Construction of a new football technical center is underway in Zestafoni as part of ongoing efforts to enhance sports infrastructure across Georgia.

The project includes the development of an artificial-turf training football pitch, a 300-seat spectator stand, changing rooms for athletes, sanitary facilities, a medical room, and other supporting service areas.

The Minister of Infrastructure, Revaz Sokhadze, inspected the progress of the construction works together with the Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund, Giorgi Shonia, Member of Parliament Zviad Shalamberidze, President of the Georgian Football Federation Levan Kobiashvili, State Representative in the Imereti Region Levan Zalkaliani, and representatives of the local authorities.

The Municipal Development Fund plans to construct more than 50 football technical centers and artificial-turf stadiums across the country. The initiative is expected to make a significant contribution to the development of sports infrastructure in Georgia's regions and create improved training conditions for athletes and young football players.

The Ministry of Infrastructure is actively continuing its program to develop sports infrastructure throughout the country. Within that program, football training centers of modern standards are being built in Gori City and Mejvriskhevi Village of Gori Municipality. Minister of Infrastructure Revaz Sokhadze inspected the progress of construction works on sites. 

The Minister was accompanied by Giorgi Shonia - Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund (MDF), Levan Kobiashvili - President of Georgian Football Federation, Simon Guledani - State Representative to Shida Kartli Region, and representatives of local authorities. 

The MDF of the Ministry of Infrastructure is building football traning centers of modern standards in Gori and Mejvriskhevi. Within the project, both sites are being equipped with training fields featuring artificial turf, stands for 300 spectators, and all the necessary infrastructure for athletes – including locker rooms, restrooms, medical offices, and auxilary storage facilities. 

The construction of sports infrastructure is crucial for regional development and for creating a modern, high-quality training environment for young people in various municipalities across the country.

Football training centers will provide local ahthletes and young people with modern facilities for daily training, help popularize football, promote mass sports, and facilitate the hosting of sporting events in the regions. 

The MDF plans to build more than 50 football traning centers and stadiums with artificial turf throughouth the country, which will be a key step toward creating a network of modern sports infrastructure in the regions and expanding access to sports for young people. 

As part of the effort to develop sports infrastructure, Surami Rugby Training Center is being built in Shida Kartli, whereas design work is actively proceeding on Surami Multifunctional Sports Center.

The Municipal Development Fund of the Ministry of Infrastructure has completed the rehabilitation of Kindergarten No. 26 in Batumi.

The kindergarten, designed to accommodate 300 children, has been fully rehabilitated in line with modern construction and educational infrastructure standards.

The project included the renovation and outfitting of playrooms, sleeping areas, sanitary facilities, and the landscaping of the outdoor yard. Rehabilitation works also covered the modernization of interior and exterior spaces, recreational areas, engineering infrastructure, and restroom facilities.

The upgraded kindergarten is fully accessible and adapted to meet the needs of children with disabilities.

With the completion of the rehabilitation works, more than 300 children in Batumi will benefit from a modern, safe, and well-equipped learning environment that meets international standards.

The restoration and infrastructural projects are scheduled to be implemented on a stage-by-stage basis in Erisimedi Village of Sighnaghi Municipality, affected by a natural disaster. First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Ilia Begiashvili, Director General of Georgian Amelioration Company Gigla Tamazashvili, Deputy Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund (MDF) Davit Kvinikadze, and representatives of local authorities met with the village residents, listened to their needs, and provided them with the information about the work to be executed. 

The meeting addressed the current situation of the village, following the natural disaster-induced flooding that imposed significant damage to Erisimedi. The flood submerged residential houses, yards, and damaged the infrastructure of the village. 

Government officials listened directly to the residents regarding their current needs, and discussed in detail the measures that will be taken to restore and develop the village. 

In the course of the meeting, village residents were informed about the scheduled projects, including the construction of a new school and kindergarten, as well as other infrastructural projects. 

Government officials noted that supporting the affected population and fully restoring of infrastructure in Erisimedi are amongst the top priorities of the state. Per him, the planned projects will be implemented in stages that will lay an important foundation for the safety and development of the village.

Giorgi Shonia - Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund of Georgia (MDF) of the Ministry of Infrastructure, together with Guria State Governor Giorgi Ghurjumelidze, and other representatives of local authorities, visited the site of works, being carried out at Natanebi Village kindergarten. 

Within the project, the adapted indoor and outdoor spaces of modern standards are to be arranged in the kindergarten. 

In addition to classrooms and rest rooms, there are to be arranged also the restrooms, recreation areas, a courtyard, and playgrounds in Natanebi Village Kindergarten that will help create a comfortable environment for the children. 

The Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Giorgi Shonia, together with Giorgi Ghurjumelidze and other representatives of the local authorities, visited the ongoing rehabilitation works at the Kvemo Natanebi Public School in Ozurgeti Municipality.

The rehabilitation of the public school, designed to accommodate 400 students, is being carried out in accordance with international standards.

Upon completion, the school will be fully renovated and equipped with modern classrooms, a library, a laboratory, a landscaped schoolyard, sports grounds, as well as upgraded heating, water supply, and wastewater systems.

By the decision of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Municipal Development Fund, the project has been expanded to include the rehabilitation of the historic theatre building located within the school grounds, which was not part of the original project. Following rehabilitation, the building will serve as a community cultural center, providing a modern venue for cultural, educational, creative, and community activities for local residents.

The rehabilitation of the Kvemo Natanebi Public School is being implemented with co-financing from the Government of Georgia and the World Bank.