In the period from 24 to 26 December 2014 and from 9 to 16 January 2015 for the representatives of the VAP pilot municipalities workshops were held on the theme: "Interaction of LSG with the local community: forms of citizens’ participation, gatherings and meetings of local people".
Workshops were arranged for the heads and specialists of LSG bodies (aiyl okmotu), deputies of local councils (Aiyl kenesh), members of Initiative Groups (IG) and groups of joint monitoring and evaluation (JM’n’E).
Total number of participants was 277 people: 163 people in Jalal-Abad and 114 people in Issyk-Kul oblasts.
According to the participants, by the results of held seminars they managed to prepare the documents to be used during the upcoming village meetings and other public events: advertisements, posters, invitations and other handouts.