LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI ... - LED

The Coordinator of the Team works is Mr Zviad Archuadze, the Director of Economic Policy Agency
Social Council – consists of leaders of social/professional groups and heads of institutions,
businesses and organisations that are important to the City. The Council plays a specific role – as a
matter of fact it is an opinion-making body, so its members cannot be appointed at random. The
Council’s structure should be an extension of the Interdepartmental Team.
2.. PLAN PREPARATION PHASES – FIRST EDITION
Phase one – Organisation of teams and adoption of the procedure
• Appointing the Working Team
• Appointing the Interdepartmental Team
• Appointing the Council of City and Commune Development
• Appointing the group of consultants
• Adopting the Plan preparation procedure
• Recognising techniques and tools to carry out works
• Adopting a detailed timetable of the Plan preparation
Phase two – The assessment of the development and competitiveness level of the City being a
centre of business activity that offers high quality of life to its residents.
• Collecting and analysing data about the present situation and perspectives of local development,
including a survey of local businesses,
• The analysis of the City situation in key areas,
• The analysis of the City Development Strategy implementation process,
• Writing reports about the analyses,
• Writing the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis, the identification of
key problems and defining the development priorities.
Phase three – the Plan preparation
• Selection of the priorities and developing the Local Development Plan,
• Defining the Plan implementation indices (of its product, result and impact) being the basis of the
strategy implementation monitoring system,
• Deciding on the material scope of the Plan, including an initial list of the strategic implementation
projects.
Phase four – Preparing the Plan document, consultations and final approval.
• Defining the rules, procedures and tools for the works on the Plan,
• Collecting the implementation projects, their evaluation and selection,
• Developing the draft Plan document,
• Presentation, consultations and modifications of the draft,
• Passing the resolution by The City Council
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