“EUWI+ Project Progress and changes occurred in previous period. Georgia” by Mariam Makarova EU Water Initiative plus for Eastern Partnership (EUWI+East) Project Progress Meeting Minsk, Belarus, 26 April 2018

1. EUWI+ Project Progress and
changes occurred in previous
period,
Georgia
Minsk , 26 April 2018
Mariam Makarova

2. Institutional Changes
 Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection + Ministry of
Agriculture = Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Main Water resources related Units:
Department of Environment and Climate Change (Water Division)
Department of Environment Impact Assessment
Department of Environmental Supervision
National Environment Agency
National Food Agency
Department of Amelioration and Land Management
Centre of Environmental Information and Education
 Ministry of Energy Ministry of Economy and Sustainable
Development

3. Project Progress (Component 1)
 Developed the document on “Analyses on Harmonisation of
the Georgian Draft Water Law with other related legislative
Acts”
 Work began in order to draft a Policy (Concept) Paper
providing a vision for further policy developments in preparing
the National Water Strategy

4. Project Progress (Component 2&3)
 Water Cadastre Information System (WCIS):
o Hands-on training was conducted for water data producers and owners
at NEA
o A draft meta-data catalogue was established for water data in Georgia.
 WFD compliant RBMP for the Alazani-Iori Basin
o Joint RBM Planning and Communication / Stakeholder Involvement
field mission was held at Governor’s Office of Kakheti Region, as well
as district services of water supply, infrastructure and irrigation of
Telavi, Akhmeta, Dedoplistskaro and Lagodekhi Municipalities.
o Tender on development of RBMP for Alazani-Iori river basin district

5. Project Progress (Component 2&3)
 Extend a draft Chorokhi-Ajaristskali Coastal Assessment to full
scale Coastal Plan
o National workshop and field training on identification of
Transitional (TWBs) and Coastal Water Bodies (CWBs) was
held in Batumi, aiming on harmonising principles of WFD
and MSFD, as well as defining various Biological Quality
Elements (BQE) and other technical requirements for
delineation of transitional and coastal water bodies in the
Pilot Area of Georgia.
 Surface Water Delineation Tender
 Groundwater Delineation Tender

6. Planned Activities for 2018
• Policy Paper providing a vision for further policy developments
in preparing the National Water Strategy of Georgia
• Revise developed draft normative act “New Water Quality
Ecological Standards for Georgia”
• NPD Steering Committee meeting in June
• Start work on:
- GW and SW delineation
- Alazani-Iori RBMP
- Khrami-Debeda RBMP

7. Planned Activities for 2018
 Develop procedures for establishing Water Cadastre
Information System (WCIS)
 Purchase lab equipment for National Environment Agency

8. New Proposals on modifying country work plan
 Revise developed draft normative act "Rules of Planning and
Implementation of Water Resources Monitoring"
 Support the organization of the Water Law Drafting Group
meeting

9. Other Ongoing Projects
 Kura II: Advancing IWRM across the Kura river basin (GEF-
UNDP, 2016-2020):
- Trainings, laboratories support
- Information systems
 EMBLAS (EU-UNDP, 2015-2018):
- Delineation and monitoring of coastal waters (Chorokhi-
Ajaristskali)
 ENI SEIS II East Project:
- Water data bases

10. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!