With the financial support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organized an interactive two-day training on the topic of Documentation Management, as part of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) training.

Documentation Management allows manufacturers to ensure that documentation, record-keeping, and book-keeping systems are in place for the reasons of traceability, data integrity, and quality control.

The training was held for the Georgian biopharmaceutical cluster, which brings together both bacteriophage and herbal pharmaceutical companies and their supporting institutions and aims to help members develop competitiveness, increase sales and gain access to new markets.

The training program was organized under the UN Joint program on Innovative Action for Private Sector Competitiveness in Georgia. The program is funded by the European Union (EU) with a budget of USD 6 million and implemented by four UN agencies – the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The training was led by both local and international highly qualified experts and with the involvement of 26 members of pharmaceutical companies among them, 77% were female. The program received great interest and feedback from the beneficiaries, and the European Union and (UNIDO) will continue to support the Georgian biopharmaceutical cluster in the future in various directions.