My expectations were justified, I received a lot of new information, I wish such events in the future also...- this is how the members of Kutaisi youth initiative group expressed their opinions at the end of the training. On June 10, a training on “Analysis of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict” was held for the group.
On June 18, a meeting of Kutaisi Women Initiative Group was held, during which the participants listened to the results of a quantitative research of assessing the level of human security and gender needs. They chose a problematic issue from the recommendation proposals and will begin to work on advocating it. Plans have already been outlined and the members of the group are ready to get involved in the advocacy process.
The tenth meeting of Vani Working Group was dedicated to the reports of the representatives of the partner organizations "Support 2020" and "Citizens' Activism for Effective Governance and Justice". They concerned the dynamics of their small projects - what activities do they carry out, what changes do they see in comparison with previous project and what challenges exist in connection with the reform. It was noted that the need to inform the citizens is still on the agenda. It is also important to improve their skills regarding e-services, which can be addressed through the involvement of the representatives of the Mayor - work in this direction is already underway.
It was also said that the changes agreed during the previous meeting were already reflected in the group action plan and were approved at the City Council meeting.
Representatives of Racha - Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti self-government resource center “Regional Hub of Racha - Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - Abkhazinterkont" and the Fund of Women Entrepreneurs held a round table on the topic "New visions in the process of public administration reform to meet the needs of the population".
The facilitator of the meeting Kristina Murusidze spoke about the goals and results of the project. A needs assessment report was presented. Participants heard information about the activities of the working group. The representative of the City Hall presented the vision of the municipality to overcome the problems identified in the research. The meeting appeared to be interesting for the audience, that turned into an active discussion.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Ambrolauri City Hall and City Council, NGO sector, mass media and various spheres of society.
The work is carried out in the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.
The next meeting of the working group was held in Lanchkhuti, which discussed the results of the second phase of the needs assessment and the changes achieved in the access to e- resources of the local self-government.
The contribution of the local CSOs involved in the project: Lanchkhuti Information Center and the Georgian Rural Hall in the development and access to e-services in Lanchkhuti Municipality is noteworthy.
The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia
- Who is the leader, what is civic activism, how does a leader differ from an activist? - An information meeting on these issues was held with members of Khoni Youth Initiative Group.
Participants also gave their own examples of how they are involved in civic activism: participating in planting trees in the school yard, cleaning the school grounds, providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable families, feeding homeless animals ...
Young people know that leadership and civic activism are interrelated and contribute to the development of one another.
Two more meetings were held in women initiative groups. The members of the group took an active part in population’s needs assessment and listened to the results of the research with interest. One of the participants noted that the municipality does not have the luxury of conducting research and thanked the Fund "Sukhumi" for its work. The research will be submitted to the local self-government to take into account the recommendations developed.
The working group gathered at a regular meeting in Terjola municipality. They discussed the civil budget document, which is already at the stage of completion. The commission is actively working, and in July the document will be presented at the City Council meeting.
The main topic was the local needs research, which had just been completed by representatives of local civil society organizations. The study revealed many questions: it is necessary to improve communication with the City Hall and City Council, information on social programs should be more accessible for the population, it is necessary to solve infrastructure problems, etc. The working group will start the advocacy for these and other issues.
The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia
A working group met in Khoni. The participants discussed the final version of the code of ethics, which is ready for presentation at meeting of the City Council.
The second issue on the agenda was information about local needs research. They talked about the problems highlighted during the research and the developed recommendations. Among the presented issues there are reception days in the City Council and presenting of the data the representative of governmental structures. All this will make it easier to address the right people and find the ways of problem solution. After that, the working group members talked about these and other topical issues at during the meeting.
The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia
The quantitative results of the research were discussed by the members of Pakhulani Women Initiative Group (Tsalenjikha municipality). One of the most important recommendations is to pay special attention to the initiatives of women living near the conflict dividing line.
The work of the initiative group in the village Lia (Tsalenjikha municipality) was interesting. The topic of the meeting was leadership and civic activism. The participants expressed their opinions: the leader constantly works on himself; leadership is a responsible challenge for each of us; the leader is a person who motivates the team.
The initiative group already has the leaders.
- Everything that concerns public welfare, is our business - noted the members of the youth initiative group of the village Koki at the end of the meeting. The meeting was about leadership and civic activism. Young people have learned a lot, and the most important thing is that activism is: activity, action, involvement, responsibility, participation, voluntariness.
In addition, two more meetings were held with women's initiative groups from Zugdidi and Koki/Khurcha in Zugdidi municipality. During the meeting, they talked about the level of human security of the population and the researches, conducted for gender needs assessment.
The participants selected certain proposals - for example, opening of service centers in the villages (salon, sewing workshop, shoe repair), solution of social and infrastructural problems. Members of initiative groups will start to advocate the problems.
