Kakheti. On August 3, the Telavi Civic Engagement Center has hosted the meeting organized by the civil society organization "Civil Society Research and Development Center", concerning the presentation of plan of the working group for Kakheti's regional development and drafting of the strategy for 2012-2017. The project is funded by the German Agency for International Cooperation. Apart from the working group, representatives of various civil society organizations, public servants, businessmen, experts and interested persons have attended the project discussion. According to the Coordinator of Kakheti's regional development project Liza Sopromadze, the project aims to govern Kakheti effectively and elaborate the development strategy: "the regional development council is set up with the Office of Kakheti's Governor, which works on drafting the Kakheti's development strategy. The working group personally collects information, processes and forms the strategy. Group members are the experts, representatives of civil society organizations, education institutions, etc. The process is transparent and we try to reach everyone that the group has already started working on the development of the 5-year strategy and the deadline for which is 16th of October. We met with the business and CSO representatives and plan to meet with various other organizations also". The consulting body Regional development Council was set up in the Kakheti Region by the State Trustee - Governor. While working on the strategy within the project framework, the administration of the State Trustee - Governor closely cooperates with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GTZ).