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By Ekaterine Mikadze Renewable Energy in Georgia Before and After COVID-19 On May 19, 2020 at 16:00 Heinrich Böll Stiftung have the pleasure of inviting you to join the Online Discussion: Renewable Energy in Georgia Before and After COVID-19 Energy Poverty - Guidance for Public Discourse and State Policy in the time of Reform In 2018, the organization World Experience for Georgia (WEG) with support of the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation implements project "Energy Poverty - Guidance for Public Discourse and State Policy in the time of Reform". The main goal of the project is to provide the factual basis, logical framework and recommendations for state policy and public discourse on energy poverty issues. Green Political Analysis of Industrial Pollution in Kvemo Kartli region (2017) (closed project) Project "Green Political Analysis of Industrial Pollution in Kvemo Kartli Region" implemented by Green Policy Public Platform aimed to understand and research industrial pollution and resource management problems in Lower Kartli region from Green political perspective, to provide political space with new scientific information for its political activation. European Energy Community and Reforms in Energy Sector of Georgia (2017) (closed project) World Experience for Georgia's project implemented in cooperation with the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in 2017 aimed to facilitate energy reforms in Georgia through public and civil society awareness raising that hopefully will increase policy impact of civil society in policymaking process. Workshop on Energy Cooperatives (2016) (closed project) On September 23-25, 2016 WECF in collaboration with the Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus organized workshop for gender-sensitive energy cooperatives at resource center of the Rural Community Agency in Misaktsieli. Sustainable Energy Academy (2016) (closed project) The Acopian Center for the Environment (AUA) in cooperation with hbs organized the Sustainable Energy Academy to create a community of students and young professionals in Armenia who will be equipped to promote and implement sustainable energy solutions at building, district/community, and national levels. Politics of Climate Change in Armenia: Commitments and Expectations from the International Climate Negotiations Armenia has already reported evidence of climate change, having documented a 1.1oC increase in the average summer temperature and a 10% reduction in average precipitation over the past 80 years. By Astghine Pasoyan and Diana Harutyunyan Energy Transition Study Trip to Germany for Georgian and Armenian Stakeholders On October 12-16, 2015 11 professionals from the Armenia and Georgia participated in the Energy Transition study-trip organized by HBS. The participants were able to meet and engage into active discussions with the representatives of German government, German parliament, business sector, NGOs and think thank organizations and understand how the energy-related decisions are made and at what extant each of those sectors affect on the final decisions. Training for the Georgian Environmental Journalists On Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2015, the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted training in Batumi for the 12 environmental journalists. Here we present report of the event and the articles prepared by participants. Conference "South Caucasus Energy Pathways: Opportunities for Development and Political Choices" report On June 12, 2015, the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation (HBF SC) organized the regional energy conference bringing together the representatives of academia, politicians, civil society, governmental organizations and international organizations, from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to discuss the prospects of the sustainable energy systems in the South Caucasus Countries. Six hypotheses on the role of civil society actors in the Great Transition The professional NGO world is unable to reverse the major global trends. It can, however, prevent projects and policies by forging powerful alliances - and build alternatives. By Barbara Unmüßig Energy Transit and Security Imbalance in South Caucasus: The Road between Russia and the European Union In recent years, the South Caucasus energy transit corridor has occupied a significant place within the formation of the European Union’s energy security system. By Tamar Pataraia
Georgia’s Energy Sector Development: Short and Long-term Perspectives Georgia is on its way of implementing major reforms in the fields of environmental protection and energy under EU - Georgia Association Agreement and European Energy Community membership.
The European Green Deal and its Significance for Georgia This paper discusses several key points regarding the Green Deal, the challenges associated with its implementation, and its impact on the future of the Eastern Partnership – especially its impact on Georgia. By Ekaterine Mikadze
Renewable Energy in Georgia Before and After COVID-19 On May 19, 2020 at 16:00 Heinrich Böll Stiftung have the pleasure of inviting you to join the Online Discussion: Renewable Energy in Georgia Before and After COVID-19
Energy Poverty - Guidance for Public Discourse and State Policy in the time of Reform In 2018, the organization World Experience for Georgia (WEG) with support of the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation implements project "Energy Poverty - Guidance for Public Discourse and State Policy in the time of Reform". The main goal of the project is to provide the factual basis, logical framework and recommendations for state policy and public discourse on energy poverty issues.
Green Political Analysis of Industrial Pollution in Kvemo Kartli region (2017) (closed project) Project "Green Political Analysis of Industrial Pollution in Kvemo Kartli Region" implemented by Green Policy Public Platform aimed to understand and research industrial pollution and resource management problems in Lower Kartli region from Green political perspective, to provide political space with new scientific information for its political activation.
European Energy Community and Reforms in Energy Sector of Georgia (2017) (closed project) World Experience for Georgia's project implemented in cooperation with the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in 2017 aimed to facilitate energy reforms in Georgia through public and civil society awareness raising that hopefully will increase policy impact of civil society in policymaking process.
Workshop on Energy Cooperatives (2016) (closed project) On September 23-25, 2016 WECF in collaboration with the Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus organized workshop for gender-sensitive energy cooperatives at resource center of the Rural Community Agency in Misaktsieli.
Sustainable Energy Academy (2016) (closed project) The Acopian Center for the Environment (AUA) in cooperation with hbs organized the Sustainable Energy Academy to create a community of students and young professionals in Armenia who will be equipped to promote and implement sustainable energy solutions at building, district/community, and national levels.
Politics of Climate Change in Armenia: Commitments and Expectations from the International Climate Negotiations Armenia has already reported evidence of climate change, having documented a 1.1oC increase in the average summer temperature and a 10% reduction in average precipitation over the past 80 years. By Astghine Pasoyan and Diana Harutyunyan
Energy Transition Study Trip to Germany for Georgian and Armenian Stakeholders On October 12-16, 2015 11 professionals from the Armenia and Georgia participated in the Energy Transition study-trip organized by HBS. The participants were able to meet and engage into active discussions with the representatives of German government, German parliament, business sector, NGOs and think thank organizations and understand how the energy-related decisions are made and at what extant each of those sectors affect on the final decisions.
Training for the Georgian Environmental Journalists On Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2015, the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted training in Batumi for the 12 environmental journalists. Here we present report of the event and the articles prepared by participants.
Conference "South Caucasus Energy Pathways: Opportunities for Development and Political Choices" report On June 12, 2015, the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation (HBF SC) organized the regional energy conference bringing together the representatives of academia, politicians, civil society, governmental organizations and international organizations, from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to discuss the prospects of the sustainable energy systems in the South Caucasus Countries.
Six hypotheses on the role of civil society actors in the Great Transition The professional NGO world is unable to reverse the major global trends. It can, however, prevent projects and policies by forging powerful alliances - and build alternatives. By Barbara Unmüßig
Energy Transit and Security Imbalance in South Caucasus: The Road between Russia and the European Union In recent years, the South Caucasus energy transit corridor has occupied a significant place within the formation of the European Union’s energy security system. By Tamar Pataraia