Mobilised civil society for local democracy

AT A GLANCE

This project proposal aims at strengthening role of regional CSOs (NGOs and CBOs) and their mobilisation for support to decentralisation.
The proposal is based on the rationale that no government itself will give up centralised power without well – organised popular demand from below. Development of Local democracy must be achieved by the Georgian society itself and therefore Local COs must play role of mobilisers and qualified advocates of Georgian society by facilitating bottom up pressure on the government at local and national level. To perform such and ambitious task, Georgian CSOs shall transform themselves from a narrow circle of grant hunters to a popular organisations based on membership and constituency, having potential to become real actors of change.
The proposal is based on the rationale that no government itself will give up centralised power without well-organised popular demand from below. Development of Local democracy, as any development, cannot be provided it must be achieved by by the Georgian society itself and therefore Local CSOs must play role of mobilisers and qualified advocates of Georgian society by facilitating bottom up pressure on the government at local and national level. To perform such an ambitious task, Georgian regional CSOs shall transform themselves from a narrow circle of grant hunters to a popular organisations based on membership and constituency, having potential to become real actors of change.

OBJECTIVES

To build capacity of regional CSOs to monitor local government reform and represent interests of local communities at the national level.

Specific objectives:

1. Mobilise local CSO and build their capacity in community mobilisation and lobbyism;
2. Establish horizontal networks for exchange of information and monitoring results of implementation LG reform;
3. Elaboration of sets of recommendations for strengthening of local democracy in Georgia and presentation these recommendations to the committee on regional Policy and LG of the parliament of Georgia
4. Organisation of media campaign for popularisation of LG reform

EXPECTED RESULTS

Overall results of this action are strengthened role of CSOs and community leaders in process of LG reform and advocacy of local interests, increased popularity for CSOs among local population.

Specific outputs of the action are:

• 72 CSO representatives will obtain
• skills for organising of training for community leaders.
• Up to 1500 representatives of regional CSOs and community leaders,
• Thematic network of regional SCOs will be equipped with modern technology of exchange and dissemination of information regional CSO of Georgia will have possibility to present their findings to European institutions.

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