Mission Report Iran 2015

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Objective(s)and BackgroundThe main purpose of the mission was to understandhow UNEP would support the SoE report (DoE has asupport contract with the University of ShahidBeheshti).A second objective was to conduct a workshop thatprovided an opportunity for participants tounderstand and use UNEP Live.

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Main Person(s) ContactedDr. M. Mazaheri,Deputy of Education & Research,Department of EnvironmentMr. Kiumars Kalantari,Director General of Statistics & Information Technology,Department of EnvironmentDr. Mohammad ZokaeiProject Manager of Iran’s SoEShahid Beheshti University.Dr. Asghar Mohammadi Fazel,PresidentECO Institute of EnvironmentalScience and Technology

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Participants85 persons attended a 1.5 days workshop. Theywere drawn from 1. Department of Environment (Hq, some provinces) 2. Eco Institute of Environmental Science and Technology 3. Shahid Beheshti University

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Department of Environment H.E. Dr. Massoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of the State and Head of Iran's Department of Environment

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Eco Institute of Environmental Science and TechnologyDr. Sasan Rabieh and Dr. Asghar Mohammadi Fazel

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Shahid Beheshti University

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 PresentationsIran SOER by Dr. Mohammad Zokaei of ShahidBeheshti University.GEO 6, UNEP Live, and National ReportingSystem (NRS) by Prof. Jacqueline McGladeof UNEP.

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Breakout Groups and ConclusionsThere were five breakout groups on the basis oftheir experiences: Water, Air, Soil, Biodiversityand Human Habitats. A questionnaire was used toguide the discussions. During the plenary,priority indicators were identified. Finally theSOE project manager embed these in the SoEreport.

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Site visitsThe team visited various laboratories inside theDoE building. These laboratories act as referralcenters for the provincial ones. They collect,verify, aggregate and post data on to a portal.Data includes industrial incidents, air quality,water quality among others.

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Recommendation(s)/ Actions to be Taken1. Dr. Mohammad Zokaei of Shahid Beheshti University will will send an outline to UNEP.2. UNEP will review and provide advice.3. The short SoE report will be used to produce an eBook.4. Dr. Mohammad Zokaei will send an eCopy of the previous SOE for Iran.5. UNEP Live team to put together a questionnaire that will be used to assess the inventory of datasets under Iran's Department of Environment to be used for National Reporting System (NRS).6. International Affairs & Conventions Center will translate the questionnaire into Persian.7. Invite Dr. Sasan Rabieh and Dr. Asghar Mohammadi Fazel to participate in the Pan European Regional Information Network (REIN) Meeting which is going to be held between 13 and 17 April 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey. On the sidelines of the meeting, discuss and agree on the plan and outline of the first ECO SoEr covering the 10 Member States. http://eco-iest.org/en/news/4173/ecoiest-unep-to-cooperate-on-eco-soe-report8. A capacity building workshop to be organized in future to cover GIS, eBook production, NRS, and mobile and other cheap monitoring tools for water and air quality.

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Pictures from the Workshop

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Pictures from one of the provinces

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Pictures from Azadi Hotel

Mission report in Iran during Feb 2015 Pictures from Azadi HotelECO-IEST team had a meeting with Dr. Jacqueline McGlade, Director of the Divisionof Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) and Chief Scientist at UNEP and bothsides discussed the ways to initial cooperation for developing the framework forState of Environment report (SoEr) of the ECO Region.