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Call for Applications: Become a Mentor at our 2020 Regional Ideathon in March in Chisinau!

Are you part of a civic tech initiative in the Eastern Partnership or other European countries that helps local communities, holds governments accountable, or provides digital services to citizens? Do you have a story that will inspire others? Experience with civic tech? Then apply by the February 20, 2020 to join us as a mentor at

EU-CSO Roadmap 2014-2017 in Georgia: Key Achievements

In 2014, a wide-reaching effort began to develop EU Country Roadmaps for engagement with civil society. Envisaged as a joint initiative between the EU and its Member States, the Roadmaps were introduced to strengthen their engagement with civil society in the respective partner country. The first Roadmap for Georgia covered 2014 to 2017 and contained

Extended Deadline for the Call for Applications under the 2020 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme: Apply by 20 January

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Deadline for submission of applications extended until January 20, 2020 (12.00 CET). We are happy to announce our new Open Call for Applications under the 2020 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme! If you are a young civil society activist from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova or Ukraine with new ideas for improving your community or country

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Happy New (Election) Year

by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. With the 2020 on the horizon, it is difficult to anticipate what the New Year brings to us. Obviously, looking at the latest international politics (e.g. US-Iran relations) as well as the scale of the global warming (e.g. Australia Bushfires), it is not easy to expect anything good. Especially, if your

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / (Bitter) Sweet November

by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. This article is about the country of chaos and instability. A country of lost opportunities. It is ironic and tragic how a country of this much potential cannot get out of the vicious circle it is trapped in. November 7. It is the first week of November. I am tasked to

DataFest Tbilisi 2019: Breaking the Stigma about Data

Data-driven economy, data journalism, data-based policy making and data driven decision making, data analysis and visualization… This word – data – is used by media and others so often that it has already become another “bitcoin”, or white elephant: something everyone heard of, but only few saw. And like many of such phenomena, data is

From despair to repair through knowledge

Imagine yourself living in a small rundown town far from the capital: the local economy in steep decline, businesses wilted, young people hurry to chase better prospects elsewhere in big cities because jobs are few. Evenings are even worse than that, the only entertainment around (beside the employment centre, now off-hours, and the ancient library)

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Reactive, still reactive in Georgia…

by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. It is the first day of November. As any Friday in Tbilisi, this is no exception in terms of traffic. I am trying to get to the State Chancellory to join the protesters. This time it is about gambling. CSOs and the group of activists are trying to

Call for Applications under the 2020 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Deadline for submission of applications extended until January 20, 2020 (12.00 CET). We are happy to announce our new Open Call for Applications under the 2020 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme! If you are a young civil society activist from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova or Ukraine with new ideas for improving your community or country