Japan grants 1.5m GEL for environmental projects in Georgia
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The Japanese government will grant 100 million Japanese Yen (1.5 million GEL) to Georgia to buy equipment and techniques necessary for identifying the risks of natural disasters in the country.
Today the Georgian and Japanese governments signed an agreement in the Ministry of Finance where Japan committed to grant Georgia with 100 million Japanese Yen ($850,000 USD), as a non-project grant.
The agreement was signed by Georgia's Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri and by Japanese Ambassador Toshio Kaitani.
The non-project grant will be used by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources according to its needs, said the Ministry of Finance in a statement.
"In particular the grant will be served 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 recent grant is an addition to the Japanese government’s earlier $2 million USD (3.6 million GEL) grant for completing environmental projects in Georgia.
Georgia’s hospitals could be fitted out with world-leading research equipment and ambulances equipped with vital medical instruments thanks to a multi-million aid grant.
Thousands of dollars has been allocated by the Embassy of Japan in Georgia to improve the lives and living conditions of vulnerable people in Georgia’s regions.
Japan is the first country to officially change the pronunciation of Georgia from the archaic Russian term ‘Gurujia’ to ‘Jojia’, based on the English pronunciation of the former Soviet republic’s name.
Georgia and Japan are intensifying their collaboration in the fields of trade and investment.
About forty children from a small western Georgian village now have a fully equipped, brand new kindergarten building – thanks to the Japanese government.
Georgia has received advanced medical equipment from Japan under a project aiming to equip hospitals and medical centres in the country with a range of technology to serve their patients.