Georgia - Economic Development

Balanced Territorial Development in Georgia

The Transformational Potential:

• To reduce regional disparities in Georgia, supported by the decentralisation reform, and to stimulate economic development. 
• Equal access to quality health, education and other social services for minorities and other vulnerable groups.
• To reduce digital exclusion and factor in the new opportunities offered by digital transformation.

The Team Europe Proposal:

• Reducing the economic and social gap between urban areas and the rest of the country.
• Developing tourism infrastructure and services.
• Improving entrepreneurship.
• Enhancing local competitiveness and quality of life in remote areas promoting inclusive and evidence-based policy making at regional/local levels.
• Enlarging access to user-centric, high quality and accountable public services.
• Fostering public participation in planning and implementation of regional/local development projects, and in supporting the implementation of the Decentralisation Strategy.