BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 24
Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
The new EU4Energy Governance Project Phase II for 2021-2024 was launched by the European Union in Georgia, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Janez Kopac told Trend.
According to him, it is managed and implemented by the Energy Community Secretariat via a dedicated unit specifically assigned for this task.
"The objective of the EU4Energy Governance Project Phase II is to foster the clean energy transition and decarbonization in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine and to contribute to the post-2020 Eastern Partnership architecture. These countries have already signed Association Agreements, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), with the EU in the energy sector and they have a status of Contracting Parties within the scope of the Energy Community Treaty," Kopac noted.
As he noted, the project will provide support through evidence-based energy policy design and through transposition and implementation of the Energy Community acquis/DCFTA/EU best practice legal framework.
"In addition, there are some EU-led funds such as the Green for Growth Fund, the E5P as well as KfW, etc., which have been investing in Georgia in recent years and presumably will continue to do so," he added.
Their main focus is to contribute to reforming the energy sector and boost energy efficiency and deployment of renewables. Also, a number of EU twinning projects were carried out and the new one for Green Energy Regulation in Georgia has been launched to strengthen the capabilities of the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, Kopac noted.
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