U.S. Supports Efforts to Improve Voters’ Lists (January 18)

Signing of the memorandum of understanding at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia on January 18

On January 18 U.S. Ambassador John R. Bass, Minister of Justice Zurab Adeishvili,USAID Mission Director Stephen M. Haykin and Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava signeda Memorandum of Understanding to support implementation of a new project to improvethe voters’ lists by correcting addressing in Tbilisi. As part of the project, 474,000 unitswill be mapped and approximately 1.2 million registered individuals will be assigned tophysical addresses. The U.S. Government will provide $1 million to fund the project.
The project is part of the U.S. Government sponsored $16 million Good Governance inGeorgia (G3) project to improve transparency and institutional efficiency at all levelsof government, as well as improving communication channels between governmentinstitutions, civil society and citizens. G3 is administered by the U.S. Agency forInternational Development (USAID).