The Grant Agreement for Promoting Sustainable Development in Georgia will strengthen democratic institutions and bring strong economic growth, said US Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan.

According to the US Ambassador, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will help the country, locally and nationally, to achieve greater transparency and accountability.

This is a support proving our shared values ​​and a program for development. It will strengthen Georgia’s resilience to external harms, strengthen democratic institutions, bring strong economic growth, create jobs and employment opportunities throughout the country.

This will help create opportunities in many areas. A new program on energy security will be created, Georgia will be able to diversify its energy resources and reduce its dependence on Russia.

We are working on new initiatives to increase economic opportunities, relations between peoples. This also includes communities outside the administrative boundary line. We will continue to invest in basic education beyond the $ 7 million that we are carrying out under the U.S. International Development Program, which began last year. A new program of civic education will be launched, which will create resources in the future to prepare staff in this field.

“The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will help the country at the local and national levels to have more transparency and accountability, and the leaders to be accountable to the people,” Degnan said.

Georgia and the US signed a Grant Agreement earlier on Friday based on which the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will allocate USD 67 million-worth grant to Georgia with the prospect to increase the sum up to USD 330 million.