Mr. George Abulashvili is the director of the Energy Efficiency Centre Georgia (EECG). As former advisor of the Energy Charter member countries in energy sector investments, he was involved in the implementation of the protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects (PEEREA). Mr. Abulashvili was an expert consultant to the Georgian parliament on energy issues. His experience spans from energy efficiency and renewable energy to related environmental aspects such as climate change mitigation and the analysis of related environmental policies and regulations. Since 1996, he has been the initiator and manager of many local and international projects and programmes focused on demonstration of the mitigation potential of various EE and RE technologies, as well as capacity building and awareness rising on climate friendly energy technologies. Mr. Abulashvili has been involved in the CoM East projects since the 1st stage.