The European Union’s representative office in Baku has hosted the presentation of the Eastern Partnership Territorial Cooperation Support Programme.
The EU has a great deal of experience in the field of cross-border cooperation, head of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Malena Mard said at the launch ceremony.
She noted the programme supported cross-border cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Project executive Aleksey Sekarev and IT specialist Tatyana Derevyankina spoke of the project activities. The agenda of cross-boundary cooperation includes economic and environmental issues. Broad cooperation in this field will be established between Azerbaijan and Georgia. The travel industry will get the best development in this programme because both Azerbaijan and Georgia have very high ambitions in this area. Before summer the proposals will be put forward as part of the programme, and then grants will be allocated.
The total budget of the Eastern Partnership Territorial Cooperation Support Programme is 12.5 million euros, some 1.35 million euros of which are allocated to Azerbaijani-Georgian cross-border cooperation.
The program mainly covers the Ganja-Gazakh and Sheki-Zagatala regions of Azerbaijan and Georgian regions of Kvemo Kartli and Kakheti.
Both local and regional authorities and non-governmental organizations may be beneficiaries.
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