Law of Georgia on Planning and Coordination of National Security Policy (No. 3126-IIS of 2015)

This Law determines the areas of the national security policy, the process of planning and coordination of the policy and the authority of agencies that coordinate the policy planning process. The national security policy is an activity carried out to ensure the state interests of Georgia, which implies activities to detect, identify, assess, evade and prevent threats, risks and challenges existing on the domestic level or abroad. For the purposes of this Law the areas of the national security policy are state defence; external security; internal security; social and economic security; ecological and energy security; information security; and legal order. The area of ecological and energy security includes detection, identification, assessment and prediction of ecological and energy threats, risks and challenges; ensuring compliance of the use of natural resources with the goals and objectives of the national security policy; development of appropriate mechanisms to protect population and territory from emergency situations of natural and technogenic character; mitigation and liquidation of impacts caused by natural and man-made disasters; ensuring capacity building of the Emergency Response Forces and coordination of their activities; ensuring safety of the management of harmful waste; implementation of the energy policy in compliance with the goals and objectives of the national security policy.