In May 1996 STC received Eurasia foundation grant for organisational development. STC is regional coordination node in Caucasus and member of Board of Directors of European Mountain Forum. Forum is dedicated to support processes of mountain sustainable development in Caucasus, vie information exchange, computer communication networking, mutual support, consulting and technical assistance. From September 1996 STC start regional programme - Caucasus Mountain Network and establish 4 regional NGO nodes in the Caucasus mountains. Organisations are registered by low as an regional NGOs.
All regional nodes have minimum office requirement.
Host Country strategy. The environmentally friendly forms of sustainable tourism can play key role in the processes of the mountain regions development in Georgia. Prior or ongoing assistance. It has to be mentioned that Georgia was one of the most popular tourism destination area during the Soviet time. In 1989 Georgia hosted more then 1.7 million domestic and 170.000 foreign visitors.