Acknowledgements

This report was developed and written by Nihat Zal (EEA), Lidija Globevnik (ETC/ICM), Kari Austnes (ETC/ICM) and Gašper Šubelj (ETC/ICM.

Contributions received from Luka Snoj (ETC/ICM) , Alexander Psomas (ETC/ICM) and George Bariamis (ETC/ICM).

We would also like to acknowledge those organisations and groups that provided input to the report or feedback as part of the consultation process:

National Focal Points in the Eastern Partnership countries:

Armenia: Gayane Shahnazaryan — Ministry of Nature Protection; Nelli Baghdasaryan — Statistical Committee

Azerbaijan: Faig Mutallimov — Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources; Rena Lazımova — State Statistical Committee

Belarus: Ekaterina Poleshchuk, Belstat — National Statistical Committee; Elena Kaminskaya — Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Georgia: Maia Javakhishvili — Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture; Vasil Tsakadze and Georgi Sanadze — National Statistics Office

Republic of Moldova: Veronica Lopotenco — Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment; Silvia Nicolaescu — Environmental Agency; Elena Orlov — National Bureau of Statistics

Ukraine: Valentyna Vasilenko — Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources; Oleg Prokopenko — State Statistics Service

National assistants in the ENI SEIS II East project:

Armenia — Yurik Poghosyan; Azerbaijan — Vafadar Ismayilov; Georgia — Tamar Bakuradze; Republic of Moldova — Maria Tarigradean; Ukraine — Dmytro Averin.

National water experts from the Eastern Partnership countries:

Armenia: Anna Zatikyan and Gayane Hazutyunyan — Ministry of Nature Protection; Naira Mandalyan and Ani Hambardzumyan — Statistical Committee

Azerbaijan: Matanat Avazova, Dilara Gulmamadova, Khayala Gulieva, Durdana Madatova, Asif Verdiyev and Gunay Hasanova — Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources; Emil Sultanov- Ministry of Emergency Situations; Farid Osmanov and Gara Jafarov — Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Economy OJSC; Elunur Nasirov and Tural Agharzayev — AZERSU OJSC

Belarus: Ekaterina Poleshchuk and Veronika Zhosan — National Statistical Committee; Elena Bogodiazh, Ekaterina Vasilenok and Polina Palchek — Belhydromet; Aliaksandr Pakhomau — Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources

Georgia: Nana Kitiashvili, Marina Zuleyva, Gulchina Kuchava, Marine Arabidze and Nino Imnadze — National Environment Agency; Mariam Makarova, Tamar Gamgebeli and Gvantsa Sivsivadze — Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture; Nino Zurabishvili, Irakli Tsikhelashvili and Tamar Tarashvili — National Statistics Office

Republic of Moldova: Ina Ghilan and Rodica Adascalita — State Hydrometeorological Service; Ludmila Lungu — National Bureau of Statistics; Rodica Sîrbu and Ana-Maria Cojocaru — Apele Moldovei;

Ukraine: Shpanchyk Mariia- State Water Agency.

Additional support and guidance were received from Galina Georgieva (EEA), Paul McAleavey (EEA), Ronan Uhel (EEA), Stéphane Isoard (EEA) and Angela Bularga (DG NEAR).

Support received from Adriana Gheorghe (EEA), Peter Kristensen (EEA), Cécile Roddier-Quefelec (EEA) and Caroline Whalley (EEA).

Experts from the EU Water Initiative Plus project consortium:

Paul Haener, Alexander Zinke, Andreas Scheidleder, Christoph Leitner, Matthew Griffits, Alisher Mamadzhanov, Kristina Schaufler, Philippe Seguin, Daniel Trauner.

The report was edited by Joanna Kay Laval (EEA).