The meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Strategic Plan for Agricultural, Environment and Rural Statistics in Georgia 2016-2020” (SPAERS)was held at the National Statistics Office of Georgia . The main issues of the meeting were the following: the status and the progress of the actions defined by the SPAERS, future plans of the events designed by the SPAERS, possibilities to find necessary resources for the accomplishment of the upcoming events related to the SPAERS. During the meeting were discussed future plans implemented by the Geostat. 
The “Strategic Plan for Agricultural, Environment and Rural Statistics in Georgia 2016-2020” (SPAERS) was designed with the close cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Georgia within the technical assistance of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 
The Steering Committee meeting were attended by the heads of the National Statistics Office of Georgia, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Revaz Asatiani, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Ms. Ekaterine Grigalava and the high level officials of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and USDA.