| UNEP / OSCE / ENVSEC GEO-Cities–Tbilisi | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2011 | 2010-2011 | UNEP / OSCE / ENVSEC | Participate as an advisor / opponent | oral | The project was implemented in 2011 by the Environment and Safety Initiative (ENVSEC). The initiative is a partnership of six organizations - the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Regional Environmental Center (REC), the North Atlantic Alliance ( NATO). The initiative carried out a series of Integrated Environmental Assessments (IEA) for large and / or important cities as part of the GEO - Cities project. This project was implemented for Tbilisi with the participation of Georgian experts. I was involved in this project as an expert-advisor. | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/GEO Cities -Tbilisi.pdf |
| UNECE / EECCA National Political Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2010-2011 | 2010-2011 | UNECE / Georgia | Participate in the dialogue as a member of the Coordinating Council | oral | Georgia's national political dialogue on water resources management has been under way since 2010 under the EU Water Initiative for the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) regions. According to the Memorandum of Understanding between UNECE and Georgia in the field of water resources management, the Georgian side in this dialogue was represented by the Ministry of Environment. The Secretariat was performed by the Georgian National Water Partnership. The National Political Dialogue was coordinated by the Coordination Committee (UNECE Council).
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| UNECE / OECD /EUWI National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2012-2013 | 2010-2013 | UNECE / EUWI | Participate in the dialogue as a national expert | oral | The UNECE / OECD / EUWI-led project looks at ways to address water supply and sewerage problems as part of an EU initiative for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The aim of the project is to develop integrated water resources management policies and key regulations.
| https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/UNECE-EUWI.pdf |
| UNECE / WHO Water & Health Problems | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2010-2014 | 25/11/2014 - 27/11/2014 | UNECE / WHO | Participate in the production of reports as a member of the Coordinating Council | oral | Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Waters and International Lakes In order to coordinate the political dialogue between Georgia and the UN Economic Commission for Europe in support of the London Protocol on Water and Health, a Coordination Council has been set up to systematically discuss issues and problems in adapting and implementing the Protocol requirements in Georgia. Criteria for setting and recording target indicators were developed, difficulties were identified in terms of implementation of these indicators. | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/UNECE-WHO.pdf |
| OECD Strengthening the economic and financial dimension of integrated water resources management in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2011-2012 | 2011-2012 | OECD | Participate in the discussion as an advisor | oral | The project, led by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), assessed the economic and financial aspects of water resources management in accordance with the requirements of the EU Water Basis Directives for the Caucasus. | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/OECD.pdf |
| WHO / GFAE Drinking water safety policy for small water supply systems | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2011 | 2011 | WHO / GFAE / National Center for Disease Control and Public Health | Assessment-analysis for the urgency involvement of Mtskheta-sity in the water supply and sewerage systems of the capital of Georgia | oral | See the attachment file - Invitation letter | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/WHO-GFAE-დაავადებათა კონტროლისა და....pdf |
| EU / AGRECO / ENPI Ensuring the Improvement Mtkvari River Management in Tbilisi Area | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2011-2012 | 2011-2012 | EU / AGRECO / ENPI | Mtkvari without wastewater | oral | The project envisaged the development of capital planning based on the use of the Mtkvari River and the qualitative improvement of its runoff. A register of Mtkvari tributaries was conducted to determine their runoff and quality assessment.
| https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/EU-AGRECO-ENPI - მტკვარი.pdf |
| UNDP / GEF, IWRM / SAP KURA Project – Reducing Trans-Boundary Degradation in the Kura-Araks River Basin | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2011-2014 | 2008-2012 | UNDP/GEF IWRM/SAP | Transboundary problems in the Mtkvari basin and its regulation mechanisms | oral | The project was implemented in 2008-2012. In order to improve the management of Mtkvari River water resources, complex, systemic regulation and management priorities for the Mtkvari Basin were identified in parallel for all three Transcaucasian states.
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| UN / WHO GLAAS – Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2012-2014 | 2012-2014 | UN / WHO GLAAS | Problems of small water supply sanitation in Georgia | oral | The UN / WHO-led Global Analysis and Evaluation of Drinking Water and Wastewater Project was aimed at a complex and global aquatic environment analysis, development of investment reliability and achievement schemes in this field. The report discussed the general situation and the current problems of water supply and sewerage of the rural population of Georgia. A comparative analysis carried out in relation to the situation in the 80s of the last century. | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/GLAAS.pdf |
| UNDP / GWP-Georgia Round table - National Consultations on Water Resources for the post-2015 period under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2013 | 12/09/2013 - 12/09/2013 | UNDP / GWP-Georgia | Participate in the discussion in a round table format | poster | Post-2015 UNDP National Consultations on Integrated Water Resources Management (Roundtable) Participant / Advisor | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/UNDP-GWP Georgia.pdf |
| IWRM / SAP, UNDP / GEF_Regional Strategic Action Plan on Integrated Water Resources Development and Management | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2013 | 2013-2013 | IWRM / SAP UNDP / GEF | Georgian National Water Resources Management Plan based on Regional Strategic Action Plan methodology | oral | Presentation of the Methodology of Regional Strategic Action Plan & the National Integrated Water Resources Management Plan | |
| GWOPA / UNW DPC _ Regional Workshop on “Capacity Development, Water Operators’ Partnerships and Financing for Non-revenue Water Management” for Central Asian countries | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 2014 | 07/07/2014 - 10/07/2014 | GWOPA / UNW DPC | Problems of drinking water supply of the capital of Georgia | oral | - The company that I represented has an extremely strategic, vital function - supplying the capital with drinking water, which in turn requires great responsibility and high reliability.
- The high efficiency and economic profitability of the water industry is also of great importance, since these factors affect the tariff and, accordingly, the social condition of the population.
- The main criterion for the efficiency of the water supply system and high productivity is the reduction of water losses. In this regard, in addition to the efforts of water companies, the government also uses incentives for companies. Specifically, the GNERK establishes the allowable amount of drinking water losses, which will be provided for in the tariff. In order to improve the efficiency of the water supply system, the Commission is authorized to use various acceptable forms of incentives, including the savings resulting from the reduction of water losses, to be left at the disposal of the company. To this end, an annual water loss reduction program should be submitted to the Commission.
- Despite this, so far, Georgia's water supply systems are characterized by high losses. Accordingly, the most important task in the system and network of water supply companies is to minimize losses of a technical nature.
| https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/GWOPA-Аннотация.pdf |
| WWF _ International Scientific Conference on “Integrated Solutions for Caucasus Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity” | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2014 | 25/09/2014 - 25/09/2014 | WWF / EU | Aragvi River Basin - Atypical location of Galantus Woronovij in Georgia | oral | Georgian Water and Power (GWP) headquartered in Natakhtari under the auspices of the Eurasia Partnership Association (granti # G09-1001) in the past by the Georgian Botanical Wildlife Conservation Association. Populations of the Georgian flora species - Galanthus woronowii (Galanthus woronowii) were identified; This species is of high medicinal and ornamental importance. Protecting them from overexploitation. At the same time, this population is the largest of the populations in Eastern Georgia, and it is located on the periphery of this species, which increases the importance of its scientific study and gives it the status of an object of high conservation value. | |
| Scientific Conference | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2014 | 25/09/2014 - 25/09/2014 | Geographical Society of Georgia/TGU | For the issue of regulation of the drinking water supply system of the capital | oral | Review of current and preventive measures developed to ensure the ecological sustainability and safety of the Tbilisi water supply and sewerage system. | |
| International Conference “APPLIED ECOLOGY: Problems, Innovations” | Tbilisi, Batumi - Georgia | 2015 | 07/05/2015 - 10/05/2015 | TGU | Accumulative Processes of Solid Deposits in Zhinvali Reservoir | oral | Aragvi basin is characterized by active erosive and denudation processes. Their intensity had especially increased after construction of Zhinvali reservoir. Activation of accumulative processes in the reservoir is the response to that. Taking into account the fact that the reservoir is the key facility for drinking water supply of the capital with 1,5 million population and at the same time electricity generation source, the important issue is increase of volume of accumulated run-off in it and determination of intensity of accumulation process.
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| International Conference “APPLIED ECOLOGY: Problems, Innovations” | Tbilisi, Batumi - Georgia | 2015 | 07/05/2015 - 10/05/2015 | TSU | Territorial and Branch Assessment of Water Management Balance of Georgia Based on Differential Estimation and Modeling of Economic Impact on Water Resources | oral |
| https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/Territorial and Branch....pdf |
| Scientific Conference | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2017 | 17/10/2017 - 17/10/2017 | Geographical Society of Georgia | Ecological substantiation of the introduction of phytomelioration and vermiculture methods in the Aragvi River Basin | oral |
| https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/XXI სამეცნიერო კონფერენციის პროგრამა 19. 12. 2017.pdf |
| Scientific Conference “Actual Problems of Geography” – Dedicated to prof. David Ukleba’s 100th anniversary | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2019 | 07/11/2019 - 08/11/2019 | TSU / IG | The Zonal Regularities of Differential Water Balance | oral | It is known that the altitudinal regularitys of the water balance`s elements in the mountainous regions has the local character, since these connections, except for the altitudinal gradients of climatic elements, are subject to a number of risky azonal factors such as mountain slopes exposure, their position in relation to the prevailing air masses, vertical extension of the basin, geological structure that determines the underground water- nutritional component and so forth. The territory of Georgia is well studied in terms of these links. Less commonly is researched the general regularities for typical natural zones and landscape belts. Besides the theoretical value, identification of these regularities is important for the practical application, since it will facilitate the determination of 6-component water balance parameters for hydrologically and climatically un-explored or less-explored areas.
| https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/დ. უკლება კონფ_პროგრამა.pdf |
| The International Scientific Conference “Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” dedicated to professor Viktor Eristavi’s Memory | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2019 | 11/11/2019 - 12/11/2019 | GTU | Ecological problems of Mukhrani Valley groundwater resources and ways to solve them | oral | The most complete source of drinking water supply in Tbilisi and its environs in terms of quality is the Aragvi Basin filters located in the Mukhrani Valley, the quality of which depends on the protection of the groundwater horizon. The results of the study conducted to assess the pollution condition revealed that the inclusion of alternative farming measures for soil resuscitation at this location is timely and relevant. | https://institutes.gtu.ge/uploads/GTU_Sertificate.pdf |
