1. EU4Environment in Georgia:
Progress in 2019-20 and plans till end 2020

2. Result 1. Greener decision making (UNEP)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans for 2020
 Environmental Information and Education Center to
host, promote and deliver an introductory Green
Economy (GE) course
 Nomination of participants for the in-depth GE policy-
making course
 Request for trainees extended among other line
Ministries
 Translation, hosting, promotion and delivery of the
introductory GE course among various civil servants
 Learning needs assessment conducted among all
nominated trainees
 Delivery of a tailored, interactive webinar training to
nominated participants (from all EaP countries)
 Inter-ministerial coordination mechanism identified for
future support

3. Result 1. Greener decision making (UNECE: SEA/EIA)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans for 2020
 First training workshop on SEA for municipal spatial plans –
screening and scoping (16-17 May 2019, Tbilisi)
 Second training workshop on SEA for municipal spatial plans
– SEA report, quality control and final SEA recommendations
(19-20 September 2019, Tbilisi)
 Coordination meeting with 6 beneficiary countries in the
margins of the UNECE Working Group on EIA and SEA (26-28
November 2019, Geneva), no cost for the project
 Update and supplementing of national EIA and SEA
Guidelines – initiated in December 2019
 Development of sector-specific Guidelines on EIA in the
Hydropower Sector with a focus on transboundary aspects –
initiated in early 2020
 Pilot SEA of a draft government plan/programme
- subject to Georgia’s identification of a strategic
document
 Update and supplementing of national EIA and SEA
Guidelines completed
 Training workshop on SEA
 Awareness raising event to promote elaboration of
secondary legislation on SEA (to be further reconfirmed with
GE)
 First sub-regional training workshop on SEA and
transboundary EIA (October 2020, Tbilisi)
- virtual training?

4. Result 2. Circular economy and new growth opportunities (UNEP)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans for 2020
 Coordination meeting with the key stakeholders and
training workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement
(SPP)
 Identification of national partners on SPP and eco-
labeling: State Public Agency (SPP), IEIC (eco-labelling)
 Stocktaking of previous work, as well as consultations
for waste action plan development and integration of
EPR principles
 Training on eco-innovation approach and
methodology
 Draft SPP-related provisions for a new public
procurement Law
 Assistance in development of by-laws and guidelines
on SPP
 Assessment of the eco-labeling system
 Preparation of infographics on SPP
 Review existing waste policies and initiate technical
assistance for drafting waste management action plans
 Conducting eco-innovation policy review and trainings
in priority SME sectors
 Participation in a regional experience sharing event on
eco-innovation for SMEs

5. Result 2. Circular economy and new growth opportunities (UNIDO)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans for 2020
 RECP financing issues reported at the OECD-led
national consultations (July, 2019) and the follow-up
publication
 Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production National
Implementing Partner identified and contracted
(Energy Efficiency Centre Georgia)
 Launch event “Circular Economy and New Growth
Opportunities for SMEs” jointly organized with UNEP
(February, 2020)
 Kick-off meeting and establishment of RECP
stakeholders group
 15 RECP experts to be trained
 RECP assessments of 15 manufacturing to be
conducted
 2 RECP clubs to be launched in 2 municipalities of
Georgia

6. Result 3. Environmental level playing field (OECD)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans for 2020
 Regional workshop on BAT (October 2019)
 Environment dimension of the SME Policy Index (including a chapter on
Georgia)
 Fact-finding mission to Georgia on Projects “Reforming regulatory regimes
for large emission sources” and “Strengthening of Compliance Assurance
Systems” (28-29 November 2019)
 Draft estimates of fossil-fuel subsidies for 2016-2019 for the OECD-IEA
Fossil-fuel subsidies database
 National Policy Dialogue meeting (16 July 2019) and Report on Access to
green finance for SMEs in Georgia
 Launch of preparatory work on green
finance and investment (green bonds) and green public investment
programme projects (draft ToRs)
 Launch of preparatory work on administrative capacity for environmental
management project (consultations with SIGMA, draft ToR, outline and
concept note)
 Support with Information on the environmental regulation of specific sectors
using IED BAT implementation and support with the development of general
binding rules for a particular sector (poultry);
 capacity building activities on methods to assess remediation actions needed
following damages to the environment (EU Environmental Liability Directive)
 Regional seminar on greening SMEs
 Regional meeting on BAT (November 2020)
 Review of the compliance assurance system
 Short assessment report to support reform of the systems of administrative
sanctions, monetary payments and penalties for non-compliance
 Launch of designing a green public investment programme
 Analytical report on fossil-fuel subsidies, including Georgia
 Collection of data on energy-related taxes
 Fact-finding mission on green bonds project (subject to easing travel policy)
 Regional meeting on green finance (October 2020)
 Analytical report on existing/required administrative capacity in the
environmental sector

7. Result 5. Monitoring progress at environment-economy nexus (OECD)
(5.3. Green growth indicators)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans till end 2020
 Overview of available green growth indicators in the
OECD database for Georgia and initial internal
discussions on its extension
 Country profile
Activities 5.1 and 5.2 on coordination and
communication will be discussed under Items 4 and 5 of
the Agenda.
 Critical amount of work on green growth indicators
in planned for 2021-22
 Video on green growth indicators (regional)
 New edition of the country profile

8. Discussion
1. Feasibility of using alternative modes of operation (e.g. virtual
meetings, web-based trainings, use of local consultants)
2. Maintaining/postponing/advancing activities

9. Item 4: Co-ordination (Result 5.1)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans till end 2020
 Launch event in Georgia (April 2019, Tbilisi)
 Inaugural Regional Assembly meeting
(June 2019, Brussels)
 Six EaP country virtual consultations (May-June
2020)
 Second Regional Assembly meeting:
 Virtual (Zoom) meeting on 22-23
September 2020
 in-person meeting in November-December
2020, if travel restrictions lifted, possibly in
Kyiv, Ukraine

10. Item 5: Communication (Result 5.2)
Progress in 2019-20 (May) Plans till end 2020
 Promotion of EU4Environment on national web sites (Georgia
1, Georgia 2) and EU platform
 Programme leaflet in Georgian
 Country profile
 Web site (OECD domain:
http://www.oecd.org/site/eu4environment/
 Inaugural Newsletter, reaching more than 200 subscribers*
 Videos “About EU4Environment” and “About the Inaugural
Assembly meeting”
 Use of social media (YouTube, Flickr, existing Twitter channels)
 Publication « Access to Green Finance for SMEs in Georgia »
(English/Georgian)
 Generic totems for meetings
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 Newsletter on a monthly basis (extension of the list of
subscribers)
 Development and launch of a new web site (more
interactive features)
 Production of new videos (Regional Assembly, thematic
videos, interviews)
 Use of Social media on a regular basis
 Work with “young EU ambassadors”
 Promotion at national and international events (incl. the
EaP Ministerial, 7 October 2020, Luxembourg)
 Translation of totems/selected documents into national
languages
 Reinforced coordination with other programmes (i.e.,
OPEN Programme, EU4Business, etc.)