With the support of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), another successful business has been established in Lagodekhi within the framework of a grant project of the Rural Development Agency. The hotel complex for 30 guests includes 10 wooden cottages. The co-financing of the Rural Development Program is 170,000 GEL, while the beneficiary's share is more than 50,000 GEL; the new hotel employs 17 people,” - said Tornike Kapanadze, Head of the Project Management and Technical Assistance Department of the Rural Development Agency, who visited the village of Rachisubani, Lagodekhi municipality with Giorgi Tsimintia, Coordinator of the UNDP Improvement in Rural Development in Georgia.

According to Giorgi Tsimintia, Coordinator of the UNDP Improvement in Rural Development in Georgia, the European Union and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) support rural development in Georgia. One part of this support is our grant program, which provides more than GEL 9 million grant funding for the development of local non-agricultural activities.

The Rural Development Program is implemented in Keda, Khulo, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki, Tetritskaro, Kazbegi, Lagodekhi and Dedoplistskaro municipalities.

58 projects have been funded under the Rural Development Program; the total cost of the investment exceeds 8.7 million GEL, the co-financing is more than 6 million GEL.

The Rural Development Program is implemented by the Rural Development Agency (RDA) with the support of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) under the European Neighborhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD).