Past Projects

Project Name: Promoting CSR Education in Georgia
Donor: Government of Sweden
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: 510 000 SEK
Duration: January-July, 2019
Project Goal: The project aims to build capacity and awareness among principal stakeholders in Georgia such as business, government, CSOs, media and youth on the concept of corporate sustainability, its importance for sustainable development in the country, and ways of promotion of internationally recognized standards by companies, government, media and civil society.

Project Name: Leadership for SDG in Georgia
Donor: Government of Sweden
Budget: 8 000 000 SEK
Project Duration: 2018-2021
Implementer organizations: CiDA, CSR Club, Global Compact Network Georgia
Project goal: The project aims to enhance multi-stakeholder cooperation and business involvement in the implementation of Agenda 2030 in Georgia.

Project Name: Advancing CSO Capacities and Engaging Society for Sustainability (ACCESS)

Donor: East-West Management Institute (EWMI) with funding from USAID

Budget: USD 5.5 mln

Project Duration: 2015-2019
Implementor: East-West Management Institute, CiDA, CTC

Project goal: To empower CSOs to become respected community representatives capable of leading public debate and collaborating with government to create more transparent and accountable governance.

ACCESS works to increase civic engagement, including outside of Tbilisi, through four objectives:

1. Citizens more aware of and involved in CSO activities;
2. CSO leadership and organizational capacity, as well as sustainability, improved across a range of organizations in and outside Tbilisi;
3. CSOs effectively able to monitor and influence key government policies and processes; and
4. Local ownership of Centers for Civic Engagement so that they continue to operate as politically neutral gathering spaces for public discourse.

Project Name: Young Entrepreneurship Synergy- Network for Georgia-Azerbaijan Cross-Border Cooperation

Donor: European Union, GIZ

Budget: Euro: 272 600

Project Duration: 2017-2018

Implementer: CiDA, West Resource Public Union

Project goal: The aim of the project is to contribute to improved living conditions in Georgia-Azerbaijan border regions to increase cross-border economic cooperation and create an enabling
environment for enhanced economic and community relations through:
Networking among local stakeholders to plan and advocate for the economic revitalization of border regions;
Engaging young entrepreneurs in cross-border economic cooperation and capacity building activities.
Strengthening local business communities to play an active role in fostering values of cross-cultural tolerance, gender equality, and environmental protection.

Project Name: Joint Action for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Georgia
Donor: Government of Norway
Implementing Organisation: UN Women, CiDA, GFA, TASO Foundation
Budget: USD 216 704
Project Duration: 2018-2019
Project Goal: The goal of the project is to ensure that women, particularly the poorest and most excluded, are economically empowered and benefit from development in Georgia.  The project beneficiaries  include three main target groups: private sector; government; and women, vulnerable and marginalized groups of women, as well as women business enterprises

Project Name: Training and Employment Support Initiative (TESI) in the Criminal Justice Sector in Georgia
Donor: European Union
Implementing Organisation: CiDA, Georgian Farmers Association, DVV International
Budget: 688 500
Duration: 2016-2019
Project Goal: The aim of the project is to develop vocational  retraining and employment opportunities for former and current convicts, persons on probation, juvenile under diversion and their family members through involvement of state, private sector and civil society.

Project Name: Partnering for Migrants’ Rights (G-PMR)
Donor: Open Society Foundations
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: 111 877 USD
Duration: 2017-2018
Project Goal: To join the effort to effectively protect and enhance the rights of current, potential and returned migrants by the Regional Civil Society Network, government, businesses and media through awareness raising and advocacy activities; to ensure sustainability of the process by contributing to State led policies in the field of migration that are in line with relevant EU-Georgia Agreements and other international standards.

Project Name: Rural Development Advocacy Training Programme
Donor: UNDP, European Union
Budget: USD 62, 380
Project Duration: September-October, 2017
Project Goal: Increasing knowledge of rural development policy, its context and related processes; promoting advocacy and community mobilization by regional and Tbilisi based CSOs.

Project Name: Supporting Economic Growth for Former Inmates
Donor: Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: 128 980 GEL
Duration: 2017-2018
Project Goal: Improving economic and social condition of former inmates through developing small business projects.

Project Name: i-Change Regional Support Initiative
Donor: USAID/GGI
Implementing Organisation: CiDA, Regional Civil Society Network (R-CSN)
Budget: 93 600 GEL
Duration: 2017-2018
Project Goal: In 2017 Georgian government launched an e-petition platform (ichange.gov.ge). Through the platform, any Georgian citizen is able to create an electronic petition and gather signatures; petitions with a sufficient number of signatures will be sent to the government for consideration. Most importantly, the Georgian government will be obligated to provide responses to citizen petitions and make them publicly available online. The project goal is to popularize the petition platform among the local population in the regions of Georgia.

Project Name: Provate Sector Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction
Donor: Bridge – Innovation and Development
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: Euro 8 000
Duration: 2017-2018
Project Goal: to support BRIDGE in joining the Corporate Social Responcibility (CSR) Club and the UN Global Compact Network Georgia and to support BRIDGE in capacity building on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) within CSR Club.

Project Name: Increasing opportunities for Poor Communities and Micro Entrepreneurs Involved in the Georgian Tourism Sector
Donor: World Bank, Japan Social Development Fund
Implementing Organisation: Biological Farming Association “Elkana”, CiDA
Budget: USD 94 562
Duration: 29.05.2017-31.12.2017
Project Goal: Poverty Reduction and encouraging small businesses in touristic destinations of Georgia; Rehabilitation works at Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park

Project Name: Food and Agriculture SME Support Initiative (FASSI)
Donor: European Union
Implementing Organisation: GFA, CiDA, ISET, Atinati, EDA
Budget: Euro 161 663
Project Goal: The goal of this project is to strengthen the capacity of BSOs in the food and agriculture sectors so that they may more effectively assist SMEs to comply with the new regulations, gain access to EU markets, and improve their business relationships locally and abroad, and to more effectively engage into the public-private dialogue on DCFTA and SME related policies, including contribution to the elaboration of national sectorial strategies and policy recommendations.

Project Name: Civil Society Support to Public Administration Reforms (PAR) in Georgia
Donor: UNDP, UK Aid
Implementing Organisation: CiDA, Regional Civil Society Network (R-CSN)
Budget: 49 500 USD
Duration: 01/03/2017-31/12/2017
Project Goal: Project aim is to increase civil society involvement in effective implementation of the ongoing Public Administration Reform (PAR). The project is implemented in partnership with the administration of the Government of Georgia and the Civil Service Bureau.

Project Name: Strengthening Operational Capacity of Civil Development Agency (CiDA) as a facilitator of Regional Civil Society Network, Corporate Social Responsibility Club and UN Global Compact Network Georgia
Donor: European Union
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: 106 698 Euro
Duration: 02/01/2017 – 31/12/2017
Project Goal: The project aims to contribute to the capacity building of the Civil Development Agency (CiDA) a regional civil society organisation, coordinating three principal platforms in Georgia – Regional Civil Society Network (R-CSN), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Club and UN Global Compact Network Georgia.
CSOs and particularly regional CSOs in Georgia demonstrate very low levels of overall sustainability and are forced to hunt for donor funds, which frequently means departing from the organisation’s mission in order to fit donor agendas. In order to address this issue and support CSOs in the implementation of the activities as defined in their governing documents EU financially contributes to their capacity building and enables them to effectively implement their core functions through operational grants.
For the purposes of the present call for applications, the Civil Development Agency (CiDA) designed a work programme that enhances its operational capacity and sustainability, supports effective implementation of its activities and ensures transfer of knowledge and experience to the regional CSOs.
The work programme complies with the overall and specific objectives for grant applicants and aims to enhance sustainability of civil society organisations in Georgia through joint solutions developed by CSOs and private sector. CiDA aims to achieve this overall objective through (1) its own capacity building as of the facilitator of the major regional CSOs and business platforms in Georgia such as – Regional Civil Society Network (R-CSN) which unites 64 CSOs from all 10 regions of Georgia; Corporate Social Responsibility Club and UN Global Compact Network Georgia – corporate sustainability platforms uniting businesses and local CSOs (2) and by transfer of knowledge and experience to the CSO members of the R-CSN. Hence, the work programme has two specific objectives:
Performance and sustainability of CiDA as a facilitator of R-CSN, CSR Club and UN Global Compact Network Georgia is enhanced;
CiDA contributes to enhancing performance of the regional CSOs of the R-CSN.

Project title: Personalized Assistance for Georgian Migrants – Pilot Inititiative
Donor: Europe Foundation, Sida
Budget: 43 870 GEL
Project duration: 01/08/2015–29/02/2016
Project goal: To raise awareness about migration processes and illegal migration in the regions of Georgia.

The main objective of the project was the institutionalisation of migration-related consultation service through cultivating it in village Community Centres of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.

Project title: Raising the Economical and Infrastructural Capabilities of Eco-Migrants in Managing the Migration Process

Donor: European Union

Implementer: CiDA, SIQA, Regions Development Center

Budget: EUR 366 599

Project Duration: 2015-2017

Project goal: To improve he socio-economic conditions of eco-migrants in the Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions of Georgia; to support eco-migrans to overcome the struggles currently faced in reclaiming economic reintegration and self-sufficiency; to decrease the level of migration of rural youth.

Project Name: Supporting of village representatives participation in local government

Donor: Open Society Georgia Foundation

Project Implementor: CiDA in partnership with R-CSN

Budget: USD 43 700

Project Duration: 10/11/2015-30/06/2016

Project Goal: The project aims to support the self-governance reform, among other ways, through the provision of civic participation during the decision-making process on local issues as well as in the process of their implementation.

Project title: Continuing Inclusive Dialogue on the Post-2015 Development Agenda Around the means of implementation

Donor organisations: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Budget: USD 20,000

Project duration: 18/12/2015- 29/02/2015

Project goal: Goal of the project is to for CiDA to support the Donor Coordination Unit in positioning th government of Georgia as an owner and leader of the SDGs in Georgia vis-avis donor community and general public.

Project title: Georgia – Personalized Assistance for Migrants (G-PAM)
Donor: European Union
Location of the action: Georgia: Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Imereti, Samegrelo, Adjara regions
Countries: Turkey and Greece
Duration of the action: 24 month
Budget of the action: 500 000 EUR
Project goal: Help Georgia better manage all aspects of migratory flows in all their dimensions.

Activities:
• Protect the human rights of Georgians that want to migrate.
• Promote well-managed legal migration of Georgians that do migrate.
• Optimize the positive effects of migration on Georgian development.

Partners:
Village Level: Computer Literacy Foundation
Regional Level: Alliance “GOODWILL MISSION- MISSIONARIES, Gori Information Center, Kutaisi Education Development and Employment Center, Association “Atinati”, Institute of Democracy
National Level: Civil registry agency (CRA) of the ministry of Justice; The Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Diaspora Issues
International Level: Turkey, Greece

Project Name: Role of Civil Society in Regional Development
Donor: Swiss Cooperation South Caucasus, Austrian Development Cooperation
Implementing Organisation: CiDA, Regional Civil Society Network
Budget:  USD 80,000
Duration: 2015-2016
Project Goal: Assisting civil society to play active role in resolving local social and economic issues, and fostering links between local authorities and citizens.

Project title: Crossborder Economic Development (CED)

Donor: European Union

Implementer: CiDA, Armenia-based Support for Noyemberyan (SFN) and the Northern Branch of Eurasia Partnership Foundation

Budget: EUR 234886

Project duration: 2015-2017

Project goal: to improve the living conditions of bordering communities in the Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli and Armenia’s Tavush regions. This goal will be achieved through a) strengthening cross-border cooperation between the Kvemo Kartli and Tavush regions by attracting investments; b) strengthening cross-border cooperation between the Kvemo Kartli and Tavush regions by increasing transactions between business entities from both regions; and c) informing business entities in the target regions about cross-border investment and trade opportunities.

Project Name: Legal Aid and Strategic Litigation Services in Kvemo Kartli Region
Donor: USAID/EWMI
Implementing Organisation: Civil Development Agency (CiDA), Association of Law Firms of Georgia (ALFG)
Budget: GEL 137 702
Duration: 2015-2016
Project Goal: The purpose of the project is to improve an access to the justice for women and ethnic minority groups in Kvemo Kartli. The goal will be pursued though the identification of the strategic litigation cases, ensuring representation at court when needed, awareness rising among potential beneficiaries as well as by improving policy and legal guarantees with regard to women and ethnic minorities.
The project involves the usage of methodology comprising four components, namely: legal aid, advocacy, awareness rising and in the area of legal support improvement of the skills and capacities.

Project title: Fostering Regional and Local Development in Georgia
Donor organisations: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funding from SDC and ADA
Budget: USD 80,000
Project duration: 02/11/2015- 01/11/2016
Project goal: Project aims to enhance citizen’s engagement in regional and local development processes

Beneficiary regions: The project will cover six regions of Georgia: Kvemo Kartli, Guria, Samegrelo-Zvemo Svaneti, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi-Zemo Svaneti and Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

Implementor: Civil Development Agency in cooperation with members of Regional Civil Society Network – RCSN.

Project Name: Improving the Transparency and Accountability of the Local Government by Public Participation in the Activities
Donor: Center for Training and Consultancy, Bread for the World
Implementing Organisation: CiDA, Georgian Association of Educational Initiatives and New initiative –Kvemo Kartli
Budget: GEL 16650
Duration: 2015-2016
Project Goal: The project promotes to increase citizen participation and transparency quality in Rustavi and Gardabani Municipalities by increasing awareness of citizens’ participation mechanisms and practice evaluation, carrying out advocacy campaigns in the process of accountability and transparency of the local authorities.

Project Name: Local Government Regional Initiative
Donor: Open Society Georgia Foundation
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: USD 50 000
Project Goal: Supporting citizens’ involvement in local government forming processes. Creation of the action plan according to which CSOs will carry out about 100 regional meetings with local residents and municipality representatives to familiarize them with the initiative.

Project title: Juveniles in conflict with criminal law integration project- Rustvi
Donor: Ministry of Justice
Budget: 10 000 GEL
Project duration: 01.03.2012 – 01.03.2013
Project goal: The goal of the project is to involve Rustavi juveniles in conflict with criminal law in public benefit activities and their integration through supporting their personal development, transfer new knowledge and skills.

Project beneficiaries: The project direct target group is juveniles in conflict with criminal law residing in Rustavi. Approximately 50 juveniles.
The project indirect target group is family members of these juveniles and Rustavi public, who will benefit from their activities.
Activities:
• Working / coordination meetings with City Probation bureau and Criminal Justice local council;
• Signing a memorandum of cooperation with those companies, where the juveniles will be involved in public benefit activities. The memorandum, will include a working schedule and safety issues;
• Small retraining/ consultative courses for juveniles in the areas where they carry out socially useful activities;
• After completing the training program, juveniles , according to the agreed schedule, will start their work. CiDA periodically carry out their monitoring activities;
• Those juveniles who are ready and at the same time show the performance of socially useful activities, will undergo skills development training. In particular, project writing and management training for three days. CiDA take care to get involved in the training group those juveniles who are not in conflict with the law which will facilitate the integration of young people. Additional training activities will be awarding two projects written by juveniles (300 GEL initiative). Funded juveniles will be able to practice project management skills gained during the training;
o juveniles participating in a training component will also undergo personal development training. The training includes: orientation on education and vocational market, CV writing, interviewing and presentation techniques, team work and leadership.
o 6. The project beneficiary juveniles along with public beneficiary activities will participate in discussion meetings with successful / famous people. They will be the representatives of government, business, arts, and sports.

Project title: Citizens Advocacy Initiative (CAI)
Donor: USAID’s Democracy and Governance program
Budget: GEL 116,372.12
Location of the action: Rustavi, Kutaisi, Poti, Gori.
Duration of the action: March, 2013 – January, 2014
Project goal: increase public awareness and, thus knowledge of local government (LG) operations and public involvement in city decision-making process, including the introduction of mechanisms for collaboration between CSOs, citizens, Public Council and Rustavi through a participatory planning process.

Main activities:
• Cooperation of CiDA and the Public Council: elaborates annual action plan of Public Council activities; meetings with Rustavi population; debates on city important/urgent issues; joint recommendations for local self-government.
• Local population survey: based on survey main priorities of the city are selected, debates conducted and recommendations proposed to local self-government.
• Development of web-page www. cems.ge together with local self-government where city population displays information regarding city priorities and submit to local self-government: existing web page is upgraded and Kutaisi, Poti and Gori maps added; based on changes local population has an opportunity to more actively be involved in local processes.
• Information campaign to advertise CEMS web page: preparation of information posters; dissemination of posters around Gori, Kutaisi and Poti; prepare and broadcast video clips for Gori, Kutaisi and Poti local TVs.
• Cooperation with local self-government: sign memorandum of cooperation with project target cities’ self-governments; conduct advocacy process on priorities displayed during the project implementation; submit local self-governments with packages peraperd based on priorities selected by population.

Project title: Your City Government and You
Donor: Management Systems International (MSI)
Budget: 49 650 GEL ($30 000)
Project duration: 10 months
Project goal: Increased public knowledge regarding city activities and public involvement in city decision-making process.

Project beneficiaries: 100,000 citizens of all ages, ethnicities and political views of self-governing City Rustavi.
Activities: Mechanisms to Increase Public Awareness:
• City of Rustavi Website: Working together, CiDA staff and City officials will add more practical information to the City Website ( http://rustavi.unlimited.ge/?lang=en) and make it easier for citizens to access.
• “Your City Government and You”: CiDA staff and City staff will prepare a brochure that summarizes City obligations and citizen rights and lists contact mechanisms citizens can use to clarify, monitor, and advocate issues.
B. Mechanisms to Increase Public Monitoring:
• “Citizens Electronic Monitoring System” (CEMS): CiDA will link mobile phones, landlines, and web-based communications technology to allow citizens, CSOs and the media to monitor City implementation of projects scheduled during the project period. In particular, CiDA will create an interactive map of Rustavi that outlines the City’s 5 internal municipalities. The map will be posted on the webpage CiDA hosts for CSOs (www.cso.ge ) and city ooficial wepage- www.rustavi.ge.
• “Visible Sakrebulo”: CiDA will collaborate with City staff to monitor official City proceedings. Brief reports will be prepared about meeting’s participants, topics and outcomes and will be published on the City Website and on CEMS. CiDA’s lawyer also will work with City officials to stimulate citizen and CSO participation in Sakrebulo committee and plenary meetings.
C. Mechanisms to Increase Public Advocacy:
• “Public Advisory Council” (Council): CiDA will lobby the Sakrebulo to create a Public Advisory Council. The Sakrebulo will report to Council members about Sakrebulo business during the prior month. For their part, Council members will report CSO activities during the prior month, pending activities, improvements to the City Website, monitoring efforts carried out under the CEMS and Visible Sakrebulo initiatives.

Project Title: Stabilization and Integration of IDPs into Mainstream Georgian Society (SIIMS).

Donor: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affaires

Budget: 43 800 USD

Project duration: 2012-2013

Partners: CARE International in the Caucasus; CiDA

Project goal: The goal of the project is to help IDPs displaced after August’08 war and local impacted communities integrate to their new environment, using socio-economic opportunities to reduce poverty and conflict, which are aligned with local government services and structures.

Project Name: New Economic Opportunities Initiative (NEO)
Donor:  USAID
Partner Organisation: CHCA, Abkhazinterkont
Budget 995 417 GEL
Duration:  2012-2013
Project Goal: Project is designed to improve rural incomes, reduce poverty levels, improve food security, and address water constraints in targeted communities; reduction of the poverty level and economic development among the socially vulnerable people.
Area: Mtskheta-Mtianeti and Shida Kartli.

In the frames of the 18-month long project 300 beneficiaries living in Mteskheta-Mtianeti and ShidaKartli regions should be assisted and financed.Finally the project aims the beneficiaries’ financial incomes to be increased at least by 15%.

Project Name: Support for Juvenile Justice Reform in National Minority Communities of Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti
Donor: European Union
Implementing Organisation: CiDA, Regional Civil  Society Newtork (R-CSN)
Donor: 89 699,9 EUR
Duration: 2012-2014
Project Goal: Strengthen Role of Georgian civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reforms; Reintegrate juveniles in conflict with law of all ethnicity in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti into their communities through new knowledge in both professional and general educational terms, personal development and skills development.

Project title: Regional Civil Society network (R-CSN)
Donor: East West Management Institute’s (EWMI) G-PAC program
Budget: GEL 223 135, 19
Project duration: 1/11/2012- 31/12/2013
Project goal: To build a sustainable, effective civil society institutional mechanism for community development in Georgia

Project beneficiaries: CSOs/Civil leaders; Media; Central and local government; Political parties; International organizations; General public
Objectives:
• Increase the role of CSAs as effective advocates of grass-root priorities in Georgia;

• Build an enabling environment for CSAs;

• Create synergies among CSAs through E-tools.

Project title: Georgia Internally Displaced People’s Community Development Project (IDPCDP)
Donor: Ministry of Refugees and Accommodation
Budget: 30 000 USD
Project goal: Enhance social & economic reintegration of IDPs in Georgia by increasing opportunities of IDPs to participate in community development activities and by increasing their access to basic infrastructure, services, employment and livelihood opportunities
Project partners: Internally Displaces Persons’ Community Development Centre
Project duration: 15/08/2011- 15/01/2012

Project target communities: 1. Collective Center Ialghuja – Marneuli District; 2. Collective Center Kindergarten Kvemo Bolnisi – Bolnisi District; 3. Village Tsintskaro – Tetritskaro District; 4. Collective Center Sagarejo – Sagarejo District; 5. Frezeti (new settlement)– Mtskheta District; 6. Tsilkani (new settlement)– Mtskheta District; 7. Collective Center Saguramo – Mtskheta District. 8. Collective center Tsinamdzgvriantkari – Mtskheta District; and 9. Collective center Bazaleti – Dusheti District
Project main activities: 1: Information Dissemination; 2. Community Outreach and Mobilization; 3. Training of MPMC Members; 4. Development of Micro Project Proposals; 5. Follow-up During and After Micro Project Implementation.

Project title East Georgia CSO Network
Donor East-West Management Institute, G-PAC program/USAID
Budget $45 000
Project duration 01/09/2011 – 31/08/2012

Project goal: Create a network of regional CSOs to advocate local needs and provide resources to help them accomplish their missions

Project beneficiaries East Georgia CSOs, media and local government.

Activities • Assisting G-PAC with disseminating information about its programs (to media, CSOs, local government, citizens, etc. in the targeted regions);
• Assisting G-PAC with monitoring its grantees (CSOs, universities, interns, etc.);
• Providing technical assistance to G-PAC’s grantees (CSOs, universities, interns, etc.);
• Assisting G-PAC with organizing meetings with CSOs, media, government and business, on an as needed basis.
• Assisting G-PAC with identifying issues for regional advocacy campaigns;
• Assessing the advocacy capacity of existing CSOs and CSO networks and assisting G-PAC with identifying local advocacy partners;
• Facilitating cooperation among advocacy CSO, think tanks, media and other stakeholders to help in developing, implementing and assessing advocacy campaigns.
• Organizing and facilitating meetings of CSOs to exchange information about their ongoing and planned activities, and discuss main challenges and achievements;
• Organizing “Meet Your Government Representative” meetings and other public events;
• Organizing “Meet the Donor” meetings;
• Developing and maintaining an up-to-date CSO database and CSO, government and media contact lists;
• Alerting CSOs to new funding opportunities from G-PAC and other donors

Project title Monitoring of Criminal Justice Reform Implementation Strategy and Analysis in the Free Legal Aid Sphere
Donor Eurasian Partnership Foundation
Implementing partners: Legal Aid Service
Budget $ 75 000

Project duration 01/09/2011 – 31/08/2012

Project goal: The project aims to promote analysis and transparency of implementation of criminal justice reform in the field of free legal aid.

Project beneficiaries Civil Society Organizations
• 5 regions (Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Samtskhe – Javakheti, Mtskheta – Mtianeti) over 20 local civic organizations;
• Over 10 civic organizations of Tbilisi;

Media
• Over 15 local media means of 5 regions (newspapers, television, Internet – media);
• Over 10 media means of Tbilisi;
Activities 1. monitoring and analysis of the Legal Aid Service strategy and implementation
1.1 Preparing analysis and recommendations on Legal Aid Service Reform Strategy and Action Plan
1.2 Research – monitoring of Legal Aid Service activities

2. Transparency of Legal Aid Service activities
2.1.Presenting the results of the monitoring and strategy analysis on the Free Legal Aid Monitoring Board meeting
2.2. Organize a round table in order to introduce with analysis results of the monitoring and strategy.
2.3. Local media coverage of the Legal Aid Service activities

3. Supporting regional network in a legal aid service sphere
3.1. Establishing regional network in a legal aid service sphere;
3.2 Organizing regional network meetings.

Project title Rehabilitation of Rustavi Shelter for the Elderly

Donor Embassy of Japan

Implementing partners: Rustavi City Hall

Budget USD 100 000

Project duration November, 2011 – May 2012

Project goal: Improving the lives of approximately 105 elderly persons of Rustavi who lack adequate shelter and nutrition and improve the lives of approximately 165 poor relatives that care for them by freeing up resources that the poor relatives otherwise would use for themselves.

Project beneficiaries 270 Total Beneficiaries. The 25 vulnerable elderly people that currently reside in the dormitory building will have better living conditions.
An additional 30 vulnerable elderly people will receive new high-quality shelter.
Furthermore, 50 non-resident vulnerable elderly persons will receive lunch at the shelter.
165 Indirect Beneficiaries. 165 poor relatives of the anticipated 55 elderly residents of the 2 dormitory buildings.
Activities Rehabilitation of of Rustavi Shelter for the Elderly
Rehabilitation of Rustavi Shelter for the Elderly

Project title: Civil Participation Project
Donor: Black Sea Trust
Budget: 42 860 USD
Project partners: KK Governor’s Office; City of Rustavi
Project duration: 01/03/2009–28/02/2010
Project goal: Promote transparency, accountability, and civic participation in government
Project target group: LG, CSOs.

Project main activities: Design a model for public relations strategy for Kvemo Kartli municipalities; Establish the Civil Council at the Mayor’s Office of self-governing Rustavi City; Signing a memorandum of collaboration with the Mayor of self-governing Rustavi City; Establish an information paper Self-Government’s Bulletin and publish its 12 issues; Publish soft copies of 2008 legal deeds by Rustavi and Kvemo Kartli Municipalities; Analyze and publish Rustavi budget on a quarterly basis; Organize press-conferences; Monitor self-government’s municipal projects; Organize 8 training sessions for self-government representatives; Organize 12 training sessions for civil organizations; Organize meetings between self-government and civil organizations/public discussion of budget (7 meetings); Organize public engagement week.

Project Title: Multi-Ethnic Dialogue
Donor: Open Society Georgia Foundation
Budget: 12 645 USD
Project duration: 15/01/2010–15/06/2010
Project goal: Promote integration and tolerance and implementation of the Action Plan

Project activities:
• Monitoring after implementation of certain objectives incorporated in integration and tolerance action plan of Kvemo Kartli municipalities;
• 3 discussion meetings were organized around the integration and tolerance action plan 2009- 2010;
• Promotion of the integration and tolerance action plan among population through information campaign;
• Evaluation of municipal services delivered by Kvemo Kartli local self-governance organs;
• Building of a website www.kvemokartli.ge where reference information can be found on municipalities, civil, international, educational, cultural, business, local self-governments and other organizations of Kvemo Kartli. The website will also offer analytical articles and daily news updates, various reports, concepts and other information specific to Kvemo Kartli

Project Name: CSO Development Center of Kvemo Kartli
Donor: Black Sea Trust
Implementing Organisation: CiDA
Budget: 69 880 USD
Duration: 2010-2011
Project Goal: Creation of CSO Development Center and supporting CSOs with office and all equipment, library and computer facilities. Trainings in project writing, strategic planning, communications and fundraising.

Project title: Multi-Ethnic Confidence Building Network
Donor: UNDP/EU
Budget: 92 000 USD
Partners: Union of Democratic Meskhetians
Implementation area: Kvemo Kartli and Samastke-Javakheti
Project duration: 01/11/2010–30/10/2011

Project goal: Create peaceful environment and increase person-to-person contact among minorities
To reach these goals CiDA will use two strategies:
Strategy 1- CiDA will create environment which will help to confidence building;
Strategy 2 – CiDA will use information collected within the first strategy in order to strengthen “contacts between people”.

Project Title: Socio-Economic Integration of IDPs in Kvemo Kartli
Donor: EC
Budget: 108 776 USD
Project duration: 01/08/2009- 31/01/2011
Partners: International: Action Against Hunger; DVV International
Project goal: Integrate IDPs and Eco-migrants into new communities in KK Region

Target group: Local residents and IDPs resetteled in Kvemo Kartli
Project activities:
About 400 IDPs and local residents of Rustavi will undertake informationl-educational courses including: Computer courses; Language courses; Courses in accounting; Personal development courses; Vocational training courses; Orientation-preparation courses for prospective students; Small business management courses.
Over 100 locals and IDPs will participate in debates, parliament modeling, eco-activities, sports activities, discussions and camps;
Web page www.youthclub.ge gives an opportunity to students to enroll in internet-clubs and other virtual discussions;
Locals and IDPs will be offered group and personal physiological support and legal consultations free of charge;
Locals and IDPs will be offered trainings in legal and psycho-social issues.

Project Title: Stabilization and Integration of IDPs into Mainstream Georgian Society (SIIMS).
Donor: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affaires
Budget: 352 107 USD
Project duration: 15/08/2009–15/08/2012
Partners: CARE International in the Caucasus; local ngo “Consent” and CTC.
Project goal: The goal of the project is to help IDPs displaced after August ‘08 war and local impacted communities integrate to their new environment, using socio-economic opportunities to reduce poverty and conflict, which are aligned with local government services and structures.

Main activities:
Income generation
Infrastructure development
Information sharing and cooperation with local government
Civil society strengthening
Psycho-social support and capacity building
The project implemented the following activities:
A buy-back scheme for agricultural machinery has been set up, providing much-needed machinery to the project benefi ciaries.
84 women start-up business grants have been disbursed to stimulate business development and employment, and empower women in traditionally male-dominated society.
60 new jobs have been created through ‘grants for jobs’ scheme.
33 economic and social infrastructure grants have been disbursed in line with joint needs and priorities of IDP settlements and host communities.
15 civil society projects supporting IDP integration, representation and community development have been implemented through local entities.
Psycho-social support scheme for IDP children and adolescents has been implemented, reaching over 4,900 beneficiaries.

Project title: Strengthening the Role of Rural Associations (STAGE)
Donor: Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)
Budget: 44 954 USD
Project partners: CARE Austria; CARE Caucasus
Local: Georgian Young Lawyers Association;
Project duration: 01/09/2007–30/04/2009
Project goal: Strengthen human rights and democratic processes in Georgia

Location of project Rustavi, Marneuli, Gardabani, Dmanisi, Tsalka, Tetritskaro
Project activities: training seminars, working meetings and individual consultations for associations and local government representatives, conduct surveys on legislation policy, public opinion, project basic and final assessments, conduct information compaigns about associations activities.