Levan Davitashvili Met with Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Svenja Schulze
01-07-2022

Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili met with the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany Svenja Schulze, who is on a working visit to Georgia.

Deputy Ministers of Economy and Sustainable Development, Genadi Arveladze and Irakli Nadareishvili also attended the meeting.

The meeting emphasized the importance of Germany’s support for Georgia on its European integration path, including the implementation of economic and structural reforms. Economic relations between Georgia and Germany were also discussed and cooperation in such priority areas as trade, energy, sustainable development, transport, logistics, agriculture, etc. was emphasized.

Special attention was paid to the programs supported by Germany on energy efficiency in public buildings, which provides for the rehabilitation of dozens of public schools in Georgia to increase energy efficiency. The main goal of the program is the sustainable and complete rehabilitation of school buildings in order to improve their energy efficiency. It was noted that such measures of renovation of public buildings will lead to optimization of energy consumption. As a result, the operational life of the building will be extended, while the level of health, safety and comfort will be improved.

Ongoing projects, which are being implemented with the support of Germany to strengthen the sustainability of the energy sector of Georgia, were also discussed at the meeting. Development of renewable energy sources and rehabilitation of energy infrastructure was specially highlighted. Attention was also focused on strengthening cooperation in terms of increasing Georgia’s energy independence and energy security. They also discussed the Georgia’s European perspective and Germany’s support for the country in its European integration was also discussed during the meeting.


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