Boell Talks - Urban Development

On June 16, 2016, the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted public debate "June13: Lessons Learned".

The first debates held in Kutaisi by the HBF were met with high public interest. Two main themes were discussed at the meeting: the city development in terms of urban planning & economic development.

Lado Vardosanidze – architect, expert on urban studies, Professor at the Technical University of Georgia; Hrachya Poghosyan – architect, Deputy Chair of the Urban Planning Council of Yerevan Municipality; Levon Abrahamyan – anthropologist, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

On April 20, the Heinrich Boell Foundation organized a public discussion in Poti entitled “Why is Lazika being built?”

Urban Studies is one of the priority for the Heinrich Boell Foundation, - with these words Gogi Gvakharia, the moderator of the public debate opened the discussion: “Participatory Urban Development – The Way towards Social Compact” organized by the HBF South Caucasus Regional Office on 12 October 2011.

On 17 November 2010, the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted a public debate, “Urban Development of Tbilisi: Realities and Perspectives”. Lado Vardosanidze, Papuna Dzidziguri, Joseph Salukvadze gave presentations.

Experts and NGOs working on ecological problems in Georgia think that today the protection of the environment in our country is not a priority. According to NGO representatives working on ecological issues, this negative tendency is also connected to the gradually diminishing functions of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which is becoming a weak governmental institution.