What you need to know to start your learning Journey at the Certification of Municipality?

Because you as a municipality,

• need a space for refinement, introduction and development of “Participatory Budget” and “Participation Mechanisms”.
• Will share international experience;
• Will improve your competence and skills in the field of participation;
• acquire supporters, associates and be in constant communication with colleagues, and experts;
• Will receive a certificate;
•  Will become more transparent, accountable and innovative;
•  Will create more perspective for the development of your own municipality;
• activate participatory processes;
• plan result-oriented activities;
• Will receive practical advice tailored to reality by highly qualified experts;
•  Will have the opportunity to develop a “Participatory Budget” and include the “Participation Mechanisms”;
• Increase the awareness of the municipality at the national and international levels;
• Will have the opportunity to actively involve the population in the decision-making process;

For successful certification: 

• It is necessary for the municipality to have a “Participatory Budget”, and all the necessary stages for its implementation must comply with the standards of the “Participatory Budget” in Georgia.
• A municipality wishing to be certified must get acquainted with the C1 form;
• Must apply to Solidarity Fund PL Georgia;
• Must fill out application forms; 
• Wait for confirmation of the start of the process; 
• Confirmation will be followed by a series of emails, with  the details of: instructions for filling out the form; deadlines for filling in and submitting the application;

Certification Results:

• Results will be announced according to a predetermined date;
• Each applicant will be informed via email;

In 2019, for the first time in Georgia, the certification of municipalities was held at the initiative of the Solidarity Fund PL. Certificates were awarded to the following successful municipalities: Sighnaghi, Ozurgeti, Gori, Tskaltubo, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Akhaltsikhe.

The certificate is issued for 1 year, therefore the municipality can participate again.

• A municipality must meet the standards and principles of the “Participatory Budget” in Georgia. [hyperlink participatoryhub.pl/resource center/PB standards in Georgia.pdf]

• Of course yes. Anyone can offer to another municipality to get involved in the certification process.
• The municipality invited to receive the relevant certificate must go through the procedures established for certification.

• The “Certification of Municipality” is free. The selected municipality is exempt from all costs associated with the process;
• If necessary (travel, hotel, meals, etc.) are covered by the Solidarity Fund PL Georgia

Compliance of the participatory budget with the standards;

Participation in the process, project submission and degree of involvement;

Evaluation of  the use of participatory mechanisms;

Readiness and desire of the municipality for the introduction and development of the participatory budget.

The final decision is made by the Inter-Agency Consortium, which was established to ensure and improve the ongoing PB process in Georgia, at the initiative of the Solidarity Fund PL Georgia.

• The municipality will become more transparent, accountable and innovative;
• Activate participatory processes;
• Share international experience;
• You will have the opportunity to develop a “Participatory Budget” and include “Participation Mechanisms”;
• You will create more perspective to your own municipality for development;

The result of the certification is: Active Citizens – Strong Municipality.