Members of the Bagdati working group, representatives of local self-government and civil society organizations, as well as experts from the municipalities of Tskaltubo and Khoni participated in the debates, which was held online.

Local partner organizations spoke about the results of their small projects, presented a needs research, carried out in Bagdati municipality.

During the debates, special attention was paid to the discussion of the experience of Tskaltubo Municipality in terms of civil budgeting. The topic of the e-petition was also important for the participants. The web page has this function, but it has not been used until now. Khoni practice showed how this issue can become relevant for the population.

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

Based on the circumstances caused by COVID-19, debates in a a Zoom format were held in Tsageri, which was organized by the Fund of Women Entrepreneurs. During the meeting, the participants - representatives of the City Council and the City Hall, the civil sector and the media - had the opportunity to listen to the results of the needs research conducted in the municipality and the work carried out within the framework of the project. The exchange of successful examples of Khoni and Tskaltubo on the topic of the petition and the civil budget was interesting.

The participants expressed great interest, which was shown by active involvement and recommendations.

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”.

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

Terjola debate justified the forum's main mission: members of the civil society forum learn from each other and share best practices with other municipalities.

First there was a meeting of the working group, where the debates were planned and determined.

And on July 22, online debates were held - interesting, active, meaningful, with concrete examples and results ...

The meeting was attended by representatives of Terjola local self-government, civil society organizations and various spheres, as well as guests from Tskhaltubo and Khoni municipalities.

It was a kind of report on the work done. And the work was quite fruitful: 4 monitoring of public administration reform, small projects, update of the web page, needs assessment, civil budget implementation process...

During the debates, very important moment was the exchange of successful practices of Tskhaltubo and Khoni municipalities in terms of introduction of the civil budget and e-petitions.

The meeting showed the participants the tangible results of the project and a serious contribution to the development of the municipality.

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