Supporting civil society development, increasing involment of the different stakeholders in the policy making process, is one of the important priorities for our organization.

We are glad that civil society is actively involved in the process of discussing important documents, which was very clear at the meeting - "Decentralization Reform in Georgia: Strategy and Challenges", organized by LDA Georgia.

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We held a meeting In Kutaisi about strategies and challenges of decentralization reform in Georgia.

• The purpose of the meeting was to convene interested parties for a discussion on the challenges and prospects of regional development and to discuss mechanisms of cooperation between different stakeholders (government, civil society organizations, business).
• During the meeting, Nikoloz Rosebashvili, Head of the Department of Local Self-Government Development and Policy of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, and expert in local self-governance from the Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC), Gia Toklikishvili, delivered a presentation about "Decentralization Reform in Georgia: Strategy and Challenges." After the presentation, a discussion was held.
• The meeting was opened by the Deputy State Representative of Imereti region, Ioseb Khakhaleishvili. The meeting was attended civil society organizations and the representatives of local governments from 12 municipalities in Imereti region.

The meeting was organized by LDA Georgia within the project "Civil Society Initiative," which is implemented by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) by the Civil Society Institute (CSI), a training and consulting center (CTC), a strategic research and development centers, (CSRDG) and Education, Development and Employment Center (EDEC). The project is financed by the European Union and is co-funded by Conrad Adenauer Foundation.