Opening Ceremony for the project financed by the Government of Japan Within the framework of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects”

On November 30, the Opening Ceremony for “The Project for Provision of a Second-hand Fire Engine for Tbilisi” within the framework of the “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects” was held at the Training Center of Emergency Management Service.

The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Georgia HE Tadaharu Uehara, leadership of the Emergency Management Services in Georgia, representatives of the Society for Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy and other partners and colleagues involved in implementation of the project.

Under the project, the second-hand fire engine has been provided to Emergency Management Service of Georgia for the rescue missions in Tbilisi area. There are approximately 3-4 thousand fire incidents every year in Tbilisi, approximately 10% of them happen in multi-storey buildings, where people live. The fire engine will be designated for Isani-Samgori area, but can be transported fast to the rest of the territory of Tbilisi, in emergency situations (and could potentially cover 27’580 hectares of territory and save thousands of lives). The funding of the Embassy of Japan for this project is 99’733 USD.

The Human Security Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) provides assistance to relatively small projects and aims at improvement of human security in Georgia. It applies to projects in the field of sustainable agriculture, environment protection, poverty alleviation, public health, education, social protection, etc. Since 1998, 163 GGP projects have been financed in Georgia by the Government of Japan, totaling 16’642’524 USD.