1. GREEN Action Task Force
after the 9th UNECE Environment For Europe Conference
Enhancing the effectiveness and impacts

2. ● A unique platform for countries of Eastern Europe,
the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), OECD
members, the European Union, and development
partners…
● … to support green economy and net-zero transition
● Action-oriented work, focusing on influencing
policies and practices and implementation
● Part of UNECE “Environment for Europe” and a
series of Ministerial Conferences since 1993 (as EAP
Task Force rebranded for GREEN Action Task Force in
2016)
● The mandate renewed at the Ministerial Conference
in October 2022 for the following five years (2023-
2027).
GReen Economy and ENvironment Task Force

3. Progress (varies across the region)
● Clean up efforts, environmental improvements,
● Ambitious policies and legal reform (to apply OECD and EU approaches)
● Integration of environmental considerations in sectoral policies
● Mobilisation of international and domestic finance
● Stronger engagement of citizens and ECOs
Remaining and new challenges
● Soviet legacy (pollution “hot spots”, command and control approaches),
● Aged water, energy, transport infrastructure,
● Political instability in most countries,
● Insufficient human and institutional capacities,
● External shocks (COVID-19, Russia aggression against Ukraine)
● Rich biodiversity under threat
Progress and Challenges

4. GATF renewed mandate
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Focus on reform of environmental policies and greening the economic
recovery and growth (including climate actions)
 analysis, guidelines, best practices, and promoting exchange of
experience among countries
 and at the same time… implementing in-country projects which can
serve as models
 working with donors and the DFIs to facilitate and mobilise financial
and technical support
 co-operating with the non-governmental sectors (ECOs, businesses
and their representatives)
 sharing information on relevant support and projects.

5. GATF renewed mandate
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more diversified support to specific groups of countries, the EU’s
Eastern Partnership, Central Asia
more links with other regions (e.g. South East Asia)
response to emerging priorities (e.g. COVID-19 pandemic,
Russia aggression against Ukraine, infrastructure, Energy-
Water-Land-Climate Nexus)
engagement of key line ministries, especially Economy and
Finance but also Agriculture, Energy, Regional Development

6. GATF renewed mandate
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joint projects with other international organisations (such as
UNECE, UNEP and UNIDO) or with individual OECD countries
(such as Austria, Germany, France)
enlarging attendance of a wider range of interested OECD
countries
stronger engagement with the European Commission
deepening co-operation with Development Finance Institutions
strengthening peer learning across the EECCA region
communication and dissemination of results