Interior minister presents 10-year development plan. What does it include?
Minister Gomelauri also stated that the gradual increase of wages is planned within 10 years. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri has presented a 10-year development plan which focuses on the creation of fast and remotely available services for the Georgian citizens, growth of police officers’ remuneration and infrastructure reforms.
Crime reporting app to be launched for 2025-2030
Minister Gomelauri noted that the electronic platform will enable users to report on crime both openly and anonymously noting that the ‘interior ministry is working intensively to enable the police to use modern technologies to respond to the tasks we [police] face on a daily basis,’ he said.
Remote registration of vehicles to be available by 2022
In order to increase access to police services, the interior ministry aims to establish unified service centres all over the country in accordance with European standards.
Remote registration of vehicles and remote change of state license plates will be introduced as part of the development plan.
During the 10-year period the service agency will develop fast and affordable services in line with modern challenges,” Gomelauri stated.
Two-stage practical test for driving license
The practical test for obtaining a driving license will become two-stage, which means that driving candidates will be tested in real traffic conditions as well starting 2022.
Registration of mopeds and passing an exam for driving one will also become mandatory.
An additional 300 camcorders will be installed in Georgia every year
Gomelauri stated that in a 10-year period all border checkpoints, cities and highways will be fully covered by up to 13,000 cameras for speed control and traffic administration and annually an additional 300 camcorders will be installed all over the country.
The gradual growth of police officers’ remuneration
Minister Gomelauri also stated that the gradual increase of wages is planned within 10 years.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs will provide health insurance for all employees and their family members,” Gomelauri said.
Infrastructure projects:
- Modern fire-rescue facilities to be built in 12 cities of Georgia.
- The emergency management service to be equipped with 30 special vehicles.
- 150 fire-rescue points to be built and upgraded to modern standards by 2030.
- More than 400 fire trucks and 40 boats and two fireships to be added at the disposal of the emergency management service.
Renovation and construction of the buildings is planned within the upcoming 10 years
Will be repaired:
- 185 police buildings
- 14 border departments
- 60 emergency points
- 24 temporary placement isolators
- 18 expert buildings
- 15 police patrol buildings
- 13 departments of the special assignments department
Will be built:
- 30 police buildings
- 20 border police buildings
- 90 emergency points
- two temporary placement isolators
- one expert building (in Samegrelo-Zugdidi western Georgia)
- two facilities of the special assignments department
- archive building of the Ministry of Internal Affair (MIA)
- one building of the migration department
In July various Georgian ministries presented their 10-year development plans such as Georgian Economy Ministry, Education Ministry of Georgia and Georgian Defence Ministry.
The government of Georgia is going to present a 10-year development plan in May, which will convey the government’s vision of how to emerge from the coronavirus crisis, announces Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli has presented a 10-year education and science development strategy which covers five major areas, including pre-school education, general education, higher education, vocational education and science.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze has presented a 10-year economic development plan which covers five major priorities: anti-armor, air, artillery, reconnaissance and engineering capabilities. He said that the plan is based on threats that Georgia may face in 2030 and the goal is to ensure the consistent and continuous development of the Georgian army in order to obtain high combat capability to cope with the challenges facing Georgia as well as to contribute to global security.
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Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava has presented a 10-year economic development strategy which covers 12 major areas, ranging from small business empowerment, investment attraction, to specific development policies and quantitative indicators in each key area that the country should achieve by 2025 and 2030.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili has presented his ministry’s 10-year development strategy which aims to tackle poverty and unemployment and increase overall economic well-being in Georgia. "High economic growth should be the main focus of our economic vision for the next 10 years,” Khutsishvili stated. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said before the presentation of the development plan that Georgia has a high rate of economic growth, noting that in January-June of 2021 it amounted to 12.8 per cent.
Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister David Zalkaliani has presented his ministry’s 10-year action plan and 10 main goals of his ministry which mostly focus on EU membership and deoccupation. Zalkaliani started the presentation of the plan with a discussion of the 13th anniversary of the 2008 Russian-Georgian war which took place yesterday and stated that ‘13 years ago Russia attempted to forcibly change the state borders of a sovereign country.’