Order No 2-1258 of 2019 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on the Statute of the Legal Entity under Public Law called the National Agency for Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Monitoring

The Legal Entity under Public Law called the Agricultural Cooperatives Development Agency shall be reorganised into the Legal Entity under Public Law called the National Agency for Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Monitoring. The National Agency for Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Monitoring (the Agency) is a legal entity under public law operating within the governance of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (the Ministry) that has been established based on the Law of Georgia on the Determination of the Designated Purpose of Land and on Sustainable Management of Agricultural Land. The functions of the Agency are to: (a) draw up a balance sheet for land; (b) register agricultural land resources and create an integrated database; and (c) carry out state monitoring of land use and ensure the availability of relevant information. The powers of the Agency are to: (a) participate in the preparation and implementation of state policy for designated use and protection of agricultural land resources, and of relevant designated state programmes; (b) participate in the preparation and implementation of state policy for the sustainable management of agricultural land; (c) participate in the planning of activities to fight against desertification and land degradation, and to restore soil fertility; (d) participate in the planning and carrying out of activities related to the management of windbreak belts (shelter belts); (e) receive and review applications concerning investments plans related to privately owned plots of agricultural land, prepare relevant documents to be submitted to the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (the Minister), and supervise the implementation of investment plans; (f) prepare thematic maps related to land use; (g) participate in the establishment of administrative-territorial borders; (h) store, maintain and ensure access to documents submitted to the Agency in a manner provided for by law; (i) participate in international and local grant competitions and carry out relevant activities within the project; (j) receive grants from international donor organisations and carry out relevant activities with received grants; and (k) exercise other powers determined by the legislation of Georgia.