Anti-Corruption Civic Initiative
Donor Organization: Eurasia Foundation
Action Implementation Period: 01.06.2005 - 31.05.2006
Objectives of the Action: Monitoring of Batumi budget, revealing corruption mechanisms and facts and reacting properly to them. Developing recommendations to increase effective and purposeful budget expenditure “Alternative Budget”; creating budget program model regarding to issues at local level; informing population about budgetary processes in Batumi, enhancement of population participation level in similar activities; Promoting to creation of anti-corruption environment and budget discussing culture.
Results of the Action: recent budgetary processes became transparent in Batumi; Feedback mechanisms were created between municipality Sakrebulos (Representative Body of Self-government) and citizens; Existing legal basis, as well as recent budgetary processes and budget management and controlling systems were improved; existing corruption mechanisms were destroyed; society became more active and their participation level in budgetary processes was enhanced.