Project Title: Fostering Decentralization and Good Governance at the Local Level in Georgia

Donor: UNDP Georgia

Budget: 209,512.00 GEL

Duration: February 24, 2023-November 30, 2023

The aim of the grant is to contribute to the development and improvement of transparency and accountability of local self-governments and support public participation in the local decision-making processes through monitoring, reporting, capacity building, advocacy and networking.

To this end, the grant’s specific objective is to assess the openness and accountability of municipalities based on the Local Self-Government Index for the fourth time for 2023 and communicate the results with relevant local, national and international stakeholders.

Under the grant, IDFI will have several outputs and will implement the following activities:

Output 1: Local integrity systems are advanced through increased capacities of local stakeholders and the assessment of municipalities

Activity 1.1. Ensuring institutional, and methodological set up of future capacity building, monitoring and and research efforts – review of the methodology, preparing all monitoring documents, updating the website and outreach to relevant stakeholders

Activity 1.2. Conducting training for local observers/partners/experts and launching the evaluation

Activity 1.3. Assessment of municipalities – initial assessment and review process

Activity 1.4. Communicating initial assessments with municipalities and results validation

Output 2: Advocacy and networking between civil society organizations, the government institutions and donor community are promoted

Activity 2.1: Preparing the monitoring report, key findings and recommendations

Activity 2.2. Providing with networking and advocacy platform

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