INOGATE & Energy standards
Standards enable access to markets and build trust, ensure good practice, increase competitiveness, protect consumers, improve efficiency and reduce risk. They enable technology transfer among countries. Standards should work together with the policies and regulations of companies, countries and regions. Where they are incompatible, consensus-building is essential to adopt and accept standards.
The lack of harmonisation of codes and practices in the electricity and gas sector are major obstacles to the convergence of energy markets between the EU and INOGATE Partner Countries (PCs). The old Soviet system, based on GOST standards, is being replaced by a new, voluntary system of standards which will reflect more fully the national standards of a country as used by its industry and its various stakeholders. Harmonisation with EU and International standards requires the adoption of new standards, amendment of existing technical regulations and development of new secondary legislation.
Since 2008, INOGATE has facilitated the adoption of 12 Euro-Asian Standardization Council (EASC) Inter-State gas standards by INOGATE PCs; they were based on translated EU and International standards. In addition to these Inter-State standards, EASC also provided the PCs with 100 translations of standards previosuly carried out by the INOGATE project. These standards are at different stages of adoption and readiness in PCs and are slowly being included as part of the National Standardisation Programmes for their adoption as national standards.
To prepare countries for this step, a series of seminars, conferences and study tours have been organised to familiarise PC delegates involved in standardization with how EU standardization systems work, the international bodies responsible for standardization (ISO, CEN/CENELEC, BSI) and important private companies that establish standards for industry around the world. INOGATE is supporting the establishment of technical committees on gas and electricity for the sustainable and effective harmonisation of specific standards in each INOGATE Partner Country.
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Ministers, deputy-ministers and other high-ranking officials from INOGATE Partner Countries (PCs), Directors-General from the European Commission and European representatives of international financial organisations, energy agencies, the private s... Read more
The fundamental European standards have already been adopted by some countries in the INOGATE region. However, its implementation is delayed due to the inaccessibility of the secondary documents, i.e. technical regulations and standards of the ... Read more
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INOGATE & Energy standards
| Activity Title ▴▾ | Date ▴ | Status ▴▾ | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Report | 01/11/2001 - 01/11/2001 | Reports and Studies | ||
| 1st Meeting of the Working Groups on Energy Cooperation between the EU and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea Littoral States and Their Neighbours | - 29/03/2006 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Inauguration of the Boyarka Metrological Centre | 21/12/2006 - 21/12/2006 | Completed | Boyarka (Ukraine) | Other Event |
| Local information event in Azerbaijan | 23/10/2007 - 23/10/2007 | Completed | Baku (Azerbaijan) | Event Information Event |
| Local information event in Moldova | 30/10/2007 - 30/10/2007 | Completed | Chisinau (Moldova) | Information Event Event |
| Local information event in Tajikistan | 20/11/2007 - 20/11/2007 | Completed | Dushanbe (Tajikistan) | Event Information Event |
| Local information event in Kyrgyzstan | 22/11/2007 - 22/11/2007 | Completed | Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) | Event Information Event |
| Local information event in Kazakhstan | 04/12/2007 - 04/12/2007 | Completed | Astana (Kazakhstan) | Event Information Event |
| Local information event in Belarus | 06/12/2007 - 06/12/2007 | Completed | Minsk (Belarus) | Information Event |
| Working Group Meeting 27-28 April 2009 | 27/04/2009 - 28/04/2009 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Final conference | 14/10/2009 - 14/10/2009 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event Other Event |
| Meeting of INOGATE Country Coordinators and Working Group 3 - Brussels, 15th October 2009 | 15/10/2009 - 15/10/2009 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Preparation of INOGATE Project Synopses | 31/12/2009 - 31/12/2009 | Completed | Reports and Studies | |
| First Technical Group Meeting | 26/04/2010 - 26/04/2010 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Meeting of INOGATE Country Coordinators and Working Groups, Brussels, 18-19 May 2010 | 18/05/2010 - 19/05/2010 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Training seminars on European and International methodologies for harmonisation of high and low voltage standards for the electric sector | 23/06/2010 - 30/06/2010 | Completed | Tashkent (Uzbekistan) | Event Seminars & Workshops |
| Communication Workshop for INOGATE Contractors | 06/07/2010 - 07/07/2010 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event Seminars & Workshops |
| Study tour of the project “Harmonisation of gas and oil technical standards and practices in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus” | 15/09/2010 - 19/09/2010 | Completed | Bonn (Germany) | Event Study visits |
| International and European Methodologies for Harmonisation of Low and High Voltage Legislation | 29/09/2010 - 06/10/2010 | Completed | Baku (Azerbaijan) | Event Seminars & Workshops |
| Training on oil & gas metrology | 06/10/2010 - 08/10/2010 | Completed | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event Training Course |
| Second Technical Group Meeting | 19/10/2010 - 19/10/2010 | Completed | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Communications workshop for CCs | 19/10/2010 - 20/10/2010 | Completed | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event Other Event |
| Country Coordinators` Whorkshop on Communication and Monitoring | 19/10/2010 - 20/10/2010 | Upcoming | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event Training Course |
| Country Coordinators Meeting October 2010 | 19/10/2010 - 20/10/2010 | Upcoming | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
| Inter-regional meeting # 4 of the project “Harmonisation of gas and oil technical standards and practices in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus” | 15/11/2010 - 16/11/2010 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event INOGATE Meetings |