On February 11, the ordinary meeting of partners was held in the office of the Fund “Sukhumi”. During the meeting the active discussion took place regarding the implementation of PAR monitoring in the target municipalities of the project. They also talked about the issues related to the upcoming training for members of the Common Forum for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) regarding the assessment of needs.

The work is carried out in the frameworks of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

“Such meetings are necessary to reduce the conflict situations”, “We need to conduct more educational meetings so that children can learn more”, “Active work is necessary with children, so that they can manage conflict”, “We are learning to respect each other’s opinions”, “School needs this topic"," Today I learned what a “mediator” is, “I would have rated this meeting with ten scores on a ten-point system,” “I want the work to continue”.

These assessments of teachers and students well reflect the importance of workshops, their meaning, interest, impact and change. Workshops on conflicts and peace were held in school of village Teklati (Senaki Municipality), at school No.13 in Kutaisi and in LTD “Gymnasium” in Poti.

Since February, the work with the boys has started again. A new cycle of meetings has begun. The first meetings were held in the municipalities of Kutaisi (February 3), Senaki (February 5), Poti (February 7). Following actual issues were discussed: “The harm of violence” and “Understanding the essence of masculinity”. The main goal of the meetings is to inform the children and motivate them to disseminate information.

Different methods were used during the meetings: mini-collection, role-playing games, discussion, group exercises. All this was interesting for the boys. They actively joined in the work, openly expressed their opinions. According to them, the society still does consider violence as a problem and therefore more work should be carried out in this direction.

Representatives of the Union of Scientists „Spektri“ held an informational meeting in Sakrebulo of Ozurgeti Municipality. The meeting was attended by the Chairman of Ozurgeti Sakrebulo, members of Sakrebulo, staff of the apparatus and the City Hall. This was the presentation of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”, which was held in partnership with local organizations – “Center for Education and Equality” and “Young Teachers' Union”. The meeting highlighted the achievements of Ozurgeti municipality in the direction of public and e-governance.

The project is implemented by the Cultural-Humanitarian Fund "Sukhumi", in partnership with the Fund of Women Entrepreneurs and the Union of Scientists of Imereti “Spektri”, with the support of the European Union.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia