Date: 5th May 2017

Time: 10:00 am

Venue:         City Hall Building, Municipality of Rustavi

Event:          Design Idea for a project of Rustavi Citizens’ Service Centre

Format:        Workshop

Instructor: Mariam Tabatadze, R&D Department, Public Service Development Agency, Ministry of Justice of Georgia

Photo © George Bekauri

The Innovations Management and Research Division of R&D Department of Public Service Development Agency at the Georgian Ministry of Justice launched this joint project with the Municipality of Rustavi City and asked the IDS students to take part in its first brainstorming session – effectively a workshop to generate initial ideas that should form the basis for a design brief of Rustavi Citizens’ Service Centre. A group of five IDS students joined forces with other participants of the workshop under the auspices of the UNDP. The speaker of the session showed the participants potential public space for the future Centre, handed them site drawings and asked to consider a user centered (UC) approach to the spatial development plans and interior design sketches, with the needs of future visitors in mind. The Centre is planned to be built this year. The workshop’s financial support has been provided by the EU “Participatory local budget in the city of Rustavi” project. The most interesting part for the IDS students was that the Innovations Management and Research Division conducted the session by implementing the Design Thinking methodology.