Empowering civil society for engagement in and monitoring the decision making in health sector in Georgia

Introduction and Overview

The project aims to strengthen CSOs working on Health Systems to participate in the decision-making process, to assume watchdog functions, monitor enforcement of policies and advocate for better health for all. The project is funded by Open Society Foundation through proactive cooperation with Open Society Georgian Foundation.

Organisations Involved

Open Society Foundation (via OSGF); More than 20 local organizations, including Civil Society, Media, and Academy.

Expected Results and Their Application

To strengthening local CSOs to enable them to participate in the decision-making process, to assume watchdog functions, to monitor enforcement of policies and to advocate for better health for all regardless of the ability to pay.

1. To conduct mapping exercise to a) identify NGOs/CSO organizations working in the health sector as well as organizations working on transparency, human rights and budget monitoring issues in Georgia, b) explore existing potentials of health‐related civil society organizations; d) explore their interest in participating in the proposed project;

2. To strengthen health‐related civil society organizations to uncover and challenge nondemocratic, non‐transparent and non‐accountable policy decisions in health sector through training on a range of topics related to health policy cycle, health budget development processing Georgia and principles of budget monitoring, current landscape for overall health care system in Georgia, as well as landscape of pharmaceutical market etc.

3. To strengthen networking, coordination, and communication among civil society organizations and community groups.

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