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POST-ELECTION UPDATE:
On 27 March the activities carried
out by the implementing partner CARE through sub-contracted NGOs
were concluded in all regions of Western Georgia. Most of the
planned meetings were conducted with at least one meeting taking
place in each of more than 300 different communities. Over
80,000 copies of different information leaflets were
distributed. In total an estimated 90,000 people were reached.
23 MARCH 2004 UPDATE:
Following the developments of 14
March 2004 in Ajara, the activities in this region were
suspended due to security concerns. On 21 March, following the
normalization of the situation in Ajara, CARE re-launched its
voter education activities in the region. A total of 6 community
based voter education meetings could not be conducted as a
result, but CARE prepared a new schedule to make up for the lost
time.
18 MARCH 2004 UPDATE:
To date around 400 community based
voter education meetings (with some 14,800 participants) were
conducted and more than 50,000 leaflets distributed.
A monitoring visit was organized
on 11 and 12 March 2004. The CARE offices in Kutaisi and Batumi
were visited, interviews conducted with a local NGO conducting
community based voter education meetings in Ajara and a
community meeting in Ajara attended. At the time of the
monitoring project implementation was progressing as planned.
However, following the developments on 14 March 2004 in Ajara,
the activities in this region have been suspended due to
security concerns
10 MARCH 2004 UPDATE:
Following the signature of the MoU, CARE initiated meetings with
community representatives. The only obstacle CARE faced up to
date was that certain meetings were scheduled in the same area
as CEC meetings and therefore the expected numbers of
participants were somewhat lower. To deal with that problem, CEC
and CARE exchanged their schedules to avoid this kind of overlap
in future.
A monitoring visit was planned between 6-8 March to CARE
meetings taking place in Kobuleti (Ajara) and Samagrelo. Due to
the adverse weather conditions and closing of the Gori Pass, the
team returned to Tbilisi on 6 March and postponed the monitoring
visit until 11 March.
4 MARCH 2004 UPDATE
Following extensive consultations on project proposal budget and
narrative, the final budget and content for the information sessions
and print materials were agreed on 26 February 2004. Major concerns
raised during the consultations focused on overhead of 15% which was
not paid to CARE in the first phase, significant differences in
staff costs between different implementing NGOs and printing and
fuel costs. The overhead was reduced to reflect CARE standard
overhead rate of 8%, and other costs were justified by CARE in an
extensive budget narrative. On 1 March 2004 the
Agreement on the project was signed and CARE submitted a detailed
schedule for the upcoming week in order for GEAP to monitor first
training activities, particularly in Ajara. The first field
monitoring visit to the project is planned for 7 March 2004.
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FEBRUARY 2004 UPDATE:
The deadline for submitting proposals is on 25 February 2004. Due to
the limited timeframe negotiations with potential implementing
partners are ongoing.
11 FEBRUARY 2004 UPDATE:
Final proposals from the implementing partner is still pending.
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