CONFERENCE
Managing Public Investments on Municipal Level in Georgia
March 20, 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia
Project: Managing Public Investments at the Municipal
Level in Georgia
Supported by: SlovakAid, a Slovak Ministry of Foreign
Affairs' Programme
Implementing institution: NISPAcee
Partner institution: The National Association of local
Authorities of Georgia
The project "Managing Public Investments at the
Municipal Level in Georgia" began in November 2010 and was implemented by
NISPAcee, in co-operation with the Project Partner Institution "The
National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia” (NALAG). The project is
supported by SlovakAid.
The National conference took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on
March 20, 2012. The conference was opened by Mr. David Melua, NALA Executive
Director and Project Coordinator and Ms. Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee Executive
Director and project expert. The key presentations were led by the Georgian and
Slovak project experts Mr. Akaki Dzagania, Mr. Juraj Nemec, Mr. Peter
Kristofik, Mr. Hussam Musa and project manager Ms. Elena Zakova. More than 50
participants attended the conference – experts, trainers and high-level
representatives of the local government.
Two special guest speakers - Mr. Giorgi Dididze from the
Department for Regional Programmes, the Ministry of Regional Development and
Infrastructure and Mr. Gocha Shanidze, member of the Parliamentary Committee on
Budgetary Affairs - introduced the Regional Development Strategy and its
importance for EU integration.
The Slovak experts presented "Decentralisation and
Local Governments in Slovakia from the point of view of the EU Accession
Process” and "Slovak and EU experience in Managing Public Finance with
special focus on Public Investments”.
The main focus was on the project and topical areas
selected for the final project outcome - the manual developed within the
project, the project´s results, and the lessons learned within the project’s
implementation. The key topics – Project Management, Programme Performance
Budgeting, Managing Investments and Public Procurement - were introduced during
the afternoon sessions by each of the project experts and trainers. After each
session, time was allotted to discussions. The participants took this
opportunity and discussed with the experts, not only the results of the
project, but also other questions and issues related to the regional
development strategy, decentralisation and local governments.