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European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) Results 2 and 3 European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) Results 2 and 3 DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ALAZANI-IORI RIVER BASIN CONSULTATION ON MAIN ISSUES REPORT LOCAL DIALOGUES – MAY 2019 May 2019 Beneficiaries Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MEPA) EUWI+ country representative in Georgia Zurab Jincharadze Responsible international thematic lead expert Yunona Videnina, Office International de l’Eau (FR) Yannick Pochon; Office International de l’Eau (FR) Responsible Georgian thematic lead expert Mariam Makarova, MEPA Disclaimer: The EU-funded programme European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) is implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), both responsible for the implementation of Result 1, and an EU member state consortium comprising the Environment Agency Austria (UBA,Austria), the lead coordinator, and the International Office for Water (IOW, France), both responsible for the implementation of Results 2 and 3. The programme is co-funded by Austria and France through the Austrian Development Agency and the French Artois-Picardie Water Agency. This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union or the Governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area. Imprint Owner and Editor: EU Member State Consortium Office International de’l Eau (IOW) 21/23 rue de Madrid 75008 Paris, FRANCE Responsible IOW Communication officer: Yunona Videnina [email protected] May 2019 Contents INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 4 1. ABOUT THE ACTION .......................................................................................................... 4 2. RESULTS OF DISCUSSIONS ............................................................................................. 5 2.1 MUNICIPALITY OF TIANETI, MTSKETA-MTIANETI, 13 MAY 2019 .................................. 6 2.2 MUNICIPALITY OF TELAVI, KAKHETI, 14 MAY 2019 ...................................................... 7 2.3 MUNICIPALITY OF KVARELI, 14 MAY 2019 ..................................................................... 9 2.4 MUNICIPALITY OF SIGHNAGHI, 15 MAY 2019 .............................................................. 11 2.5 MUNICIPALITY OF SAGAREJO, KAKHETI , 15 MAY 2019 ............................................ 12 INTRODUCTION: PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON THE DRAFT WATER LAW OF GEORGIA AND THE DRAFT ALAZANI - IORI RBMP A separate report “Consultation meeting with stakeholders” from 29 January 2019 is available on the EUWI+ website. The EUWI+ project is working with Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture for development of the Alaziani-Iori and Khrami-Debeda River Basin Management Plans. The plans describe the environmental objectives for the river basins and the measures to achieve them. This first consultation forums gathered together more than 50 local stakeholders in each basin, including government authorities, basin organisations, residential and business water users, the scientific community, NGOs, journalists and experts - seeking their views on the main challenges to guarantee water quality, share water resources, secure drinking water, reduce pollution and ensure people’s health. Even though currently there is no approved RBMP in the country, by signing Association Agreement with EU Georgia has committed obligations to develop RBMPs for all basin districts by 2026. The draft Law of Georgia on “Water Resources Management”, which has been recently developed and is under approval, stipulates that “Each river basin management plan, prior to submitting to the Government of Georgia for approval, shall be discussed by the consultancy-coordination Council that is created on the basis of the territorial principle”. The draft law puts a lot of responsibilities on local authorities in implementation of the RBMPs, therefore it was decided by the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture to held with the EUWI+ support consultation meetings at the municipal level for the local authorities and stakeholders, in order to discuss the new draft law and the developed chapters of the respective RBMP (Alazani-Iori or Khrami-Debeda, depending on which basin the municipality belongs to). In order to help local municipalities and stakeholders to better analyze the importance of RBMPs and also their role in development, approval and implementation of the plans, the local public dialogues were organized with representatives of the municipalities within the Khrami-Debeda River Basin. 1. ABOUT THE ACTION Five local public dialogues were organized with representatives of all the municipalities within the Alasani – Iori River Basin. The meetings were held in Tianeti on May 13, in Telavi and Kvareli (covering Lagodekhi municipality as well) on May 14, in Sighnaghi and Sagarejo (covering Dedoplistskaro and Gurjaani municipalities as well) on May 15. Mr. Zurab Jincharadze, EUWI+ East Project Representative in Georgia, opened the meetings and welcomed the participants. Mr. Jincharadze presented the project targets and goals. The main aim of the project as he mentioned is to support the reform on water policy and water resources management. According to Mr. Jincharadze, the project will have impact on completing river basin management plans and on solving transboundary river issues. Ms. Eliso Barnovi, REC Caucasus expert, discussed results of the project. She talked about the importance of local stakeholder engagement in the river basin management plan development process and also briefly covered surface water monitoring issues. Ms. Mariam Makarova, representative of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia discussed new draft law of Georgia on “Water Resources Management”. As she mentioned, existing law on water was adopted in 1997. As the approaches have been changed over these years, the law should be adopted accordingly. Moreover, Georgia has obligation of elaboration of new legislation on water under Association Agreement between Georgia and European Union. Ms. Makarova mentioned that the EU Water Framework Directive is the main guideline for Georgia for reforming the water management system. As Ms. Makarova noted, the draft law will have several subordinate laws where technical details and principals will be defined. Execution of the law is planned by 2024. Ms. Makarova also talked about integrated management and explained its main principles. She particularly stressed out the importance of role and importance of municipalities’ involvement in the process of development and implementation of the RBMPs. Ms. Maka Zumbulidze, REC Caucasus expert gave a presentation on the draft Alazani-Iori RBMP. Ms. Zumbulidze started her presentation with discussing the current situation in Alazani-Iori river basin, carried on with presenting the structure of RBMP. She presented characterization of Alazani-Iori river basin, impact of human activities, identified pollution level and briefly talked about program of measures. Each meeting was accompanied by discussions. Participants expressed their views on the main identified water issues of the basin and filled out questionnaires. 2. RESULTS OF DISCUSSIONS Local stakeholders have highlighted the importance to introduce the river basin management with main focus on balanced water use planning, optimized water supply, sanitation and irrigation facilities, improved flood risk reduction and early warning system. The quality of drinking water and overall water supply system for local population remains one of the main and urgent issues to be considered for focusing during the drafting of the program of measures. Local municipalities have the expectation to be well positioned in the council of Alazani-Iori River Basin and play important role in all decisions related to the water resources management within the river basin. As a first step in this direction participants expressed high interest to closely collaborate with the project and participate in draft of the program of measure based on local needs and bottlenecks. 2.1 MUNICIPALITY OF TIANETI, MTSKETA-MTIANETI, 13 MAY 2019 Number of attendees: 21 On May 13, 2019 in Tianeti municipality was held public dialogue on the draft water law of Georgia and the draft Alazani-Iori RBMP. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture, Tianeti Municipality, local representatives of LLC “United Water Supply Company of Georgia”, , JSC “Energo-pro Georgia” and Ltd “Georgian Amelioration” and also representatives of EUWI+ and REC Caucasus. Local stakeholders, the representatives of the Environment Protection and Agriculture and EUWI+ project discussed several issues, such as: Licenses and permits – there are technical regulations which do not include obligation of protection of rights, these regulations only have provisions about registration and is not legally binding for rule-breakers. Representative of the Ministry explained, that new law will include provisions
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