The public participation handbook of urban planning
Written by Vitalii Ihnatusha
CoM East Group of Practitioners
Javanshir Abdullayev
Expertise: Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, Climate Finance and Green Financing, Capacity Building, Strategic Development, SME and Rural Development
Country: Azerbaijan
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Narine Abelyan (SIGN)
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, Education and Awareness Raising, Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Samira Akbarova
Expertise: Education and Awareness Raising, Energy Audit of Buildings and Settlements, EE of HVAC, Energy Passportization of Buildings
Country: Azerbaijan
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Rena Alizade
Expertise: Energy
Country: Azerbaijan
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Alexandru Ambros (SIGN)
Expertise: Waste Management
Country: Moldova
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Margalita Arabidze (CNC)
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, AEEP, Energy, Buildings, Legislation, Circular Economy, Energy Policy Capacity Building
Country: Georgia
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Edgar Arshakyan (SIGN)
Expertise: Local Self-Governance
Country: Armenia
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Artak Baghdasaryan
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, INDC/NDC, Climate Finance and Green Financing
Country: Armenia
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Manole Balan
Expertise: CC Mitigation, AEEP, Energy, Buildings, Legislation
Country: Moldova
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Valentina Casian (SIGN)
Expertise: Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, Buildings, Infrastructures, Water, Capacity Building
Country: Moldova
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Piotr Comarov (CS)
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation and Adaptation, AEEP, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, Energy, Buildings, Industrial processes, Infrastructures, Waste Management, Capacity Building
Country: Moldova
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Lilya Davtyan (SIGN)
Expertise: Local Self-Governance, Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Oleksandr Dei
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Mobility, SECAP methodology, MRV
Country: Ukraine
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Maryna Dranichenko
Expertise: CC Adaptation, Energy Management, SECAP methodology
Country: Ukraine
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Maria Druzhynina
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy, Finance
Country: Ukraine
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Oleksandr Dyachuk
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, INDC/NDC, Finance
Country: Ukraine
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Aram Gabrielyan
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, MRV, INDC/NDC, Energy, Transport, Buildings, Waste Management, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use, Emergency Situations, Civil Protection and Emergency Situations, Technology Transfer, Legislation, Climate Finance and Green Financing, Capacity Building, Local Self-Governance and Public Participation
Country: Armenia
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Ashot Giloyan (CNC)
Expertise: Local Self-Governance Policy, Territorial and Administrative Reforms
Country: Armenia
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Elene Gvilava (CS)
Expertise: GHG Inventory, Mitigation, Education and Awareness Raising, Capacity Building
Country: Georgia
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Valentyna Guch-Denysenko
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy, Finance
Country: Ukraine
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Diana Harutyunyan
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, MRV, AEEP, INDC/NDC, Education and Awareness Raising, Legislation, Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Mery Harutyunyan (SIGN)
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, Education and Awareness Raising, Capacity Building, Local Self-Governance
Country: Armenia
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Tofig Hasanov
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, Waste Management, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use, Technology Transfer
Country: Azerbaijan
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Veronica Herta
Expertise: Energy, Water, Legislation, Capacity Building
Country: Moldova
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Gohar Hovhannisyan
Expertise: RVA, CC Adaptation
Country: Armenia
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Medea Inashvili
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, MRV, INDC/NDC, Energy Transport, Buildings, Waste Management, Education and Awareness Raising, Technology Transfer, Capacity Building
Country: Georgia
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Oleksandr Karpenko
Expertise: Energy Management, EE and RES Projects
Country: Ukraine
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Vitaly Lesyuk
Expertise: CC Mitigation, SECAP methodology
Country: Ukraine
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Roman Ilyk
Expertise: Water Sector, CC Mitigation,
Country: Ukraine
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Olga Lyashchuk
Expertise: CC Adaptation, Nature Based Solutions and Adaptation Projects, Urban Planning
Country: Ukraine
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Nurmammad Mammadov
Expertise: Buildings, Education and Awareness Raising, Energy Audit of Buildings and Settlements, EE of HVAC, Energy Passportization of Buildings
Country: Azerbaijan
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Dmytro Marusych
Expertise: CC Mitigation (EE and RES Projects), Energy
Country: Ukraine
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Vadim Matkovskyi
Expertise: CC Mitigation (EE and RES Projects), Energy, Energy Management, SECAP methodology
Country: Ukraine
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Kakhaber Mdivani
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, MRV, INDC/NDC, Transport, Industrial Processes, Infrastructures, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use
Country: Georgia
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Vardan Melikyan
Expertise: RVA, CC Adaptation, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, INDC/NDC, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use, Civil Protection and Emergency Situations, Technology Transfer, Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Ecaterina Melnicenco
Expertise: RVA, CC Adaptation, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, Civil Protection and Emergency Situations, Development Policies
Country: Moldova
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Andre Ohanian
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, MRV, AEEP, Energy, Buildings, Emergency Situations, Civil Protection and Emergency Situations, Education and Awareness Raising, Climate Finance and Green Financing Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Astghine Pasoyan (CS)
Expertise: Environmental Policy and Economics, CC Mitigation, Project Financing
Country: Armenia
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Aytan Poladova
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, Waster, Waste Management, Human Health, Education and Awareness Raising, Capacity Building
Country: Azerbaijan
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Maksym Rozdobudko
Expertise: Energy Management, SECAP Methodology
Country: Ukraine
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Dmytro Sakaliuk
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy, Energy Management, SECAP methodology
Country: Ukraine
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Marina Shvangiradze
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, MRV, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, AEEP, Energy, Transport, Buildings, Infrastructure, Water, Waste Management, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use, Human Health, Education and Awareness Raising, Technology Transfer, Legislation, Climate Finance and Green Financing, Capacity Building
Country: Georgia
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Mariana Sivni
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy Management
Country: Ukraine
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Mariana Prystupa (CS)
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy Management, SECAP methodology, Local Self-Governance
Country: Ukraine
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Nune Sakanyan
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Economic and Social Impacts of CC, Climate Change, AEEP, Energy, Buildings, Infrastructure, Education and Awareness Raising, Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Nina Shatberashvili
Expertise: Adaptation to Climate Change, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change, INDC/NDC, Buildings, Education and Awareness Raising, Legislation, Capacity Building
Country: Georgia
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Vaan Sargsyan
Expertise: Energy Strategy, GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation
Country: Armenia
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Tigran Sekoyan
Expertise: GHG Inventory, CC Mitigation, MRV, AEEP, INDC/NDC, Energy, Transport, Buildings, Education and Awareness Raising, Technology Transfer, Legislation, Climate Finance and Green Financing, Capacity Building
Country: Armenia
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Oleksiy Solomakha
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy
Country: Ukraine
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Hrant Ter-Gabrielyan (CS)
Expertise: GHG Inventory, AEEP, Energy, Transport, Buildings
Country: Armenia
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Halyna Trypolska
Expertise: CC Adaptation and Mitigation
Country: Ukraine
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Maia Tskhvaradze (CNC)
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, RVA, INDC/NDC, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use, Education and Awareness Raising, Technology Transfer, Climate Finance and Green Financing, Capacity Building
Country: Georgia
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Nicolae Tudoreanu (SIGN)
Expertise: CC Adaptation, MRV, AEEP, Energy, Buildings, Infrastructures, Waster, Waste Management, Climate Finance and Green Financing, Capacity Building
Country: Moldova
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Jan Edwin Waanders
Expertise: CC Mitigation and Adaptation, MRV, Buildings, Capacity Building
Country: Moldova
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Emin Yeritsyan (CS)
Expertise: Local Self-Governance Policy, Territorial and Administrative Reforms, PA
Country: Armenia
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Halyna Zhuravska
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy Management
Country: Ukraine
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Serhiy Zinchenko
Expertise: Energy
Country: Ukraine
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Tetyana Zyatikova
Expertise: CC Mitigation, Energy Management
Country: Ukraine
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CoM East Group of Practitioners
This section will be filled in after the first meeting of the Group
CoM East Group of Practitioners
The work of the Group is supported by CoM East through its Helpdesk in its capacity of the Technical Secretariat of the Practitioner’s Group consisting of:
- Mrs. Iryna Horodyska, Capacity Building and Helpdesk Coordinator, CoM East;
- Mr. Artem Kharazyan, Regional Technical Helpdesk Coordinator, CoM East.
The Secretariat is responsible for the following activities:
- Organization of Group meetings;
- Preparation and communication of materials of the meetings and discussions;
- Moderation of meetings and recording of the decisions taken by the Group;
- Provision of additional information and clarifications at the request of the Practitioners;
- Incorporation of received comments and recommendations in final documents, etc.
CoM East Group of Practitioners
With the expansion of the Covenant of Mayors to the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region and active growth in the number of signatories in the region, considering the more ambitious commitments and demanding monitoring and reporting requirements, as well as in the context of the need for harmonization of local climate and energy strategies with national policies (e.g. NDCs) and international procedures (GCoM), the necessity to establish a regional methodological advisory body contributing to the development of the Initiatives for the benefit of the participating communities has become relevant.
The overarching goal of the Group of Practitioners is to bring together advanced signatories, stakeholders and experts in relevant fields willing to provide their input on key methodological and strategic developments of the Covenant both in individual countries and for the EaP region as a whole.
At the same time, the Group shall contribute to the strengthening networking and experience exchange between the practitioners from EaP and other regions.
The Group consists of representatives of the Covenant National and Territorial Coordinators, Covenant Supporters, signatories, stakeholders as well as experts from EaP countries with a background and experience relevant to the general or sectoral topics of the Group discussions.
Meetings and online discussions of the Group are usually organized once or twice a year but, if necessary, discussions can be organized more often.
Recommendations made by the Group will be taken into account in the decision-making process by the CoM East Secretariat and the Steering Committee.
- Covenant of Mayors in Ukraine: history, communities, figures - https://youtu.be/E3eF7rLZoPc
- Welcome speech from Katarina Mathernova on conference in Lviv - https://youtu.be/lK0Ai4jRiY8
- High-level conference in Lviv, May 10, 2023 - https://youtu.be/OKqdtW5hX6o
- High-level conference in Lviv, May 11, 2023 - https://youtu.be/CxxK8Lp9ZqI
You can download the conference press release below:
You can download the conference agenda below:
Covenant of Mayors Holds High-Level Conference in Ukraine to Drive Green Recovery Efforts
- Press_Release_EN_conference_10_05.docx (125 Downloads)
- Press_Release_UA_conference_10_05.docx (117 Downloads)
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