Capacity Development

Sector: Environment/Energy Efficiency/Green Energy
Location of Implementation: Georgia
Period of Implementation: September 2022 – June 2024
Name of Donor: The IKI Small Grants programme led by the GIZ and is financed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV)
Project/Activity Partners: N/A
Main Objectives:

To spread green energy and energy efficiency solutions among small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the hospitality sector in Georgia. Within the project GEO supports informed decision-making by enhancing enterprises’ knowledge about green energy and energy efficiency (GEEE) solutions and low-cost funding opportunities. Direct beneficiaries of the project are around 500 small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in hospitality business in two regions of Georgia – the Adjara A/R and Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

Main Results:

Result 1:  GEO provides a catalogue of GEEE solutions available in Georgia and local funding opportunities. The catalogue informs about costs for procurement, installation, maintenance and operation of the applicable technology. It includes information on suppliers of technologies/materials currently operating on the Georgian market, energy auditors and existing funding opportunities.
Result 2:  GEO ensures outreach to many small and medium-sized enterprises by communication activities over media websites, TV and social media. The project organizes two workshops for up to 30 enterprises per workshop and two forums for up to 100 participants per forum to discuss GEEE solutions, economic benefits, and available financial assistance.
Result 3:  GEO selects and implements demonstration projects in different municipalities of the selected two regions of Georgia.

Sector: Environment/Policy
Location of Implementation: Georgia
Period of Implementation: October 2021 – December 2021
Name of Donor: The Westminster Foundation for Democracy Limited
Project/Activity Partners: N/A
Main Objectives:

Objective 1: To support parliament to familiarize MPs and staff with the commitments Georgia has made in its Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC);
Objective 2: To conduct an analysis to assess the degree to which Georgia’s current legal framework are sufficient to meet the commitments outlined in the country’s second NDC, while additionally reviewing adaptation dimension of the seven mitigation sectors identified in the Updated NDC.
Objective 3: To develop a roadmap for overcoming any gaps and inconsistencies identified during the analytical phase.

Main Results: An updated NDC is presented to relevant stakeholders and a roadmap for overcoming any gaps and inconsistencies in the updated NDC, identified during the analytical phase, is developed.

Sector: Business/Environment
Location of Implementation: Georgia
Period of Implementation: From: September 2019 To: November 2019
Name of Donor and Point of Contact: UNDP Georgia
Project/Activity Partners: N/A
Main Objectives: Increasing capacities of the Georgian Government and local entrepreneurship to enhance private sector competitiveness in Georgia

Main Results:

Result 1: Methodology for Scanning Companies on their Environmental Performance
Result 2: Stages of Scanning

Location of Implementation: Georgia
Period of Implementation: June 2017 – October 2017
Name of Donor: UNDP Georgia
Main Objectives: Supporting capacity development to advocate meeting the national and international obligations under the biodiversity conservation, climate change adaption and mitigation and sustainable land management practices
Main Results: Proactively engaged media and academic sector in monitoring and cooperation activities related to climate change, biodiversity and land

Location of Implementation: Georgia
Period of Implementation: May 2016 – July 2016
Name of Donor: Toyota Caucasus LLC
Project/Activity Partners: MENRP
Main Objectives: Increasing the knowledge, awareness and understanding of environmental issues, in particular waste management related topics and the role of their coverage
Main Results:

Result 1: Shared international experience in environmental reporting

Result 2: Actively  participating media professionals in environmental activities

Location of Implementation: Georgia
Period of Implementation: December 2015 – November 2016
Name of Donor: UNDP Georgia
Project/Activity Partners: MENRP
Main Objectives: Assisting Georgia to effectively implement and enforce waste management-related provisions and requirements in the country
Main Results: Enhanced capacity of state agencies to prepare the country to better address waste management-related challenges