Vasil Gulisashvili Forest Institute was hire by IUCN to implement the study within the framework of the “Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the European Neighborhood Policy East Countries and Russia” Program (ENPI FLEG Program). FLEG process is an international initiative aiming at ensuring better forest law enforcement and governance practices.
During the meeting experts from Vasil Gulisashvili Forest Institute presented main findings of the study including the results of the survey of local population conducted in the framework of the study. Besides, one of the most important outcomes of the study - analysis of the Georgian legislation related to the scope of the study and recommendations for its improvement were presented by the consultants.
A very important task assigned to the consultants was to prepare suggestions about small scale projects to be implemented in 4 regions which were identified for this study. As a result several such suggestions related to the strengthening of capacity of local communities for revenue collection from utilization of timber and non-timber forest products in a sustainable manner were given by the Institute.
Participants of the meeting made valuable comments on the report and suggestions mainly on future implementation of small scale projects.
For further inquiries please contact:
Mr. Paata Torchinava from the Vasil Gulisashvili Forest Institute: ptorchinava@forestinstitute.ge

For the details on the ENPI FLEG program in Georgia please contact:
Eka Otarashvili, ekaterine.otarashvili@iucn.org