Employees of Roads Department of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia shared best practice with municipalities of 10 regions of Georgia. The final meeting was conducted for municipalities included in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. The meeting was attended by the First Deputy Minister of MRDI, Chairman of Roads Department - Mr.  Irakli Karseladze and State Representative - Governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti  - Mr. Aleksandre Motserelia.

Heads of the relevant structural units of Roads Department shared best experience and practice with representatives of municipalities in the following fields: planning; preparation of terms of reference; procurement; legal techniques (contract execution); citizen engagement in local self-governance; project planning principles; resettlement (recognition committee, identification of land plots); communication with citizens and Roads Department; environmental public monitoring; public meetings and public involvement in preparation of environmental reports; grievance mechanism; road safety; terms of reference for bank protection; quality control; monitoring and enforcement.  At the end of the meeting, participants were able to get irrefragable answers to all the questions of their interest.

The goal of the meetings was to train all municipalities in procurement, implementation and monitoring of infrastructural works that in the future will positively effect on realization of infrastructure projects, mutual cooperation and in general, future development of public sector activities.

The event was implemented with the support of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) under the Exchange Platform for the Chapter on Regional Development within EU Association Agreement of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.