📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2020.2275.4
Status:
running project
Responsible organizational unit:
3900 Germany, Europe, South Caucasus
Contact Person:
Lutz Jarczynski lutz.jarczynski@giz.de
Partner countries:
Georgia, Georgia
SUMMARY
Goals:
CO2 emissions in the Georgian forest sector are reduced.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Georgia
Financier:
not available
PROJECT VALUE
Overall project:
49 150 801 Euro
Current project:
49 150 801 Euro
COMBINED FINANCING
Green Climate Fund: 35 060 801Euro
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC): 4,090,000 euros
PREDECESSOR PROJECTS
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECTS
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
31.03.2021 - 31.03.2029
Current project:
01.04.2021 - 31.03.2029
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
ARGE HEAT GmbH-Aether Limited
CONTACT
project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Participatory Development and Good Governance:
Project result level: Project component aims at PD/GG
Protection of the environment and resources, ecological sustainability
Project goal level: The project primarily aims to protect the environment and/or resources
Gender Equality
Project has a proven positive impact on gender equality
poverty orientation
not available
CRS KEY
Forest Policy and Administration
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Georgia is faced with ongoing degradation of its forests. This means that their biological diversity is declining, which means that they can store less and less CO2. The main reasons for this are the rural population's high demand for firewood, environmentally harmful forest management, illegal logging and the noticeable effects of climate change. At all levels, there is a lack of data, regulations, practices and competencies for long-term and biodiversity-friendly forest management in Georgia.
In 2013, the Georgian government therefore initiated a comprehensive forestry reform. A particular challenge is to cushion possible negative side effects for the rural population.
target
The Georgian government is implementing the forestry reform, thereby reducing forest degradation.
Approach
The project disseminates resource-saving forest management methods and energy efficiency measures. It also works to improve the living conditions of rural households. To this end, it promotes the development of skills and cooperation in the state, business and the population.
Employees of the partner organizations receive training on how to implement the new forest legislation. Partners include the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MoEPA) and its sub-agencies, as well as regional and district technical agencies. In order to be able to implement the planned forestry reform in the long term, the project supports the organizations in introducing n
