The Climate Action is in focus of a new initiative kicked off by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Minister Gigla Agulashvili and Head of UNDP in Georgia, Niels Scott, signed an agreement...

Sustainable waste management is in focus of a new initiative kicked off by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia and the Georgian non-governmental organization Georgia’s Environmental Outlook (GEO), with the support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the...

Four months ahead of the local self-governance elections in October 2017, female councillors from all regions of Georgia gathered in Tbilisi on July 3 to discuss the ways of increasing participation of women in Georgian politics. The 4th annual Forum of Women Councillors focused on the role of women in local...

Eight cities of Georgia, Telavi, Gori, Akhaltsikhe, Zugdidi, Poti, Ozurgeti, Batumi and Kutaisi, are hosting the seminars about arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution tool suitable for lawyers and businesses. The information campaign is organised by the Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC), in...

TBILISI. 22 June 2017 – Georgian public servants, civil society professionals and representatives of international organizations attend a two-day conference in Tbilisi to analyse the ongoing civil service reform in Georgia. The conference offers an innovative Foresight Methodology recognised by one of the best tools...

Anti-corruption practitioners and representatives of local governments, civil society and international organizations from Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine take part in the 2nd Regional Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Professionals Network at the Black Sea on June 26, 2017, in Kutaisi, Georgia. Municipality of...

Artificial barriers and societal misconceptions are the main reasons for women to be less active in Georgian political parties, concludes the research unveiled by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on June, 13, 2017.  The research examines the obstacles faced by Georgian women while striving for a...

Up to 50 representatives of Local Action Groups in Adjara known as AMAGs (Active Citizens’ Local Unions) from Keda, Khulo, Shuakhevi, Khelvachauri and Kobuleti participated in the EU’s LEADER training, which took place on 29 May - 1 June in Shuakhevi and Kobuleti, Adjara. The participants of the training received...

Over 100 high-school students and teachers from the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia took part in the Youth Forum in Tbilisi on May 29, 2017. The Forum participants discussed the problems of youth in the region and presented the results of small projects they have initiated in 2016-2017 encouraging youth to become...

Findings of the Black Sea Monitoring Surveys, carried out by the team of Georgian, Ukrainian and European researchers with assistance from the European Union (EU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), were presented in Tbilisi on May 23, 2017. The event brought together representatives of the...

Legal and institutional framework, and financial resources needed to promote sustainable urban transport in Georgia were in focus of a workshop on May 19, 2017. The event brought together representatives of the Georgian Government, civil society, and 10 municipalities across Georgia – Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi,...