Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia

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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of Georgia
Action Plan 2009
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Priorities

• Improvement of the legislative base
• Institutional optimization
• Formation of the long-term strategy for the
  environment protection and management of the
  natural resources
• Public awareness raising in the field of
  environmental protection

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Main Directions (1)

• Elaboration of the Environmental Code
• Reform of the Inspection of Environmental
  Protection
• Sustainable development of the forestry sector

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Main Directions (2)

• Development of eco-tourism in the protected areas
  
• Post-conflict actions
• Management/Prevention of disasters
• Insurance of bilateral relations with society

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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN - 2009
Environmental Code
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Legislative Initiative-Environmental Code

• Problem
• 25 Laws and other different Regulatory Acts
  include 4000 pages
• Are not concordant and are in conflict with each
  other as well as with other normative acts

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Legislative Initiative-Environmental Code

• Objective
• Working out common relevant Environmental
  Legislative Base
• Clear separation of responsibilities of the
  Parliament and the Government
• Elaboration of simple and efficacious laws
  instead of hundreds of Regulatory Acts

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Legislative Initiative Environmental Code

• Action
• Preparation process began in January 2009
• Will be finished by March 1, 2010
• Environmental Code will be elaborated on the
  basis of consensus between different Ministries,
  NGOs, Political Parties and other experts of the
  field
• Financed by UNDP, WWF, WorldBank, IUCN

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Action Plan (1)
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Action Plan (2)
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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN - 2009
Environmental Inspection
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Reformation of Inspection

• Objective
• Eradication of corruption
• System optimization
• Actions
• Institutional restructuring
• Training
• Equipping

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Institutional Renovation (1)

• New conceptual vision
• Functional harmonization of the divisions of the
  Quick Response and Inspectorate
• Renovation of personnel
• Individual interview with each employee
• Estimation of the capability and basic skills
  (abilities)
• Announcement of Internship Program and
  establishment of new staff reserve

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Institutional Renovation (2)

• Establishment of the Patrolling System
• Will be established in April and the 24 hour
  patrolling of Inspection of Environmental
  Protection in the regions will start from May
• Passportization of the units
• Identification of the all hot-spots is being
  carried out.
• Map and a detailed scheme of the response will be
  prepared. The efficiency of the protection and
  control system will be increased.
• Inspectors will have the map and the Action Plan
  for those units the protection of which is the
  most important on the level of specific regions
  or districts.

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Training

• Developing of training modules for employees of
  Inspection of Environmental Protection
• On-job training of the employees on the basis of
  the general training module

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Equipment

• Purchase of high passability pickups, as well as
  high-speed boat for patrolling the sea
• Before starting patrolling, it is planned to
  repair the existing cars
• Providing the Quick Response and Inspection
  offices with maintenance supplies and equipment

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Plan
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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN - 2009
Forestry Department
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Forestry Department

• Aims
• Conservation of the environmental, economic and
  social functions of the forest
• Introduction of the efficient profit
• Corruption eradication

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Forestry Department

• Action
• Vision of the development of the forestry field
• was elaborated and in March together with the all
  parties concerned the consideration of the
  document on the development of the forestry field
  worked out by the Ministry is starting, which
  finally will be presented to the government.

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Forestry Department

• Action
• Carrying out the forest management.
• It is planned to develop the common
  geo-information data base, define the borders of
  the forest fund and register them.
• Tree marking
• Marking of the cut trees according to the German
  Model, when all logs and stumps have their
  number, date and the name of the person in charge.

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Forestry Department

• Action
• Diversification of the forest ownership forms
• It is planned to accomplish pilot projects in
  Kharagauli region in order to implement the
  community owned forest sustainable management
  models
• Capacity building
• Training module was developed and during this
  year advanced training of forest rangers
• will be carried out.

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Forest Sustainable Development
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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN - 2009
Protected Areas
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Protected Areas

• Priorities
• Tourist potential development of the protected
  areas
• Development of financial sustainability of the
  protected areas

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Protected Areas

• Actions
• Tourist infrastructure development of the
  existing territories (buildings, equipment)
• Establishment of new protected areas (National
  Park of Javakheti)
• Implementation of the financial sustainability
  development project
• Professional development of personnel

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Action Plan
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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN - 2009
Post-Conflict Actions
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Post-Conflict Actions

• Is in Course
• Conservation of the military aggression areas,
  their isolation from the anthropogenic and other
  harmful impacts (3 200 meters of the territories
  hit by the fire have already been enclosed by
  the Forestry Department near Akhaldaba area )
• Attraction and involvement of foreign experts (in
  March an international expert in the field of
  erosions will start his work, assisted by OSCE)

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Post-Conflict Actions

• Is in Course
• Out of the priorities of the collaboration
  strategy with the donors the Ministry names
  specific project offers concerning the
  rehabilitation of damaged territories and
  reduction of the disaster risks to be of primary
  importance and the negotiations are underway for
  their realization.

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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN 2009
Disasters
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Management of Disasters(1)(1)

• Coast-strengthening activities will be conducted
  on 49 units, the whole budget of which
  constitutes 9500 GEL
• Together with a French Company a National Action
  Plan of modernizing the Weather Forecasting or
  Meteo-Systems is being worked out.

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Management of Disasters (2)

• A pilot-project according to the French Model of
  Weather Forecasting is under way, including two
  stations (Batumi and Tbilisi Stations)
• Early Warning system design is being elaborated
  together with UNDP, that will be concluded by
  May 1.
• With the support of the Dutch side a project will
  be initiated in order to implement the Early
  Warning system in practice.

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Coast-Protecting Activities(1)
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Coast-Protecting Activities(2)
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Coast-Protecting Activities(3)
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Coast-Protecting Activities(4)
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Coast-Protecting Activities (5)
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hydrometeorological office
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Ministry of Environment protection and Natural
Resources of GeorgiaACTION PLAN 2009
Public Relations
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New Priorities

• Achievement of maximum degree of transparency
• Running the bilateral communication system
• Ensuring the involvement of the parties concerned

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Transparency

• Distribution of a monthly newsletter
• Reception hours with Minister and Deputy Minister
• Press-conferences about every novelty
• On-line conferences
• Hot line
• Renewed web-page

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Relations with Media

• Media-training program
• Journalist contest
• Initiating and supporting environmental media
  projects

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Involvement

• Public Council
• Green Club
• Campaigns and other measures in association with
  non-governmental sector

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Action Plan
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Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural
Resources of Georgia
Action Plan 2009