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Rehabilitation of the Historical Museum of Khoni Environmental
Public Disclosure Authorized Rehabilitation of the Historical Museum of Khoni Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental and Social Screening Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized March 2018 Sub-Project Description The Sub-Project (SP) will be implemented in the city of Khoni. Historical Museum is located in the center of the city, on the way to Okatse Canyon, making museum attractive to foreign, as well as to domestic tourists. According to the data of the National Tourism Agency of Georgia, an average of 700,000 tourists visit Imereti annually. The foreigners comprise approximately 25% of visitors, out of which at least 70% visit the city of Khoni, Okatse Canyon and Khoni Museum, which are included in tourist route of Khoni. In order to ensure the tourist flow in the city of Khoni increases further, it is necessary to further develop tourist infrastructure, protect the museum building and provide a secure environment. The Historical Museum of Khoni is located in the touristic zone. The museum was founded in 1981 and building is renowned for its architecture and location. The museum houses a rich collection of archaeological material of excavations in Khoni municipality, from the Paleolithic age to late Feudal age, including ceramics, copper, metal exhibits of bronze age, numismatic collections (one of the largest collections of Colchic Tetri in the VI century BC (990 units in total)), ethnographic material and other artifacts. The museum has an open-air exhibition space as well. Even though the renovation of the building has been carried out, the museum is not equipped with exposition equipment, cabinets, nightstands, exhibition platforms and lighting system. -
YOUTH POLICY IMPLEMENTATION at the LOCAL LEVEL: IMERETI and TBILISI © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
YOUTH POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: IMERETI AND TBILISI © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung This Publication is funded by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung. Commercial use of all media published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is not permitted without the written consent of the FES. YOUTH POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: IMERETI AND TBILISI Tbilisi 2020 Youth Policy Implementation at the Local Level: Imereti and Tbilisi Tbilisi 2020 PUBLISHERS Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, South Caucasus South Caucasus Regional Offi ce Ramishvili Str. Blind Alley 1, #1, 0179 http://www.fes-caucasus.org Tbilisi, Georgia Analysis and Consulting Team (ACT) 8, John (Malkhaz) Shalikashvili st. Tbilisi, 0131, Georgia Parliament of Georgia, Sports and Youth Issues Committee Shota Rustaveli Avenue #8 Tbilisi, Georgia, 0118 FOR PUBLISHER Felix Hett, FES, Salome Alania, FES AUTHORS Plora (Keso) Esebua (ACT) Sopho Chachanidze (ACT) Giorgi Rukhadze (ACT) Sophio Potskhverashvili (ACT) DESIGN LTD PolyGraph, www.poly .ge TYPESETTING Gela Babakishvili TRANSLATION & PROOFREADING Lika Lomidze Eter Maghradze Suzanne Graham COVER PICTURE https://www.freepik.com/ PRINT LTD PolyGraph PRINT RUN 150 pcs ISBN 978-9941-8-2018-2 Attitudes, opinions and conclusions expressed in this publication- not necessarily express attitudes of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung does not vouch for the accuracy of the data stated in this publication. © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 2020 FOREWORD Youth is important. Many hopes are attached to the “next generation” – societies tend to look towards the young to bring about a value change, to get rid of old habits, and to lead any country into a better future. -
Overview of Cases on Restriction of Religious Freedoms and Discrimination
Overview of Cases on Restriction of Religious Freedoms and Discrimination The present report was prepared in the framework of the project – “Increasing Access to Justice for დოკუმენტი მომზადებულია პროექტის „მართლმსაჯულების ხელმისაწვდომობის გაძლიერება Discriminated Religious Communities“ - financed by the program “Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia დისკრიმინირებული რელიგიური თემებისთვის” ფარგლებში, რომელიც ხორციელდება (PROLoG) implemented by the East-West Management Institute (EWMI). ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების საერთაშორისო განვითარების სააგენტოს (USAID) მხარდაჭერით, აღმოსავლეთ - დასავლეთის მართვის ინსტიტუტის (EWMI)-ის პროგრამის The report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the US Agency for „კანონის უზენაესობის მხარდაჭერა საქართველოში“ (PROLoG) ფარგლებში. International Development (USAID). Responsibility for the content of the report lies entirely with the authors.მიმოხილვაში Views expressedგამოთქმული in this მოსაზრება publication შესაძლოაdo not necessarily არ გამოხატავდეს reflect the viewsUSAID of -theის U.Sპოზიციას Government. orშესაბამისად United States, USAID Agency არ forარის International პასუხისმგებელი Development. მასალის შინაარსზე. ხელმძღვანელი: თამთა მიქელაძე ავტორები: მარიამ ბეგაძე, ეთო გვრიტიშვილი, ქეთი ჩუთლაშვილი რედაქტორი: ლაშა ქავთარაძე დიზაინერი: თორნიკე ლორთქიფანიძე გარეკანი: სალომე ლაცაბიძე აკრძალულია აქ მოყვანილი მასალების გადაბეჭდვა, გამრავლება ან გავრცელება კომერციული მიზნით, ცენტრის წერილობითი ნებართვის გარეშე. ადამიანის უფლებების სწავლებისა და მონიტორინგის ცენტრი (EMC) მისამართი: -
Action Plan for 2018-2019
Open Government Partnership Action Plan of Georgia 2018-2019 1 | Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . 3 Action Plan Elaboration Process . 3 Open Government Partnership Forum . 3 Public Consultations . 4 Civil Society Recommendations . 4 Innovations of the Third Action Plan . 5 CHALLENGE I: IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES . 6 Commitment 1: Improved public services for all . 6 Commitment 2: Innovative platform for citizen engagement . 8 Commitment 3: Increasing access to public services by introduction of a Unified Authentication System (UAS) . 9 Commitment 4: Innovative platform of economic governance . 11 Commitment 5: Activation of an electronic portal for meeting the Environmental Assessment Code Requirements . 12 CHALLENGE II: INCREASING PUBLIC INTEGRITY . 13 Commitment 6: Strengthening of existing major Anti-Corruption Institutions . 13 Commitment 7: Public monitoring of sustainable development goals (SDGs) . 15 Commitment 8: Development of legislative acts based on citizen engagement and data analysis . 16 Commitment 9: Publication of court decisions on a unified database and creation of a Retrieval system . 17 Commitment 10: Increasing transparency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . 18 CHALLENGE III: MORE EFFECTIVELY MANAGING PUBLIC RESOURCES . 19 Commitment 11: Increasing citizen participation in the oversight of public finances . 19 Commitment 12: Increasing transparency of the public grant funding system 21 Commitment 13: Electronic innovations for more transparency and efficiency of public procurement . 22 CHALLENGE IV: CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES . 23 Commitment 14: Development of a housing document and an action plan . 23 CHALLENGE V: INCREASING CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY . 24 Commitment 15: Openness and accountability of state-sharing enterprises . 24 MUNICIPALITIES . 25 Commitment 1: Strengthening transparency and good governance in municipalities. 25 . Commitment 2: Improving the open data collection and publishing process in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities . -
Investment Project Catalogue September 2020
INVESTINGEORGIA.ORG INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 2020 A PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS Located in the Caucasus region, on the coast of The country's ambitious objectives to be one of the Black Sea, Georgia is geographically well the best investment locations on the world map positioned as a gateway between Europe and are reflected in number of different Asia. The country is perfectly situated for easy well-recognized international rankings, where access to most major European, Central Asian Georgia maintains strong positions. For and Middle Eastern markets and has free trade example, Georgia holds 7th position in World agreements (FTAs) with most of them. In this Bank’s 2020 “Ease of Doing Business Index”. way, Georgia already boasts majority of the Foreign-owned businesses make significant preconditions required to become a regional contribution to the Georgian economy and its financial and business centre. great position for deepening links between Europe and Asia will further raise country’s Today, Georgia has a strong investment offer - productivity - via the transfer of technology, by it has liberal and free market oriented economic increased export-oriented investments and policy, access to 2.3 billion consumer market stronger regional competition positions. through its solid FTA network including both EU and China, educated, skilled and competitively Georgia is a great destination for companies priced workforce, 6 types of low and flat taxes, from all around the world, whether it’s to enter significantly decreased number of licenses and the regional market itself, the European market, permissions, well developed, integrated and or the broader Asian markets. It is a country full multimodal transport infrastructure. -
6. Imereti – Historical-Cultural Overview
SFG2110 SECOND REGIONAL DEVELOPMETN PROJECT IMERETI REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IMERETI TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Public Disclosure Authorized STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Tbilisi, December, 2014 ABBREVIATIONS GNTA Georgia National Tourism Administration EIA Environnemental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMS Environmental Management System IFI International Financial Institution IRDS Imereti Regional Development Strategy ITDS Imereti Tourism Development Strategy MDF Municipal Development Fund of Georgia MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoENRP Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia MoIA Ministry of Internal Affairs MoCMP Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection MoJ Ministry of Justice MoESD Ministry of Economic and Sustaineble Developmnet NACHP National Agency for Cultural Heritage Protection PIU Project Implementation Unit PPE Personal protective equipment RDP Regional Development Project SECHSA Strategic Environmental, Cultural Heritage and Social Assessment WB World Bank Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................... 0 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 PROJECT CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................... -
How Preparedness Pays Off
Community early warning systems: Howguiding preparedness principles pays off Evolution, costs, benefits and prospects of disaster risk management in Georgia www.ifrc.org Saving lives, changing minds. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. Together with our 189 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent TheSocieties International worldwide, Federation we reach of 97 Red million Cross people and Red annually Crescent through Societies long- (IFRC)term services is the world’s and development largest volunteer-based programmes humanitarian as well as 85 millionnetwork. people Togetherthrough disasterwith our response 189 member and earlyNational recovery Red Cross programmes. and Red WeCrescent act before, Societiesduring and worldwide, after disasters we reach and 97 health million emergencies people annually to meet through the needs long- and termimprove services the lives and ofdevelopment vulnerable people.programmes We do as so well with as impartiality 85 million peopleas to throughnationality, disaster race, responsegender, religious and early beliefs, recovery class programmes. and political We opinions. act before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and Guided by Strategy 2020 – our collective plan of action to tackle the improve the lives of vulnerable people. We do so with impartiality as to major humanitarian and development challenges of this decade – we are nationality, race, gender, religious beliefs, class and political opinions. committed to ‘saving lives and changing minds’. Guided by Strategy 2020 – our collective plan of action to tackle the Our strength lies in our volunteer network, our community-based major humanitarian and development challenges of this decade – we are expertise and our independence and neutrality. -
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report, Volume 1
TRANSMISSION GRID STRENGTHENING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OF AKHALTSIKHE - BATUMI 220KV POWER TRANSMISSION LINE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Volume 1 - Main Text Revision V15 28th of March, 2014 DG Consulting Ltd Address: 10, Mirza Gelovani Street, 0160, Tbilisi, Georgia; Reg No 205 280 998; Tel: +995 322 380 313; +995 599 500 778;e‐mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng_V15 Page 2 of 345 Signatures chapter Prepared by: DG Consulting Ltd Prepared for: AGL- Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC Revision Table chapter Revised Part of Revision # Reason of Revision Document 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Entire document - Elaboration of missing sections _V03 - QC/QA procedure of DG Consulting - Comments of AGL 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Entire document - Comments of AGL, WB and _V04 GSE 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Entire document - QC/QA procedure of DG _V05/V06 Consulting 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Entire document - Comments of AGL, WB and _V07 GSE 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Entire document - QC/QA procedure of DG _V08/V09 Consulting 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Section 5 – ESIA WB comments _V10 Methodology Section 7 – Sensitive Receptors and Potential Impacts Section 8 – Impact Mitigation 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Entire document - QC/QA procedure of DG _V11 Consulting 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Section 10 - Public The section elaborated on ALG _V12 Consultation Activities request 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng Signatures chapter ALG comments _V13 Revision Table Chapter 41166_ABOHL_ESIA_Vol1_Eng The cover page -
Agricultural Value Chain in Imereti and Racha Regions Fruit Processing
Agricultural Value Chain in Imereti and Racha regions Fruit processing 1 Introduction The present research was carried out by the Association of Young Economists of Georgia in collaboration with Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences) and People in Need from July 2014 to May 2015. This study is a part of regional value chain analysis for the main products of agricultural sector in Imereti and Racha regions. The goal of this analysis is to provide background information and baseline data for subsequent implementation stages of the project Enhancing Small Farmers’ Cooperation and Productivity in Imereti Region financed in the framework of European Neighborhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development in Georgia (ENPARD Georgia) - Small Farmers Co-operation component. This research would not have been possible without funding from the ENPARD Georgia and Czech Development Agency project “Support for Cooperatives in Imereti, Georgia”. 2 Methodology The research team followed an approach that allowed handling several issues concurrently. Data collection was organized and methods selected in order to assess specific issues from different angles supported by a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative methods. After the identification of local products with the highest development potential (based on local expert and government officials interviews), we carried out a more detailed survey thematically focused around each selected product. The survey revealed that fruit processing is very poorly represented in target regions. There are no any organized fruit farms that produce fruit and deliver for processing. In this terms only two directions are identified – sour plump souse producing and draying wild fruits collected in forests. -
2018 Presidential Election First Interim Report of the Pre-Election Monitoring
2018 Presidential Election First Interim Report of the Pre-Election Monitoring (August 1 - September 8) 13 September 2018 This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Views expressed in this publication belong solely to the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government or the NED. Table of Contents I. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 II. Key Findings ........................................................................................................................................ 2 III. Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 4 IV. Electoral Administration ............................................................................................................. 5 Appointment of Temporary Members of DECs ................................................................................. 5 V. Media environment ........................................................................................................................ 9 VI. Intimidation/harassment on alleged political grounds ...................................................... 12 VII. Physical confrontation .............................................................................................................. -
Realizing the Urban Potential in Georgia: National Urban Assessment
REALIZING THE URBAN POTENTIAL IN GEORGIA National Urban Assessment ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK REALIZING THE URBAN POTENTIAL IN GEORGIA NATIONAL URBAN ASSESSMENT ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license (CC BY 3.0 IGO) © 2016 Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines Tel +63 2 632 4444; Fax +63 2 636 2444 www.adb.org Some rights reserved. Published in 2016. Printed in the Philippines. ISBN 978-92-9257-352-2 (Print), 978-92-9257-353-9 (e-ISBN) Publication Stock No. RPT168254 Cataloging-In-Publication Data Asian Development Bank. Realizing the urban potential in Georgia—National urban assessment. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2016. 1. Urban development.2. Georgia.3. National urban assessment, strategy, and road maps. I. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. This publication was finalized in November 2015 and statistical data used was from the National Statistics Office of Georgia as available at the time on http://www.geostat.ge The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by ADB in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. -
Environmental Management Plan
Environmental Management Plan for rehabilitation of local road Mlashe-Mokhe-Dertseli km 1– km 11.34 Tbilisi, Georgia 2014 1 PART 1: GENERAL PROJECT AND SITE INFORMATION INSTITUTIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE Country Georgia Project title Rehabilitation of local road Mlashe-Mokhe-Dertseli km 1– km 11.34 Scope of project and The road secton requires major rehabiliotation works as the actual parameters of the existing road mainly activity do not meet standard requirements (plan, longitudinal gradient, width of road bed and carriageway). Rehabilitation section crosses smaller and medium size ravines and rivers. Existing engineering structures across them fail to ensure proper water discharge. They shall be replaced with corresponding engineering structures. Construction of new culverts is necessary due to terrain requirements. Construction of ditches is required due to the lack of ditches along the road. Concrete ditches shall be constructed on the restricted sections in the the villages. Construction of bays for bus stops and shelters along the project road in densely populated villages is envisaged in the design. Rehabilitation section lacks road signs and safety barriers. Design envisages equipping of the road with the road signs of individual design and standard road signs, safety barriers and pavement marking. Based on the study and analysis of the actual conditions of road and in accordance with the requirements of the Terms of Reference the following design parameters are adopted: - 40km/hr Design speed - 7.5 m Width of road bed - 5.5 m Width of carriageway - 1.0 m Width of shoulder - 20 m Minimal horizontal radius - 12.5 m Minimal radius on serpentines - 12 % Maximum longitudinal gradient Institutional WB Project Management Local Counterpart and/or Recipient arrangements (Project Team Leader) Giorgi Tsereteli Adigeni Municipality Joseph Melitauri RDMRDI (Name and contacts) Implementation Safeguard Supervision Local Counterpart Local Inspectorate Contractor arrangements WB Supervision Supervision (LtD “Ibolia”) Darejan Kapanadze Technical Supervisor - I.