MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OF GEORGIA

Sectoral Agreements:

• Agreement between the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia and the Ministry of Information Industry of the Peoples Republic of China on cooperation in the field of Information and Communications;
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and The Federal Ministry for Transport, innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria on Cooperation in the Modern and Efficient Administration in the Field of Technologies;
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and the Ministry of National Development of Hungary on Cooperation in the Fields of Telecommunications and Information Technology;
• Memorandum of Understanding between The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of the Republic of Korea on Cooperation in the Fields of Information and Communication Technology and Postal Services.

International agreements:

• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on Cooperation in the Fields of Information Technology and Communications;
• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on Cooperation in the Fields of Post, Communications and Information Technologies; 
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the State of Israel on Cooperation in the Fields of Post and Telecommunications;
• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Latvia on Cooperation in the Field of Communications;
• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Latvia on Cooperation in the Field of Information Technologies;
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Greece on Cooperation in the Fields of Post and Telecommunications; 
• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Cooperation in the Field of Communications; 
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of Communications; 
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on Cooperation in the Field of Communications;
•  Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Field of Communications;
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Cooperation exchange of postal items;
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Ukraine on Cooperation in the Field of Communications;
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Cooperation in the Field of Electronic and Postal Communications;
• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan on Cooperation in the Field of Communications;
• Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on Cooperation in the Field of Communications;
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on cooperation in the Fields of Communications and Telecommunications;
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Estonia on cooperation in the Fields of Information and Communications Technologies.

Current Agreements:

• The Agreement’s signing procedures are ongoing with India, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Belarus.

• Georgia is ranked 58th in the Network Readiness (NRI) index among 139 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2016 Global Information Technology Report. Georgia has improved 30 places comparing to 2012;
• Information and Communication Technology Development Index of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - 72 (from 175 countries), in 2016 rates Georgia improved 13 places in the ranking comparing to 2010. 
• In the global innovation index (GII) jointly published by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University (Cornell University) and The European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), Georgia is ranked 64th among 128 countries. Country moved forward with 9 places in the ranking in 2016 comparing to 2015 and with 20 places comparing to 2010.