LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT IN GEORGIA Nino Sukhiashvili 24 November, 2015 Prague

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF GEORGIA  2 Autonomies;  9 Regions;  76 Municipalities 12self governing cities 64 self governing communities  Tbilisi –the Capital (includes 10 districts)

LEGAL BASIS Constitution of Georgia European Charter of Local Self- Organic Law of Georgia on Government Local Self-Government

THE BODIES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT  A representative council - sakrebulo ( საკრებულო )  An executive branch - gamgeoba ( გამგეობა "municipal government") in a self-governing community;  Meria ( მერია, "city hall") in a self-governing city;  Tbilisi – Special legal status;  Gamgebeli (Mayor)  First elections - on 25 June BUILDING OF TBILISI CITY ASSEMBLY

SERVICES DELIVERED BY SELF GOVERNMENT:  Maintenance, construction and development of roads of local importance;  Cleaning up the streets, planning and implementing operations related to waste collection/disposal and utilization;  Outdoor lighting;  Defining the parking lots;  Taking care of cemeteries;  Setting up pre and after school institutions in a form of a nonprofit (noncommercial) organizations and ratifying its policy;  Mobilizing resources in the field of health and social care on the local self government units in accordance with Georgian legislation. Establishing and implementing corresponding measures (establishing safe environment for human health, adopting the healthy life style, identifying health risk factors) providing population with information;  Naming and numbering of streets and squares;  Planning the traffic on the local self-government territory apart from the roads of international and interstate importance

FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN SELF-GOVERNANCE Existing Forms of Participation  Sakrebulo sessions are open and public;  Right to request to call a special (extraordinary) Sakrebulo session;  Right to initiate legislative acts;  Meetings With Population. SAKREBULO SESSION IN KUTAISI

POPULATION AWARENESS

WAYS OF COMMUNICATION WITH CITIZENS  Sakrebulo Members meetings;  Obligatory Reports of Gamgebeli and Sakrebulo Officials;  Days of Meeting;  Rural Assistance Program. Rural Assistance Program Meeting In Khashuri municipality

CONCLUSIONS:  Level of civil activities among the population is low;  Distrust among the population;  Insufficient information about the institution;  Low Interest; KNOW THE LAW AND YOU WILL BE PROTECTED!

THANK YOU Contact info: Nino Sukhiashvili – PR Department of Khashuri Municipality Administration Tel: (+995) (Office) (+995) (cell) (+995) (cell)