Press Release
Council of Europe Office in Georgia
26, Kakabadzeebi Brothers street, 0108 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel.: +995 32 291 38 70 / 71 / 72 / 73
Fax: +995 32 291 38 74
E-mail: informtbilisi@coe.int
www.coe.ge
The Netherlands and Germany support election programme for Georgia
The
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Georgia has made a voluntary
contribution of €224.000 to the Council of Europe towards the programme to
support Georgia in view of the 2012 (parliamentary), 2013 (presidential) and
2014 (local) elections [Link
to programme].
The Dutch contribution will focus on the observation of
the work and capacity-building of the Voters List Verification Commission, as
well as capacity-building of local self-government officials on electoral
procedures. The support of the Dutch Embassy was complemented on 10 April 2012
by a voluntary contribution of € 52,000 of
the
Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany [Link
to press release], in support of the
activities of the Council of Europe related to awareness-raising of first-time
voters in Georgia.
For more information see: www.coe.int / www.coe.ge
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democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops common responses to
social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47 member states.
Council of Europe Office in Georgia