Legal structure

Horticultural Education and Demonstration Centre

For sustainable Development of HTDC for the IAZ GHCD project, it was decided to found Non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) (NNLE) organization and invite international and local parties to participate in the project implementation process.

The Founding Members of the Organization

The 100% Founding Member of the NNLE HTDC is LLC Imereti Agro zone (100% state-owned LLC founded in 2017 by Rural Development Agency (RDA)) to develop the IAZ GHCD project for supporting agricultural development in the Imereti region, Georgia.

A Class

Class A Members - Class A Members may be any legal or natural person supplying agri input, greenhouse technologies and/or any products/services related to the purposes/objectives of the Organization, wishes to participate in activities of the Organization and pays Class A Membership Fee (in accordance with the provisions of the HTDC Charter). The person may obtain Class A Member status by the respective decision of the Executive Board

Class A Members are entitled to:

Participate in the General Meeting with a right to vote
Nominate 2 Members of the Executive Board during the first 3 years from incorporation of the Organization
Inform Class B members regarding important decisions and actions
Review and analyze information provided by the Class B Members
Suggest new programs and/or provide feedback for improvement of the existing ones
Suggest to the Academic Board ideas for necessary Trainings
Make in kind contributions (Matter of the Valuation and other related terms & Conditions to be negotiated with LLC IAZ

Class A Provisions for HTDC Members

Access to the HTDC Matchmaking Platform
Agri-Technical Consultancy
Agri-Technological Consultancy
Financial Consultancy
Legal Consultancy
Agri-inputs & Supplies

B Class

Class B Members - Class B Members may be any legal or natural person, which intends to participate in the activities of the Organization without payment of any membership fees. Such person shall obtain the Class B Member status by the respective decision of the Executive Board. Class B Members are considered as the main beneficiaries of IAZ GHCD project, they are mainly associated to the Imereti greenhouse farmer communities, and shall not be required to pay any HTDC membership fee

Class B Members are entitled to:

Attend the General Meeting and participate in discussions without a right to vote
Class B members Inform the General Meeting regarding the needs/or problems of the seeking solutions for the farmers
Inform farmer communities regarding decisions of General Meeting and activities of the organization

Class B Members Access to the services provided by HTDC

Access to the Agri-Technical Consultancy
Access to the Agri-Technological Consultancy
Access to the Financial Consultancy
Access to the Legal Consultancy
Access to the Agri-inputs & Supplies
Access to the DA programs and IFI technical assistance
Access to the knowledge, Trainings
Access to the IAZ HTDC Matchmaking Platform

C Class

Class C Members - Class C Members may include various universities, vocational training centers and other representatives of the academic field. C members shall pay Membership Fee (in accordance with the provisions of the HTDC Charter)

Class C Members are entitled to:

Attend General Meeting and participate in discussions without right to vote
Nominate 2 members of the academic board on General Meeting
Vote on General Meetings solely in relation to the appointment of the Academic Board Members

Class C Members Access to the services provided by HTDC:

Provision of the Agri-Technical educational programs
Provision of the Agri-Technological educational Programs management educational programsProvision to the Financial, bookkeeping, Agri-project
Access to the DA programs and IFI technical-assistance
Access to the IAZ HTDC Matchmaking Platform