Final EaP GREEN event on SEA and EIA component

The "Greening Economies in the European Union's Eastern Neighbourhood" (EaP GREEN) project assists six countries of the European Union Eastern Neighbourhood Partnership incuding Georgia in progressing faster towards a green economy framework. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) have been promoted within the EaP GREEN as tools to integrate green economy targets and other sustaninability issues into strategic and project-related decision-making to ensure that environmental and health implications of decisions are taken into account before they are made.

Since 2013, the UNECE within the EaP GREEN framework has been assisting Georgia in developing the national SEA and EIA system. The objective of the final event is to:

• To present the outcomes and results regarding SEA and EIA achieved witin the EaP GREEN;
• To summarize the key principles of efficient SEA and EIA practice and is benefits;
• To discuss priorities and needs regarding further development of SEA and EIA system in the country.

The conclusions from the discussion will be integrated in the SEA/EIA capacity development strategy to be drafted in order to outline next steps and actions towards national SEA and EIA system meeting the requirements of international legal framework - especially the Espoo Convention and its Protocol on SEA, and EU SEA and EIA Directive.

The event is organized by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and 'Georgia's Environmental Outlook' (GEO) in the framework of the EaP GREEN.