Approval of the Composition of Georgia’s New Delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe upon Nomination by NALAG

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In Strasbourg, at the 50th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the five-year mandate of Georgia’s new delegation was officially confirmed.

The delegation, which was presented to the Congress by NALAG, was approved as a result of the procedure for verifying the credentials of its members.

The Georgian delegation continues to be led by the Mayor of Tbilisi Municipality and President of NALAG, Kakha Kaladze. Nino Vardosanidze, A member of Tbilisi City Municipal Assembly and the Chair of Legal Issues and Human Rights Commission, was appointed as his deputy.

The main composition of the delegation also includes Gogi Putkaradze, a member of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Beka Vachnadze, Mayor of Poti Municipality, and Bela Mosia, a member of the Zugdidi Municipality City Assembly.
As for the substitute members, the Congress approved the candidacies of Zurab Abashidze, Chairperson of the Tbilisi Municipality City Assembly, Tamar Khachidze, a member of the Gardabani Municipality City Assembly, Veriko Kvirkvelia, a member of the Lanchkhuti Municipality City Assembly, as well as Varlam Tsiklauri, Mayor of Akhaltsikhe Municipality, and Tekla Meburishvili, a member of the Kutaisi Municipality City Assembly.

It should be noted that the National Association of Authorities of Georgia is a partner of the Government of Georgia in presenting the delegation to the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is a pan-European political assembly that brings together 612 representatives from more than 200,000 local and regional authorities from 46 European countries.

The purpose of the Congress is to support democracy at the local and regional level, to improve the capacities of local and regional governments, and to strengthen self-governance. It places particular importance on the implementation of the principles established by the Council of Europe’s Charter for local self-government. It promotes the processes of decentralization and regionalization, as well as cooperation between cities and regions.