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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
Comp A: Communication Trainings for EU projects in Ukraine 11/12/2012 - 12/12/2012 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Comp A: Opening of the INOGATE Technical Secretariat office in Central Asia 09/11/2012 - 09/11/2012 Completed Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Event
Other Event
Comp C: Participation of INOGATE in Donor Round Table Meeting 31/01/2013 - 31/01/2013 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Other Event
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
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 A: INOGATE Annual Meeting 09/10/2013 - 09/10/2013 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Comp A: INOGATE Local Information Event in Kyrgyz Republic 22/10/2013 - 23/10/2013 Completed Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Event
Information Event
ITS Reports 25/01/2014 - 25/01/2014 Completed Reports and Studies
Comp B: Gas Transmission Aspects 09/04/2014 - 11/04/2014 Completed Bonn (Germany) Event
Other Event
Participation of INOGATE Country Coordinators in the Eastern Partnership 3rd Platform Meeting - Belgium 23/10/2014 - 23/10/2014 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Other Event
INOGATE Annual Meeting – Brussels, 22 October 2014 22/10/2014 - 22/10/2014 Completed Brussels (Belgium) INOGATE Meetings
Event
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia – Highlights 2013 20/10/2014 - 20/10/2014 Completed Publications
Reports and Studies
Seminar and Study Tour on gas metering stations and data recording, 17-19 June, Vilnius, Lithuania 17/06/2014 - 19/06/2014 Completed Vilnius (Lithuania) Seminars & Workshops
Training Course
Study visits
Local Information Event - INOGATE as a successful EU energy cooperation programme: achievements in Kazakhstan and way forward in 2014, 18 June 2014 - Astana, Kazakhstan 18/06/2014 - 18/06/2014 Completed Astana (Kazakhstan) Information Event
Comp C: Capacity strengthening of the SWMCG by introducing applicable methods for assessing landfill gas potential at the existing dumpsites in Georgia (AHEF.GEO.096) 20/11/2014 - 25/11/2014 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Training Course
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Final conference 14/10/2009 - 14/10/2009 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Other Event
Brochure - 'East-European Regional Centre for Hydrocarbons Metrology' 08/09/2008 - 30/03/2011 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Publications
Reports and Studies
Closing conference of the project “Feasibility studies for expanding the Boyarka Gas Metrology Centre” 06/12/2011 - 06/12/2011 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Event
Brochure 'East-European Regional Centre for Hydrocarbons Metrology' (in Ukrainian) 06/12/2011 - 06/12/2011 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Reports and Studies
EU: IEA / INOGATE Energy Policy Review of countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia - launch of the compendium publication in Brussels 13/04/2015 - 13/04/2015 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Information Event
EASTERN EUROPE: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 15/04/2015 - 15/04/2015 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) Event
Information Event
CAUCASUS: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 17/04/2015 - 17/04/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Information Event
CENTRAL ASIA: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 24/04/2015 - 24/04/2015 Completed Astana (Kazakhstan) Event
Information Event
INOGATE Country Coordinators and Country Experts informal meeting 27/04/2015 - 28/04/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) INOGATE Meetings
Rules of connection to electricity and gas distribution networks (AHEF 064.AM) 16/03/2014 - 16/03/2014 Completed Yerevan (Armenia) Country Requests (AHEFS)
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