Japan grants $2m for environmental projects

The Japanese Government will grant $2 million USD to Georgia to complete environmental projects.

Today, Georgian and Japanese governments signed an agreement in the Ministry of Finance, where Japan committed to grant Georgia with 200 million Japanese yen (2 million USD), as a non-project grant.

The agreement was signed by Georgia's Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri and by the Japanese Ambassador Toshio Kaitani. Georgian Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Khatuna Gogoladze also attended today's ceremony.

"This non-project grant will be used by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources according to its needs, in particular to improve the automated equipment of monitoring stations for appropriate assessment of atmospheric air quality in the country and to acquire techniques for determining risk of natural and anthropogenic catastrophes, the Finance Ministry said.

The Ministry representatives also noted that this particular grant was it's seventh grant as part of the Japanese Grant Assistance Program. Between 1997 and 2010, the Japanese Government allocated 3.58 billion Japanese Yen to Georgia to support the agricultural sector, municipalities and other projects.