Media Monitoring Reflects Tensions of Pre-Election Month

Georgian civil society organizations unveiled the results of election media monitoring at a press conference on October 6, 2016. Supported by the European Union and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), media monitoring examines media performance during the 2016 Parliamentary elections in Georgia and covers...

Blog: Can operations be innovative? At UNDP Georgia – absolutely!

We have experimented a lot in Georgia - especially in operations - seeking ways to provide ever faster and simplified services to all our clients, our programme above all. This is how we help UNDP make an even bigger change in people’s lives. So where did it all start? Long before the ATLAS era – UNDP Georgia...

Social Good Summit in Georgia Creates New Opportunities for People with Disabilities

A two-day innovative workshop “I Can / მე შემიძლია” kicked off in Tbilisi today to generate creative and realistic ideas about better opportunities for People with Disabilities. The workshop brought together a diverse group of people – civil servants, human rights activists, people with disabilities, artists and...

Policy Forum Discusses Rural Development Strategy of Georgia

BORJOMI. 2 October 2016 – Over fifty representatives of the Government of Georgia, civil society and international organizations got together in Borjomi on 1-2 October to discuss Rural Development Strategy of Georgia which will be finalised and presented to the Government in the coming weeks. The event was...

Green Initiatives Boost Local Development in Georgia

Thirty-three non-governmental and community organizations presented the results of environmental initiatives carried out since 2012 in different regions of Georgia. The programme was supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of...

Georgia Introduces Work-Based Learning in Vocational Education

Work-Based Learning in agriculture, as a new concept in vocational education and training, was discussed at a conference in Tbilisi on 28 September 2016. The forum brought together representatives of the Georgian Government, educational institutions, vocational schools, farmers’ unions, civil society and...

What Georgia Needs to Reduce Mercury Emissions

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Georgia and Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia presented the results of an assessment that examines legal-regulatory framework and institutional capacities of the Georgian Government and other agencies needed for the effective...

Tbilisi Photo Festival Opens Discussion on Gender Equality

The annual international Photo Festival in Tbilisi joins hands with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to host a discussion ‘Women Photographers – Agents of Change’. A photo show and open round table on 19 September highlighted the work of distinguished female photographers and provided a platform...

UNDP and Government of Georgia commit to GEL 6.8 million rural development initiative funded by EU and Government of Adjara

Shombi Sharp, UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in Georgia, and Otar Danelia, Minister of Agriculture of Georgia signed an agreement to continue assistance to rural development in the country through a GEL 6.8 million project funded by the European Union and the Government of Adjara. This initiative will assist in...

What Do Georgians Think About Public Services?

Quality of roads, public kindergartens, cleaning service and citizen engagement in decision-making are in focus of a research commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Swiss Cooperation Office (SCO) for the South Caucasus and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) and carried out by the...