World Bank and Georgia: Supporting Digital Transformation

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00:28 You know,

00:29 there is just no way to connect to the internet in this rural mountainous village,

00:34 one of thousands that are spread out across all of Georgia,

00:39 but this is going to change soon thanks to

00:41 an initiative by the government of Georgia called OpenNet

00:44 supported by the World Bank with a $40 million investment project in

00:49 strong collaboration with the European Union and the European Investment Bank.

00:53 We will be bringing

00:55 affordable

00:56 broadband internet access

00:59 to 1000 villages

01:01 and some 500,000 individuals

01:05 here

01:06 in Georgia.

01:07 Now

01:08 think of all the benefits that can accrue from the access to the Internet.

01:14 Number 1,

01:16 education

01:16 here

01:17 in this rural village,

01:19 it's hard to have access to quality education.

01:22 The pandemic has shown us

01:24 that providing

01:26 online distance learning

01:27 is a solution that can be brought to help provide quality education to people

01:32 in more rural areas.

01:34 2.

01:35 The next hospital is miles away.

01:37 Providing access to healthcare through

01:39 telemedicine is also an important opportunity

01:43 to boost the human capital here in rural Georgia.

01:47 Third and finally,

01:49 the internet will provide tremendous.

01:50 Opportunity for entrepreneurs in rural Georgia,

01:54 providing them with access to finance,

01:56 access to skills,

01:57 and access to new markets.

02:00 Let's meet Iya who runs a fascinating business here

02:03 in

02:04 rural Georgia.

02:26 It's a pleasure to meet you and uh I

02:29 think it's wonderful that you are running such a successful

02:32 uh beekeeping business here and also I understand an agro business

02:36 um so Ya,

02:36 can you tell me a little bit

02:38 um

02:39 tell me a little bit more about your business.

02:41 E.

03:00 Business.

03:25 B.

04:09 Thank you,

04:10 Didi Madlova.

04:11 So I think this is a great example

04:13 of um entrepreneurship at work

04:16 and the benefits that the Log in Georgia project can bring.

04:19 Um,

04:20 the Log in Georgia project will support all entrepreneurs in rural Georgia,

04:26 um,

04:26 but there will be specific training sessions that will focus on supporting

04:30 women entrepreneurs,

04:32 uh,

04:32 people with disabilities,

04:34 as well as ethnic minorities throughout Georgia

04:36 so that they can follow in Iya's very successful footsteps.

04:40 Um,

04:40 and so with this in mind,

04:42 uh,

04:43 I think that we have great opportunity

04:45 to help overcome

04:46 the economic,

04:48 uh,

04:48 dualism that continues to exist in Georgia

04:52 and to provide opportunity to the people in rural Georgia.

05:13 With this Log in Georgia project,

05:15 we will be supporting governments,

05:17 digital broadband,

05:18 as well as digital economy strategy.

05:21 We will be working

05:22 in close partnership

05:24 with the EU as well as the EIB

05:27 to support government's

05:28 open net initiative to bring broadband

05:31 to rural Georgia.

05:33 Importantly,

05:34 with this Log in Georgia project,

05:37 we believe that we will be able to harness the opportunity and the power

05:42 of digital technologies

05:44 and hence

05:45 bring opportunity

05:46 and jobs

05:47 to the people

05:48 in rural Georgia.

05:50 Didi Malova.

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You know, there is just no way to connect to the internet in this rural mountainous village, one of thousands that are spread out across all of Georgia, but this is going to change soon thanks to an initiative by the government of Georgia called OpenNet supported by the World Bank with a $40 million investment project in strong collaboration with the European Union and the European Investment Bank. We will be bringing affordable broadband internet access to 1000 villages and some 500,000 individuals here in Georgia. Now think of all the benefits that can accrue from the access to the Internet. Number 1, education here in this rural village, it's hard to have access to quality education. The pandemic has shown us that providing online distance learning is a solution that can be brought to help provide quality education to people in more rural areas. 2. The next hospital is miles away. Providing access to healthcare through telemedicine is also an important opportunity to boost the human capital here in rural Georgia. Third and finally, the internet will provide tremendous. Opportunity for entrepreneurs in rural Georgia, providing them with access to finance, access to skills, and access to new markets. Let's meet Iya who runs a fascinating business here in rural Georgia. It's a pleasure to meet you and uh I think it's wonderful that you are running such a successful uh beekeeping business here and also I understand an agro business um so Ya, can you tell me a little bit um tell me a little bit more about your business. E. Business. B. Thank you, Didi Madlova. So I think this is a great example of um entrepreneurship at work and the benefits that the Log in Georgia project can bring. Um, the Log in Georgia project will support all entrepreneurs in rural Georgia, um, but there will be specific training sessions that will focus on supporting women entrepreneurs, uh, people with disabilities, as well as ethnic minorities throughout Georgia so that they can follow in Iya's very successful footsteps. Um, and so with this in mind, uh, I think that we have great opportunity to help overcome the economic, uh, dualism that continues to exist in Georgia and to provide opportunity to the people in rural Georgia. With this Log in Georgia project, we will be supporting governments, digital broadband, as well as digital economy strategy. We will be working in close partnership with the EU as well as the EIB to support government's open net initiative to bring broadband to rural Georgia. Importantly, with this Log in Georgia project, we believe that we will be able to harness the opportunity and the power of digital technologies and hence bring opportunity and jobs to the people in rural Georgia. Didi Malova.

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