The community development program of the Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia, which was started almost twenty-six years ago, is still ongoing and implementing many projects for community welfare across the country as well.
The main objective of the Community Development Program was to promote community groups and organizations in Georgian regions and support their initiatives to overcome local challenges and problems. The non-governmental organization also helped with these community development programs.
It is to be specifically mentioned that in the last ten years, the Community Development Program has received 1 343 356.92 GEL as a grant to support 117 community organizations and their 201 community projects in various regions of the country.
Some of the main projects of the community development program are as follows:
- 71 projects in education and awareness raising in areas like sustainable agriculture practices, cultural heritage preservation, issues of the women’s health care, environmental protection, personal skills development, advocacy campaigns agianst child bullying and others
- 33 projects to create cultural-educational spaces for young people, women, and farmers again at different places
- 29 projects in the direction of infrastructure rehabilitation will also be developed under the program will include gyms, schools and gardens, a library, a square, tourist centers, model farms, outdoor shopping stalls, and more
- 68 projects to solve various actual problems like socialization of single elderly and disabled persons and services, environmental protection, economic empowerment, implementation of new technologies, integration of ethnic minorities, 68 for eliminating the consequences of COVID-19 and others
It is also worth noting that some of the following results would not be possible to achieve without the financial support of the European Union in Georgia; these include the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Brot UNDP Georgia programs.
Anyone can get information about these projects. They can visit the program’s official site to get information in this regard as well. Information can also be obtained about the specific project and its actual cost.