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The Georgia programme seeks to help political parties strengthen internal organisation and foster inter-party cooperation.

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Dutch MPs visit Georgian programme

Dutch MPs visit Georgian programme

News Article - 11 May 2013
NIMD hosted two senior Dutch MPs in Georgia from 6-10 May 2013. Tamara Venrooy-Van Ark (Vice-Chair of the VVD in the Second Chamber of Parliament) and Martijn van Dam (Vice-Chair of the PvdA in the Second Chamber of Parliament) participated in a two-day exchange of views on coalition politics with t
Parliamentary Elections in Georgia – Democratic Transition of Power

Parliamentary Elections in Georgia – Democratic Transition of Power

News Article - 24 October 2012
On 1 October 2012 Georgia held its parliamentary elections. Opposition Coalition Georgian Dream celebrated the victory by garnering 54,97 % of votes.
NIMD Democracy Schools in Georgia

NIMD Democracy Schools in Georgia

By the Democracy Education Program, NIMD encourages the creation of a growing pool of active citizens with the capacity to be agents of democratic change and development. NIMD Democracy Schools are now functioning in four cities of Georgia: Telavi, Kutaisi, Gori and Batumi.
Annual Report NIMD 2011

Annual Report NIMD 2011

News Article - 27 September 2012
NIMD presents it's Annual Report 2011.
Launch multiparty website for electoral progammes in Georgia

Launch multiparty website for electoral progammes in Georgia

News Article - 18 September 2012
On September 3th, NIMD launched the new multiparty website in Tbilisi, Georgia.
President European Parliament welcomes Multiparty Taskforce on Gender

President European Parliament welcomes Multiparty Taskforce on Gender

News Article - 03 July 2012
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Advancing democracy schools in Georgia

News Article - 21 February 2012
Following a successful completion of the pilot project in Telavi – the capital of Kakheti region in East Georgia – NIMD embarked on its effort to further expand the Democracy Schools in Georgia. To deliver a closing lecture in Telavi Democracy School and to welcome a new group of students in Kut
Political party assistance programme in Georgia evaluated

Political party assistance programme in Georgia evaluated

News Article - 05 October 2011
On September 19-20, 2011 NIMD Georgia Political Party Assistance program consultants, program team and NIMD HQ program manager gathered for the program evaluation workshop. The workshop aimed at assessing a year long process that NIMD undertook with seven political parties in Georgia, outline lesso
NIMD Georgia opens a Democracy School in Telavi

NIMD Georgia opens a Democracy School in Telavi

News Article - 04 October 2011
On 15 September, NIMD Georgia celebrated the International Day of Democracy with the official launch of a Democracy School at the Telavi State University. For this special occasion, the first lecture was given by Levan Tsutskiridze, NIMD Representative in Georgia, who spoke about the history of mode
NIMD Georgia Sharing Political Party Institutional Development Assistance Experience at OSCE/ODIHR Seminar

NIMD Georgia Sharing Political Party Institutional Development Assistance Experience at OSCE/ODIHR Seminar

News Article - 23 May 2011
Human Dimension Seminar organized by OSCE/ODIHR on 18-20 May, 2011 and devoted to “the role of political parties in the political process” took place in Warsaw, Poland. NIMD used this opportunity to share its experience in political party assistance. Side event organized by the NIMD draw partic
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At a glance ...

Political parties in parliament

• Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia
• The Republican Party of Georgia
• Our Georgia Free Democrats
• The National Forum
• The Conservatives 
• Industry Will Save Georgia 
• United National Movement

Key achievements in 2011

• NIMD supported the seven largest political parties in Georgia in developing strategic plans in order to strengthen their organizational capacity, policy analysis capacities and internal democracy;
• A comprehensive strategic planning exercise was conducted with the Georgian Central Election Commission;
• The NIMD Georgia office launched its first Democracy School in Telavi, Kakheti region;
• Several policy reform papers have been produced and debated with political parties and civil society.

Key achievements in 2012

• The NIMD Georgia office established the Multiparty Taskforce on Gender Equality, focusing on intra-party reforms and inter-party cooperation in order to support an increased women’s participation in Georgia’s political life;
• In advance of the parliamentary elections, NIMD launched the website partiebi.ge. The website offered citizens the chance to compare the electoral programmes of all major political parties on 21 different policy themes (more than 10.000 unique visitors);
• NIMD helped its political partners to implement their strategic plans and to formulate their electoral programmes;
• Management trainings were given to the Central Election Commission, and a study trip to the Netherlands was organized for its Board Members;
• After having launched a successfull democracy education pilot in Telavi, NIMD established three other Democracy Schools in Kutaisi, Gori and Batumi;
• The Georgia country office succeeded in substantially (60%) diversifying its funding by signing five additional contracts with international donors.

Key national partners

• Major political parties
• Parliament of Georgia
• The Schools of Democracy in Gori, Kutaisi, Telavi and Batumi
• Public Defender of Georgia
• Central Election Commission
• Netherlands Permanent Representation to the OSCE
• Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Embassy of Canada

Key international partners

• OSCE/ODIHR
• European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
• International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
• International IDEA
• Friedrich Naumann Foundation

 
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