24 June, 2019, Tbilisi – 6,000 SMEs in Georgia’s regions have been consulted and trained on DCFTA related issues via DCFTA Information Centre services offered by the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). Local entrepreneurs are now...
EU4BUSINESS IN GEORGIA
SMEs play a significant role in Georgia’s economy, accounting for over 40% of employment, but are still struggling to scale up their operations. EU4Business supports the government's ambitious plan to reform and improve the business environment. Its programmes boost SME growth by improving their access to finance and new markets as well as targeting women entrepreneurs and projects in green energy. SMEs looking to make the most of Georgia’s Free Trade Agreement with the EU can also get financial and technical help to adapt to EU standards and to move into foreign markets.
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From 18-30 May international consultants from the International Trade Centre carried out an expert mission in the Western Part of Georgia, visiting 16 project beneficiary companies from the hazelnut, dried fruit and tea sectors. The visits were...
Georgian ICT companies had an opportunity to meet leading counterparts from Estonia and Latvia at an International ICT B2B Exchange event in Tbilisi on 5 June, supported by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and the...
Success stories
Autumn is the busiest season of the year in Kakheti, the main wine-making region of Georgia . Early in the morning farmers and their families rush to the vineyards to pluck ripe grapes from the vine, while trucks deliver the fruit to processing factories. The harvest is a time for both hard work and celebration for everyone in rural areas, including Valerian Feikrishvili. “I have been working in...
Georgia
08/03/2019
“Leonardo da Vinci was one of the first to describe, with almost complete precision, the anatomy of the eye and optical system in the 15th century. He is perceived as the biggest innovator in modern science, and not only in science,” Tekla Mamageishvili, Director of a Tbilisi-based eye clinic, explains when asked about the name of her company. Tekla is sure that her Da Vinci Clinic will become a...
“I’ll never forget the moment I realised that I needed to hire more people. And that with the help of EFSE, I could.” Ever since she can remember, Manana Chqareuli has loved sewing. Friends, family, neighbours – whoever needed a rip repaired, a patch sewn on, a hem taken in, or some other alteration, would always find Manana thread and needle in hand. “I can’t really explain what it is, I just...