Georgia

1. EUROPEAN UNION WATER INITIATIVE PLUSEUROPEAN UNION WATER INITIATIVE PLUS
FOR THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIPFOR THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGFIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
1616THTH
MAY 2017, BRUSSELSMAY 2017, BRUSSELS
GEORGIAGEORGIA

2. Result 1 Legislation, Policy and Institutional strengthening
Activities streams Project Outcomes
Support to National Policy Dialogue
process
National Policy Dialogue has become an established practice.
1-2 NPD Steering Committee meetings a year
Develop the National Water Strategy
(NWS)
A strategic water policy framework fully reflects and supports
implementation of the reform and meeting the commitments taken by
Georgia under the Association Agreement.
National Water Strategy
Support to develop a concept for
institutional model for River Basin
Management structure
Concept (or normative document) developed, which defines an
institutional model for River Basin Management structure.
Harmonize the draft EIA/SEA law with
the new water legislation
Two laws harmonized
Draft a by-law on EIs for water
resources management
A draft by-law on economic instruments for water resources
management developed for adoption
Revise draft normative act “On water
quality ecological standards”
Normative act revised and adopted
Finalization and implementation of a
bilateral agreement with Azerbaijan on
the Kura River
Bilateral structures established and activities supported (next step -
detailed division of tasks with UNDP/GEF Kura-2 project)
Prepare roadmap for ratification of the
UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on
Water and Health
National targets on water and health formally adopted and submitted
to UNECE-WHO/Europe Secretariat
Draft bilateral agreement with Armenia
on cooperation on Khrami-Debed
Transboundary basin assessment completed (dependent on will of
both countries to engage)

3. Result 2 Laboratory and Monitoring programme strengthening
Activities streams Project Outcomes
Assessment
• Needs in terms of equipment, infrastructure, trainings towards WFD
compliant laboratory(ies), QM/accreditation and GW and SW
monitoring identified
• Training plan established
Contract document preparation
• Decision on purchase or upgrade of equipment, infrastructure,
consumables taken
• Technical specifications for procurement agreed
• Tender documentation drafted
Procurement
• Tender published in official journal of European Commission,
Q4/2017
• Procurement process Q1-Q2/2018
Delivery and installation
• Delivery, installation and training on new equipment
• Delivery envisaged end of Q2/2018
Surveys EsCS development and
Training
• Training plan for National Environment Agency (NEA) and the local
laboratories in Batumi and Kutaisi and other relevant key personnel
(2018 onwards)
• Hands-on trainings and training documentation
• Surveys to practice good use carried out (2018 onwards)

4. Hydrographic districts in Georgia
ALAZANI -
IORI
KURA
KHRAMI-DEBED
ENGURI-RIONI
BZIPI-KODORI
CHOROKHI
Transboundary harmonisation of RBMP
Pilot Basin for
RBMP
implementation
Pilot Basins
for RBMP
Development

5. Result 2 RBMP development
Activities streams Project Outcomes
Basin characterisation
• Reviewed / revised GWB delineation and characterisation.
• Re-delineation of SWBs due to shift to WFD system B,
• SW Typology reviewed / revised.
• Revised guidelines to support further national implementation.
• Reviewed GW and SW risk assessment as basis for the programme of
measures and the revision of monitoring networks
• Harmonisation improvement of Khrami-Debed and Alazani-Iori
RBMPs on both side of the border (transboundary working groups).
• Based on the preliminary assessment, support the refinement of
Chorokhi-Ajaristskali RBMP compliant with the WFD and its
enlargement to coastal waters.
Monitoring programme
• Reviewed and revised monitoring network (the monitoring sites,
frequency, parameters) and strategy.
Development of water information
system
• Recommendations about strengthening data management, support
to data management and valorisation (web service, process of data
valorisation)

6. Result 2 RBMP development
Activities streams Project Outcomes
Programme of Measures
• Support the development of Alazani-Iori and Khrami-Debed RBMP
with Programme of Measures compliant with the WFD.
• Updated and improved national guidelines to be in coherence with
the Georgian context.
• Training program established and implemented for up-scaling pilot
experience in the country.
Public consultation and adoption of
RBMP
• Public consultations on RBMPs and other relevant documentation
linked to participative RBMPlanning conducted
• Training session and coaching on animation technics to conduct
consultation workshops organised
• Guidelines on public participation in the relation with the WFD
elaborated

7. Result 2 RBMP Implementation of Chorokhi -Ajaristskali
Activities streams Project Outcomes
System of monitoring of the future
implementation of the programme
of measures of the formalised
RBMPs
• Dashboard (or other tool) for regular monitoring of Programme of
Measures implementation
• Procedure guidelines
• PoM draft implementation report
Develop key pilot measures for
programme of measures
implementation related to EU Water
Directives
• Selection of “soft” measures from supplementary measures of the
Programme of Measures developed for the Chorokhi-Ajaristskali
River Basin
• Identify the necessary conditions for the implementation of key
measures in the Chorokhi-Ajaristskali RBMP and support for the
implementation of selected measures.
• Draw some recommendations applicable to the other RBMPs.

8. Result 3 Stakeholder involvement and Communication
Activities streams Project Outcomes
Strengthening of stakeholder
involvement mechanisms for
participative RBM Planning
• Development of practices and progressive institutionalisation of
stakeholder involvement mechanisms for implementation of the EU
water-related acquis, IWRM and MEAs
• Methodological and technical support for stakeholder involvement in
River Basin Management Planning provided
Development and support to
implementation of a Communication
Strategy
• Communication strategy in place at basin, national and regional scale
to efficiently support IWRM among main interested parties and up to
the wide public
• Support implementation of communication activities in line with the
strategy (RBC meetings, Awareness raising events,
• Information materials, Websites, Press-releases, Social media, E-
learning, Workshops) at basin, national and regional scale
• External project communication assured and developed in synergy
with the communication strategy implementation
• Mechanism for sharing information among project partners is
developed (e.g. web based EUWIplusEast information exchange
platform, online collaboration tools, etc)