MINSK, 23 February (BelTA) - Green economy, green energy, integrated waste management, and disposal of persistent organic pollutants have been identified as the main areas of further long-term cooperation between Belarus and the UNDP in environmental protection. The agreement was reached in a meeting between Belarus' Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk and Deputy Director of the UNDP in Europe and the CIS Rastislav Vrbensky, BelTA learned from the website of the ministry.
During the meeting the parties discussed the ways of expanding cooperation between Belarus' Ministry of Natural Resources and the UNDP. Priority will be given to the activities included in the national action plan for the development of green economy in Belarus up to 2020.
Andrey Khudyk and Rastislav Vrbensky also discussed the need to use the mechanism of small grants with the aim of developing environmental initiatives and promoting community involvement, including the younger generation, in the environmental movement.
