Members of the IDP Women Initiative Group from Khoni, Tskaltubo, Kutaisi, Senaki and Zugdidi met online on April 28-29. A two-day training on "Local Budget, Civic Budgeting" was conducted for them.
Discussion of the training topic was continued in an interactive mode. Group work and discussions provided participants with the opportunity to share experiences with each other. Feedback showed that the participants will practically use the information received and will be actively involved in the ongoing budget processes of the municipality.
This training finished the one-month training cycle (4 trainings), which trained the members of the Women Initiative Group with appropriate skills. They will actively work with the target municipalities to implement the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 action plan at the local level.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" actively began to work in support of Ukrainian refugees.
There are 61 people in our database, 23 of whom have already left Georgia. 4 of them live with relatives, the rest either rent or stay with friends who provided them with accommodation free of charge. A Facebook was created, where all relevant information is placed.
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" is in touch with the Tbilisi organization "Help for Ukraine", they have information about the assistance that we can provide to refugees, they also share with us information that may be useful to us. We are also in touch with humanitarian organization “Mercy”, which distributes humanitarian aid to different regions of Georgia.
An online survey continues on the Facebook page of the Fund "Sukhumi" to assess the needs of Ukrainians. The needs of majority are similar: food, hygiene products, clothing.
Khoni, Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha - these are 6 target municipalities, in which the process of implementing youth projects is underway.
The members of the initiative groups have already held informational meetings, discussed various ideas and selected two of them, that will be implemented as a project.
Submission of project applications for discussion by the competition commission has already started. ...
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
"Women's Participation in Political, Social and Economic Activities - Existing Barriers and Opportunities" The participants discussed the presentation of a report on the systematic date of Quantitative and Qualitative Survey conducted by the Fund “Sukhumi” in Khoni, Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha Municipalities, which reflects the public attitude towards women's participation in political and public life and economic activities. The participants had opportunity to express their position and share useful experience.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Members of IDP Women Initiative Groups from five target municipalities (Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Khoni, Zugdidi) attended the online training. The work was devoted to the topic "Evidence-Based Advocacy".
The aim of the training is to improve the skills of women's groups for successful advocacy. Participants considered factors that hinder advocacy at the local level; identified target groups and stakeholders; developed a working document of a plan for advocacy of the needs existing in local governments.
Participation in the training was useful for the members of the Initiative Groups, because they will be included in the process of advocacy within the framework of the project.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
"Civic Engagement and Women Participation" - a training on this topic was held with the members of the Women Initiative Group in Senaki.
The training was conducted against the background of active interaction from the side of the participants. They discussed the reasons of low civic activism. Heard information about the resources for civic engagement at the local level: how petitions are created, what is the purpose of settlement meetings.
According to the participants, the training was informative and productive, based on the information received, motivation and women's involvement will increase.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
50 participants attended the two-day online training on "Building Peace and Trust". They remembered the past, discussed the mechanisms for peace negotiations and building trust.
Members of the IDP Women Initiative Groups of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Khoni and Zugdidi demonstrated conflict resolution and trust building skills during interactive and group work.
The participants of the training noted:
“For a society that has gone through a war, building peace is a difficult and painful process, but it is possible and necessary.”
“We - women should not be victims of war or passive objects of abuse, but should become important actors in peacebuilding.”
"Similar projects help to prepare society for conflict resolution - with information, with necessary skills, especially with effective communication."
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
This time, the guests visited Khoni Municipality.
The meeting was attended by local government officials and USAID representative Giorgi Khechinashvili.
There was a presentation of a systematic data report of quantitative and qualitative research conducted by the Fund “Sukhumi” in Khoni Municipality, which reflects the public attitude towards women's participation in political and public life and economic activities.
The research was conducted in Khoni Municipality in December - January 2022.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Participation of citizens in the implementation of local self-governance – training on this topic was held for the members of the Women initiative Group of the village DidiNedzi (Zugdidi Municipality). Legal acts, principles of financial support of the self-government according to the European Charter, self-governmental unit and its powers. These and many other issues were discussed by lawyer Tamar Pachulia. There was an active discussion during the training and the participants were given the opportunity to share their opinions and experiences.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
