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Unprecedented number of people apply to participate in Produce in Georgia program

Business Materials 28 October 2020 15:41 (UTC +04:00)
Unprecedented number of people apply to participate in Produce in Georgia program

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 28

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

Registration of business ideas within the framework of the grant component of the Produce in Georgia agency is completed, Trend reports via Georgian media.

This year, an unprecedented number of people have applied to participate in the program. In total, 26,307 applicants registered business ideas throughout Georgia.

According to the agency, participants of the program will know the results of the first stage of the competition by November 15. They will be informed by e-mail and short text messages.

"Record number of business ideas was fixed this year. First of all, I would like to thank and wish success to all entrepreneurs," said the director of the agency Mikheil Khidureli.

"The review of the received applications implies a transparent process, which will be carried out by independent experts with relevant experience. In addition, to ensure a transparent evaluation process, all incoming applications are automatically assigned a code. Appraisers use the same code to sort the received applications," the agency notes.

Produce in Georgia agency has been implementing a program to support micro and small entrepreneurship for five years. As of 2015-2018, 6,212 projects are supported under the grant component. Their total investment is more than 61 million lari ($18.9 million).

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