The launching workshop on RBMP development for Alazani/Iori Basin in Georgia and Upper Kura above Mingachevir in Azerbaijan was organised on June 5, 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

It has gathered 22 participants; the main contractors in GE and AZ, representatives of Beneficiary institutions and international experts.

The workshop has allowed to present / remind the situation regarding WFD implementation in GE and AZ, to present the RBMP development principles, to give feedback on the previous experiences of RBMP development (EPIRB), to present the contractors approach in both basins but also to organize a Questions/answers session on methods and approaches. A specific attention was paid on the coordination and linkages between the various undergoing contracts.