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
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 Training Course |
Country Coordinators Meeting October 2010 | 19/10/2010 - 20/10/2010 | Upcoming | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event INOGATE Meetings |