Informational forum in Kutaisi

  

Center of Education, Development and Employment organized informational forum for the IDPs. The work of forum was participated by the fund “Sukhumi”.

Representatives of small and middle enterprises, existing in Imereti, governmental and non-governmental organizations, suggested the IDPs the services, connected with increase of incomes (employment, professional training and re-training, informal education, internship…).

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Summing up the results of Ozurgeti GAC

    

The three-year collaboration with the Gender Advisory Council (GAC) has been fruitful and results-oriented - this assessment was made on the part of the Ozurgeti local government at the conference, which was held on July 21 to summarize the results of Ozurgeti GAC.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Guria, a local self-government, Ozurgeti, Kutaisi and Senaki GACs, municipalities of Guria (Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri) and Adzharia (Shuakhevi, Khulo, Keda, Khelvachauri, Kobuleti).

The main focus at the conference was made on the change made to the law on gender equality to create gender councils in municipalities. It was the main objective of the project. The results of the GACs, established in frames of pilot project will be exemplary for other municipalities.

With the assistance of Fund "Sukhumi" and local self-government, GAC of Ozurgeti has 8 projects. The meeting presented an analysis of the results obtained in the framework of projects.

On the part of local government there were highlighted a research of local gender needs and development of recommendations as a reference document for the local government and the local plan for the gender policy.

The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

 

Discussion after the film

  

In the “Village House” of the village Orsantia (Zugdidi Municipality) there was shown a film of Georgian editor Zurab Inashvili “Speak!”

After the film there was held a round table, active discussion regarding the film and the issues raised in it.

This activity was held in frames of the project “Domestic violence and mechanisms of victims’ protection”.

There were invited women from the villages Ingiri and Didinedzi.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Final conference of Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council

     

Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council (GAC) has summed up the three-year work. The conference was attended by representatives of 12 administrative units of Kutaisi municipality, members of Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Senaki GACs, NGO representatives and media.

Speakers of the conference have focused on the results that are achieved within three years. It was noted that GAC has made a significant contribution to the creation of a gender policy at the local level. The result - in the budget in 2016 genderissues are reflected.

The results also were:the relevance of gender themes in the local media, the importance and priority of gender budgeting, legislative changes for creation of gender councils at the municipal level.

As was said at the conference, GAC experience and results will create a good basis for future Council of Kutaisi to work effectively in the direction of gender.

The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

Informational meeting in SOS children’s village

 

On July 18 in SOS childrens’ village of Kutaisi there was held uinformational meeting with the staff of the organization. The meeting was attended by the member of Sakrebulo – Lela kelyui96iani.

Meeting participants spoke about different problems and asked the representative of local self-government to help in solution of these problems.

The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

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