Managing Director of Holistic Solutions visits Georgia

The Managing Director of Czech Company, Holistic Solutions, Jaromir Novak visited Georgia within the frame of the project Energy Efficient Technologies for Rural Development, which is being implemented in collaboration with CARE Czech, Agricultural Cooperatives Fund, Rural Communities Development Agency (RCDA).

The goal of the visit was to discuss with different stakeholders current state of biomass technology in Georgia and identify opportunities of cooperation among Georgian and Czech biomass technology producers.

During the visit, the meetings were organized with the representatives of the Czech Embassy, Czech Development Cooperation, UNDP, Academy of Sciences and the representatives of state and non-state agencies, businesses engaged in developing biomass technologies.

The project team together with the technical experts visited a number of enterprises in Kakheti (Akhmeta Municipality) and Samegrelo Zemo Svaneti (Khobi Municipality), producing Fire Wood Stoves (FWS), charcoal, fuel briquettes from biomass residues and demonstration models of farms and enterprises utilizing locally existing renewable energy resources developed by RCDA.

The field visits clearly demonstrated the need, potential, and opportunities for developing biomass-based technologies in Georgia that can, on the one hand, provide access of the rural population to cheap and affordable energy and on the other hand instigate the development of a wide range of small businesses in rural areas.

The Cooperative Fund was created in 2017 by CARE, based on the agricultural cooperatives, supported under the ENPARD cooperatives project. It assists agricultural cooperatives in Georgia to develop their businesses, through increasing their access to financial and technical resources.

Rural Communities Development Agency, a Non-Governmental organization, was established in 1997 by a group of small farmers, farmers’ credit unions and farmers’ co-operatives, CBOs and NGOs, which are the main stakeholders in its activities. The members of the organization are 1200 physical persons and 74 legal entities.

Its mission is Helping Build Empowered Sustainable Communities through fulfilling the potential of people by enlarging their capabilities and enabling them to participate actively in their development.

Holistic Solutions is an international team of professionals that provides comprehensive and multi-disciplinary consulting services in the areas of sustainable development, agriculture, and environmental protection.

Holistic Solutions offers a guide for development projects as well as for companies on their journey and lead them through many of the current development challenges. Their team designs and manages projects holistically to achieve sustainability and efficiency of the implemented activities.