A new civil society organization will be registered in Khoni. It will be the first organization in Khoni which will work to protect the rights of persons with disabilities and integrate them into society. Online meetings and consultations are being conducted.

Project partner civil society organizations in Khoni: the Center for Education and Development "Edelweiss" and the IDP Initiative Group met the head of the future organization. The partner organizations will mentor the new organization and assist in resolving legal issues. The registration process and the organization’s Charter were discussed at the meeting.

The work is carried out in the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

"How to register a civil society organization" - an online training for stakeholders identified in the project target municipalities who want to register the civil society organizations was held on this topic.

Participants were provided with detailed information on the following issues - what is the legal entity (concept, types) similarities and differences; Registered and unregistered legal entities; Name, management, representation, state control of activities of non-profit legal entity; Registration rules, documentation required for registration (provision and meeting protocol), mandatory requirements; Reorganization, liquidation.

Training was held in the framework of the project: “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring” with financial support of the European Union.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

Representatives of the CSO Forum and working groups participated in the training on lobbying.

The training was held within the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”. Elisabed Sofromadze, who conducted the training online, paid significant attention to the regulation of lobbying activities and practices existing in Georgia. The training was interactive. Participants gained useful knowledge about the goals and forms of lobbying that will be used to achieve project goals. The online training was organized by one of the project partners, the Imereti Scientists’ Union "Spectri".