Gov’t to register 1.2 mln ha land over 3 years
In 2016, Georgia simplified its land registration procedures removing the barriers facing private owners who want to officially register their land. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tweet 
Share
The Georgian government plans to register a total of 1.2 million ha of land over the next three years.
Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani said that an 8-month registration process, which will kick off in summer, will be initially implemented in several mountainous regions. However, next year it will also include all the regions of Georgia.
Overall, 1 million ha of land has been registered since the restoration of Georgia’s independence in 1990s until 2016, whereas the same amount of land has been registered since that time until now.
In 2016, Georgia simplified its land registration procedures removing the barriers facing private owners who want to officially register their land.
- EU, UNDP launch GEL 9 mln grant programme to help Georgia’s rural regions respond to COVID-19 crisis
Since the land registration reform came into force, the number of citizens asking for land registration services has increased five times and the rate of land registration increased more than three times.
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a GEL 9 million grant programme together with the Georgian Agriculture and Rural Development Agency (ARDA) to help Georgia’s rural regions respond to the economic and social challenges amid the coronavirus crisis.
The government of Georgia is working to develop a strategic plan for the revival of the tourism sector: the worst affected of all the country’s major economic sectors by the coronavirus pandemic in Georgia. The goal is to make Georgia one of the first countries able to open its doors to foreign tourists after months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Simplified procedures for land registration, planned to remain in force until January 1, 2020, will become the general rule of land registration, announced Georgian Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani at a government meeting earlier today.
The European Union (EU), Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have issued grants for a total amount of 2.2 million GEL (about $690,651/€641,567) to support food production and security in Georgia amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Georgia is moving into the next phase of systematic land registration which will cover the Tetritskharo, Gardabani, Kareli, Gori and Sagarejo municipalities of the country, announces the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
The nationwide systemic land registration will be fully completed by the end of 2024, making Georgia one of the countries where land ownership issues are “completely resolved”, Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze said on Friday at the Parliament.