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 Fund for Cultural Heritage Protection	EU
Education	Ministry of Education	SOROS
Energy	Ministry of Fuel and Energy Georgian National Energy Regulatory Commission	USAID, KFW, EBRD
Financial Sector	Ministry of Finance and Tax Revenues National Bank of Georgia National Securities Commission Foreign Investment Advisory Council	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 Supreme Court ALPE (Association of Legal Public Education)	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 State Department of Roads	Kuwait Fund for Economic Development
Social Infrastructure	Georgian Social Investment Fund (GSIF)	KFW
Transport and Communications	Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Post National Commission of Telecommunications and Transport

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.