NEHAP FORUM

10.00 – 16.30, Tuesday 6 November, 2001

The I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology,  14, Gotua St., Tbilisi

PRESENTATON OF THE DRAFT

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

HEALTH ACTION PLAN (NEHAP) FOR GEORGIA

Chairman: Amiran Gamkrelidze, First Deputy Minister of Labour, Health & Social Affairs

Conference Language: Georgian

AGENDA

1.   WELCOME

Pida Ripley, Founder, WomenAid International

2.  THE GEORGIAN NEHAP: PARTICIPATING IN A EUROPEAN PROCESS

     Amiran Gamkrelidze, First Deputy Minister of Labour, Health & Social Affairs

3.   OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

ACTION PLAN (NEHAP) FOR GEORGIA

Dr. Mikheil Kurkhuli, Head of NEHAP Working Group

4.   ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS:

PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

a)  Water

Dr. Marina Lashkhauri, Chief of Laboratory Water Hygiene & Water

Reservoir Safety , G. Natadze Institute of Sanitation and Hygiene

b)  Air

Dr. Alexander Mindorashvili, Deputy Head, State Supervisory Inspection

for Sanitary/ Hygienic Norms and Regulations

c)  Solid Waste and Soil Pollution

Dr. Alexander Mindorashvili, Deputy Head, State Supervisory Inspection

for Sanitary/ Hygienic Norms and Regulations

d)  Food

Dr. Madona Jorbenadze, Head of Management Team, State Supervisory

Inspection for Sanitary/Hygienic Norms and Regulations

e)  Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation

Dr. Revaz Kverenchkhiladze, Professor, Tbilisi State Medical University,

Department of Labor Hygiene & Occupational Medicine

f)   Disasters and Industrial Accidents

Dr. Givi Katsitadze, Chair, Internal Diseases & Clinical Toxicology Tbilisi

Medical Academy, President, Georgian Toxicologists Association.

g)  Occupational and Living Environment

Dr. Revaz Kverenchkhiladze, Professor, Tbilisi State Medical University,

Department of Labor Hygiene & Occupational Medicine

5.  COMMENTARY AND OPEN DISCUSSION

Refreshments: Lunch

6.  ECONOMIC SECTOR OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED

TO ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT

a)  Industry

Dr. Revaz Kverenchkhiladze, Professor, Department of Hygiene and

Occupational Medicine, Tbilisi State Medical University

b)  Energy

Dr. Alexander Mindorashvili , Deputy Head, State Supervisory Inspection

for Sanitary/Hygienic Norms and Regulations

c)  Transport

Ms. Manana Juruli, N. Makhviladze Institute of Labour Medicine and

Ecology, NGO Georgian Environmental and Biological monitoring Association

d)  Agriculture

Dr. Inga Gvineria, Head of Medico-Biological Department, N. Makhviladze

Institute of Labour  Medicine and Ecology

e)  Tourism

Dr.  Mikheil Kurkhuli, Head of Administration,  State Supervisory Inspection

of Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs

7.  (a) THE NEHAP CONSULTATION AGENDA

(b) COMMENTARY AND OPEN DISCUSSION

8.  THE COLLABORATION PROCESS:

(a) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN  (NEHAP)

Amiran Gamkrelidze, First Deputy of Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs

(b) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN (NEAP)

Zaal Lomtadze, Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources

9. SUMMARY

Amiran Gamkrelidze, First Deputy of Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs