The results of an OSCE-financed project which aimed to promote civic participation in the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia, where there are many national minorities, will be presented in Tbilisi on November 8, Trend reports with reference to the OSCE Information Office.
Set up by the association Women of Multinational Georgia, the project helped establish NGOs focusing on gender, human rights issues, and democratic development in the Dmanisi, Tsalka, Bolnisi and Marneuli districts, which are inhabited by Azeri, Armenian, Greek and Russian communities. Under the project, training courses and seminars were organized to develop leadership, financial, personnel and organizational management skills. A newsletter, published in Georgian, Azeri and Armenian, was also distributed in the Kvemo Kartli region.