There will be issued 79 grants, at least 5000 representatives of civil society throughout entire Georgia will benefit from them – this is a small list of activities of a new large-scale project of the European Union, which was presented in Shida Kartli. The purpose of the ''Civil Society Development Initiative'' project is to improve civil society environment, strengthen civil society organizations and increase their accountability towards citizens. The event was attended by representatives of public, i.e. non-governmental organizations of Shida Kartli, persons interested in the subject issue.

The project is funded by the European Union and the Ministry for Economic Cooperation of Germany. The project is implemented by a Consortium (Civil Society Institute - #CSI, Center for Training and Consultancy - #CTC, Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia - #CSRDG, Kutaisi Education Development and Employment Center - #KEDEC) under the supervision of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.