NEWS

28 projects completed through government programme supporting rural development

The city councils approved 4,801 projects. Photo: Ministry of Infrastructural Development.

Agenda.ge, 03 May 2019 - 18:28, Tbilisi,Georgia

A total of 28 projects have been completed in six Georgian municipalities through a government programme that aims supporting rural development.

The rural communities of 3,700 villages all over the country decided with the government what projects were most important for their particular area.

The city councils approved 4,801 projects selected by the majority of the population’s votes and have already concluded contracts for 435 ones out of which 28 projects were conducted.

The six municipalities where the projects were carried out are:

Dusheti
Mtskheta
Kareli
Dedoplistskaro
Marneuli

Outdoor lighting system, drainage and water communication were renovated in the municipalities.

The cemeteries were also put into order, gravel was placed on the roads.

The programme resumed on January 1, 2019 after a two-year pause and will continue until 2020.

The project budget was doubled on February 1, reaching 40 million GEL.

Georgian PM on rural support programme: “This is one of my favourite projects”

04 Feb 2019

Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has praised the government’s rural support programme, aimed at supporting rural development across Georgia and said this is “one of his favourite programmes”.

Government doubles funds allocated to support rural development

01 Feb 2019

Residents of Georgian villages will receive twice as much funding as was previously allocated within the within the framework of a special government programme aimed at supporting rural development in Georgia.

Georgian villages decide:
Locals to choose how to spend the budget

29 Jan 2019

A government programme aimed at supporting rural development across Georgia has resumed after a two-year pause.

Georgia announces mountain development strategy for 2019-2023

11 Dec 2018

A total of 66 million GEL will be spent on developing mountainous regions in Georgia, to improve infrastructure and conditions for those living there. The money is allocated by the National Council for Mountain Development and the Fund for the Development of the Highlands of Georgia will be spent on projects that are included to Georgia’s new mountain development strategy.

Gov’t rural programme: 3,212 of 4,808 citizen selected infrastructure projects completed

24 Oct 2019

Of 4,808 infrastructure projects selected by citizens in the government’s rural support programme for this year, 3,212 have already been completed, while the rest of the infrastructure projects are underway and will be completed by the end of the year, the Ministry of Infrastructure has stated earlier today.

Businesses located in highland areas to have opportunity to export goods without canceling tax preferences

06 Dec 2019

Georgian businesses located in highland areas now will have the right to sell their goods not only in highland areas, but also in the whole territory of Georgia and will also be able to export their goods outside the county without losing their “highland business” status and thus without canceling their preferential tax status, announced the Ministry of Finance.

Pensioners of highland areas to receive 300 GEL pension starting July 2020

11 Dec 2019

Georgian pensioners older than 70 years old and who reside in the country’s highland areas will be paid a pension of 263 GEL ($90.41/€81.65) from January 1, 2020 and of 300 GEL ($103.13/€93.14) from July 1, 2020, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a presentation held on the occasion of International Mountain Day earlier today.

40 mln GEL to be allocated for rural support programme

17 Jan 2020

Georgian government is allocating 40 million GEL ($13.9 mln/€12.5 mln) in 2020 in the framework of government’s rural support programme to finance the projects being implemented in rural areas of Georgia.