European Commission Director General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Gert Jan Koopman, is already in Tbilisi to discuss bilateral and regional cooperation and launch new initiatives.

During the meetings he will discuss EU-Georgia cooperation, including the work on the 9 steps linked to Georgia’s EU candidate status.

Koopman already met with the President Salome Zourabichvili and representatives of the NGO sector.

He will also meet with the Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, members of the Government including First Vice Prime Minister / Minister of Economy Levan Davitashvili, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, representatives of parliamentary parties, as well as investment partners.

Gert Jan Koopman will launch several EU funded projects to help rehabilitate Georgia’s irrigation network, to foster investments in renewable energy generation capacities and to support local currency lending for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.