Civil Society Engagement Program in Georgia (CSEP)

2021 – 2025

The Civil Society Engagement Program (CSEP) in Georgia was a planned five-year activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented EWMI in partnership with CANVAS, ZINC Network, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), European Community Foundation Initiative, Center for Training and Consultancy, Orbeliani Georgia, and the Global Compact Network Georgia (GCNG).  

CSEP aimed to strengthen Georgian civil society through building the capacity of new and existing civic actors to act as trusted, legitimate, and effective representatives of citizens’ interests, empowering and mobilizing communities to advocate for their rights, and building an ecosystem for civic actors to diversify their resource base. The program supported civic movements, civic activists, and CSOs from across the country to put forward and advance citizen-vetted solutions to citizens’ key concerns and priorities. 

Impact Stories

Expanding Access to Affordable Medication in Georgia
Despite reforms in Georgia’s healthcare sector over the last two decades, access to affordable medication has remained a top concern of citizens. A 2023 poll found that 68% of Georgians consider the cost of medicine the biggest issue for the healthcare sector. Civil Society Engagement Program (CSEP) ...
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Increasing Access to Preschool Education in Georgia’s Remote Regions
Georgian law mandates the universal right to early education for all Georgian residents, but research conducted by Civil Society Engagement Program (CSEP) in Georgia grantee, Center for Civic Activities (CCA), showed that for residents of mountainous and ethnic minority populated areas, this type of access proves to be the ...
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Mobilizing Communities in Racha for Environmental Protection
In May, the Center for Civic Activities (CCA) received a Rapid Response Grant from the EWMI-implemented USAID Civil Society Engagement Program (CSEP) in Georgia to mobilize citizens in Racha and protect the more than 100,000 hectares of the Racha-Lechkhumi forest that were auctioned off by the Georgian ...
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