LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI ... - LED

Phase II
As in every strategic programming process what should follow next is the
analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and external threats the City
has to face. It is a task that requires from the members of the Inter-sector
Team a lot of effort and professionalism. The natural outcome of this analysis
is the identification of key problems for Tbilisi development. Then, a
conceptual work begins in order to decide on the ways of solving these
problems, to define the priorities. These activities are performed by the Intersector
Team of the City Development Programme and the City Development
Council who define the development directions and recommend development
priorities to the President of the City.
Before the priorities are approved, the President consults the City Council
commissions, local community and selected organisations.
Phase III
After the consultation the adopted priorities are publicly announced, which is
an invitation to submit proposals of implementation projects. It is vital that the
announcement of the priority development directions is addressed to all
organisations and public administration institutions that are interested in
implementing various projects within the announced priorities. The proposed
implementation projects are submitted on standardized forms to the Working
Team whose task is to compare the projects. Then the Working Team
evaluates and selects the proposals. The evaluation and selection criteria are
first of all based on their efficiency in implementing the adopted priorities and
how well they are prepared. Then the shortlist is made of the ones that deal
with the major strategic issues. After consultations with the City Council the list
is eventually approved by the President.
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