摘要：The paper provides an analysis of the impact of state program aimed at promoting entrepreneurial activities of youth in Georgia. The program named “Young Entrepreneur” was established to provide necessary funds for the young people in order to help them in overcoming one of the major obstacles they face when trying to start own business, that is lack of finances. Because of the greater attention to the program and its funding from the budget it is important to study how successful the program was and how properly the taxpayers’ money was spent. The hypothesis of the research states that the program was successful and met the expectations and results pre-defined by its authors. Paper introduces the program, its objectives and components and provides relevant data analysis to show an impact of the program. Study employs the data taken from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia. The program financed total 241 beneficiaries. For evaluation of the program 5 criteria are used: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. Analysis given in the paper indicates that the program was successful. The annual indicators were fully achieved compared to the planned indicators. Furthermore, the program was implemented efficiently with the low budget expenditure. Finally, based on the evaluation and analysis, specific recommendations are provided. As there are no previous scientific or policy evaluations of the program, the paper is a first attempt to analyse the results of the “Young Entrepreneur”.
