Business Consulting Network Georgia

Creation of an enabling environment and support of business development service providers are further conditions for a successful promotion of SMEs. In 2006, SME Support Project set up a network of Business Support Organizations throughout Georgia to offer the whole package of consulting and know-how necessary to provide the complete range of services needed to develop a functioning SME market in Georgia. Since then, the network has expanded with its new offices set up in other regions of Georgia as well. Presently, Business Consulting Network Georgia" is a wide network of business consulting organizations which covers Tbilisi Consulting, Gori Consulting, Kutaisi Consulting, Batumi Consulting, Zugdidi Consulting and Telavi Consulting:

Tbilisi Consulting: Association of Young Economists of Georgia
Address: 35, Orbeliani Street, Tbilisi 0105, Georgia
Tel: (995 32) 92 28 39
Fax: (995 32) 92 24 61
Email: tbilisi@bcng.ge
Website: www.bcng.ge
Contact person: Ani Katamidze, Project Manager, mob: 877 45 69 87

Batumi Consulting: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
Address: 26, Melashvili Street, Batumi, Georgia
Tel: (995 222) 7-28-41
Fax: (995 222) 7-28-42
E-mail: batumi@bcng.ge
Website: www.bcng.ge
Contact person: Jason Tsertsvadze, Project Manager, mob: 877 45 61 60

Kutaisi Consulting: Association of Young Economists of Georgia, Imereti Branch
Address: 8, Rustaveli Street, Kutaisi, Georgia
Tel: (+995 321) 4 40 85
Email: kutaisi@bcng.ge
Website: www.bcng.ge
Contact person: Kakha Gvantseladze, Project Manager, mob: 895 33 45 77

Telavi Consulting: Telavi Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Address: 17, Davitashvili Street, Telavi, Georgia
Tel/Fax: (995 825) 7-60-57
Email: telavi@bcng.ge
Website:www.bcng.ge
Contact person: Konstantine Makhatelashvili, Project Manager, mob: 899 57 18 57

Zugdidi Consulting: Zugdidi Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Address: 89, Rustaveli Street, Zugdidi
Tel: (995 215) 5-19-50
Fax: (+995 83) 15-5-19-50
Email: zugdidi@bcng.ge
Website: www.bcng.ge
Contact person: Iuri Tsotseria, Project Manager, mob: 899 51 51 48

Gori Consulting: Georgian Rural Development Fund
Address: 1, Mshvidobis ave., Gori
Tel/Fax: (995 270) 7-70-80
E-mail: gori@bcng.ge
Website: www.bcng.ge
Contact person: Gia Chonishvili, Project Manager, mob: 899 51 63 73

BCNG Offers Business Consultations on:

• Legal and taxation issues;
• Finance and Accounting Issues;
• Business Planning and Borrowing;
• Business Registration;
• Licenses and Permits;
• Procedures for Incorporation;
• Advertising, Communication and Marketing Strategy;
• Hiring and Staffing Issues;
• Design and Structure of Organization;
• ISO standards;
• GSP, GSP+;

• Investment and Trade Promotion Services and others.

  BCNG Offers Training Courses in:

• Management;
• Marketing;
• Accounting;
• Business Planning;

• Human Resource Management and others.

  The Business Consulting offices also serve as an important link between regional businesses and Government - advocating for business-friendly laws and practices and making sure the voice of the businesses are heard by the Government. BCNG is an effective tool to increase employment and level of business activity in Georgia, to build an entrepreneurial culture, and improve quality standards within the business community.

  To get full information on BCNG activities, please visit a new corporate Business Consulting Network Georgia Website - www.bcng.ge designed to enhance support to the SME sector in Georgia and promote the network services. This one-stop information database for SMEs will help the large audience of interested stakeholders to obtain useful business support/consulting information on tax and customs issues, licenses and permits, business registration, marketing and management, export promotion, business planning, business development opportunities and others. The website information being developed in close cooperation with the relevant government agencies is expected to further facilitate the public-private dialogue.

   

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