Germany gives €300,000 to Georgia to encourage trade across dividing lines
The beneficiary of the programme may be a person or a registered entrepreneur who lives in the occupied territories of Abkhazia or Tskhinvali region, as well as a person from territory controlled by the government of Georgia. Photo: The Ministry for Reconciliation and Civil Equality of Georgia.
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Germany has contributed €300,000 to the Peace Fund for a Better Future to encourage economic activities and business projects of the conflict-affected population living across the dividing lines of Georgia.
Germany reiterates its strong support for peaceful resolution of the conflict based on the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia...and welcomes the effective implementation of the peace policy, including through the peace initiative ‘A Step to a Better Future’, reads the joint statement of the Ministry for the Reconciliation and Civil Equality of Georgia and the Embassy of Germany to Georgia.
‘Produce for a Better Future’ grant programme was launched in Georgia on January 1, 2019 within the peace initiative ‘A Step to a Better Future’ in order to encourage trade across the dividing lines.
The beneficiary of the programme may be a person or a registered entrepreneur who lives in the occupied territories of Abkhazia or Tskhinvali region, as well as a person from territory controlled by the government of Georgia.
122 flats will be built on land plots owned by internally displaced persons (IDPs) with the financial support of the German Development Bank (KfW) in Georgia’s eastern region of Shida Kartli and Western Georgia, reports the press office of the Ministry of Health, Social Care and Internally Displaced People.
The Georgian government is launching a new programme 'State - Your Partner', which will allow individuals to receive state services and information in 81 community centers and 24 justice houses in more than 100 settlements throughout Georgia about programmes to help start or assist new business.
The German government is allocating €161.7 million to support Georgian investment projects in infrastructural development, energy, municipal development, environmental protection, vocation education and other areas, the Georgian Ministry of Finance reports.
New grant programme to encourage trade across dividing lines
A new grant programme ‘Produce for a Better Future’ will be launched in Georgia from January 1, 2019 within the peace initiative ‘A Step to a Better Future’ in order to encourage trade across the dividing lines.
European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell has stated earlier today that ‘Georgia’s European path is built on solid ground’. He has delivered a speech at the joint conference of the government of Georgia and the Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.