Mtskheta-Mtianeti. The "Civic Education Summer Camp - 2012" was opened up on June 30 in Bazaleti, in the training center of the Free University. The camp was organized within the framework of the "Civic Education and Teachers' Training Program", which is funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), while the program in Georgia is implemented by PH-International. Organizer of the camp is the Georgian Association of Education Initiatives, which simultaneously is the partner organization of the program in the KvemoKartli Region. The first group was organized from June 30 to July 5 with participation of students and teachers from 11 regions of Georgia. Two more groups of the camp are planned in July and August. 270 participants from all parts of Georgia will participate in the camp from all three groups. Students participating in the camp are the active members of the school civic clubs, who initiate and implement various civil activities throughout the year. The Association organizes the "Civic Education Camp" for the second consecutive year. Last year 170 participants from 9 regions of Georgia have participated in the summer civic camp. Working in the camp along with the Georgian leaders are the European youth leaders, who are hosted by the Association within the framework of the EC program "Youth in Action".