Press Release: Georgia joins Horizon 2020, the EU’s Research and Innovation Programme

The agreement associating Georgia to Horizon 2020 was signed on 29 April 2016 on behalf of the European Commission by Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Tamar Sanikidze, Georgian Minister for Education and Science.

With this agreement, researchers and innovators from Georgia were able to participate in Horizon 2020, the EU's framework programme for research and innovation, under the same conditions as their counterparts from EU Member States and other associated countries.