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28th Economic and Environmental Forum First Preparatory Meeting, Vienna, 17-18 February 2020 1 Session 4,

Promoting Security, Stability and Economic Growth in the OSCE Area by Preventing and Combating Corruption through Innovation, Increased Transparency and Digitalization

28th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum

17-18 February, 2020 Vienna, Republic of Austria .

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Promoting Environmental Security and Stability

Access to Business Effective Policy Environmental Integrity Framework Information

Public Participation Appropriate Legal in Environmental Involvement of Youth Framework Decision-making

Transparency of Environmental Enhanced Environmental Education Cooperation Activities and Awareness- raising

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Policy Framework

In line with Integration of Third National European Environment into Environmental Action Environmental other Policy Areas Programme (NEAP-3) Standards

❑ Elaborated on the bases of: ❑ EU-Georgia AA Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy of Georgia 2021-2027 ❑ Association Agenda ❑ Regional Development Programme ❑ EU-Georgia AA ❑ MEAs 2018-2021 ❑ UN SDGs ❑ UN SDGs ❑ MEAs ❑ NEHAP 2018-2022 ❑ National environmental ❑ CBRN Strategy and Action Plan 2016- policies and strategic 2019 frameworks ❑ SME Development Strategy of Georgia 2016-2020 ❑ Culture Strategy 2025

4 Main Legal Framework

Environmental Assessment ▪ Draft Law on Environmental Liability Code ▪ Hierarchical System of Remediation ▪ New Methodology on Calculation of Environmental Damage ▪ Polluter Pays Principle

✔ Effective Public Participation procedure ✔ Introduction of Screening and Scoping procedures ✔ Establishment of SEA System ✔ Introduction of Transboundary Procedures Environmental Liability

2 5 EIA Decisions Made by the Ministry

❏ New EIA Code has introduced the screening and scoping procedures

❏ The number of decisions issued by the Ministry has increased by 355% during 2018-2019 in comparison to 2016-2017

❏ In total 195% increase in issuing both decisions in 2019 compared to 2018

6 Access to Environmental Information

Environmental Assessment Code

Rule of Pro-active Dissemination of Public Information

LEPL Environmental Information and Education Center (EIEC)

Air Quality Assessment and Monitoring System

3 Air Quality Portal air.gov.ge 7

Launched in January 2019

Access to air quality information in unified space Free access to constantly renewable and reusable data Sokhumi Open platform, easy and user-friendly tool Mobile station Chkorotskhu Kazbegi Shatili Validated reports & Country background monitoring station Omalo Gudauri healthcare recommendations

Automatic station Foti Kuaisi Data from monitoring Gori Non-automatic station ZestafoniKharagauli stations of recent 48 hours via slider Indicative measurements Integrated to EEA Air Quality Planned station Index

Number of unique 95000 visitors exceed

2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

8 Public Participation

Aarhus Environmental E-Notice Hotline Convention Assessment EIEC MEPA Code

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❏ The Ministry is responsible for organizing and conducting public hearings

❏ Two public hearings have been held during the EIA process, one at the scoping stage and at EIA stage

❏ 66% increase in the number of public hearings Number of Attendees in 2019 compared to 2018

❏ In total 153% increase in number of attendees at both stages (Scoping and Environmental Decision) in 2019 compared to 2018

10 Environmental Education

5-year Georgian National ESD ESD Strategy and Action Plan - Draft

Integration of environmental aspects into pre-school and Formal Education secondary education (3363 Person)

● Informational-educational Educational Campaigns Campaigns (more than 7000 person) ● Radio Programm ,,Green ● Environmental Manager Course Broadcast’’ (400 person) ● Training on Environmental Training & Retraining Democracy - Human Rights and Obligations” (475 person) ● Accreditation of the Educational Programs Planned Activities ● Retraining of the Primary School Teachers ● Creation of Peer Educators' Network

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159 117 542 1145 1963 Educators and Methodists

2019 2016 2017 2018 1600 Preschool Institutions

336 101

Samegrelo- - Zemo Kvemo Svaneti 127

Mstkheta-Mtianeti KEY TOPICS 300 94 124 Shida 337159 BIODIVERSITY AROUND US 117253 GREEN AWARD 92 Tbilisi 138 Samtskhe - 61 WATER AND EGENRGY SAVING

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Trainings on Environmental Democracy - Human Rights and Obligations 14

Access to Environmental Public Participation in Environmental Environmental Supervision and Information Decision-making Access to Justice

60 33 Whole Country That benefits to except territories 36 occupied Samegrelo- Racha-lechkhumi Zemo svaneti Kvemo Svaneti • Increased 11 Regions 27 55 32 Mstkheta-Mtianeti transparency • Restored distrust Imereti 77 • Decreased corruption Guria 42 257 52 29 risk • Increased security 475 32 Tbilisi Adjara Kakheti Samtskhe and stability 218 -javakheti Kvemo Kartli

Broad Audience

Local Business Municipalities Schools Media NGOs CSOs Parliament Ministries Governments Sector

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Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Nino Tandilashvili Deputy Minister

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