Introduction
EIA was introduced in 1996. After 2003, the EIA regulations have been changed considerably with the aim of simplifying permitting procedures.
The legislation does not require Screening and Scoping as formal steps of the EIA process.
None of the laws currently in force contain any provision on SEA. However, requirement on carrying out EIA for plans and programmess (what represents SEA in reality) can be considered as an attempt to introduce the principles of SEA. Futhermore, the Government signed the Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to Espoo Convention in May 2003. However it is still waiting on ratification.
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN), 2004. Assessment of Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) System in Georgia. Kolhoff et al, 2013. EIA in Georgia - state of affairs, Draft.
News
Webpages | 11-10-2017
ESIA and industrial emissions legislation, Georgia
Since its association agreement with the EU (2014), Georgia is in the process of transposing EU Directives into its national legislation. Over the…
Webpages | 12-10-2016
Advice on guidelines for ESIA on irrigation in Georgia
Two members of an NCEA working group visited Georgia (11-14 October) to advise on guidelines for an ESIA. The ESIA concerns a project for rehabilitation…
Webpages | 30-05-2016
SEA event at European Ministerial Conference
During the 8th Ministerial Conference ‘Environment for Europe’, to be held in Georgia, the NCEA and other parties organise a side event (on…
Webpages | 05-01-2016
Presentations at E(S)IA/SEA high-level meeting Georgia
The NCEA delivered two presentations, on SEA for land use plans and SEA for cumulative effects assessment, at a high level round-table in Georgia (11…
Webpages | 21-10-2015
High level meeting SEA awareness-raising in Georgia
Director Rob Verheem and technical secretary Arend Kolhoff from the NCEA gave a presentation to raise awareness on SEA in Georgia. High level staff from…
Webpages | 30-06-2015
SEA training in Georgia
The NCEA carried out an introductory training course on SEA in Georgia. This is a first step towards SEA introduction in the country.…
Webpages | 02-06-2015
Review of Georgia’s new EIA/SEA legislation
The NCEA has reviewed a draft of Georgia’s new EIA and SEA legislation. Findings were discussed in an expert meeting in Tbilisi (19 May),…
Webpages | 15-12-2014
SEA capacity development in Georgia
Last September, an association agreement was signed between the EU and Georgia. The introduction of SEA was identified as a priority for the country.…
Webpages | 06-10-2014
NCEA at conference 'Deltas in Times of Climate Change'
Rotterdam, 24-26 sept 2014. At the conference ‘Deltas in Times of Climate Change’, Arend Kolhoff (NCEA and chair of IAIA Climate Change…
Webpages | 10-06-2013
Media attention for advisory report Khudoni Hydropower, Georgia
Tblisi, Georgia, 5-12 april 2013. An NCEA group of experts was invited by the Georgian Ministry of Environment to review the EIA report of the…