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Survey of the level of satisfaction of the population of Etseri with municipal services

In March and April of 2023, within the framework of the project - "Cooperation for local development", the Georgian Rural Council conducted a survey in the village of Etseri, Lanchkhuti Municipality. The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of satisfaction of the rural population with the activities and services provided by the Lanchkhuti Municipality in 2021, 2022 in these villages with the infrastructural, social-cultural, youth and rural support programs, the so-called "Citizen Servise Card".

The study was conducted with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Georgia. The opinions expressed in the research are authoritative and may not reflect the opinions of the international organizations listed above.

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Survey of the level of satisfaction of the population of Oragve with municipal services

In March and April of 2023, within the framework of the project - "Cooperation for local development", the Georgian Rural Council conducted a survey in the village of Oragve, Lanchkhuti Municipality. The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of satisfaction of the rural population with the activities and services provided by the Lanchkhuti Municipality in 2021, 2022 in these villages with the infrastructural, social-cultural, youth and rural support programs, the so-called "Citizen Servise Card".

The study was conducted with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Georgia. The opinions expressed in the research are authoritative and may not reflect the opinions of the international organizations listed above.

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Training in Lanchkhuti

Within the framework of the "Cooperation for local development" project of Georgian Rural Council, on March 28-31, the training "Improving monitoring and participation skills" was held for community groups in Lanchkhuti town. The training was attended by representatives of community groups of Etseri, Grigoleti and Oragve villages, representatives of the mayor in the administrative units where these villages are included, majority members of the Sakrebulo and information technology specialists of the mayor's office. The project director Amiran Gigineishvili conducted the training. The goal of the project is to promote the public monitoring process in the villages of Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri municipalities and to promote the development of villages with the participation of the public, which in turn will improve the responsibility of local governments, make their policies more focused on the population, and increase the degree of population involvement. The project is financed with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Georgia.

Training in Chokhatauri

Within the framework of the "Cooperation for local development" project of Georgian Rural Council, on March 14-17, the training "Improving monitoring and participation skills" was held for community groups in Chokhatauri township. The training was attended by representatives of community groups of Burnati, Dablatsikhe and Erketi villages, representatives of the mayor in the administrative units where these villages are included, majority members of the Sakrebulo and information technology specialists of the mayor's office. The project director Amiran Gigineishvili conducted the training. The goal of the project is to promote the public monitoring process in the villages of Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri municipalities and to promote the development of villages with the participation of the public, which in turn will improve the responsibility of local governments, make their policies more focused on the population, and increase the degree of population involvement. The project is financed with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Georgia.

Cooperation for local development

It is very important for the local self-government to ensure the involvement of the population in the decision-making process from the representative and executive bodies, the publicity of the planning of daily and strategic activities, the implementation of these activities and their monitoring. Despite the fact that the mayor and members of the city council are delegated by the population to ensure local management during their term of office, both the "Local Self-Government Code", as well as the Association Agreement with Europe and the European Charter of the Self-Government obligated them to constantly involve the population in the decision-making process, and transparency of activities. What does a specific settlement need, the people of this village know the village the most. But in reality, the population is not involved in the decision-making process. His opinion is more or less taken into account only in relation to rural support programs and that too at the planning stage, not during implementation monitoring and reporting. Beneficiaries' participation in the planning process of infrastructural, social, youth and sports programs is very limited and is calculated only for those current needs, which the member of the Sakrebulo, the mayor's representative in the administrative unit and/or the mayo's departments considered to solve. There is also a very low degree of involvement of the population in the process of monitoring the works performed in the villages by the municipalities. It remains completely unknown to the locals exactly what the taxpayers' money was spent on, how much the work or service performed meets the quality standards.

The goal of the project "Cooperation for local development" is to promote the public monitoring process in the villages of Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri municipalities and to promote the development of villages with the public participation, which in turn will improve the responsibility of local self-governments, will make their policies more oriented to the local population and will support increase the level of population involvement. To achieve this goal, the implementation of the following tasks is envisaged:

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