	Moderator: Ms. Tatyana Nemtsan, Director of Akbota Public Fund
Priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of Adaptation to Climate Change Moderator: Mrs. Kamila Toktogulova
12:15 – 12:30	Impact of Climate Change on Water Management sector in the Kyrgyz Republic	Ms. Ekaterina Sakhvaeva, Head of Water Management and Melioration Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Kyrgyz Republic
12:30 – 12:45	Examples of the most effective local adaptation measures in the water and agricultural sectors of Kyrgyzstan	Mr. Christoph Wiedemann, CAMP Alatoo, Kyrgyzstan
12:45 – 13:15	Dialogue on priority adaptation measures and technological needs in water and agriculture sectors in Kyrgyzstan	Moderator: Mrs. Kamila Toktogulova, Chief Specialist at the Department of the Environmental Strategy and Policy, State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry under the Government of Kyrgyzstan
13:15 – 14:00	Lunch
Priorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of adaptation to Climate Change Moderator: Mrs. Tatyana Nemtsan
11:15 – 11:30	The key strategic documents of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of water resources, agriculture and adaptation to climate change	Mr. Yerlan Zhumabayev, National Coordinator of UNDP/GEF/GTZ/GM CACILM CPP: Multi-Country capacity building project
11:30 – 11:45	Climate risks in the agricultural sector. Adaptation practices at the local level in Kazakhstan	Dr. Gulnara Bekturova, expert at “Farmer of Kazakhstan” Public Fund
11:45 – 12:15	Dialogue on priority adaptation measures and technological needs in water and agriculture sectors in Kazakhstan	Moderator: Ms. Tatyana Nemtsan, Director of Akbota Public Fund
Priorities of the Republic of Tajikistan in the field of Adaptation to Climate Change Moderator: Mrs. Malika Babajanova
14:00 – 14:15	National actions and strategies for adaptation to the climate changes in the water and agricultural sectors of the Republic of Tajikistan	Representative of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan
14:15 – 14:30	Examples of the most effective local adaptation measures in the water and agricultural sectors of the Tajikistan	Representative of civil society sector
14:30 – 15:00	Dialogue on priority adaptation measures and technological needs in water and agriculture sectors in Turkmenistan	Moderator: Ms. Guldzhamal Nurmuhammedova
Priorities of Turkmenistan in the field of Adaptation to Climate Change Moderator: Ms. Guldzhamal Nurmuhammedova
15:00 – 15:15	National actions and strategies for adaptation to the climate changes in the water and agricultural sectors of Turkmenistan	Representative of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan
15:15 – 15:30	Examples of the most effective local adaptation measures in the water and agricultural sectors of Turkmenistan	Ms. Guldzhamal Nurmuhammedova, Head of economic society “Ynanch-Vepa”
15:30 – 16:00	Dialogue on priority adaptation measures and technological needs in water and agriculture sectors in Turkmenistan	Moderator: Ms. Guldzhamal Nurmuhammedova
16:00 – 16:15	Coffee break
Priorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of Adaptation to Climate Change Moderator: Ms. Natalya Agaltseva
16:15 – 16:30	National actions and strategies for adaptation to the climate changes in the water and agricultural sectors of the Republic of Uzbekistan	Mr. Alexander Merkushkin, Deputy Head of Monitoring of Environmental Pollution Unit, Uzhydromet
16:30 – 16:45	Examples of the most effective local adaptation measures in the water and agricultural sectors of the Uzbekistan	Mr. Aleksei Volkov, National Coordinator for GEF SGP in Uzbekistan
16:45 – 17:15	Dialogue on priority adaptation measures and technological needs in water and agriculture sectors in Uzbekistan	Moderator: Ms. Natalya Agaltseva, Project Manager, Climate Risk Management in Uzbekistan, UNDP Uzbekistan
17:15- 18:00	Multi-stakeholder dialogue on adaptation in the water and agricultural sector in Central Asia. Development of general vision and drawing the conclusions on the Session 1	Moderator: Mr. Yegor Volovik, Coordinator of UNDP Central Asian Multi-country Programme  for Risk Management in the Field of Climate Changes
Day 2, 13 November 2012
Session 2. Expanding financing options to meet national climate change adaptation costs Moderator: Mrs. Ludmila Kiktenko
10:00 – 10:30	Financial mechanisms and approaches in sustainable land management	Ms. Ludmila Kiktenko, CAREC financial resources mobilization coordinator. Review of the presentation made by Mr. Ivan Ruzicka, consulting economist
10:30 – 11:00	Recommendations from the experience of developing integrated financing strategies for sustainable land management in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Q&A	Mr. Yerlan Zhumabayev, National Coordinator of UNDP/GEF/GTZ/GM CACILM CPP: Multi-Country Capacity Building Project Ms. Natalya Shulgina, National manager of CACILM program in Uzbekistan
11:00 – 11:20	Coffee break	Ms. Lesya Nikolayeva,
11:20 – 11:40	WECOOP Project – an instrument for strengthening cooperation between Central Asia countries and European Union in the field of environmental protection and climate change   Q&A	Mr. Anatolyi Krutov, Project Manager. “Regional Coordination and support for strengthening cooperation between Central Asia countries and European Union in the field of environmental protection and climate change”
11:40 – 12:00	Stimulating economic instruments to finance adaptation measures in Central Asia: Payments for Ecosystem Services Q&A	Ms. Mariya Genina, Environmental Management Programme Specialist, CAREC
12:00 – 13:00	General discussion	Moderator: Ms. Ludmila Kiktenko, CAREC financial resources mobilization coordinator
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
Session 3. Preparation of recommendations for 18th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the UNFCCC, Doha, Katar, 26 November – 7 December 2012 Moderator: Mrs. Puja Sawhney
14:00 – 14:30	Thematic priorities, opportunities and expectations for the 18th session of the Conference of the UN FCCC parties on adaptation to Climate Changes in Central Asia	Ms. Zhanar Yessenova, Head of the expert group on adaptation and vulnerability in the frame of the preparation of the Third RoK National Report to UNFCCC
14:45 – 15:45	Group discussions Developing recommendations on regional level on adaptation to climate change in water and agricultural sectors in Central Asia	Multisectoral discussions in groups: 3-4 groups Moderator in groups: Rustam Arstanov Mariya Genina Gulnar Bekturova Simon Charre
15:45 – 16:00	Q&A	Moderator: Ms. Tatyana Nemtsan, Director of Akbota Public Fund
16:00 – 16:15	Coffee break
16:15 – 17:15	Intersectoral dialogue	Moderator: Ms. Puja Sawhney, Coordinator for Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN )
17:15 – 17:45	Conclusions, discussion of the Resolution	Moderator: Mr. Rustam Arstanov, Environmental Management Programme Manager, CAREC
17:45 – 18:00	Conference Closure	Representative of the State Committee for Environmental Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan