According to Levan Natroshvili, Executive Director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), the Grant Management Agency was a "facade" concept from the very beginning, resulting in nothing more than a "wasteful squandering of the budget and bureaucratic resources."

Natroshvili was commenting on the government's decision to close the Grant Management Agency.

Furthermore, Natroshvili stated that the narrative claiming non-governmental organizations are "fabricated" entities that did not exist a century ago amounts to a deliberate falsification of history.

According to Natroshvili, independent civic association, solidarity, and the protection of freedom are part of Georgia's historical tradition, whereas the government's attempt to silence alternative views and bring them under its control is characteristic of autocracy.

"The closure of the Grant Management Agency confirms exactly what we said from the start: the state's attempt to create a 'pocket' civil society sector was a stillborn, facade-like idea from the outset. The only result was a wasteful squandering of budget funds and bureaucratic resources." As for the narrative that non-governmental organizations are somehow "invented" and did not exist a century ago, this is a deliberate falsification of history.

Leaving aside global experience, what was the "Society for the Spreading of Literacy Among Georgians"—founded by Ilia Chavchavadze back in the 19th century—if not a classic non-governmental organization? It was an association completely independent of the Tsarist regime that saved the Georgian language and identity. Ekvtime Takaishvili’s Historical-Ethnographic Society was likewise a prime example of such civic self-organization.

Independent civic association, solidarity, and the protection of freedom are part of the Georgian historical tradition. In contrast, the government's attempt to bring everything under its own control and silence dissenting views is characteristic only of autocratic rule," writes Natroshvili.