Head of Department
Nino Tkhilava
Head of Primary Structural Unit of the Environment and Climate Change Department
Date of Birth
12.03.1962
Education
1979 – 1984
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Faculty of Geography-Geology
Diploma equivalent to Master’s Degree in Hydrology of Land
Work Experience
03. 2018 – Present
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Head of Primary Structural Unit of the Environment and Climate Change Department
12.2017 – 03. 2018
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Head of Department of Environmental Policy and International Relations
2009 – 2017
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Head of Department of Environmental Policy and International Relations
2006 – 2009
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Head of Department of Integrated Environmental Management
2005 – 2006
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Head of Ambient Air Service
2004 – 2005
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Head of Emission Inventory and Accounting Unit, Ambient Air Division
2003 – 2004
UN Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Paris, France)
Consultant of CEITs for GEF funded projects, Energy and Ozone Action Branch, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE)
2002 – 2003
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Head of Emission Control and Management Division
1999 – 2002
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia
Senior Specialist of Ambient Air Main Division
1992 – 1999
Nature Protection Society
Head of Environmental Information Division
1992
Nature Protection Society
Executive Secretary
1988 – 1992
Nature Protection Society
Expert-Ecologist
1985 – 1988
Nature Protection Society
Specialist
International Experience
2020 – Present
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
National Focal Point
2015 – 2016
United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)
Vice-President
2012 – Present
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Committee on Environmental Policy
Bureau Member
2008 – 2012
Black Sea Commission under the Bucharest Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution
Member
2010
Black Sea Commission
Chairperson
2007 – 2015
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
National Focal Point
2007 – 2009
SAICM Quick Start Programme
Executive Board Member
2006 – Present
GEF (Global Environment Facility)
Operational Focal Point in Georgia
2006 – Present
Transport, Health and Environment Pan European Programme (THE PEP)
National Focal Point and Bureau Member
2001 – Present
Aarhus Convention Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR)
Focal Point, Member of the Drafting Group
2000 – 2009
UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Focal Point
2001 – 2002
European Commission project - AEA Technology plc “Environmental Approximation in the Western NIS- Technical Assistance with Development of an Air Quality Management Plan and Health Effects Study for Tbilisi.” (Phase II)
Expert
2000 – 2005
UN Environment Project "Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Environment of Georgia for Implementation of the Montreal Protocol"
Deputy Head of the National ODS Officer
Languages
Georgian (native)
English
Russian