Tbilisi: The National Security Agency of Georgia announced on August 15 the plan to develop early warning management services. The objective of the early warning system will be to inform the general public before any emergency occurs.
It is to be added that an important meeting of the working group was held to discuss the measures in these directions. The meeting was led by Levan Girsiashvili who is the Chair of the National Security Council one of the country’s top posts. The members of the working group discussed for laying a special focus on the recommendation that will be created for the government. The members also discussed the preparation and drafting of the relevant guidelines that will be required to develop the early warning system.
All members discussed the effective management and proper functioning of the proposed early warning system as a priority agenda item. All members agreed that the system would not be able to serve its purpose without proper and effective implementation. On this occasion the chair of the National Security Council during his address underlined the issues that must be implemented besides installing alarm sirens. According to him these special objectives will need a dedicated and special approach from the central council associated with security issues, including emergency management.
The chair during his address further added that “ The initiative to develop the early warning system for the country will require incooperating the best practices from European as well as other Western countries.” At the same time he expressed gratitude to the United Nations Development Programme for its unconditional support. Moreover the chair thanked the international experts for their contributions to developing the country’s early warning system.
Girsiashvili said the security council has been doing its best effort to prepare the guidelines. He also added that after the preparation of the well-discussed guidelines they would hand over the government documents. It is worth noting that the Georgian government is taking many steps to upgrade the early warning system. The emergency management services have also inducted six high-speed rescue lifeboats.
