The Council of Europe and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) with the support of the Swiss Confederation and the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID organised a conference on "The 2014 Local Elections: Lessons Learned and Steps Ahead" on 16 September 2014 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Participants to the Conference included members of the government and local communities, representatives of the Central Election Commission, political party representatives, the international community, the media and civil society.