Six Georgian municipalities to benefit from new EU-funded Mayors for Economic Growth Facility
In total 48 Georgian municipalities have become M4EG network members so far, while six joined today. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Cities and towns in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine (Eastern Partnership countries) will explore new opportunities through the EU-funded Mayors for Economic Growth Facility (M4EG), launched by the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
In total 48 Georgian municipalities have become M4EG network members so far, while six joined today.
Over the next four years, the M4EG Facility will build on and integrate lessons learned from the first phase of the M4EG (2017-2021) that saw high interest in Georgia among local authorities", reads the press-release published by the UNDP.
Cities & towns in #EasternPartnership are exploring new opportunities through the EU-funded #M4EG initiative – Mayors 4 Economic Development Facility.
— UNDP in Georgia ???????? (@UNDPGeorgia) July 21, 2021
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The current stage of the M4EG Facility will focus on intermediate cities in the Eastern Partnership countries assisting them to emerge from the pandemic crisis and discover new opportunities for sustainable growth and economic prosperity.
In Georgia, municipal centres and settlements are facing multiple challenges associated with unemployment, underdevelopment and environmental threats. Our new initiative will help them better understand complex issues they are dealing with, set out development goals and take bold steps to achieve them", said UNDP Acting Head in Georgia Anna Chernyshova.
The UNDP says that cities and settlements to join the M4EG network will benefit from learning and knowledge exchange activities focused on the development of innovative growth strategies adapted to the local context.
“In Georgia????????, municipal centres are facing unemployment, underdevelopment & environmental threats. EU & UNDP look at these issues from different angles, creating space for innovative solutions," @AnyaChernyshova
— UNDP in Georgia ???????? (@UNDPGeorgia) July 21, 2021
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The EU and UNDP will support them in developing a new generation of local economic development plans, promoting strategic thinking, and building urban resilience.