PROTOCOL on the implementation of the third
EC funded rehabilitation Program in
the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
The sides participating in the settlement of
Georgian-Ossetian conflict (Georgian side, South Ossetian side, Russian
side, North Ossetian side) appreciate the efforts of the European Commission and
the OSCE Mission to
The sides mark active work done in the framework of
the JCC with participation of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, in
making the most efficient use of the funds totaling 2.5 MEURO allocated by
the EC.
The objectives of the Program at hand are:
-To support the process of reconciliation between the parties to the
Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
-To promote and support the voluntary return in safety
and dignity of refugees*
-To assist in the process of rehabilitation and
improvement of social and economic conditions on the territories
affected by the Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
-To ensure that
rehabilitation projects financed
under previous grants are
being maintained;
-To benefit the population in the zone of conflict as
well as the resident and returning persons;
The sides commend EC and the OSCE Mission to
First part
Euro 800.000 (eight hundred thousand) is earmarked for basic shelter
assistance and repatriation kits to
refugees*. Description of this assistance as well as its breakdown of costs is a ttached i n A nnex 1. This first p art o f
the P rogram f alls u nder t he r esponsibility o f the UNHCR.
Second part
Euro 1.300.000 (one million three hundred thousand) is
earmarked for the rehabilitation of basic infrastructures in support to the
permanent residents of the territory.
The list of these infrastructures as well as the
indicative breakdown of costs for their rehabilitation was
approved on JCC session on 26 June, 2003 and is attached in Annex 2. This second part of the Program falls under the responsibility of UNDP.
Third part
Euro 400.000 (four hundred thousand) is earmarked for
the rehabilitation of basic infrastructures in places of refugees'* repatriation.
This third part of the Program falls under the
responsibility of UNDP with participation of UNHCR in identifying the projects
coordinated with the JCC. The description of this part of the Programme
is defined in Annex 2.
The JCC shall be informed on the program
implementation progress regularly in accordance with the attached Mechanism for
Implementation.
Take measures to ensure the Programme is tax exempt.
The Program shall be implemented within 18 months
starting from the date of entry into force of the addendum to the Grant
Agreement between the EC and the OSCE Mission to
For the Georgian side: (signed)
For
the South-Ossetian side: (signed)
For
North-Ossetian side:
(signed)
For
the
In witness of:
OSCE
Mission to
Europear Commission:
(signed)
UNHCR:
(signed)
UNDP:
(signed)
2004 January 31.
* "refugees" implies, for each side,
"forcedly displaced persons", "Internally isplaced persons"
and "forced migrants".
(Archive of the Foreign
Ministry of Georgia)
Annex 1
EURO
Shelter / other infrastructure
672950
Standard block
houses
462 000
Doors &
windows
34 100
Materials for roof
kits / room kits
176 850
Domestic needs / household support 16 650
Agricultural kits
(450 units x EUR 37)
16 650
Contingency reserve
14 035
Management costs 96 365
Total:
800 000
Annex 2
Second part of the Program
EURO
Energy
740 000
Supply and
installation of meters, transformers and pillars 80 000
Completion of HPS Edisi-2
510 000
Completion of HPS
Kekhvi
150 000
Gas supply 100 000
Completion of gas
network in Tskhinvali
70 000
Connection of
Avnevi to the gas network 30 000
Water supply
175 000
Rehabilitation of
the Kemeli Water pump
35 000
Rehabilitation of
the Edisi-Tskhinvali water pipe
40 000
Rehabilitation of
the tskhinvali sewage system
80 000
Rehabilitation of
the Tsunari water reservoir
20 000
Social Services
80 000
Garbage processing
plant
80 000
Completion of previous projects 69 907
Total 2nd part
1 164 907
Third part of the Program
Rehabilitation of infrastructures
in support to returnees/IDPS 300 000
Total projects under 2nd and 3rd
parts 1 464 907
Management costs (PIU)[1][1][1][*]
129 100
Administrative costs (UNDP) 80 993
Administrative costs (OSCE)
25 000
Total
1 700 000
[1][1][1][*] UNDP will finance under its own resources the international technical
expert assisting the PIU
(Archive of the Foreign
Ministry of Georgia)