Adjara. The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) has presented the project "Batumi Democracy School” in the Batumi Civic Engagement Center on September.

This Democracy School is the 5-month in-depth education program, under which the participants gain necessary knowledge and skills for the civil activities. The training course includes modern skills, democratic issues, substantial topics of democratic governance, leadership and social entrepreneurship. The training will be delivered by the highly qualified researchers, practitioners and experts from Georgia and abroad. In addition, the participants will use the electronic education environment and the possibility to participate in the small grants competition.

Interested citizens and representatives of NGO, local self-government, political and media organizations can participate in the program. Deadline for submitting applications for participation in the Batumi Democracy School is September 27.

The project is financially supported by the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.