At a briefing held on 5 April, the Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimer Konstantinidi announced the launch of the grant programme “Supporting the Georgian Dancing and Singing Groups Abroad ”.
The aim of the programme is to deepen the Georgian Diaspora’s links with their homeland and to popularize Georgia and its culture abroad. The programme is implemented as a pilot and envisages funding the projects designed to contribute to the functioning and development of folklore dancing groups.
About 89 folklore troupes are currently functioning outside of Georgia.
The deadline for the implementation of the projects submitted to the contest is 1 December 2021.