Policy Forum

Urban Development Challenges of Tbilisi: Dialogue for Effective

Policy-Making
AGENDA

Opening Remarks
10:00 - 10:05 Tamuna Karosanidze, EWMI ACCESS Chief of Party
10:05 - 10:10 David Stonehill, Acting Head, Office of Democracy and Governance, USAID
Mission
10:10 - 10:15 David Narmania, Tbilisi Mayor

Panel Moving Georgias Road Safety Strategy Forward: Implementing a Whole-ofGovernment Approach
Panelists:
10:15 - 10:25 Shalva Kutsishvili, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
Overview of road safety situation in Georgia, including Tbilisi, and the road safety
program of the MIA
10:25 - 10:35 Ekaterine Laliashvili, Georgia Alliance for Safe Roads
A vision for Georgias holistic approach to road safety
10:35 - 10:45 Irakli Izoria, Partnership for Road Safety
Road safety in the context of Georgias European integration
10:45 - 10:55 Hamid Zarghampour, Chief Strategist, Swedish Transport Administration
Creating safe road transport system: Vision Zero as a basis for development
10:55 - 11:05 Giori Babunashvili, CRRC-Georgia
Using research to make informed policy decisions on road safety
11:05 - 13:00 Discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

Panel An Optimal Solution to Tbilisis Congested Roads: a Choice between Demand

and Supply Side Interventions
Panelists:
14:00 - 14:10 Irakli Lekvinadze, Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi
In search of a balance between effectiveness and affordability: governments choice of
the model for reducing congestion in Tbilisi and financing options
14:10 - 14:20 Marc Joly, Deputy Technical Director, Systra
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Causes of traffic confestion and the Tbilisi household survey on mobility

14:20 - 14:30 David Meskhishvili, Transport and Roads Association of Georgia
Reducing traffic congestion through development of road infrastructure: lessons learned
from the past
14:30 - 14:40 Erekle Urushadze, Transparency International Georgia
Limitations of a car-oriented transport policy: a public space perspective
14:40 - 14:50 Gela Kvashilava, Partnership for Road Safety
Some optimal ways to organize public transport: Bus Rapid Transit, Park & Ride, other
alternatives
14:50 - 15:00 Kakha Mchedlidze, Tbilisi Tram
Advantages and prospects for restoring a tram line in Tbilisi
15:00 - 15:10 Asmat Abesadze, transport expert, Systra project
Tbilisi Sustainable Urban Transport Strategy
15:10 - 16:00 Discussion
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Panel Designing an Urban Development Strategy for Tbilisi
Panelists:
16:00 - 16:10 Zurab Bakradze, urban planner, Lecturer at Ilia State University
Drawbacks in the urban planning and development policies for Tbilisi, and
recommendations
16:10 - 16:20 Manana Kochladze, Green Alternative
Does Tbilisi government have a green infrastructure management policy?
16:20 - 16:30 Irakli Lekvinadze, Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi
Overview of Tbilisi government policies, activities and regulations for urban planning
16:30 - 16:40 Nino Sulkhanishvili, Head of the Ecology and Planting Department of Tbilisi
City Hall
Green space management policy of Tbilisi government
16:40 - 16:50 Dimitri Mosulishvili, Head of Architecture Service of Tbilisi
Tbilisis General Plan of Land Use: a foundation for policy
16:50 - 18:00 Discussion

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