International Atomic Energy Agency signs deal with Georgia for €10 million in projects
Following his signature of the document, IAEA Deputy Director General Dazhu Yang presents the signed Country Programme Framework to the webcam during the virtual signing ceremony. Photo: Yusuf/IAEA.
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More than €10 million will be allocated for various projects in energy, health and food safety thanks to a new deal signed between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Agency of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Georgia.
Head of the new threats and arms control division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Tamar Karseladze shared this news on her Twitter account:
???????? & #iaeaorg signed #Georgias new Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2020-2025. More than 10 mln € will be allocated for various projects in energy, health and food safety ???????? #atomsforpeaceanddevelopment pic.twitter.com/lNpV3lONMg
— Tamar Karseladze (@tata_karseladze) November 27, 2020
The two agencies signed the Country Programme Framework (CPF) for 2020–2025 today, which identifies five priority areas:
- Ensuring nuclear and radiation safety and security
- Increasing early detection and treatment of oncological diseases and preventing risk factors associated with nutrition related non-communicable diseases
- Ensuring food safety, improving food control systems, and improving agricultural practices
- Improving water resources management and environmental radiation monitoring.
- Assessing the national potential to use renewable energy
Georgia has been a member state of the International Atomic Energy Agency since 1996.
The Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) and French Development Agency have presented the results of the first generation expansion plan for 2020-2035 for Georgia’s energy system, which outlines the need for more wind and solar renewable energies and the high importance of hydroelectric power.
The Namakhvani hydroelectric power plant (HPP) being built in the Tskaltubo municipality will provide Georgia with 12% of its electric energy needs once completed, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today while visiting the site.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated €90 million to finance the construction of 150 km long new transmission network and substations in Georgia and to strengthen the energy network in the country.
US company Cerberus Frontier will construct a small hydropower plant, Bakhvi 1, in the Guria region of Georgia, announced Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava today. The installed capacity of Bakhvi 1 is planned to be 12 MW, while the average annual generation should be 78.2 GW/h.
The construction of the main facilities of the Namakhvani HPP in western Georgia, in particular the dam and the reservoir, will be suspended until major studies are re-verified and validated, while construction of the auxiliary infrastructure will continue, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.