NORDIC TALK: How to maximize the impact of the Nordic experience in waste management?

This session of the Nordic Talks, co-organized by Caucasian Journal and (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment, discussed how to benefit from the experience of Nordic partners in engaging civil society partners to improve public policy outcomes in the waste sector. Both Georgia and Armenia have cooperated with Nordic countries, including in the field of waste governance.

We have invited experts from all 4 countries as well as leaders if many environmental NGOs, which have programs related to waste management. It is not very common for waste management experts from neighboring Georgia and Armenia to join in discussing the problems of region, while participation of Norwegian and Swedish experts has made the event even more unique. A special angle of discussion was feedback from environmental NGOs.

The discussion recording is available with subtitles in Armenian and Georgian.

Moderators
Mr. Alen Amirkhanian (Armenia), Director, American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment

Dr. Alexander Kaffka (Georgia), Editor-in-Chief of Caucasian Journal

Panelists
Narine Avetyan (Armenia), Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia

Harutyun Alpetyan (Armenia), Waste management expert at the American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment

Maka Tsereteli (Georgia), The Greens Movement of Georgia / Friends of the Earth Georgia

Dr. Sigrun Jahren (Norway), Senior Executive Consultant, Agency for Waste Management, Oslo City Government

Nune Harutyunyan (Armenia), Director, The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus)

Dr. Mariam Kimeridze (Georgia), GSNE Orchis / Keep Georgia Tidy

Dr. Thomas Lindhqvist (Sweden), Senior lecturer, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University

Dr. Hripsime Mkrtchyan (Armenia), EcoAghb (EcoWaste)

Tatiana Remneva (Georgia), Parki ar minda

Gega Salukvadze (Georgia), Chairman, Mountain Resorts Businesses Association

Nikoloz Shurgaia (Georgia), Chairman of the Executive Council, NPO Sadagi

Nancy A. Strand (Norway), Senior advisor, Avfall Norge