Local Democracy Agency Georgia (LDA Georgia) is implementing the project "Increasing the Quality of Citizen Involvement in Local Self-Government" in eleven (11) municipalities of Imereti region (Baghdati, Zestaponi, Samtredia, Vani, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Sachkhere, Chiatura, Kharagauli, Terjola, Tkibuli).

Within the framework of the project, training was conducted for the representatives of civil society organizations in the municipalities of Imereti region (Baghdati, Vani, Tskaltubo, Kharagauli, Khoni). The training module covered issues such as:

Citizen engagement mechanisms;

Citizen participation in the implementation of local self-government;

The role / function of the Civil Advisory Council in the process of local self-government implementation;

Program budget processes and stages;

Main principles / authorities of local self-government;

Local self-government in a democratic state;

Municipality Finances.

These training will improve their leadership skills and local networking capabilities which in the future will provide improved coordination, communication with local government, citizens and civil society representatives.

The project is being implemented with the support of ’’the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Georgia’’