Project Title: Supporting Development of E-Trancparency and E-Participation in the Municipalities of the Imereti Region

Donor Organization: Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF)

Project Number: LDD/08/18-20784

Grant Amount: $13,640

Project Duration: 18 April, 2018 – 18 September, 2018

Project Aim and Description:

In order to enable citizens to utilize their rights laid down by the Local Self-Government Code, the project aims to improve transparency and citizen participation mechanisms in the municipalities of Georgia.

To achieve the above-mentioned aim, IDFI will develop and install modern and dynamic municipal webpages, will develop capacity of webpage administrators employed in municipal public institutions and will increase public awareness about the new webpages. In total, IDFI will develop 7 websites for the municipalities of Bagdati, Terjola, Zestaponi, Tkibuli, Samtredia, Chiatura and Mestia.

New webpages developed by IDFI will be identical to the websites developed and installed within the scope of projects implemented earlier. The websites will be equipped with various modules that support greater transparency and citizen participation. New websites will be equipped with electronic petitions, questionnaires, budget planning tool, online forms for requesting public information, official document database etc.

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