Adjara. On August 31, the "Civil Advisers' Committee" has presented the modification project of the Committee to CSOs and media representatives. This project was developed by the "Civil Society Institute". The "Civil Advisers' Committee is the consultative body existing with the Sakrebulo of self-governing city of Batumi, which aims at enhancing the citizen participation mechanisms in the activities of the Sakrebulo, and submitting the comments and recommendations. Pursuant to the modification project of the "Civil Advisers' Committee", public conventions must be established in all territorial units of self-governing city Batumi, which on its hand will provide a more solid mechanism of citizen participation. Under the new project, each representative of public conventions and two representatives from CSOs, business sector and media outlets operating in Batumi will be the Committee members. They will be elected by the relevant organization. The presentation ended with the discussion as on the effectiveness of the Committee's activities, as well as on the modification of its name.