Local Democracy Agencies - Activity Report 2017

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The participants of the meeting were also provided information about the Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, about the vision of the Regional Representative of the National Platform and its future planned activities, and about the work and mission of LDA Georgia. Informational meeting with NGOs from Kutaisi Municipality and media organizations - The meeting participants were informed about the EaP CSF GNP. They showed stronginterest in joining the Platform, and participating in its thematic working groups. Workshop with the LDA Georgia Youth Club members - The purpose of the meeting was to share our activities as the local representative of the Eastern EaPCSF Georgian National Platform. A special guest speaker, Anna Ditta from ALDA (Association of Local Democracy Agencies), spoke about European youth programs and other youth opportunities. LDA Georgia believes that the information from this meeting will help young people living in Kutaisi more actively engage in civic activities and take part in decision-making processes, as well as support Georgia's European integration process. Over the summer, LDA Georgia led the meeting of the EaP CSFhttps://www.facebook.com/EaP.Civil.Society.Forum/?fref=me ntions's 4th Working Group. We discussed the working group's strategic action plan for 2017-2018 and a theme for the EaP conference. Project “The Way Forward for Reforms in the Housing Sector: Empowering Grassroot Homeowners Associations in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine� This project, with the support of the European Union (EU), was implemented in Georgia and four other EaP countries from January 2015 to January 2018. The aim of the project was to strengthen civic engagement in the decision-making process in the housing sector and to support the development process of homeowners associations (HOAs). The partners of this project in Georgia were the NGOsLocal Democracy Agency Georgia (Kutaisi), Charity Humanitarian Center "Abkhazia" (Tbilisi), and Civil Society Institute (Batumi).The lead

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