The United States is partnering with Georgia, a former Soviet Republic that gained its independence in 1991, to strengthen its self-reliance and independence by helping the country to develop its democratic institutions and build a more dynamic, diversified, and inclusive economy.
美国正在与1991年获得独立的前苏联加盟共和国格鲁吉亚合作，帮助格鲁吉亚发展民主体制，建设一个更具活力、多样化和包容性的经济，从而加强格鲁吉亚的自力更生和独立。
One sure fire way to bolster any country’s economic growth is to support an enabling environment for young people, especially women, to succeed in the economy. And that is exactly what the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is doing in Georgia.
支持任何国家的经济增长的一个可靠的方法是为年轻人，特别是女性，在经济上取得成功提供有利的环境。这正是美国国际开发署在格鲁吉亚所做的。
In , in an effort to encourage innovation and promote entrepreneurship among the country’s youth and women, USAID partnered with the Georgia-based non-profit organization Crystal Fund to launch the Supporting Youth and Women Entrepreneurship in Georgia, or YES-Georgia, program.
，为了鼓励创新和促进该国青年和女性的创业精神，美国国际开发署与设在乔治亚州的非营利组织水晶基金合作，启动了支持乔治亚州青年和妇女创业精神项目。
Since then, YES-Georgia has helped more than 3,000 young entrepreneurs and professionals- about 60 percent of them women. Through this program, USAID provided professional skills training to some 900 young people; mobilized 230 million dollars from private and public funds to support youth-owned microenterprises and startup businesses, and assisted more than 200 young people to draft business proposals and apply for financing.
从那时起，YES-Georgia已经帮助了3000多名年轻的企业家和专业人士，其中60%是女性。通过这个项目，美国国际开发署为大约900名年轻人提供了专业技能培训；动员民间和社会资金2.3亿美元，支持青年微型企业和创业，帮助200多名青年起草创业计划书、申请融资。
In late January, while visiting Georgia, USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick took the program a step further announcing an expansion of the YES-Georgia program to support women up to the age of 50. This was in line with the U.S. government’s Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, or W-GDP. The program will also launch new activities to support women entrepreneurs, including opportunities to apply for financing.
1月下旬，美国国际开发署副署长邦妮·格里克在访问格鲁吉亚期间进一步宣布扩大YES-Georgia项目，以支持50岁以上的女性。这与美国政府的妇女全球发展与繁荣倡议相一致。该项目还将启动支持女性企业家的新活动，包括申请融资的机会。
“This new expansion will include supporting women re-entering the workforce later in life, reflecting the practical reality that female entrepreneurs often venture into business at that stage and tend to concentrate in industries with lower capital intensity and average revenue,” said Deputy Administrator Glick. “The long-term goal is to change the way that people think about women’s participation in entrepreneurship, recognizing that many women are held back by negative gender stereotypes. So the program also includes outreach activities to reach 100,000 women and girls across Georgia through media campaigns, social networking, events, and other activities.”
“这一新的扩展将包括支持妇女在以后的生活中重新进入劳动力市场，这反映了一个现实，即女企业家往往在这一阶段从事商业活动，往往集中在资本密度和平均收入较低的行业，” 副署长格里克说。“长期目标是改变人们对妇女参与创业的看法，认识到许多妇女受到消极的性别成见的束缚。因此，该计划还包括通过媒体宣传、社交网络、活动和其他活动，向乔治亚州10万名妇女和女童提供服务。”
“Like the rest of the world, the people of Georgia want and deserve a stable democracy, with transparent operations built upon the rule of law, safeguarded by a healthy civil society exercising its basic freedoms of conscience, with an opportunity for all populations in society to contribute.”
“同世界其他地方一样，格鲁吉亚人民希望并应该有一个稳定的民主制度，其运作建立在法治的基础上，并由一个行使其基本良心自由的健康的文明社会加以保障，社会上所有人都有机会作出贡献。”
“USAID programming like YES-Georgia is designed to help Georgia progress down this path.”
“像YES-Georgia这样的美国国际开发署项目旨在帮助格鲁吉亚沿着这条道路前进。”
