Our team unites efforts of professionals, experts, and nonprofit groups working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to find and implement solutions to problems of toxic persistent pollutants and associated health risks.
EHPMI has active teams and operates in the following countries: Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. The national teams have been present and worked in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region for over 15 years.
ESCM is implementing European Union financed 4 year project “Sustainable Plastic Recycling in Mongolia” (SPRIM) together with international and national non-governmental organizations such as Caritas Czech Republic, Ecosoum and Mongolian Sustainable Development Bridge. The project started in September 2020 and will be completed in December 2024.
The project is being implemented with financial and organizational support of Pure Earth/Blacksmith Institute by members of the Civil Society Association “Ekois Bishkek,” current EHPMI member organization, and the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic under the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Funder: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Project dates: 2022-2027
Project implementers: Ekois-Bishkek, Pure Earth, Vital Strategies, the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic
Total cost: $600 000
The project is being implemented by current EHPMI member CSO Peshsaf with the financial and organizational support of the GIZ head office in Dushanbe and the Environmental Protection Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Project dates: 2023–2024
Project implementers: NGO “Peshsaf”, Environmental Protection Committee
Total cost: $14,000, the project was funded by GIZ head office in Dushanbe.
