"Proposals on development of a system of regional support for emission inventory preparation and reporting for countries of Eastern Dimension under the LRTAP Convention" Аndrey Nedre Director JSC SRI Atmosphere St. Petersburg, Russia TF EIP meeting May 2010 Larnaca, Cyprus

Main problems decision makers do not realize benefits and advantages of the Convention's experience; decision makers do not realize benefits and advantages of the Convention's experience; differences in national inventory systems; differences in national inventory systems; lack of translated documents; lack of translated documents; lack of trained experts; lack of trained experts; lack of financial resources. lack of financial resources.

Main objectives of the system would be: to inform decision makers about the benefits and advantages related to the use of the Convention's experience in the field of emission inventories; to inform decision makers about the benefits and advantages related to the use of the Convention's experience in the field of emission inventories; to study the differences of the national and EU inventory systems' operation principles and harmonize them; to study the differences of the national and EU inventory systems' operation principles and harmonize them; to translate into Russian and publish the emission inventory guidance documents (in the first place, the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook); to translate into Russian and publish the emission inventory guidance documents (in the first place, the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook); to establish expert networks in these countries and to arrange special training seminars; to establish expert networks in these countries and to arrange special training seminars; fundraising for projects, cost sharing among these countries and switch to solely national funding of the inventory compilation and emissions report development process in three years. fundraising for projects, cost sharing among these countries and switch to solely national funding of the inventory compilation and emissions report development process in three years.

Coordination Group for the Eastern Dimension Was proposed by the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus at the.46th Session of the WGSR to be adopted at EB in December The basic goals of the Coordination Group are the following: to assist in the coordination of accession of the EECCA countries to the most recent LRTAP Convention Protocols; to assist in the coordination of accession of the EECCA countries to the most recent LRTAP Convention Protocols; to promote benefits related to accession to the CLRTAP Protocols; to promote benefits related to accession to the CLRTAP Protocols; to establish an open data bank with the Convention's documents and reports translated into Russian; to establish an open data bank with the Convention's documents and reports translated into Russian; to support wide implementation of the bi- multilateral project results within the region; to support wide implementation of the bi- multilateral project results within the region; to support the arrangement of training, retraining and internships for experts from EECCA; to support the arrangement of training, retraining and internships for experts from EECCA; to arrange and carry out various international conferences and seminars, using Russian and English as working languages. to arrange and carry out various international conferences and seminars, using Russian and English as working languages.