The planned meeting in Akhalkalakii- The Project Founded by National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

The planned meeting was conducted on 6 March, 20016 within the framework of the project “delivery of assistance to civil society development in ethnic minority regions of Georgia” being implemented with the financial support provided by the National Endowment for Democracy” (NED).

Mikheil Mirziashvili, chairman of regional center of Strategic Studies as well as Ivane Chikvaidze, representative of Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) have met with the local constituencies.

There were several issued discussed by the invited guests including the essence of visa free regime with the European Union as well as general scope of the Association Agreement, its implications and benefits.

The primary objective of the meeting was to enhance the perception of the local audience regarding the Association Agreement as well as the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (AA/DCFTA).

The goal of the project financed by the National Endowment for Democracy” (NED) is to deliver an assistance in building the capacities of civil societal representatives in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo kartli regions in order to better enable them carry out respective lobbying and advocacy campaigns with regard to the solution of locally persisting problems and challenges as well as play an important role in the promotion of reforms on the central level in line with enabling the target groups actively participate in the deliberation of policy options towards EU approximation. 

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