Guria. The offices of the "Union of Democratic Development of Georgia" hosted the training, which was delivered for the initiative groups (Tkhinvali, Chanieti, Makvaneti, Meria and Ureki) within the framework of the "Public Initiatives for Changes" project funded by the Management Systems International Georgia (MSI-Georgia). Training participants were informed about issues such as civil participation and public monitoring. In addition, the notion of local self-government and its powers was discussed. The procedure for drawing up the budget and the budgetary revenues and costs were also discussed at the meeting.