Compare Electoral Programs by Topic

The following questionnaire is open for all mayoral candidates participating in the local self-government elections of 2014. Interested mayoral candidates can send the filled in questionnaire to the e-mail address: contact@nimd.ge 

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Please answer the following questions with not more than 250 words. You can leave some questions unanswered.

The General View

• View: What is your view of the city's development priorities?

Development and Economy

• City Development: In your view, what are the main capacities/advantages of the city which you will be seeking to employ with a view to facilitating economic and urban development?
• Economic Development: Please provide a concise description of your vision/plan (if you have such) for the city's long-term economic development
• Economic Development: In your view, what are the main problems that impede the economic development of your city?
• Budget: What are your budgetary priorities? Please provide a concise interpretation of your budgetary policy.
• Business and Investments: What measures will you implement in order to improve the city's business and commercial infrastructure, and to attract investments?

Urban Development/City Planning/Housebuilding

• Housing Policy: What measures will you implement to create better housing conditions for the city dwellers?
• Cleaning: What measures are you planning to implement to ensure the street care and cleaning are improved?

Infrastructure and Transport

• Public Transport: What measures are you intending to implement to improve the public transport system?
• Road Traffic: What measures are you intending to implement to improve the road safety conditions in the city?
• Persons with disabilities: What measures will you implement to improve the disabled/impaired persons' movement conditions within the city?

Culture and Education

• Culture: What programmes will you implement to enhance the cultural life of the city?
• Education: Within the limits of your competence, what measures will you take with the aim of improving the quality of education and making it more affordable?

Health Care and Social Policy

• Safety and Crime: Within the limits of your competence, what measures will you implement to fight against crime and carry out crime prevention activities?
• Social Policy: What will your social policy be like and what kind of social programmes will you foster in the city?
• Health Care: What measures will you adopt in order to improve the general health care indicators in your city?
• Homelessness and Social Policy: What measures are you intending to implement to improve the social conditions of the homeless?

Ecology, Recreation and Sport

• Ecology: What measures are you intending to implement to improve the city's ecological condition?
• Recreation: What measures will you take to expand and develop recreational areas and parks in the city?
• Sport: What are you intending to do to develop sports activities and to ensure the enhancement of healthy lifestyle along with the development of recreation and sports infrastructure?

Tbilisi

• Conditions for pedestrians: What measures are you intending to implement for the betterment of the saftety and comfort of pedestrians in the city?
• Car Traffic: What measures are you planning to implement for the improvement of the road traffic environment and the reduction of traffic jams?
• Stray Animals: What measures are you intending to implement for the resolution of the problems concerning stray animals?
• Unfinished Construction Projects: What measures are you planning to implement to regulate the problems concerning unfinished construction projects and derelict/damaged buildings?
• Appearance of City: What measures will you use to maintain the historic aspects of the city?
• Tbilisi Railway Bypass: What is your position concerning the construction of the Tbilisi railway bypass?
• Constructions in the immediate vicinity of Vake Park: What is your position concerning the projected construction of a hotel near Vake Park

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