Newly elected Members of the Parliament of Georgia attend an induction programme to learn about their legislative, oversight and representative functions, as well as broader roles and constitutional responsibilities. The programme was prepared by the Parliament Staff with support from the European Union (EU) and...

European Union and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) present the fourth monitoring report on media coverage of the parliamentary elections covering the period from 26 September until 2 November 2016. The monitoring is implemented through civil society organizations under the joint EU-UNDP project....

The torrents of cascading water, mud and rocks flattening houses, sweeping away roads, lands, cars and farm machinery – thinking of an opening scene from a Hollywood blockbuster, probably directed by some well-known king of enviro-disaster movies? Hate to break the news, but this is a very real story of human...

9 November 2016. Tbilisi. The Centre for Effective Governance System and Territorial Arrangement Reform presents the National Training System for Local Civil Servants in Georgia. Shombi Sharp, Deputy Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Georgia, Tengiz Shergelashvili, Deputy Minister of...

Over 30 civil society initiatives for regional and local development were presented at a two-day conference opened in Tbilisi on October 24. The conference summarises results of a small grants programme rolled out across Georgia in 2015 and 2016 assisting civil society to play active role in resolving local social and...

Challenges of local economies in rural areas of Georgia and the needs of rural population were discussed at the public consultations on Rural Development Policy carried out in Kutaisi and Tbilisi on 20 and 22 October. Organised by the Georgian non-governmental organization Civil Development Agency (CiDA) in...

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...

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...

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...

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...