GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars SkudrinsGreen Bridge Forum
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The document discusses remote sensing and environmental monitoring services provided by an environmental institute located in Prieku勅i, Latvia. The institute conducts research using airborne and satellite sensors to monitor freshwater, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems as well as conduct landscape ecology and natural resource assessments. Specific projects mentioned include using LiDAR to model terrain, monitoring giant hogweed biomass, and analyzing land use/cover changes and water quality using Sentinel satellites. The chairman's contact information is provided at the end.
CLEAN is a Danish green cluster organization with over 170 member companies from the cleantech sector. It brings together public authorities, research institutions, and private companies to work on concrete cleantech projects and innovation platforms. This provides members access to global markets through international cooperation. CLEAN also acts as a point of entry for foreign companies. Its objective is to open new markets for members by providing market insights and facilitating partnerships across clusters internationally to achieve goals like foreign direct investment, growth, and export.
GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Tommi LuostarinenGreen Bridge Forum
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Nocart is an environmentally conscious energy company that uses multiple sources to produce high quality electricity for use and storage. It serves the global demand through a Power Management Unit (PMU) and by designing and executing small power plants connected to various energy sources. Nocart can connect plants to sources like wind, hydro, solar and more to provide electricity without access to the national grid.
GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Ms. Galina ArtyukhinaGreen Bridge Forum
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The document summarizes the mission and activities of the Kazakhstan Business Council for Sustainable Development (KBCSD). The KBCSD aims to promote sustainable development and corporate social responsibility among businesses in Kazakhstan. It represents 19 large companies and has over 100,000 total employees. The KBCSD supports numerous conferences and programs on issues like green growth, waste management, and the environment. It also reviews draft legal documents and is a member of working groups advising the Kazakhstani government on sustainable development policies.
Ferroplan Oy is a full-service environmental technology company that provides consulting, design, engineering, construction, and operational support for waste, water, and wastewater treatment facilities. They offer turnkey solutions for municipal and industrial potable water treatment, industrial water treatment, and municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. Their patented NWFlo flotation-filtration technology is suitable for both wastewater and drinking water treatment and has advantages over gravity-based settling processes.
Cleantech Latvia is a cluster established in 2012 to bring together cleantech enterprises and research institutions in Latvia. It unites players in water and waste, advanced materials, and renewable energy. Key activities include global expansion, product innovation, partnerships, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Future prospects include implementing EU projects, expanding markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through trade missions and exhibitions, and opening foreign representative offices in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
This document discusses using trees and municipal waste products like wastewater sludge and wood ash to rehabilitate degraded lands and forest stands in Latvia. Experiments show that applying mixtures of wastewater sludge and wood ash to trees leads to increased growth compared to untreated controls. The sludge and ash provide beneficial nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The document also explores using these waste products as fertilizers in plantations and for growing biomass crops between rows of trees in agroforestry systems.
This document provides information about Aqua Seen, a company that specializes in water treatment. It has over 20 years of experience and has completed almost 1500 projects in Poland and abroad. The company offers design, equipment, and turnkey solutions for drinking water treatment, sewage management, and renewable energy. It has divisions for potable water, equipment, service, and research and development. The document then describes several large water treatment plant modernization and construction projects the company has completed.
This document discusses the EU-CA international cooperation network for science, technology, and innovation. It summarizes that there is a long history of EU-CA cooperation including joint research projects and capacity building. Co-publications and scientific output between the EU and CA countries have been increasing. The network aims to further boost participation in Horizon 2020 and technological cooperation/innovation by discussing mutually agreed actions such as co-funding projects and participation in ERANETs. In conclusion, strengthening the EU-CA STI relationship can support sustainable economic growth and diversification in both regions.
This document discusses opportunities for cooperation in green technologies between transition economies. It notes that green technologies can stimulate economic growth by focusing not just on energy and resource savings, but also innovation. Transition economies could benefit from more investments in startups, joint research programs between universities and SMEs, and involvement in international networks. Riga Technical University is provided as an example, with its research focusing on renewable energy, environmental technologies, smart networks, and materials science. The university currently works with Latvian partners on projects like biogas production and water treatment, and sees opportunities for increased cooperation through activities like pilot testing of technologies, consulting, and student/researcher exchange programs.
The document summarizes a water management program funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with various partners in Central Asia between 2009-2017. The program aimed to develop practical approaches for sustainable regional water management in Central Asia. It supported projects in river basins to rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure, improve hydrological monitoring, establish basin management plans, and facilitate transboundary cooperation. The program also included an EU-funded component to build institutional capacity for integrated water resources management and increase public participation in the water sector in several Central Asian countries.
CAREC provides innovations for sustainable development in Central Asia. It acts as an institutional innovation and platform to introduce innovative projects/programs. As a catalyzer, CAREC introduces approaches like NAMAs for mitigation actions. It also incubates innovations like winning an award for sustainable watershed management integrating payments for ecosystem services and reducing emissions from deforestation. CAREC operates in all 5 Central Asian states from its headquarters in Almaty and promotes transforming the region away from extractive industries towards new development patterns.
The CASEP program aims to promote sustainable energy in Central Asia through renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. It is a 36-month, 4 million euro program funded by the EU that provides technical assistance to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The program seeks to improve energy security and cooperation in the region by assisting countries in developing policies, regulations, and institutions to increase renewable energy and energy efficiency. It focuses on developing programs and plans at the national and municipal levels to better implement small-scale renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The program also works to strengthen regional cooperation through organizations like the Interstate Committee for Sustainable Development.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been active in Central Asia since the early 2000s, focusing on areas like resource efficiency, environmental governance, chemicals and waste management, ecosystems and climate change adaptation, and poverty and environment. UNEP works closely with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and its Executive Committee (ICSD) on initiatives to support green economy development and improve waste management in the region. Key ongoing projects include developing regional strategies on waste management and green economies, strengthening environmental governance, and building capacity on issues like climate change adaptation and low carbon development. UNEP aims to scale up its work in Central Asia in coming years on areas like sustainable trade, infrastructure, and green
The document discusses the Deutsche Gesellschaft f端r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a German government-owned international enterprise for sustainable development cooperation. It provides an overview of GIZ's global presence and portfolio, with a focus on its work in Central Asia. In Central Asia, GIZ supports green economy projects in countries like Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and land use, private sector development, and policies to transition to a green economy.
The document summarizes EU-Central Asia cooperation on environmental governance and climate change. It discusses (1) the EURECA program's 4 components for environmental cooperation, (2) the EU-Central Asia Platform on Environment and Water, and (3) the Working Group on Environmental Governance and Climate Change, which provides guidance and recommendations to strengthen cooperation. The WECOOP project supported this working group and platform through activities like engaging civil society, sharing environmental data, and developing recommendations on issues like climate change and green economies. Upcoming events include the working group's 4th meeting in Tashkent and a 5th EU-Central Asia high-level meeting on environment and water in Milan.
Cleantech Latvia is a cluster established in 2012 to bring together cleantech enterprises and research institutions in Latvia. It unites players in water and waste, advanced materials, and renewable energy. Key activities include global expansion, product innovation, partnerships, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Future prospects include implementing EU projects, expanding markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through trade missions and exhibitions, and opening foreign representative offices in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
This document discusses using trees and municipal waste products like wastewater sludge and wood ash to rehabilitate degraded lands and forest stands in Latvia. Experiments show that applying mixtures of wastewater sludge and wood ash to trees leads to increased growth compared to untreated controls. The sludge and ash provide beneficial nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The document also explores using these waste products as fertilizers in plantations and for growing biomass crops between rows of trees in agroforestry systems.
This document provides information about Aqua Seen, a company that specializes in water treatment. It has over 20 years of experience and has completed almost 1500 projects in Poland and abroad. The company offers design, equipment, and turnkey solutions for drinking water treatment, sewage management, and renewable energy. It has divisions for potable water, equipment, service, and research and development. The document then describes several large water treatment plant modernization and construction projects the company has completed.
This document discusses the EU-CA international cooperation network for science, technology, and innovation. It summarizes that there is a long history of EU-CA cooperation including joint research projects and capacity building. Co-publications and scientific output between the EU and CA countries have been increasing. The network aims to further boost participation in Horizon 2020 and technological cooperation/innovation by discussing mutually agreed actions such as co-funding projects and participation in ERANETs. In conclusion, strengthening the EU-CA STI relationship can support sustainable economic growth and diversification in both regions.
This document discusses opportunities for cooperation in green technologies between transition economies. It notes that green technologies can stimulate economic growth by focusing not just on energy and resource savings, but also innovation. Transition economies could benefit from more investments in startups, joint research programs between universities and SMEs, and involvement in international networks. Riga Technical University is provided as an example, with its research focusing on renewable energy, environmental technologies, smart networks, and materials science. The university currently works with Latvian partners on projects like biogas production and water treatment, and sees opportunities for increased cooperation through activities like pilot testing of technologies, consulting, and student/researcher exchange programs.
The document summarizes a water management program funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with various partners in Central Asia between 2009-2017. The program aimed to develop practical approaches for sustainable regional water management in Central Asia. It supported projects in river basins to rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure, improve hydrological monitoring, establish basin management plans, and facilitate transboundary cooperation. The program also included an EU-funded component to build institutional capacity for integrated water resources management and increase public participation in the water sector in several Central Asian countries.
CAREC provides innovations for sustainable development in Central Asia. It acts as an institutional innovation and platform to introduce innovative projects/programs. As a catalyzer, CAREC introduces approaches like NAMAs for mitigation actions. It also incubates innovations like winning an award for sustainable watershed management integrating payments for ecosystem services and reducing emissions from deforestation. CAREC operates in all 5 Central Asian states from its headquarters in Almaty and promotes transforming the region away from extractive industries towards new development patterns.
The CASEP program aims to promote sustainable energy in Central Asia through renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. It is a 36-month, 4 million euro program funded by the EU that provides technical assistance to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The program seeks to improve energy security and cooperation in the region by assisting countries in developing policies, regulations, and institutions to increase renewable energy and energy efficiency. It focuses on developing programs and plans at the national and municipal levels to better implement small-scale renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The program also works to strengthen regional cooperation through organizations like the Interstate Committee for Sustainable Development.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been active in Central Asia since the early 2000s, focusing on areas like resource efficiency, environmental governance, chemicals and waste management, ecosystems and climate change adaptation, and poverty and environment. UNEP works closely with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and its Executive Committee (ICSD) on initiatives to support green economy development and improve waste management in the region. Key ongoing projects include developing regional strategies on waste management and green economies, strengthening environmental governance, and building capacity on issues like climate change adaptation and low carbon development. UNEP aims to scale up its work in Central Asia in coming years on areas like sustainable trade, infrastructure, and green
The document discusses the Deutsche Gesellschaft f端r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a German government-owned international enterprise for sustainable development cooperation. It provides an overview of GIZ's global presence and portfolio, with a focus on its work in Central Asia. In Central Asia, GIZ supports green economy projects in countries like Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and land use, private sector development, and policies to transition to a green economy.
The document summarizes EU-Central Asia cooperation on environmental governance and climate change. It discusses (1) the EURECA program's 4 components for environmental cooperation, (2) the EU-Central Asia Platform on Environment and Water, and (3) the Working Group on Environmental Governance and Climate Change, which provides guidance and recommendations to strengthen cooperation. The WECOOP project supported this working group and platform through activities like engaging civil society, sharing environmental data, and developing recommendations on issues like climate change and green economies. Upcoming events include the working group's 4th meeting in Tashkent and a 5th EU-Central Asia high-level meeting on environment and water in Milan.