Round Tables (54)
Round table - meetings, discussions or advocacy of certain problems. Round table - this type of activity also plays an informational and propagandistic role and serves as a tool for developing concrete solutions.
The fund “Sukhumi” organized a round table in Senaki on the topic of a positive transformation of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.
The participants received information about the training conducted with girls and women and their views on the peaceful resolution of the conflict. During a round-table there was a presentation of the study "Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, rethinking approaches to the conflict settlement and new vectors for its transformation".
Participants with interest got acquainted with all the information, noted the active work of the Fund "Sukhumi" for the transformation of the conflict and submitted their proposals
The project is implemented with the support of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
The Fund "Sukhumi" organized a round table of the Women's Initiative Group in the central library of Khoni on: "Inclusive approaches to human security: the work of Women's Initiative Groups, cooperation with local authorities".
The meeting was attended by representatives of local government and local communities, journalists, activists.
Participants listened to information on inclusive approaches to human security on the challenges of how women's initiative groups work, how advocacy of problems is taking place.
In the course of the discussion, certain recommendations were developed. It is generally agreed that in order to increase the level of human security, it is necessary to activate society, cooperate with local authorities and advocate those problems that can be solved at the local level.
The round table was devoted to the International Day of IDPs and Refugees at Khoni Women Support Center. The meeting raised great interest among the participants and reached the goal - they got information about municipal programs, learned more about support from local government in terms of solving social problems.
On the International Day of IDPs and Refugees, a deputy head of the administration of the municipality, together with representatives of the social services and health services, attended a round table in the village of Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) and introduced IDP programs to the local authorities. It was noted that the programs are oriented to the interests of the population. In the near future, an innovative project "Mobile Care Group for Elderly People" will begin.
Participants of the meeting addressed the representatives of local self-government with questions and received exhaustive answers.
At the round table, which was held at the Women Support Center of Tskaltubo on the International Day of IDPs and Refugees, representatives of local government and social welfare agencies acquainted the participants with municipal social programs. Informed IDPs use the state support for their own needs.
A round table was held at the Poti Women Support Center on the International Day of IDPs and Refugees. The purpose of the meeting is to raise awareness of local services and programs. The head of the Mayor's Office for Social and Health Issues Maya Makalatia was invited to talk about municipal programs.
A round table was held at the Kutaisi Women Support Center in devoted to the International Day of IDPs and Refugees. Representatives of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, local self-government and the IDP service were invited. They recalled Abkhazia, the problems associated with forced displacement with pain. They talked about programs identified by the budget of the municipality and issues of resettlement of IDPs. The meeting was very active, and the participants received a lot of important information.
With participation of local self-government there were held round tables of Kutaisi, khoni, Senaki, Poti, and Koki (Zugdidi municipality) WSCs.
During the meetings there were discussed information about international day of women solidarity, gender situation in Georgia, discrimination and violence against women. The conversation touched the results and successful examples of the WSCs work.
In frames of the campaign of 16 active days, women initiative group of Tskaltubo conducted a meeting – round table in Sakrebulo. It was attended by active women, local government, NGO, media.
During the meeting there was a conversation about prevention of facts of domestic violence nad mechanisms of protection of the victim. There was given information about a fact that in the budget of the next year there are envisaged funds for providing victim women with the temporal place of residence and the expenditures for psycho-rehabilitation, which is very important step.
During a campaign there was also held a round table in Kutaisi. Participants spoke about main reasons, which cause violence. there was presentation of short film “Circle of violence”, followed by discussion. Participants of the round table elaborated recommendations, noting that it is necessary to strengthen regulations of the state, uniting of all segments of the society.
In the meeting hall of Zugdidi Municipality there was held a round table – the last activity of the project "Cooperation with local government – prevention of domestic violence and protection of victims" (funded by Zugdidi Municipality Gamgeoba and co-financed by the fund "Sukhumi").
The meeting was attended by officials of the governmental structures and representatives of local government in the municipalities. There was held a presentation of the project results (6 trainings and research). It was ,mentioned that violence in family is a serious problem and the local government is ready to be involved in the process of prevention.