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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
Development of a road-map for introduction of an energy performance certificates system in the building sector of Armenia, including legal framework and distribution of institutional roles (AHEF.124.AM) 19/05/2014 - 20/05/2014 Completed Yerevan (Armenia) Country Requests (AHEFS)
Event
Multi-Annual Report 2012-2014 18/06/2015 - 18/06/2015 Completed Reports and Studies
Publications
Informal meeting of the INOGATE Country Coordinators 28/09/2015 - 29/09/2015 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Georgia: Regional Workshop on “Gas infrastructure. Pipelines for maximum operating pressure over 16 bar. Functional requirements” 20/10/2015 - 22/10/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Regional Workshop on Gas Infrastructure and European standard EN1594:2013 20/10/2015 - 22/10/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Executive summary of the 7th Interim Progress Report 01/02/2015 - 31/08/2015 Completed Reports and Studies
Development of National Standardisation in the Electricity and Gas Sectors, CWP.04.MD (AHEF.073.MD) 28/09/2015 - 30/09/2015 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) Event
Other Event
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Final Conference on “EU Energy Cooperation with Eastern Neighborhood and Central Asia” 17/03/2016 - 17/03/2016 Completed Brussels (Belgium) INOGATE Meetings
Event
Final conference on Road Maps and Action Plans for Standardisation. Regional Work Plan (RWP.05) 22/02/2016 - 25/02/2016 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Other Event
Accessibility and implementation of international technical regulations and standards in the oil and gas sectors in Georgia (Workshop) (CWP 04.GE) 22/03/2016 - 22/03/2016 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Success stories 17/03/2016 - 17/04/2016 Completed Publications
ITS Activity Completion Reports (ACR) 06/06/2016 - 07/06/2016 Completed Other Event
Reports and Studies
INOGATE Local Information event for Azerbaijan 17/07/2014 - 17/07/2014 Completed Baku (Azerbaijan) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Assistance to the Ministry of Economy to adapt the draft electricity and gas laws provided by the ECT to the Moldovan environment 23/05/2016 - 23/05/2016 Completed Event
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Preparation of INOGATE Work Programmes 16/02/2009 - 14/02/2012 Ongoing Reports and Studies
INOGATE Local Information Events 16/02/2009 - 14/02/2012 Ongoing Astana (Kazakhstan) Event
Information Event
INOGATE Web Portal 15/02/2009 - 14/02/2012 Ongoing Publications
Draft Benchmarking Reports on Progress on the Astana Road Map 03/01/2011 - 11/05/2011 Ongoing Reports and Studies
Development of Country Communication Action Plans 01/03/2011 - 31/12/2011 Ongoing Publications
Preparation of INOGATE Country Leaflets 01/06/2011 - 14/02/2012 Ongoing Publications
Textbooks 30/09/2011 - 31/12/2011 Ongoing Publications
Reports and Studies
INOGATE Regional and Country Work Plans 2015-2016 26/02/2015 - 26/02/2016 Ongoing Brussels (Belgium) Reports and Studies
Country Coordinators` Whorkshop on Communication and Monitoring 19/10/2010 - 20/10/2010 Upcoming Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
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Country Coordinators Meeting October 2010 19/10/2010 - 20/10/2010 Upcoming Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
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