Gratitude

This project is the result of the collaborative efforts of many people – professionals and experts that contributed their new ideas, suggested improvements, both in shape and substance, produced the final draft of the SAP document, including tables and graphics, committed to seek endorsement and approval of the SAP by the respective governments of the three riparian countries and, last but not least, undertook to disseminate this document among wide stakeholder circles within the Dnipro Basin.

The list below identifies many of the people who participated in the SAP preparation process. Much to our regret, this list is far from being exhaustive – a great number of other people have been actively involved in the SAP process, including managers from key ministries and agencies, scientists, mass media, non-governmental organizations, nature users concerned about the state of environment, students and their teachers.

On behalf of the UNDP-GEF Dnipro Basin Environment Programme, we would like to express our thanks and pay honour to all these people for their efforts dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of the Dnipro – the great Slavic river.

We extend our special thanks to:
- Prof. Laurence Mee and Dr. Martin Bloxham who provided excellent methodological guidance throughout the TDA/SAP process and helped to deliver the desired outputs in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Development Programme and Global Environment Facility;
- Nick Hodgson and Andrew Menz, for their valuable comments provided in the course of the TDA/SAP preparation;
- the IDRC team that includes, without limitation, Jean-H. Guilmette, Ken Babcock, Myron Lahola, Olena Dronova, Igor Iskra, Jan Barica, Nick Tywoniuk, Darko Poletto;
- the expert team from the SNC-Lavalin Engineers&Constructors Inc., led by John Payne and Eugeny Dobrovolsky;
- and the international team of experts from the Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation, and Ukraine, who had to bear the burden of the SAP preparation: Yuri Andriychenko, Alexander Anischenko, Alexander Apatsky, Sergei Balashenko, Nikolai Bambalov, Galina Chernogaeva, Eugeny Grigoriev, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, Roman Khimko, Iliya Komarov, Alexey Kovalchuk, Natalia Levina, Nikolai Mikheev, Victor Omelianenko, Eduard Reznik, Victor Romanenko, Alexander Stankevich, Nikolai Tsygankov, Oleksandr Vasenko, Mykola Vedmid, Natalia Zakorchevna.

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