The House of Business Studies of the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has completed the first large-scale survey on the capabilities of the maritime sector.
The online presentation of the survey results was opened by Giorgi Pertaia, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Giorgi Abashishvili, Director of the House of Business Studies and Tamar Ioseliani, Director of the Georgian Maritime Transport Agency and it was attended by about 80 participants.
"The rapid adoption of all initiated bills, the introduction of tax breaks for maritime companies and the experience of countries such as Malta, Cyprus, Greece and Denmark should be taken into account in order to accurately record the number of registered and employed seafarers. must be carried out by the agency and all relevant government agencies. To ensure registration in the Unified Register of the Active Sailor Agency. It is necessary for the Agency and the relevant responsible state bodies to take measures to ensure the registration of all active sailors in the Unified Register of the Agency. Therefore, it is important to create a unified seafarers employment portal, especially to unite maritime actors and business entities under an organizational umbrella, which will also be a thematic platform for the industry and will lobby the interests of the industry and its participants, enhance the competitiveness of the industry, facilitate dialogue between stakeholders and connect them one another". - Said Giorgi Pertaia, President of the Chamber of Commerce.
“The research was carried out mainly on the problems of the field and, accordingly, recommendations were prepared. These recommendations focused on the types of findings that will increase maritime revenue for the country and the people employed in the field, at the same time increasing the number of people employed in the field" - said Giorgi Abashishvili, director of the House of Business Studies.
According to him, the recommendations mentioned that it is important to regulate the legislation and bring it in line with the obligations under the Association Agreement.
"All the main recommendations will be shared by the agency and cooperation with the agency in this regard will continue" - said Abashishvili
Local and well-known international experts participated in the study.
The online presentation of the survey results was opened by Giorgi Pertaia, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Giorgi Abashishvili, Director of the House of Business Studies and Tamar Ioseliani, Director of the Georgian Maritime Transport Agency and it was attended by about 80 participants.
"The rapid adoption of all initiated bills, the introduction of tax breaks for maritime companies and the experience of countries such as Malta, Cyprus, Greece and Denmark should be taken into account in order to accurately record the number of registered and employed seafarers. must be carried out by the agency and all relevant government agencies. To ensure registration in the Unified Register of the Active Sailor Agency. It is necessary for the Agency and the relevant responsible state bodies to take measures to ensure the registration of all active sailors in the Unified Register of the Agency. Therefore, it is important to create a unified seafarers employment portal, especially to unite maritime actors and business entities under an organizational umbrella, which will also be a thematic platform for the industry and will lobby the interests of the industry and its participants, enhance the competitiveness of the industry, facilitate dialogue between stakeholders and connect them one another". - Said Giorgi Pertaia, President of the Chamber of Commerce.
“The research was carried out mainly on the problems of the field and, accordingly, recommendations were prepared. These recommendations focused on the types of findings that will increase maritime revenue for the country and the people employed in the field, at the same time increasing the number of people employed in the field" - said Giorgi Abashishvili, director of the House of Business Studies.
According to him, the recommendations mentioned that it is important to regulate the legislation and bring it in line with the obligations under the Association Agreement.
"All the main recommendations will be shared by the agency and cooperation with the agency in this regard will continue" - said Abashishvili
Local and well-known international experts participated in the study.
