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Final round-table on the development of a new Law on EIA and SEA in Georgia

23 - 24 September 2015
Tbilisi Georgia

Georgia had been developing a draft Environmental Assessment Code to introduce the EIA and SEA procedures following the international standards since August 2014 in order to fulfill the obligations of the Association Agreement between the EU and Georgia signed on 27th of June 2014. According to the Association Agreement Georgia took the commitment to approximate its national legislation related to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to the EU Directives, the UNECE Convention on the Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (the Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on SEA.

The aim of the round table meeting was to review the draft Environmental Assessment Code and prepare relevant recommendations for further improvement of the draft.

The meeting gathered representatives from the sectoral ministries and authorities, in particular those responsible for economics, industry, energy, transport, agriculture, tourism, mining, forestry, and health, as well as the representatives and specialists from civil society organizations, donor agencies/international financial institutions, and environmental authorities as well as national and international experts who had been involved in the preparation of a new law.

It was organized by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia with support of the Secretariat to the UNECE Secretariat to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on SEA in the framework of the EU funded Programme Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP-GREEN).

Document title    
Final agenda ENG  
Report ENG  
List of participants ENG  
Presentations    

Compliance of a new law on EIA and SEA -“Environmental Assessment Code” with international requirements and EU Directives

Dr.Jerzy Jendroska, International Consultant to UNECEE

ENG GEO

Introduction of the EaP Green Programme activities in Georgia: results achieved and future plans

Ms. Irma Melikishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

  GEO

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part I: General Provisions

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part II: Procedure of issuance of Environmental Impact Permit

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG

RUS

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part III: Strategic Environmental Assessment

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part IV: Public Participation in Decision Making

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part V: Transboundary Procedure

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part VI: Expert Commission

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO

Review of Environmental Assessment Code – Part VII and Part VIII: Transitional and Final Provisions

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO

List of bylaws/secondary legislation to be developed

Mr. Ucha Dzimistarishvili, National Consultant to UNECE

ENG GEO