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Grant agreements worth up to 6 million GEL were signed between the Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia and the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF). The agreements provide for the provision of operational costs of the territorial administrations of the Agency of Protected Areas.
The agreements were signed by the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Yuri Nozadze, Acting Chairman of the Protected Areas Agency, Besik Kusid, and Executive Director of the Caucasus Nature Foundation, Elizabeth Mesud.
“These Agreements have been signed between the Agency of Protected Areas and the Caucasus Nature Foundation. The term for a period of 6 years which will provide the administrations of the protected areas with operating costs and the employees with salary supplements.
Over the years the Agency for Protected Areas has successfully cooperated with the Caucasus Nature Foundation (CNF) in the direction of the development of the infrastructure of the protected areas as well as institutional strengthening of the Agency and raising the motivation of employees. As a result many successful initiatives were implemented in the protected areas of Georgia”, - Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Yuri Nozadze stated.
It should be noted that in 2023 the Agency of Protected Areas received more than 7 million GEL of funding from the Caucasus Nature Fund for the implementation of environmental-related projects in the country.
Similarly several grant agreements have been signed between both parties which meet the needs of the protected areas agency and contribute to the proper fulfillment of the set goals. On this occasion both sides have made it clear that they will make their best efforts for the successful implementation of the terms and conditions of the executed agreement as well.
The official of the Agency on this occasion also explained the progress of various projects and policies that are being executed by the Agency of Protected Areas.
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14/03/2025