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Association of Urbanists of Georgia
Legal Status: Non-governmental non-commercial organization
Address and contact information: 16 Vaja-Pshavela Ave. Tbilisi, Georgia..
Tel. (995-32) 94 02 80
e-mail: urbia@wanex.net
Date of establishment 1990 year
The head of the organization: Chairman – Lado Vardosanidze
Association of Urbanists of Georgia (AUG) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan, public organization, where the specialists of the investigation field, design, planning and sphere of management of human settlements, as well as those interested in the formation and development processes of urban culture in Georgia are incorporated.
Prior to official registration of AUG in 1990 it was operating as so called “informal organization”. According to the new requirements AUG was re-registered in January ‘99.
The AUG Objectives are:
To combine the efforts of all activity wings connected with an urbia as a cultural phenomenon.To investigate sociological and physiological aspects of contemporary urban society.
To contribute in creating sustainable and deserving habitat. To assist the bodies responsible in working out of a strategy of urbanization of Georgia. To promote socially and economically oriented city- and regional planning. To establish the self-governmental institutions including condominiums. All these in its part will support the formation process of democratic and civic society in Georgia. Hence, AUG:
Works out the programs of development of human settlements; Makes an independent examination of important projects and draft laws; Displays legislative initiative; Carries out consultations, correspondent propaganda and publicist activity; Complies educational programs for students of architectural schools; AUG collaborates with: The parliament of Georgia; UN Center for Human Settlements (Habitat); Ministry of Urbanization and Construction of Georgia; International and foreign organizations operating in Georgia; Local communities; Local governments and self-governments; General Public; Mass media.
List of activities:
During last years the main directions in the activities of AUG was the sphere of legislation and creative competitions. On the initiative of AUG scientific-practical conference on the problem of territorial and state arrangement of Georgia was carried out in cooperation with Ministry of Urbanization and Construction of Georgia, Committee for Self-government and Regional Policy of the Parliament of Georgia and Co-ordinate Body of Local Government and Regional policy of the State Office of Georgia in 1996. Recommendations adopted during the conference were published and submitted to the Parliament of Georgia.
Projects elaborated by AUG:
“Methodological Basis for Architectural and Urban Development of Tbilisi and Strategy for it’s Realization”, (1996-1997) – grant received from Open Society – Georgia Foundation;
“Elaboration of Legislative and management System of Urban Development under the Conditions of Georgia”, (1996-1997) – grant received from Eurasia Foundation;
“Establishment of Condominium Consultative Center ”, (1998-1999) – grant received form Eurasia Foundation;
“Elaboration of Legislative, Institutional and Informational Basis for Development of Real Estate Market in South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)”, (1999-2000) – grant received form Eurasia Foundation;
“Concept of Sustainable Regeneration of Shatili Village (Khevsoureti)”, (1999-2000) – grant received from World Bank, Cultural Heritage Preservation Fund of Georgia;
“The Role of Local Self-government in Improving the Legislative Background in the Cultural Heritage Protection Sphere”, (1999-2000) – grant received from Open Society – Georgia Foundation;
Collection of the Global Indicators for the city of Tbilisi within the framework of the Habitat Global Urban Indicators Database Program (GUID-2), (2000) – by the order of Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary;
“Some Aspects of Urban Development in Georgia” (City planning, Housing and Municipal Services, Home Owners Associations and Condominiums), Report for the Urban Institute, 2000.
“Gentle Regeneration of Gare Avlabari (in collaboration with the Institute of Architecture, GTU and German Academy for City- and Regional Panning)” 1997-till now;
Besides, the members of AUG are individually participating in other important programs and projects.
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