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| Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade; State Department of Statistics | Support for initiatives to reduce smuggling and the shadow economy | Reduction in smuggling and in the shadow economy | Trade Facilitation Project; Private Sector Development Project; Public Sector Reform Project; PRSC in High Case | USAID | Increase in tax revenues, including increase in revenues from petroleum products and cigarettes to over 2.5% of GDP |
| Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Justice | Intensified dialogue with Government on reform of the banking system as a means of improving the investment climate | Increase in banks’ capitalization; better corporate governance principles and internal control systems; expansion of banking networks; real time banking settlement; anti-money-laundering legislation; deposit insurance introduced | Private Sector Development Project; Financial Sector Advisory Program; Business Environment Study | USAID IMF FIRST | Minimum capital raised to €3.5m; improved confidence in banking system; better access to finance; anti money laundering regulations in compliance with FATF requirements |
| Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade; Ministry of Finance | Support for removal of institutional (governance) obstacles to fulfilling Georgia’s Export Potential | Progress in implementing recommendations of Trade Study/Workshop | Trade and Transport Facilitation Project; Private Sector Development Project; Business Environment Study; Rural Development Project | USAID | Improved perception of environment for exporters in business surveys |
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| Ministry of Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection; Ministry of finance | Assist government to define health financing strategy focusing on improvements in mobilization, allocation and management of public and private resources, help build government capacity in evidence based policy-making, planning, monitoring and evaluation, as well as regulation | Definition of basic benefit package, financing methodology and co-payments, as well as recurrent costs; improved resource mobilization and allocation, including introduction of incentive-compatible provider payment systems | Health Sector Note, JSDF Grant on community health insurance | JSDF SIDA DFID WHO | Definition of basic benefit package, financing methodology, co-payments, and recurrent costs; better resource mobilization and allocation, including introduction of incentive-compatible provider payment systems |
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| Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture | Improving quality of education and access of the poor | Stakeholders actively engaged in improving education quality and outcomes | Education Project | SOROS | 97 percent enrollment in basic education for the poorest quintile; 60% of consolidated education expenditures continue to be allocated to primary/secondary education |
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| Ministry of Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection; State Social Security Fund; Ministry of Finance | Timely execution of Government obligations in the social sectors; fiscal affordability and sustainability | No-arrears in social transfers, increased poverty alleviation impact | Public Expenditure Reviews, PRSC in High Case | No new arrears; poverty incidence decreased by 6 percentage points | |
| Ministry of Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, State Social Security Fund | Support to implementation of social insurance system | Better performance of the pension system | Social Protection Reform Project | No pension arrears; financing of social insurance/assistance benefits separated | |
| Ministry of Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, State Social Security Fund | Dialogue on pension policies | Increase in pensions | Public Expenditure Reviews; Social Protection Reform Project | Average real pension increased by 20%; extreme poverty among elderly reduced | |
| Ministry of Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, State Social Security Fund | Dialogue on pension policies | Satisfactory performance of the pension system | Public Expenditure Reviews; Social Protection Reform Project | Improved fiscal sustainability of pension system | |
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| Ministry of Fuel and Energy | Support for direct contracts between generators and large end consumers, subject to transparent terms and implementation | Direct contracts between generators and large end consumers | EMSP | EBRD KfW USAID | Electricity market successfully reorganized |
| Ministry of Fuel and Energy; Energy Regulatory Commission; Ministry of Economy | Tariff policy; adequate appropriations to energy in state budgets | Lower commercial losses; state budgets fully cover energy costs; higher collections by state energy companies in distribution, transmission; improved financial viability | EMSP | EBRD IMF KfW USAID | Cash payment collections at the wholesale electricity market above 65%; dissemination to public of detailed sector performance indicators |
| Ministry of Fuel and Energy, Ministry of Finance | Establishment of a professional Debt Restructuring Agency for the power sector | Legacy debt no longer a threat to the financial viability of the power sector | EMSP | EBRD IMF KfW USAID | Debt Restructuring Agency led by international experts in full operation; legacy debt issue resolved |
| Ministry of Fuel and Energy | Georgian Unified Distribution Company (GUDC) under long-term management contract | GUDC under long-term management contract | EMSP | EBRD KfW USAID | GUDC under long-term management contract; other management contracts fully operational |
| Ministry of Transport and Communication | MOTC restructuring | Improved functioning of restructured MOTC | Secondary Roads Project; Transport Facilitation Project | SDRG restructured and road financing arranged to provide stable source for road funding to maintain and improve roads | |
| Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade, Ministry of Fuel-Energy, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, State Department of Highways | Development of road data bank for SDRG to take prompt, cost-effective action in emergencies | The data bank is used to prioritize annual road program | Secondary Roads Project; Transport Facilitation Project | Road data bank in use and SDRG expanded to cover local rural roads | |
| State Department of Highways | Road construction plan, equipping SDRG with tools to develop and manage the plan | 5 year rolling plan a standard procedure in SDRG | Secondary Roads Project; Transport Facilitation Project | EU, Kuwait Development Fund | Performance indicators to be developed in Secondary Roads project |
| State Department of Information | Improving rural access to telecommunications services | Better and more affordable access by the rural population to telecommunications | Rural Telecommunications Project | Higher proportion of the rural population having affordable access to telecommunications | |
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| State Department of Tourism and Resorts | Development of community-based tourism | Realistic development strategy for tourism -- especially community-based tourism -- that promotes broad-based local development, reduces administrative barriers to tourism, and supports preservation | Community-based tourism | Realistic development strategy for community-based tourism, including reduced administrative barriers and more focus on preservation | |
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| Ministry of Agriculture, Melioration System Management Department | Support to establishing new, and strengthening existing, water users associations to manage irrigation facilities | More and better functioning water user associations | Irrigation and Drainage Rehabilitation Project | EU TACIS | Legal framework for WUAs established; number of water user associations registered increased |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Food, State Department of Land Management | Support to strengthening capacity of State Department of Land Management to carry out land registration based on cadastre survey | Increased capacity of State Department of Land Management | Agriculture Development Project | IFAD, USAID KfW | Eleven land registration centers established; satellite imagery used for titling in mountainous regions |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Veterinary Department | Dialogue with Government on Veterinary reforms | Law to establish private veterinarians passed | ARET | USAID | Government starts veterinary reform process |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Plant Protection Service | Discussion with MAF on reform of plant protection services | Follow-up to merging of three agencies into a single plant protection agency | ADP | USAID | Reduced illegal trade of agro-chemicals; relevant laws passed |
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The World Bank Partners in Georgia
| SECTOR | LEAD NATIONAL AGENCY | PARTNERS |
| Agriculture | Ministry of Agriculture and Food | IFAD, FAO, DFID, UNDP, KFW |
| Culture | Ministry of Culture | EU |
| Education | Ministry of Education | SOROS |
| Energy | Ministry of Fuel and Energy | USAID, KFW, EBRD |
| Financial Sector | Ministry of Finance and Tax Revenues | IMF |
| Forestry | State Department of Forestry | FAO, WWF, CIDA |
| Governance | State Chancellery, Anti-corruption Policy Coordination Council | Netherlands, IMF, DFID, USAID, UNDP, |
| Health | Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs | SIDA, DFID, WHO |
| Judicial | Ministry of Justice | EU, USAID, SOROS, ABA, DOJ |
| Municipal Development and Decentralization | Georgian Municipal Development Fund (MDF) | |
| Poverty Reduction | Secretariat of Governmental Commission on PREGP (Poverty reduction and Economic Growth Program) | IMF, UNDP, DFID, USAID |
| Private Sector | Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade | USAID, EBRD, BP |
| Protected Areas | State Department of Protected Territories, Preserves and Hunting Grounds | UNDP |
| Roads | Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Post | |
| Social Infrastructure | Georgian Social Investment Fund (GSIF) | KFW |
| Transport and Communications | Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Post | |
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USAID
USAID assistance in the economic growth area focuses on strengthening agriculture sector, assisting the NBG to improve its supervision, inspection, and enforcement capacity, and furthering land market reform. The Georgian Enterprise Growth Initiative (GEGI) is a major new private sector development activity to be implemented in close coordination with the CAS programs. USAID has been actively involved in the energy and environmental sectors providing TA to regulatory bodies, supporting privatization of the energy sector and improvement of the international investment climate, assisting in elaboration of environmentally sound laws in the energy sector as well as policies in the sector oriented towards energy efficiency, conservation and water management. Through democracy and governance oriented projects USAID supports increased awareness of legal rights, judicial and BAR reform initiatives, strengthening local governments, building professionalism of independent mass media as well as capacity of civil society and NGOs. USAID initiatives in the social sectors include programs in the regions to support income generation and economic self-reliance activities among internally displaced persons, crisis assistance to the most vulnerable, health care partnership programs and reproductive health programs which promote improved maternal and perinatal services, safe motherhood, family planning, health information systems, and STI/HIV awareness and prevention.
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EBRD
EBRD main objective in Georgia is to expand private sector development activities in the country. During years 2002 and 2003 it has been engaged in the active political dialogue with the Government to support the substantial reduction of administrative barriers to investments, representation on the board of companies and banks, support of the initiatives of local business associations. EBRD aims at further strengthening of the Georgian banking sector through ongoing support to the regulator, management training, and further consolidation. EBRD’s interventions include financing to business start-ups and existing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as selectively supporting critical investments in infrastructure with specific focus on those projects that promote the commercialization of infrastructure, particularly of the energy sector.
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EU
EU’s Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) provides for cooperation in a wide range of areas including Food Security Program (in amount of € 25 million for the period 2002-2003), rehabilitation in conflict zones (Engury Power Plan in Abkhazia), macro-financial assistance (establishment of an agricultural credit institutions, reforms in accountancy and audit, assistance to the insurance sector and securities market regulation), support to trade liberalization, customs, and development of transport infrastructure networks, advice on economic legislation and country legislature harmonization with the EU standards, investments in primary health care reconstruction program and development of the Georgian National Health Program and training of medical and administrative personnel as well as provision of the technical assistance for the development of the model of Regional Health financing. TACIS is the main financial instrument supporting the implementation of the PCA.
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GTZ
GTZ, working on behalf of German Government, provides support in the health sector primarily focusing on structural improvements and training for medical technicians, promotes vocational training sector to improve commercial and agricultural training and upgrading, implements projects to privatize agriculture and build up effective land- and debt-management systems, promotes export and investment, and has been assisting in judicial and legal training as well as practical application of civil law in Georgia. German assistance is also channelled through KfW supporting credit line to agriculture sector enterprises, participating with an equity stake in Procredit Bank, is conducting cadastral works almost all over the country, and contributing to social infrastructure in the districts bordering Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park as well as supporting the Government to rehabilitate schools and health facilities damaged during the recent earthquake.
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CIDA
Bilateral assistance also comes from Canada (CIDA) mostly through the regional projects supporting trade policy capacity, expanding the micro credit programs, promoting NGO capacity development program that supports the principles of good governance, strengthening health reform through the appropriate application of health information technology and information management strategies, and contributing drought victims relief operations.
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DFID
DFID has recently approved a new Primary Health Care (PHC) Development project through which technical assistance will be provided to the Government in the areas of human resource development for the PHC system, health care financing, health management information systems, capacity building for the health policy development. DFID has been supporting the SDS in the multi-sector household and labor market surveys. The ongoing program also has a component aiming at development of good governance and civil society in two regions of Georgia as well as conflict reduction and confidence-building component.
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The Government of the Netherlands
The Netherlands has provided support for a wide range of activities, focusing on good governance, human rights and peace building, as well as substantial budget support in conjunction with SAC III. Dutch support in the three focus areas will continue, including for . election preparation, prevention of trafficking in human beings, confidence building measures in Abkhazia and support for NGOs involved in poverty alleviation and human rights
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IFAD
In the agriculture sector IFAD supports rural development program for mountainous and highland areas and credit-union development and rural credit activities for small farmers, while FAO provides financial support to hazelnut sector rehabilitation project.
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UNDP
UNDP in Georgia focuses its program activities in three areas: (a) democratic governance; (b) poverty reduction; and (c) environmental protection, as outlined in the second Country Cooperation Framework for Georgia (2001-2005). In the sphere of Governance, major ongoing initiatives include support to Foreign Investment Advisory Council, strengthening the Anti-corruption Promotion Group, and assistance to the Constitutional Court and Public Defender’s Office. UNDP has been active in capacity building of the Georgian International Oil Corporation and of the National Security Policy Management. UNDP is contributing to land market development through creation of a computerized program of registration. Technical and financial inputs have been provided to strengthen the capacity of Georgian institutions responsible for national statistics, notably the State Department of Statistics. Environmental challenges are being addressed through the projects supporting recovery, conversation and sustainable use of Georgia’s agro-biodiversity, removal of barriers to small hydro power sector development, and capacity building of the Ministry of Environment.
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UNICEF
UNICEF priorities in Georgia include: education, integrated childhood development, immunization, fighting HIV/AIDS, and protecting children from violence, exploitation, abuse and discrimination. It has been assisting the Government in national training of health workers and professionals and in providing universal access to basic health services for women and children. UNICEF has been helping the Government in promoting the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Support also includes ensuring inclusive education for children with disabilities and providing psychosocial support to children in need of special protection as well as introducing alternative, non-institutional methods of childcare. Child de-institutionalization has been also supported by SIDA through provision of technical assistance during social protection reform project preparation and implementation phases.
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