Tbilisi. Web page of the campaign "This Affects You Too" published the statements and observer mission data of the CSOs that observed the October 1 parliamentary elections. For full text (Geo) Source: esshengexeba.ge

Adjara. On October 2, the Batumi Education, Development and Employment Center has held the meeting in the Batumi Civic Engagement Center dedicated to the International day of Non-Violence. This meeting was attended by the civic club members of the Adjara-based partner schools. The Club members have presented drawings depicting the topic – "Non-Violence at School". The meeting was held as part of the "Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program", which is funded by the US Agency for International Development (UASID).

Tbilisi. The organization "Women's Fund in Georgia" has organized the charity discussion on the members of the feminist punk-rock movement Riot Girls – "Art and Feminist Activism". Discussed at the meeting were the art as one of means of expression in the feminist activism. Amount raised at the discussion was fully donated to the grant budget of the Women's Fund. The discussion was hosted by the cafe "Frontline" on September 28, with participation of Alison Wolf – founder of the feminist rock-group "Bratmobile" and a social activist, NadyaBaise – a feminist, performance activist, Bernardo Santareli – musician and social activist, and Irakli Kakabadze – a writer. Source: womenfundgeorgia.org

Adjara. The Association "Deserving Old Age" has held the week dedicated to the International Day of Old Persons (October 1). The week, slogan of which was "Respect Old Age, It Is Your Future", was launched on September 25 and the Social Center of Elderly has hosted the discussion on: "Generations and Their Values". Invited guests have discussed the differences between the generations and their value reference points. In addition, emphasis was made on the gender equality and the attitude of generations towards religion. For full text Source: awa.org.ge

Samegrelo. On September 28, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Georgia Mr. Richard Norland met in Zugdidi with the civic club members of the training center GLC established within the framework of the "Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program" of PH international. At the meeting the students have informed the Ambassador about the Club activities as part of the Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program and discussed the future plans. The meeting was held in the Association "Atinati". For full text Source: civics.ge

Tbilisi. On October 2, the "International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy" has released the summary statement on the parliamentary elections held on October 1. It describes the information on the course of the vote counting process and the results of proportional elections, derived from the statistical method of the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT). For full text Source: isfed.ge

Samegrelo. On September 29, the Association "Dea" has held the event in the territory of the Zugdidi boulevard, during which its members have disseminated to the citizens stickers with the text "Your Vote Decides". According to the event participants, members of "Dea's" youth club, it is important that voters do not lose their votes, get active, go to the election precincts and express their position. The event – "Your Vote Decides" was implemented as part of the project "Promoting Increased Political Co-Participation and Enhancement of Women and Youth in Georgia and Armenia".

Tbilisi. On September 28 the "Human Rights Center" has held the press-conference and released the results of two periodic reports on media monitoring of the coverage of parliamentary elections. As part of the monitoring, the observers of the Human Rights Center observed the secret political, social and paid political advertisings aired on the following television channels: Public Broadcaster, Imedi, Rustavi 2, Kavkasia, Maestro and 9th Channel. Released reports cover the results of media monitoring of coverage of parliamentary elections for the period of 27 August to 9 September. Media monitoring is carried out within the framework of the USAID-funded four-year project "Building Trust Towards Electoral Processes", which is implemented by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). The results of August 27 - September 2 (Geo) The results of September 3 - September 9 (Geo) Source: humanrights.ge

Imereti. The Kutaisi Branch of the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association has released the results of the primary study as part of the project "My Voice in Parliament". The study examines the population's needs, according to which unemployment, healthcare related problems, education, internal roads, social welfare, utility fees, water supply - are the problems of concern to the population. The organization's representatives have discussed the study results on September 25 together with the representatives of NGOs, media sector and political entities. Source: humanrights.ge

Adjara. On September 28, the Economic Prosperity Initiative of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has held the presentation in the Batumi Civic Engagement Center on the "Key Principles of Building standards". Discussed at the meeting were the principles of planning the buildings, developed by the International Code Council in the US in 1994. Manuals were handed over to the meeting participants.

Kakheti. The role of the civil society in the process of conducting the elections fairly and democratically - these issues were discussed on September28 in the Telavi Civic Engagement Center. "Holding such meetings is important as it concerns the most crucial topic in Georgia such as elections", says the Head of the Telavi Civic Engagement Center Maia Purtskhvanidze. The representatives of the civil society, mass media, NGOs, accredited observer missions, the Central Election Commission, local authorities and political parties have attended the discussion.

Guria. In parallel with renewing the education process, the Guria Youth Resource Center continues meetings in the Guria Region as part of the Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program. The program is implemented by PH International, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development and in partnership with the Guria Youth Resource Center. Following the summer holidays, the youngsters involved in the Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program have been actively engaged in the club life. The meeting was held on September 20 with the members of the civic club of the Public School #1 of the Chokhatauri Municipality. Several new members have joined the club this year. Discussed at the meeting were the events to be implemented throughout the current education year. The weekly meeting time-table was drawn up. As of now the club has 20 members. The students of the Chaisubani Public School of the Chokhatauri Municipality were rather active as well. 18 members have attended the meeting held on the same day on September 20. Several problems experienced by the community were identified when working on the future plans, in respect of solution of which the club intends to develop the strategy in the near future. Interesting meeting was held on September 24 with the members of the civil club of the village Bakhvi Public School of the Ozurgeti Municipality. Composition of the civic club was renewed and the new leader was elected. Another important news is that the civic club was established in the Ozurgeti Public School #1 on September 25. The club was established on the base of the initiative group acting in this school as part of the Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program.

Tbilisi. The "Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information" (IDFI) has released the statement in relation to the International Right to Know Day, in which the legislative guarantees and existing practice on receiving the public information are discussed. For full text Source: idfi.ge

Guria. On September 26, the Guria Youth Resource center has organized the field consulting meeting as part of the small grants component of the Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program. The meetings were held in the public schools of villages Supsa and Nigvziani of the Lanchkhuti Municipality. The civic club member children and supporting teachers from the public schools got acquainted with the topics and objectives of the small grants competition.

Tbilisi. On September 28 the "International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy" has presented the organization's observer mission and methodology for the elections. Over 1,100 observers of the organization will observe the elections by means of the Parallel Vote Tabulation method (PVT). This method includes the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative information from the randomly selected precincts. The observers will observe the polling process during the entire day at all stages (opening of the election precinct, voting procedures, ballot count, etc.). During the 1 October parliamentary elections the observers of ISFED will observe the elections in all 73 districts and will inform the central office about the course of the election process. On its hand, on a regular basis the organization will provide public with information received from the observers.

Tbilisi. With funding from the "Open Society - Georgia" Foundation, the Civil Society Institute has launched the project – "Debates for Education and Integration". The project aims to support the education of children in the family-type children's homes so that the youngsters develop intellectual and social skills. The debate clubs have already been established in the family-type children's homes of Rustavi, Telavi and Kutaisi, where the trainers teach the children debating skills. In addition, it is planned to hold the four-day forum of debates in Tbilisi, where the youngsters will listen to thematic lectures, participate in the debating skills trainings, and the tournament will be organized. For full text (Geo) Source: cdi.org.ge

Samtskhe-Javakheti.On September 27, as part of the "Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program", the conference was held in the hall of the Aspindza Public School on: "27 September 1993 – Fall of Sokhumi". The civic club members of the Samtskhe-Javakheti based public schools have participated in the conference. At the beginning the conference participants have honored the killed in the Abkhazian War. The works of the speakers included as the historical facts, as well as the recollections of the IDPs and the stories of the war participants. The organizer of the conference – the organization Akhaltsikhe Youth Center – has awarded all participants with certificates, while the first, second and third place winner authors have received prizes along with the certificates.

Imereti. On September 26, the cleaning event was held in village Darkveti of the Chiatura Municipality. The event was held as part of CENN's regional initiative ("Enhancing Rural Women and Their Involvement in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the South Caucasus Countries") and the representatives of the women's council founded in village Darkveti, school students and the local population have participated in it. The event aimed at raising the concerns over environmental problems among the local population and especially the youth. The initiative is implemented with the financial support of the German Foundation EED. Source: CENN

Imereti. "Income Generation and Business Support Initiative" is the title of the project implemented by the Humanitarian Center "Abkhazeti" since September. The project will be implemented in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Imereti, Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli and Samegrelo Regions and it aims to support and develop businesses by issuing the interest-free loans. "Income Generation and Business Support Initiative" is implemented as part of the USAID-funded project – "New Economic Opportunities Initiative". For full text Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The video clip was prepared as part of the campaign "This Affects You Too", which informs the voters on the polling procedures during the polling day. In addition, the emphasis is made on the procedure for marking the ballot, principle of secrecy of voting, photo and/or video recording in the polling booth, responsibility of parties participating in the elections, and other issues. The video (Geo) Source: esshengexeba.ge

Imereti. The Kutaisi Branch of the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association has held meetings with the single-seat MP nominees of all 12 municipalities of the Imereti Region, the political parties, NGOs and media representatives. The meeting was held as part of the project "My Voice in the Parliament". The project aims to advocate the citizens' problems by reflecting them in the election agendas and enhancing and activating the parliamentary representations and the bureaus of single-seat MPs. It is implemented within the framework of the program "Policy, Advocacy and Civil Society Development in Georgia" (G-PAC) of the East-West Management Institute (EWMI). For full text (Geo) Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Samtskhe-Javakheti.On September26, the Akhaltsikhe Youth Center has hosted the guests from the Aspindza Public School's Civic Club. The Club members have been advised by the representatives of the Youth Center on drawing up the co-funding letters and the correct budget planning. Such meetings are held in the Youth Center on a systematic basis, which promotes active involvement and cooperation of young students in the civic clubs.