Partner organization “Imedi” held meetings with small groups and individuals in Zugdidi regarding the application “Online-Vote-O-Meter”.
Some of the young people filled in the application on the spot, which turned out to be interesting for them. They expressed a desire that they will definitely include others, since the process of comparing the vision of citizens with the programs of the party is interesting. The application is active, and they can fill it in and share information with their close people any time.
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,
women’s Foundation (Sweden)
A pilot e-petition model was introduced in Khoni Municipality. What was the preparatory stage? How the work was carried out? What are the results?
This is what the publication "Implementation of e - petition in Khoni municipality" tells the reader about. This is an exchange of successful practice, and anyone who wishes can implement it with the same success.
The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia
It was a project that brought lots of changes in eight municipalities. A project that, through improving electronic services, solved the problems of citizens.
The concrete results of active work over two years were discussed by the project participants at the final conference "Strengthening and Involvement of Local Civil Society Organizations in monitoring of Public Administration Reform/PAR in Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi - lessons learned".
The conference was inter-municipal - in addition to the 8 municipalities included in the project, representatives of 19 municipalities, civil society organizations and mass media of Western Georgia also participated.
“Through your project, we hear the voice of citizens”, “With your successful project, you were able to do the main thing - a continuous dialogue between the population and the government and the identification of problems. This is the main component in the process of public administration reform”, mentioned the representatives of central government structures.
The conference clearly demonstrated the results and achievements of the project.
The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia
Another informational meeting on “Voters’ Advice Application” was held with the members of Kortskheli youth club - future entrepreneurs. The youth had many questions, and the meeting was interactive. Some of the meeting participants cannot take part in the elections because of their age, although this information is important for them for two reasons: they can easily provide assistance to older people interested in the application, and through such a platform, after several years they will make a meaningful decision at the ballot boxes.
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,
women’s Foundation (Sweden)
Voters’ Advice Application has been introduced – in Zugdidi municipality for the local self-government elections in 2021.
This is the second application of the Fund "Sukhumi". The first was activated for the 2020 parliamentary elections - more than 70,000 voters used this online platform and received information about the programs of political actors.
The preparatory work was completed: information leaflets were printed, questions were developed and the answers of political units were reflected, a video clip is ready, informational meetings were held and will be held in Zugdidi municipality.
http://onlinemricxveli.ge/ - the online Vote-O-Meter is now available!
Now it's up to the Zugdidi voters ...
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,
women’s Foundation (Sweden)
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• Code of ethics for professional public workers of local self-government and a code of ethics for a member of City Council was developed and approved
• Concrete amount was allocated from the budget and the website of the municipality was modernized, electronic services were improved
• Council of persons with disabilities was created
• Contracts with provider organizations were signed and the process of Internetization of the municipality is underway
• A system of electronic petition and online broadcasting of City Council meetings is being introduced
• Work to introduce civil budgeting is actively underway
This and much more has been achieved as a result of the active work of Vani working group. Challenges also remain - this concerns raising the level of awareness of citizens and public servants on electronic services, and the group continues to work on it.
The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia
Within the framework of the project “Youth Initiatives for a Healthy Environment” Members of Kutaisi Youth Initiative Group spoke about the progress of the project. They noted that they had the logo of the club ready, T-shirts were ordered, and now they are actively continuing to work on the implementation of the prescribed activities.
As for the women's initiative group, they had online meeting with the deputy head of the service for the development of infrastructure, improvement and cleaning of the city of Kutaisi municipality Karlo Kukhianidze. The members of the group received an answer from a competent person to their questions. The representative of the City Hall promised them to check a number of issues and assist in submission with relevant services.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
The meeting was attended by representatives of local self-government of 10 municipalities of Western Georgia, social workers, representatives of crisis centers and private business, active women.
They were provided with a research conducted by the Fund "Sukhumi" "Support for the employment of women - services for childcare - prevention of domestic violence/violence against women and effective response".
During the meeting, they talked about how much the lack of additional childcare services creates an obstacle in the employment of women and their independent life. It was noted that, based on the data obtained from the monitoring, advocacy will begin to create or develop additional childcare services aimed at women’s needs.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - EvangelischerEntwicklungsdienst (Germany)
“I knew that it was necessary to resolve the conflict, but I did not know how to do it peacefully. I knew I had to be tolerant, but I didn’t know how. ”
“At first I prepared to listen to the usual training, just for the sake of responsibility, but within three hours I was in a completely different world. That was the first impression. And these five months have grown in us not only a resource of informal knowledge, but also a better citizen”.
This is what talented young people from Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha and Senaki municipalities said at the final meeting and thanked the trainers of the Fund "Sukhumi": Nino Chabukiani, Larisa Shengelia and Beka Potskhveria for their successful work.
