📋 Tender Overview
Land: Georgia Funding amount: € 4,000,000.00 Start: November 1st, 2023 End: October 31, 2027
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
project goal
The project aims to help reduce disparities between urban and rural areas, increase the income of the rural population, including women, youth and vulnerable groups, and improve the participation of all actors in local development. It contributes to increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, increasing food production and reducing rural poverty with a focus on reducing inequality. Supporting a gender-responsive, inclusive, and participatory approach to rural development in selected communities is also a project objective.
expected results
The project's outcomes are aligned with the thematic focus area of sustainable rural development and the enhancement of livelihood opportunities, as stipulated within the Framework Strategy of the Austrian Development Cooperation concerning the EU Eastern Partner Countries. The successful realization of these objectives is expected to catalyze significant positive change in the Georgian agricultural landscape, with far-reaching implications for rural development and economic growth.
The main outputs of the project are:
• Output 1. Gender-responsive, inclusive and participatory rural development approach supported in selected municipalities.
• Output 2. Policy advice provided to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) and municipal governments on gender-responsive and socially inclusive rural development and specifically on youth inclusion.
• Output 3. Capacities of farmers, producers’ groups, youth, women as well as ex-tension service providers related to sustainable food systems are increased.
• Output 4. Awareness of population on cross-cutting issues in rural development is increased at national level.
target group
The project will be implemented by FAO. The main partner of the project is MEPA to introduce institutional adjustments and innovations supported by the project. One of its local partners will be Georgian Farmers’ Association (GFA), which will support in implementation of selected activities identified by FAO during the Inception Phase of the project. GFA is one of the largest and experienced agricultural associations in Georgia. Engagement of GFA in the project implementation will ensure availability of local expertise required for those activities. In addition, participation in the project implementation will further strengthen the capacities of the partner on the ground.
The main beneficiaries are the inhabitants of the selected communities, including rural households, agricultural producers, youth, women, and local authorities, as well as MEPA and its extension services. The project is expected to reach a total of 13,100 direct beneficiaries and 41,300 indirect beneficiaries.
Measures
- Development of local initiative groups in two communities, which then participate in the design of development plans ("Community Devel
