Mtskheta-Mtianeti. On September 18-20, 2013 in Gudauri, the joint meeting between Donors and Civil Society Organizations was held. The main objective of the meeting was to promote dialogue and strengthen the cooperation between Donors and Civil Society Organizations in Georgia. Expectations of the parties involved in this meeting were to establish structural dialogue between donors and civil society organizations and eliminate communication problems. This meeting also aimed to identify: specific areas for cooperation, instruments and mechanisms on how to implement the dialogue, and values, which will be a basis for collaboration among two equal actors.

At the end of the meeting, participants presented all findings and results of the small working group sessions and discussed the future plans. They chose the members of the editing team, who will be responsible for continuation of the working process to draft document on Donor and CSOs cooperation based on the issues, instruments and values identified on this meeting. Participants agreed that the editing team will be representative and will engage three CSO and three donor organizations’ delegates.
Meeting was held by the initiative of Civil Society Institute (CSI), Civil Development Agency (CiDA) and Consultation and Training Center (CTC), in partnership with the "Civil Society Organizations Development Effectiveness” sub-group of the Eastern Partnership Georgian National Platform.