GOGITA TODRADZE

Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT)

Sustainable Energy Statistics in GEORGIA

8 October, 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Achievements and Challenges

10th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development

Energy Data Collection System

Group I.

collect data from energy sector

Group II.

collect data from final consumers

Coal

Electricity

Renewable and waste

Oil and petroleu

m product

s

Natural Gas

Survey

questionnaires

Energy Data Collection (regular basis)

Final consumersNon-financial corporations

• Agriculture• Industry• Construction• Transport

Households

ENERGY

DATA

Energy Sector

Mines and producers

Suppliers

Traders, distributors

Operators and others

Data Collection for Energy Balance

5 YEAR

Final Consumers

Non-financial corporations

• Service Sector

Non-profit institutions

Public administration

ONCE IN Financial corporations

Administrative Sources

GETOSAT

Energy

Balance

Ministry,

Supply of

electricity

and natural

Gas ESCO

Export/import

of Electricity

Gas

Transportation

Company

Import of

natural gas

GOGC

Export/import

of natural gas,

mining of

crude oil

GSES

Export/import

of Electricity

GNERC

Consumption

of electricity

and natural

gas

Statistical

surveys

Improve the use of energy statistics

Active dialogue

with users

Intensive cooperation

with media

Improve and develop

analytical activities and tools

Establish modern and

effective system for data dissemination

Modern data dissemination tools

1

2

3

4

Detailed releases

Infographics

Video clips and GIF animations

Improved design

New products and services5

New web page and android APP

WWW.GEOSTAT.GE

Android &

IOS

Alternative sources and non-traditional methods

Use more administrative data

Establish modern and comprehensive data collection system

Looking for alternative data sources and modern technologies

Challenges

➢ Quality of data (accuracy of data, incomplete data)

➢ Lack of disaggregated administrative and survey data

➢ Not complete metadata document

➢ Lack of legislation

➢ Not sufficient financial and human resources

DATA

QUALITY

RELEVANCE

ACCESSEBILITY

TIMELINES

CLARITY

ACCURACY

COMPLETENESS

Future Plans

❑Review and discuss data gaps

❑Prioritize non-produced indicators

❑Strengthen national statistical capacities and data collection system

❑ Implementation of international standards and requirements

❑ Interagency cooperation (Continue active cooperation with administrative institutions and main stakeholders)

❑ International cooperation (Active cooperation with international organizations and experts)

❑working with data quality

❑Asses and looking for new data sources

GOGITA TODRADZE

Executive Director

National Statistics Office of Georgia

gtodradze@geostat.ge

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