1. Poverty – Environment Mainstreaming into the Local Development Planning Process UNDP and UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative in Tajikistan (May 2010 – December 2012)

2. Key poverty-environment issues Climate Change - Sectors affected are water management, irrigated agriculture (consuming 94% of water), and energy (98% of the national energy is produced by the hydropower plants). Disaster risks increase due to floods.

3. OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT: Enhanced capacity of government and other stakeholders to integrate environmental sustainability into pro-poor national and sub-national development planning and budgeting Output 3: Capacity for implementing poverty-environment sensitive sub-national plans increased Output 1: Information and Knowledge Base for P-E Mainstreaming Developed Output 2: P-E Linkages Integrated in District Development Plans (Sughd oblast) Level of understanding P-E links increased Officially approvedDD planning process supports P-E mainstreaming Understanding on P-E links among extension and financial services providers improved Capacity for integrating P-E in national planning, monitoring and budgeting improved Environmental sustainability identified as priority in DDPs and their implementation measures P-E aspect reflected in the process of providing extension and financial services P-E links better reflected in the next national strategy and its budget Pilot projects demonstrating P-E links at local level implemented DDPs’ budget allocation for P-E measures increased

4. Cross-cutting elements in the poverty-environment mainstreaming

6. Approved by the district level parliament representatives

7. Submitted to provincial level for funding allocation and to national – for approval

8. Social Economic planning previously did not refer to environment issues with the linkage to poverty – it does now

9. Understanding and support on the need of PE mainstreaming in planning and implementation of programs and projects among local authorities, different organizations, and population

12. EIGs and women involved into the process

14. Stages of PE mainstreaming into DDP methodology and each DDP Review of current situation Entry Point 1-Review of Current Situation District/Jamoatvision Entry Point 2- Objective setting and Environmental Overview SectoralAnalysis Provision of resources for development program implementation Entry Point 3- Screening and Environmental Impact Assessment Monitoring and evaluation system Entry Point 4- Poverty- Environment Indicators Key Entry Points for Environmental Mainstreaming Sections of Draft DDP Guideline

17. Review of current situation – problems identified in 14 districts

20. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative

22. Poverty Environment Indicators in DDPs and electronically

24. Overall Results of DDP process – based on the above stages Issues of poverty and environment linkages mainstreamed into DDPs of 14 districts and 65 djamoats The projects in DDPs with environment sustainability focus Measurable on-the-ground pro-poor environmental outcomes Capacity building provided 790 people (10X14+10X65) in Sughd region who are able to consult specifically on PE mainstreaming experience Future oblast and district practices and priorities in Sughd to include pro- poor environmental management and other districts nationwide Awareness raised on the PE issues in planning Public Hearings practice is introduced

29. Low environment awareness and knowledge base of the authorities and population effects PE mainstreaming into planning and budgeting

30. Development plans can help in the long term economic growth when considering sustainable environment management

31. Sub national development plans can be an entry point to demonstrate the value of mainstreaming PE concerns into planning processes

32. The timing of PEI Tajikistan to be implemented in parallel and collaboration with the Rural Growth Programme has enabled PEI with its limited resources to effectively influence the process

33. Quite complicated process due to multi-stakeholder participation but effective due to the same reason

34. The process is important – methodology itself without capacity building might not bring the same resultsUNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative

35. And much more to add, welcome to PEITajikistan

36. PEI TJ acknowledges the support from

37. Thank you! Zulfira PulatovaPEI National Project Manager in Tajikistane-mail: zulfira.pulatova@undp.orgwww.unpei.org