A training on: "Advocacy for State Policy and the Role of Civil Organizations" was held for the representatives of civil society organizations from 8 municipalities. The trainer touched upon actual issues: the cycle of public policy and the main elements, advocacy of public policy and its importance for civil society organizations.

The training was held in an interactive mode, the participants talked about their experience, what strategies do they use for advocacy and lobbying. The importance of advocating the interests of local organizations at the national level was emphasized - the trainer gave concrete examples. The training was useful in terms of theoretical and practical information.

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

The representatives of the City Hall and City Council of Knoni municipality attended trainings on the topic “Petition - a form of citizens' participation in local self-government”.

In the first part of the training, the participants were provided with information on citizen’s participation in the implementation of local self-government, on the factors and forms of citizen participation, on the role, meaning and rules of adopting the petition.

In the second part, they were familiarized with the application on Khoni municipality website, with the registration, signature and subsequent procedures. An electronic petition was prepared and implemented 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

Representatives of the Civil Society Organizations are actively involved in the process of local needs assessment in eight municipalities of Western Georgia. They attended a workshop on online – survey, which was implemented using the google form. The participants got acquainted with the functionality and capabilities of the Google form, the principles of work. Much attention was paid to the transfer of the received data into an electronic list and their preparation for further processing.

The workshop was conducted in an interactive format, the participants had the opportunity to ask questions and get answers through practical examples.

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