Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Kura II: Advancing IWRM across the Kura river basin through implementation of the transboundary agreed actions and national plans

The Kura II Project will address the priority needs in the ministerially endorsed Strategic Action Plan (SAP) through implementation of the SAP and national Integrated Water Resources Management Plans to strengthen and harmonize coordinated conjunctive transboundary ground and surface water management. 
The five components are:
1. Support for institutional governance protocols; 
2. Professional development and capacity building for water managers across sectors;
3. Stress reduction measures in critical areas; 
4. Stakeholder education and empowerment; and, enhanced science for governance; 
5. The project has strong, multisectoral support in both countries and will support pending bilateral legal agreements.

Budget
USD 5,324,152 
USD 2,662,076 for Georgia

Donor
Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Implementing Partner
UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub

Contact Information
nino.tkhilava@mepa.gov.ge

(andrey.pogrebnyak@undp.org  tamar.gugushvili@undp.org)