Council of Europe and European Commission boost financial support to Georgia
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Council of Europe and European Commission boost its financial assistance to Georgia with regard to human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The Council of Europe and the European Commission have signed a new cooperation agreement to promote the above mentioned directions in six Eastern European countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The agreement is worth €33.8 million and covers the period 2015-2017.
It was signed in Brussels on Thursday 18 December by the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, and Director Michael Köhler on behalf of the European Commission.
The agreement forms part of a new strategic framework for cooperation agreed by the Council of Europe and the European Commission in April 2014. The significant increase in funding reflects the positive results which have been achieved through such programmes in recent years.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Russia to facilitate and grant unrestricted access to the CoE bodies to the areas affected by the conflict in Georgia, in a document adopted yesterday.