Davit Narmania and Elguja Khokrishvili Met the Deputy Minister of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

March 22, 2014

Within the frameworks of their visit in Germany, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, David Narmania and Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund, Elguja Khokrishvili held the meetings at the central office of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The main topic of the meeting was self- government reform and regional development strategy of Georgia.  As Hans-Joachim Fuchtel - Deputy Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany noted, Georgia made effective steps towards strengthening local governance and this reform will lead the country to positive developments.

The parties also discussed the issues of future cooperation. As stated at the meeting, Germany is able to provide active support aimed at economic and institutional strengthening of municipalities. The parties agreed that Georgian side will conduct retraining of local officials with financial support of various donors.