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How Much Is Spent On The Expand Of Internet Access In Rural Georgia?

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Natia Taktakishvili
20.10.21 12:30
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Budget Performance Report for 9M2021 reads, that project Log-in Georgia, which expands internet access in rural Georgia, still has difficulty using the allocated budget resources.

The World Bank funds Log-in Georgia Project with a loan of EUR 37 million. Works GEL 15 million worth must be fulfilled this year.

According to the plan for 9 months of this year; Log-in Georgia must spend GEL 8.2 million, but they only used GEL 137,000 in 8M2021, which is only 1.7% of the nine-month plan.

The Log-in Georgia project is implemented by a government-founded NGO Open Net. The relevant loan agreement was signed by the Government of Georgia in August 2020. Open Net has launched an "Internet" pilot project in Guria region. Then, Parvus Group won the tender of GEL 10 million with a simplified purchase to set up a net in the region.

The next pilot project was setting up a net in Kobuleti, for which OpenNet initially announced a 2 million tender in April, but it failed, and in a re-announced tender, a contract was signed with the supplier SIS Business Service on August 18, 2021.