The Congress organised, in close co-operation with the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia (NALAG), a workshop “Mayors – Leaders for change” in Tbilisi on 24–26 November 2015. This workshop provided a platform for exchange on local democracy where mayors exchanged best practices with members of the Congress and increased their knowledge on standards of local self-governance. They reflected on how to lead change, how to enhance trust in local authorities and increase citizen participation in an ethical decision-making process.

 

This workshop was the second country-based event organised within the thematic programme “Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance”. This programme is funded jointly by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe, through the Programmatic Co-operation Framework (PCF) for 2015-2017 for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. Targeted co-operation activities aim at reinforcing the capacity of Eastern Partnership countries to put domestic reforms into effect in the field of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.   

Contacts:

Ion Beschieru, Programme Manager, Strengthening Institutional Frameworks for Local Governance Programme, mobile +372 81591799; [email protected]

Olga Vasiliev, Senior Project Officer, Strengthening Institutional Frameworks for Local Governance Programme, + 373 22 888893; [email protected]

Marité Moras, Head of Unit, Co-operation Activities, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe, + 333 88 41 22 33; [email protected]

Svetislav Paunovic, Project Co-ordinator, Co-operation Activities Unit, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe, +333 90 21 41 05; [email protected]