In the frame of the EU funded project “Promotion Rural Development and Diversification in Khulo Municipality”, which is being implemented by Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia (CCRG), the first phase of Rural Development (RD) Grant Competition has been completed.

The main goal of the first phase of RD Grant Competition is to identify project ideas, which will contribute to the improvement of the quality of life and socio-economic condition in Khulo Municipality, in accordance with the priorities and objectives of the Khulo Local Development Strategy (LDS) 2018-2022, elaborated by Khulo LAG.

In the frame of the competition in total 429 project ideas have been submitted and registered in data base. The project ideas will be evaluated by Grant Committee, established by Khulo LAG, and ENPARD Khulo team.

The grant committee is composed of 22 members – 15 key and 7 reserve members. The committee was approved by Khulo LAG management board, on September 6, 2018. The grant committee will evaluate project ideas until the end of September 2018 and identify projects, which reflect the priorities of Khulo LDS. Successful project applicants will be invited on the second phase of the competition to submit Full Project application.

Trainings for development of Full Project application will be conducted in October, in ENPARD Khulo office.

For further details please contact at 551 13 55 25 or via email giorgi.abuladze@caritas.cz.

All information related to the grant competition including: RD Grant Competition manual, Khulo Municipality LDS, Full Project application form will be available at ENPARD Programme official webpage www.enpard.ge and at Khulo LAG webpage www.khulolag.ge.

The Project is implemented by the Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia (CCRG) in partnership PMC RC and Croatian Rural Development Network (HMRR) with the financial support of European Union, under the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development in Georgia – ENPARD II.