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The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Open Government Partnership

14 December 2017
The Open Society Georgia Foundation works proactively with the city government of Tbilisi in localizing Georgia’s global commitments to the Open Government Partnership, mobilizing political commitment through consultation and co-creation processes, and creating the same consultative mechanisms at…

Ecocompensation vs Pollution Compensation US Transboundary Watershed ManagementExperiences and Lessons

8 December 2017
Who pays, who benefits, how much, and how—these are among the questions tackled in the presentation to better differentiate eco-compensation from pollution compensation, particularly in the context of watershed management. The experiences and lessons of the United States in transboundary watershed…

EcoCompensation and Agriculture Lessons from the United States Questions for the Peoples Republic of China

8 December 2017
Why is agriculture important for eco-compensation? Agriculture is key to food security, rural livelihoods, economic growth, and human survival; but, it is also a major source of environmental degradation. Current farming practices (e.g., tillage, introduction of new plant varieties, application of…

FINCA Bank Georgia

8 November 2017
In July 2017, FINCA Bank conducted a pilot project that aimed to facilitate the use of tablet devices on the field for loan processing and requirements. This presentation discusses FINCA's experience in implementing the project and the lessons they learned.

Development Path of Digital Georgia From eGovernance Frameworks to eGovernment Initiatives

3 October 2017

ECA eProcurement Initiatives

3 October 2017

Using ICT for Development to Engage Stakeholders

31 July 2017
Building ways to provide feedback when crowdsourcing data can lead to improvements in underlying applications or surveys; stakeholders are shifted from just users of information to creators of relevant content and technology. This report, through selected case presentations, shares key findings on…

Building an SDG Data Dashboard for the California Bay Area

29 June 2017
Presentation of Derek Ouyang on localizing the SDGs

Status of Project Implementation and Completion Strategy

31 May 2017
ADB's Mookiah Thiruchelvam shares updates on the Georgia Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program. The program aims to efficient and effective urban transport services with incentives and capacity to improve quality, reliability, accessibility, affordability, integration and coverage of…

Public Transport Projects in Tbilisi

31 May 2017
Neil Chadder of Cities Development Initiatives in Asia (CDIA) shares details of CDIA's work with the city government of Tbilisi in Georgia in improving its transport system. Through the implementation of two pre-feasibility studies, CDIA is targeting the restructuring and rationalizing of the bus…