Meetings (639)
Meetings - in this category there is an information about meetings in frames of Fund “Sukhumi” projects - meetings with beneficiaries, representatives of state structures, local and international non-governmental organizations.
Fund “Sukhumi” organized a meeting sharing experiences within the framework of the project "Learning from Visegrad 4 Experience to Advocate for Equal, Inclusive and Democratic Local Governance” at the local level". The meeting was held at the Center for Civic Engagement, in Kutaisi.
The meeting was attended by the main actors of Imereti and Samegrelo municipalities working on gender policy, local government officials, and representatives of the civil sector and mass media.
What are the achievements of gender policy at the municipal level, what are the challenges facing local Gender Equality Councils, in which areas support from the local government, Gender Equality Councils, Ministries, would be useful for stakeholders implementing gender policy at local level?
After interesting discussions, participants of the meeting defined recommendations that will serve as the basis for the development of local gender policy and the implementation of important reforms.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
In the Sakrebulo of Khoni municipality an enlarged meeting of the Council of Advisers took place within the framework of the project "Inclusion of NGOs working on issues of social protection in the strategic dialogue in Georgia".
Nino Markozashvili, the new manager, got acquainted with the members of the Council. A video of the final report of the work for 2017 was shown. Members of the Council considered the issue of the viability of the funded projects and the main results of monitoring the social budget. There was a discussion about drawing up a work plan for 2018. Mayor of the municipality of Khoni Lado Jurkhadze expressed readiness for future cooperation and stated that the trend of introducing social services directed to vulnerable groups will continue.
The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN
On December 7, a presentation of a new research of the fund “Sukhumi” - "Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, rethinking approaches to the conflict settlement and new vectors for its transformation" was held in the hotel "Courtyard Marriott" in Tbilisi.
The presentation was attended by representatives of local and international organizations, embassies accredited in the country, government agencies, the Ombudsman's Office, academic circles.
The author of the study, Ekaterina Gamakharia, presented to the participants of the meeting the main conclusions and recommendations made as a result of the research. Then there were interesting discussions - it was the continuation of the feedback received as a result of acquaintance of this work with the broad circles of society. Another dialogue was held, which is very important for the transformation of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.
In Kutaisi, at the office of Fair Elections, an information exchange meeting was held at the Imereti NGO Forum within the framework of the fund “Sukhumi” project - “Studying the experience of Visegrad countries at local level for advocacy of equal, inclusive and democratic governance”.
Representative of the Fund "Sukhumi" acquainted colleagues with the goals and objectives of the project, with the implemented activities. Particular attention was paid to Czech experience in terms of civic engagement and gender marking. And also research, on the basis of which a strategy of local gender mainstreaming will be prepared. Research will focus on gender budgeting practices and challenges at the local level; institutional mechanisms of gender equality. It will create an interesting picture of the experience in the field of implementation of gender-sensitive policies.
In the opinion of the meeting participants, one feels a step back in terms of using on-site institutional mechanisms of gender equality. The reason was the fact that new people came to the local self-government as a result of the elections and there is a need for gender education, using the potential of qualified NGOs, close cooperation with the Council of Gender Equality of Parliament.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
The activities carried out within the framework of the National Action Plan of the Security Council "On Women, Peace and Security" for 2016-2017 and aspects of a new action plan these topics were discussed at a consultative meeting in Kutaisi - Bagrati Hotel.
The meeting was led by Sofo Japaridze, an assistant to the prime minister, chairman of the interdepartmental commission working on gender equality, violence against women and domestic violence, and Anna Pashalishvili, representative of the UN Women's Organization to Georgia.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the fund “Sukhumi” and other organizations working on these issues, as well as journalists.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
An enlarged meeting of the Council of Advisors took place in the assembly hall of Khoni. In addition to the members of Advisors’ Council, the event was attended by representatives of legislative and executive authorities, active community groups, beneficiaries of social projects, youth, journalists.
The meeting presented the work done within the framework of the project, as well as the innovative services introduced, which, according to the speakers, are approved in Khoni.
The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN
Nicosia is the only capital in the world divided as a result of the conflict - the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a member of the European Union and partly recognized by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. That is why the joint meetings took place here. At the meetings, studies were done and published to transform the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.
Representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi" met with representatives of NGOs working in Nicosia and Limassol. Particularly interesting was the visit to the "House for Cooperation", which is located in the buffer zone, the so-called. Green line. This is a free space where Greek and Turkish Cypriots meet each other, cooperate in different projects, work together, carry out different activities, drink coffee together ...
Several days in Nicosia were the days when participants in the meetings shared the Cypriot and Georgian-Abkhazian experience, which was very necessary and useful for partner organizations.
The project is implemented with the support
of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
The Fund “Sukhumi” actively collects information in the framework of monitoring the implementation of the Georgian law on the elimination of domestic violence, protection and assistance to victims of domestic violence. In October, focus groups were held with doctors and mobilizers of Women's Support Centers, as well as in-depth interviews with a member of the victim status group and with the head of Kutaisi Legal Aid Center. At the meetings, emphasis was made on changes in the law, on its positive and negative sides.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The Fund "Sukhumi" received Annika Bekker - representative of the donor organization "Rotfür die Welt" - EvangelischerEntwicklunsdienst (Germany), coordinator in the South Caucasus. The staff of the fund familiarized her with the situation in the country in terms of violence against women and the work of the organization in this context. The meeting was held in a businesslike setting.
On the same day, Annika Becker met the mobilizer and activists of Kutaisi Women Support Center, and also attended the forum-theater performances at school No. 1 in Tskaltubo.
Thus, the representative of the donor organization received interesting information about the project of the Fund “Sukhumi”: - "Strengthening Women's Rights in Western Georgia".
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In frames of monitoring the law against domestic violence, the monitors of the fund “Sukhumi” conducted in-depth interviews with the judges of the Kutaisi City Court, as well as with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kutaisi and Tskaltubo. The information received will be processed and recommendations based on it will be prepared.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)