The municipalities of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti increase funding for the eparchies of the Georgian Orthodox Church

What do citizens demand from local municipalities?

 About a quarter of the citizens surveyed think that the mayors and municipal councils (Sakrebulos) elected in 2017 do not express citizens’ interests.The survey of 2,087 respondents was commissioned by TI Georgia and conducted by the Caucasus Research Resources Centers (CRRC) from February 20 up to March 5, 2019, and its margin of error amounts to 2.3%.

The Government has yet to transfer Real Estate to local self-government bodies

 In spite of a requirement of the legislation and public statements of highest officials of the authorities, the local self-government bodies have yet to receive agricultural and non-agricultural land and other property from the State. 

The Municipality of Zugdidi has to spend its own budget for the exercise of powers of the central authorities

Incomplete asset declarations of directors of municipal legal entities of Adjara

Municipalities of Imereti have improved their websites, although shortcomings remain

Shortcomings in the asset declarations of public officials of the Municipality of Shuakhevi

Why do Mayors resign from office?

The Director of Zugdidi Municipal Company and his spouse are wining in local tenders

 The companies in which Badri Nemsadze, Director of the Municipal Transport of Zugdidi, and his spouse, Ekaterine Keburia, own stakes – Zugdidi Auto Trans Georgia, Zugdidi Auto Trans and Clean City – are wining in tenders announced by the Zugdidi Municipality.

Incomplete asset declarations of heads of municipal legal entities in Imereti