Tbilisi. Transparency International Georgia today published the Local Integrity Systems Assessment report which covers three self-governing cities - Tbilisi, Kutaisi, and Zugdidi - and examines various aspects of the operation of their local government bodies. The study aims to identify the main strengths and weaknesses of the local government bodies and to offer recommendations accordingly.

''A functioning local integrity system can play an important role in minimizing the opportunities for corruption at the local level. A typical local integrity system incorporates a set of core actors that can be found in most local government configurations: the local representative body (in Georgia - municipal councils), the executive (City Hall or municipal administration), the local bureaucracy (civil servants)'', is noted in the statement. 

Source: www.transparency.ge