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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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INOGATE sums up 20 years of activity at final high-level conference
14/04/2016 - Brussels, Belgium

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

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Accessibility and implementation of international technical regulations and standards in the oil and gas sectors in Georgia (Workshop)
12/04/2016 - Tbilisi, Georgia

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
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