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ABOUT THE PROJECT

The European Commission awarded the services contract for the above regional project to the Eptisa & Grontmij-CarlBro consortium. The project started in June 2008 and will be implemented over the period of 42 months.  It is managed form the project office established in Tbilisi. The long-term objective and the main purposes are as follows:

Long-term Project Objective: To improve water quality in the Kura River basin through transboundary cooperation and adoption of the river basin management approach.

Project Purposes: Support development of a common monitoring and information management systems to improve transboundary cooperation in the Kura River basin; and Enhance capacities of environmental authorities and monitoring establishments engaged in long-term integrated water resources management in the Kura River basin.

The outputs from this project will come from the combined efforts of the key and non-key experts and the beneficiaries. The intended outputs have been discussed and agreed with the Project Partners during the Inception Phase, these are given below:

1. •Review on the baseline situation based on the data available
   

1. •Joint monitoring programme designed and agreed with the beneficiaries
   

1. •Report on the Joint river monitoring/surveys carried out in the selected locations
   

1. •Assistance provided to the national water monitoring establishments where appropriate to help to address the key concerns
   

1. •Common GIS database platform established to facilitate information management and data exchange between the project countries
   

1. •Draft basin management plans (RBMP), including tentative programme of measures, prepared for the selected pilot river basins in each project country using the EU Water Framework Directive methodology
   

1. •A proposal developed for improvements in the data structures, formats and information flows to facilitate decision making in the integrated water resources management
   

1. •Proposals developed for the future international projects to help to address priority IWRM problems in the project countries
   

1. •Beneficiary staff trained where appropriate including provision of necessary guidelines in Armenian, Georgian and Azeri languages
   

1. •Increased public awareness regarding the significant transboundary water issues in the Kura River basin
   

    The key areas of effort are the five main project components as follows:

1. •Component 1: Assessments and Surveys
   

2. •Component 2: Monitoring 
   

3. •Component 3: Management Information and Methodology
   

4. •Component 4: Institutional Capacity and Training
   

5. •Component 5: Public Engagement and Civil Society
   

The level of responsiveness, collaboration and enthusiasm amongst all Project Partners has been positive and high. The EPTISA & Grontmij-CarlBro consortium gratefully acknowledge the outstanding support received for the project.

Disclaimer:

This website has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Commission.

The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of  EPTISA Servicios de Ingenieria S.A.(Spain) & Grontmij Carl Bro A.S.(Denmark) Consortium and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.