Research group Contact Person: Ms. Tina Gogueliani conducts the research and is responsible [email protected] ICCN for the quality product.

Members of the Research Group are: International Center on • George Khutsishvili Conflict and Negotiation (head) • George (Gaga) Nizharadze The Role (senior expert researcher) ICCN • Rusiko Mshvidobadze of (senior expert researcher)

• Tina Gogueliani Mailing Address: Civil Society (researcher and technical assistant) PO Box 38, , 0179, • Zurab Mkheidze ICCN Office Location: in (external senior consultant) 5 Machabeli Street, • Davit Kiphiani Tbilisi, 0105, Georgia (consultant) Phones: Rose +995 (32) 999-987; +995 (32) 923-920 Fax: +995 (32) 939-178 European consultant of the project Dr. E-mail: [email protected] Revolution Francoise Companien (University of Web site: Amsterdam, the Netherlands) works in www.iccn.ge close contact with the project research group. Visit our site for projects and activities details, maps, publications, ICCN financial status and audit reports, and other information Research Project: Methods and Techniques recommendations and instructions; “The Role of Civil Society Specific feature of the research object are • approving/disapproving composition of in ” the differences between the real role and per- the research group presented by the ceptions of civil society about this role. Tak- Project Coordinator; International Center on ing into account this factor for the study of • supervising the implementation and Conflict and Negotiation the issue we consider to use qualitative and internal evaluation of the project; in partnership with quantitative sociological methods as the • discussing and endorsing the mid- and Cordaid, the Netherlands most adequate ones. They are: final results of the research • differential expert interview; The Goal and Objectives of the • content-analysis of media; The members of the SC are: Research • sociological survey; • Irina Khantadze This research project aims at exploring the • analyses of relevant materials place, character and degree of involvement CTC (SC Chairperson) of the Georgian civil society in the “Rose • Micheil Chachhkunashvili Revolution”. The following objectives are Outputs CORDAID representative in Georgia pinpointed for the research: (a) to explore the The final product will be publication of a • Tina Khidasheli segments of the civic domain (NGOs, mass book (to be published in 2006) with the GYLA media, groups of interest, etc.) and their im- results of the research obtained. The prod- Natia Zambakhidze pact on the revolution process; (b) to explore • uct therefore can be understood as a result the motivation (political, economic, social, TV Company “Rustavi 2” of Georgian civil society’s self-reflection etc.) of the Georgian civil society to partici- • over the Rose Revolution. pate in the ”Rose Revolution”. GIPA • Sandro Tvalchrelidze Steering Committee (SC) of the Independent expert Project • Ghia Nodia The Steering Committee is responsible for: CIPDD • elaborating the strategy; • Gigi Tevzadze • monitoring and discussing the process of Ministry of Education research; • George Khutsishvili • providing the research group with ICCN (Project Coordinator)