Implemented within the USAID Economic Security Program, this project aims to accelerate the creation of higher-value jobs as well as the generation of investment, and to increase incomes and revenues for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the following sectors: tourism, light manufacturing, shared intellectual services, creative industries, and solid waste management.
The objectives of the project are as follows:
Objective 1: To establish thematic working groups within each sector/value chain. The working groups will include female and male representatives of the private sector, clusters, business associations, government, and civil society.
Objective 2: To review the eco-system within each value chain, namely light manufacturing (construction materials and personal and protective equipment (PPE)), solid waste management, and recycling, and to identify key economic issues and develop policy briefs.
Objective 3: To compile the six developed policy briefs into a “Compendium of Policy Briefs in Support of Key Economic Sectors and Value Chains” and present them to the USAID EG and D&G partners in a roundtable format, and to the representatives of government and political parties at PPD sessions.
Objective 4: To monitor the progress made by, and the outcomes of, the PPDs.
To achieve the project objectives, our team will develop the following:
On September 9, we presented the findings of the research entitled “Investment and Export Promotion via Diagonal Cumulation between Georgia, Türkiye, and the European Union” at a forum organized by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia with the support of the USAID Economic Security Program, the EU, and GIZ.
We recently started working on a new project entitled “Communal Infrastructure for Environment and Tourism Improvement - Lot 2: Accompanying Measures,” aimed at improving the living conditions of people in four Georgian municipalities (Baghdati, Vani, Samtredia, and Kazbegi) through improving the supply of hygienically-sound drinking water and environmentally-safe sanitation infrastructure.
We recently completed a project entitled “Executive Roundtable (ERT) Session on Non-Profit Budgeting Process,” carried out by the USAID HICD Activity and implemented by the Kaizen, Tetra Tech company, aiming to facilitate collaboration, collective learning, and organizational development in the non-profit budgeting process with a cohort of selected organizations, including the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), and the Georgian Association of Social Workers (GASW).
On September 19-23, the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM) is hosting the 2022 International Conference at the University Club of Washington DC, offering the first opportunity in over two years for the global PFM community to gather in-person to network and connect with leading professionals and colleagues from across the world, in a unique and distinguished setting.
On July 28, PMCG supported a workshop organized by the EU and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia as part of the project “Support to Environmental Protection and Fight Against Climate Change in Georgia.”
In November 2025, hotel price index in Georgia decreased by 5.9% month-over-month (MoM), with the largest declines in Guria, Tbilisi, and Samtskhe-Javakheti. In November 2025, hotel price index in Georgia decreased by 4.2% year-over-year (YoY), with the largest declines in Imereti, Kakheti, and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. The average price of a room ranged from 101 GEL to 390 GEL in November 2025.
In October 2025, the number of persons receiving a salary increased by 1.9% month-over-month and by 2.6% year-over-year. In October 2025, vacancies published on Jobs.ge decreased month-over-month by 12.2% and by 2.1% year-over-year. The number of vacancies in IT and programming category increased the most both year-over-year (+54.8%) and month-over-month (+5.0%) in October 2025. In Q3 2025, compared to Q2 2025, labor market expanded, as seasonally adjusted job opening rate increased and unemployment rate decreased, while labor market efficiency remained unchanged.
In October 2025, hotel price index in Georgia decreased by 9.6% month-over-month (MoM), with the largest declines in Adjara,Guria, and Kakheti. In October 2025, hotel price index in Georgia decreased by 2.3% year-over-year(YoY), with the largest declines in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Samegrelo-ZemoSvaneti, and Kakheti. The average price of a room ranged from 100 GEL to 442 GEL in October 2025.
In September 2025, the number of people receiving a monthly salary increasedby 4.9%month-over-month and by 2.6% year-over-year. The total number of vacancies published on Jobs.ge increased month-over-month (+20.0%) and year-over-year (+4.7%). Over the past three months, the number of vacancies on Jobs.gein logistics declined by 4.5%, while those in management fell by 4.4% compared to the same period in 2024.
The Business Association of Georgia (BAG) Index is a joint product of the Business Association of Georgia, PMC Research Center, and the ifo Institute for Economic Research. The BAG Index summarizes the BAG Business Climate, BAG Employment Barometer, and BAG Investment Environment, which are calculated according to the assessments of the top managers of BAG member businesses and companies in their corporate group. BAG and PMC Research Center publish the BAG Index on a quarterly basis from Q4 2019.