Agency for Business Environment Development in Georgia

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Agency for Business Environment Development in
Georgia Has the honor to propose a discussion
Promotion of the Business Environment in Georgia
Club "Mtatsminda" February 28, 2001
Introduction by Prof. Alexander G. Tvalchrelidze,
Academician of the Georgian Academy for Natural
Sciences, Executive Director of the Agency
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Area - 69,400 km2 Population - 4.5
million Nominal GDP - 2,789 million USD Nominal
GDP per Capita - 609 USD Inflation Rate - 10.9.
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Execution of revenues to the 1995-1999 State
Budgets
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Execution of Revenues to the Sate Budget, USD
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Execution of Tax Revenues to the 1995-1999
Revised State Budgets
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Employees of main economic branches in 1990-1999
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Employment Structure in 1991-1999
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That is why we have decided to found Agency for
Business Environment Development in Georgia
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The main goal of our Agency is to
promote Development of Business Environment in
Georgia and in the Southern Caucasus
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• We assume that conducive business environment
  doesnt exist without
• - Legal environment
• Adequate synergetic legislation
• Rule of Law
• Security (corporate, individual)
• Access to appropriate information
• Efficient usage of resources

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Inadequate information
Lack of or poor experience
Undeclared and unstructured responsibilities
Unfavorable Business Environment
Poor knowledge
Low motivation
Skepticism and lack of mobilization
Interest groups are not involved in
decision-making process
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Approach
Problem
Causes
Public Education

• Inadequate information
• Lack of or bad experience
• Poor knowledge
• Low motivation
• Lack of Mobilization
• Unclear rights and responsibilities

Provision of services
Interest groups are not involved in
decision-making
Advocacy
Research and Analysis
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Increase participation of interest groups in the
process of social and economical decision making
Improve synchronization of legislation
Improve community mobilization
Improve performance of associations
Improve coverage and quality of information space
Improve efficient usage of resources
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• Change of public attitude towards
  entrepreneurship, professionalism and quality of
  life
• Promotion of understanding of social and
  economical rights and responsibilities by
• Public education
• Active and focused PR campaign

• Provision of qualified and cost-effective
  informational, technical and legal services
• Provision of active and permanent PR services and
  special access to media
• Provision of access to qualified human resources
• Support the establishment of new associations
• Provision of better access to reliable and
  objective information for evidence based
  decision making

• Identification of needs in development and
  sharing of common information spaces
• Development of inter-sectoral solutions
• Facilitation of dialogue and cooperation of
  interest groups in common development and usage
  of information

• Identification legislative gaps
• Development of principal inter-sectoral solutions
• Lobbying and monitoring

• Identification of inefficiently used resources
• Identification of common needs in resources
• Assistance in accessing resources
• Facilitation of development and implementation of
  complex programs on efficient usage of resources

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Our Agency owns
Necessary equipment
Computer data bank on Georgian businesses
Computer data banks on Georgian resources
Computer data banks on Georgian legislation
Overall economic, social, political, etc.
information
methods and software for economic
mathematical modeling
several portfolio with important projects.
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VisionInter-sectorally and cross-regionally
linked INTEREST GROUPS, supported and enforced by
the recourses of the AGENCY are actively involved
in promoting and monitoring of the development
of Business Environment and assuring
sustainability of democratic reforms
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We do recognize challenges we face We are not
desperate, but we see the only solution in
immediate action We are not inventing something
new, but we have self-confidence and trust that
we are responsible for our future We do
appreciate your contribution We have ambition and
optimism, that we are the one who can manage
it
We are sure that Georgia has a strategic future
and may become an important member of the
international democratic society.
Thank you very much for your kind
attention. Please, do not hesitate to take part
in the Discussion