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INOGATE & Georgia

Georgia is a founding member of INOGATE and has benefited from 36 of 69 INOGATE projects since 1996. With the seat of the INOGATE Regional Coordination Office for the Caucasus Region in Tbilisi, Georgia is well placed to coordinate INOGATE projects in the region. INOGATE continues to support Georgia in various areas of the energy sector:

  • Energy markets: Georgia's energy markets have benefited from the development and review of its tariff methodologies in electricity and gas in line with EU practices and its internal electricity market models have been reviewed and analysed. INOGATE is also working under the coordination of the Ministry of Energy on the development of the legal and regulatory framework leading to a greater approximation of the Georgian legislation with the EU Acquis Communitaire on Energy. INOGATE also provides support for Georgia’s membership to the Energy Community.
  • Energy security: In order to achieve a greater level of energy security in the future, it is imperative that Georgia has in place adequate infrastructure not only serving its domestic energy demand, but also to accommodate regional energy flows. State-of-the-art infrastructure, however, requires appropriate regulatory and commercial mechanisms that ensures its technical and economic efficiency. Electricity market stakeholders such as the Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) and Electricity System Commercial Operator (ESCO) are working with INOGATE in the development of the appropriate planning procedures and commercial models required for a enhancing regional trading and accommodate an increased share of RES in the country’s energy mix. Similarly, the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation and Georgia's Gas Transmission Pipeline Network are working with INOGATE in developing the required knowledge base and practical skills for the operation of maintainance the existing networks as well as for planning, design and construction supervision of their future high pressure gas infrastructure.
  • Energy standards: With INOGATE support in the standards area, a European-style gas Technical Committee was set up to strengthen Georgian institutional capacity in the uptake of European and international gas standards. Georgia received 112 translated European and international gas standards, 12 of which have been already adopted as inter-state standards, identical to international standards. The Road Map and Action Plan for the harmonisation of gas and electricity standards are currently being developed together with the programme of adoption of priority electricity standards for 2014-2016.
  • Energy investments: Georgia's banking sector has benefited from INOGATE training and workshops to improve its financing of sustainable energy projects and to enable its access to the credit lines of international financial institutions.
  • Energy efficiency: To improve the energy efficiency of buildings, INOGATE undertook an energy audit and training that has led to the refurbishment of a nine-storey residential building in Tbilisi using energy-efficiency technologies, highlighting the potential of energy efficiency for investment returns.
  • Energy statistics: In a move to align its statistical activities with those of the EU and international agencies, with INOGATE assistance, Georgia has developed its Energy Statistics Action Plan for 2012-14, carried out surveys in the enterprise and households sectors and compiled its annual energy balance for 2013 according to international standards.

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INOGATE is placing increased focus on sustainable energy as the energy source of the future. INOGATE supports investments to this sector through geospatial mapping of renewable energy as a visual tool to support investment dialogue between policy makers, potential investors and the renewable energy supply chain.

INOGATE continues to support initiatives such as the EU's Covenant of Mayors, whereby cities commit themselves to reducing CO2 emissions by 20% through the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans. Tbilisi hosts a branch office of the Covenant of Mayors Secretariat and nine Georgian cities (Akhaltsikhe, Batumi, Gori, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Tbilisi, Telavi City Hall, Telavi Municipality and Zugdidi) have already signed up to this ambitious initiative.

To support energy market reforms, INOGATE's prototype study on tariff setting methods in the Partner Countries recommends appropriate revisions to tariff setting methodologies in line with relevant EU practices. INOGATE supports energy supply security with a comprehensive study on state-of-the-art technologies to reduce gas losses.

Other key areas of continued INOGATE support include the development of the energy statistics system and the harmonisation of priority gas and electricity standards.

As of 2013, Georgia is a candidate country for full membership of the EU Energy Community. INOGATE provides continuing technical assistance to Georgia so that it can adopt and put into practice the EU rules on energy, have closer ties with the EU's single market, attract investment and increase the financial stability of its energy sector.

The INOGATE Technical Secretariat and Georgia jointly defined the activities for implementation in the period of 2015-2016 and agreed them with the European Commission. This country work plan can be found here.

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INOGATE & Georgia

Activity Title ▴▾ Date ▴ Status ▴▾ Location Type
Comp A: Seminar - Workshop EURONEST PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY 19/09/2012 - 19/09/2012 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Other Event
Comp D: Energy Statistics Network Meeting 25/09/2012 - 26/09/2012 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Study tour on Bio-energy - Slovakia 16/10/2012 - 18/10/2012 Completed Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) Event
Study visits
Comp D: INOGATE/IEA Training on Energy Statistics and Indicators 05/11/2012 - 09/11/2012 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Training Course
Comp A: Working Group and Country Coordinators Meeting 29/11/2012 - 30/11/2012 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
ITS.AHEF.33.GE - Harmonisation of electricity and gas standards (Establishing Technical Committees) 07/12/2012 - 07/12/2012 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Other Event
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Regional Seminar “Moving towards a new approach on standardization & harmonization of Electricity & Gas standards and codes” – Belgium 29/01/2013 - 30/01/2013 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Comp C: Participation of INOGATE in Donor Round Table Meeting 31/01/2013 - 31/01/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Other Event
Regional Seminar “Electricity Cross Border Trading – EU Perspectives” – Belgium 31/01/2013 - 01/02/2013 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
INOGATE Communication Workshop on Sustainable Energy – Georgia 08/02/2013 - 08/02/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Other Event
Comp C: AHEF.051.GE Workshop: Conducting of the capacity building on EU Directives and legally binding obligations under the Energy Community Treaty 27/02/2013 - 28/02/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Country Requests (AHEFS)
Event
Seminars & Workshops
Comp D: Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Georgia 28/02/2013 - 28/02/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Reports and Studies
Comp D: International Conference on Strategic Role of Energy Statistics in National and International Policies 23/04/2013 - 24/04/2013 Completed Copenhagen (Denmark) INOGATE Meetings
Study tour & workshop “Sustainable Energy Financing” - Austria 14/05/2013 - 16/05/2013 Completed Vienna (Austria) Study visits
Event
Seminars & Workshops
Regional seminar and Study tour “INOGATE Gas Cross Border Trading – EU Perspectives and main challenges” – Italy 22/05/2013 - 24/05/2013 Completed Milan (Italy) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Study visits
Comp B: Participation of INOGATE exeprts in Euro Asian Standardisation Council (EASC) Meeting (in the framework of project activity B2-6) 06/06/2013 - 08/06/2013 Completed Ufa (Russian Federation) Event
Other Event
Comp B: Particpation of INOGATE Experts in the Workshop of Eastern Partnership Energy Regulatory Bodies 18/06/2013 - 18/06/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Other Event
Comp D: Energy Statistics Action Plans 04/03/2013 - 02/07/2013 Completed Reports and Studies
Workshop and Study visit “Development of Harmonization Road Maps and Action Plans, and Capacity building recommendations” – United Kingdom 08/07/2013 - 11/07/2013 Completed London (United Kingdom) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Study visits
Workshop “Capacity building for financing EE/RES projects” – Georgia 09/07/2013 - 13/07/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Comp A: Participation of ITS in Workshop “Eastern Partnership prospects on energy efficiency and renewable energy" 19/09/2013 - 19/09/2013 Completed Vilnius (Lithuania) Event
Other Event
Training course & study visit on “Sustainable Energy Policy” – Latvia and Lithuania 22/09/2013 - 28/09/2013 Completed Riga (Latvia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Training Course
Comp D: INOGATE Annual Energy Statistics Network (ESN) Meeting 08/10/2013 - 08/10/2013 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Comp A: INOGATE Annual Meeting 09/10/2013 - 09/10/2013 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Comp B: Capacity building for the Regulatory Authorities of the INOGATE Partner Countries – Regional Seminar and Study Tour 09/10/2013 - 11/10/2013 Completed Bratislava (Slovakia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Training Course

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