A round table discussion on the topic “Introducing gender approaches in local policy” was held by Fund “Sukhumi” in the meeting room of Kutaisi City Council (Sakrebulo). Participants of the meeting were representatives of different services of local self-government, members of the Gender Equality Council.

A Strategic guidance on local gender policy, elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, was presented at the meeting. Participants discussed how, through which methods gender approaches should be introduced in Municipalities, what is gender audit and gender budgeting. 

Attendees mentioned, that gender approaches have already been introduced in the municipality and talked about an effective work of the Gender Equality Council.

The round table was held within the framework of the project "Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance.

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund

A round table discussion on the topic “Introducing gender approaches in local policy (gender mainstreaming), was held by Fund “Sukhumi” in the meeting room of Khoni Municipal Council (Sakrebulo).

Members of the Gender Equality Council, representatives of local self-government and non-governmental organizations attended the meeting.

A Strategic guidance on local gender policy, elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, was presented at the meeting. The talk focused on the questions – what is necessary for the introduction of gender approaches in municipalities, what does gender budgeting means and why is it necessary.

Attendees stressed that the municipality has good prerequisites for working in this direction: the local social strategy and action plan. The tendency to implement socially sensitive programs, focus on the practice of identifying needs, long-term services that meet needs of vulnerable groups and ensure citizens’ involvement - these are the issues that are the cornerstone of gender-oriented policies.

The round table was held within the framework of the project "Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance.

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund

Discussions on the "introducing gender approaches at the local level", organized by the Fund "Sukhumi", were held in the hall of the Vani Municipality Sakrebulo (Municipal Council). The representatives of the legislative and executive governments of the local municipality and the members of the Gender Equality Council attended the meeting.

The talk mainly focused on the manual for gender strategies at the local level, developed by the Fund "Sukhumi"; In particular, how to introduce gender mainstreaming at the local level, what should the people working in this field pay attention to, what is gender budgeting and why it matters.

The participants of the discussion stated that the formation of gender policy in the municipality is at the initial stage, therefore, they would continue to actively cooperate with the Fund "Sukhumi" in this regard.

The round table meeting was held as part of the project “Learning from Visegrad Four experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance.”

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund

A round table was held on the topic "introducing gender approaches at the local level", organized by the Fund "Sukhumi" in the conference hall of the City Hall of Tskaltubo Municipality. The representatives of the legislative and executive governments of the local municipality and the members of the Gender Equality Council attended the meeting.

The talk mainly focused on the manual for gender strategies at the local level, developed by the Fund "Sukhumi". Klara Kozlova, an expert from the Czech Republic took part in the round table meeting. She spoke about gender audit and the experience existing in the Czech Republic in this regard.

The City Mayor and the Chairperson of Sakrebulo (the City Council) expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Fund "Sukhumi" in order to establish gender approaches in the municipality.

The round table meeting was held as part of the project “Learning from Visegrad Four experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance.”

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund

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

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. 

Batumi Gender Advisory Council (GAC) and the association "Group of Civil Initiatives", held the presentation the results of the project co-financed by the Fund "Sukhumi" - "Cultural dialogue of generations - as a series of positive experiences" in the hall of City Council.  Besides the members of the GAC the meeting was attended by participants of the project, the beneficiaries, the representatives of governments, NGOs, intelligentsia and the media.

What is the activity of Batumi GAC in frames of the project, which will be officially continued by the Gender Council, formed in Sakrebulo; what issues were successfully advocated by Batumi Club of Women Voters; how do the teachers and youth evaluate education work, carried out by the young people - participants of the meeting evaluated the project as very useful and productive, and argued the need to support such activities in the future. A high assessment was given to the role of the Fund "Sukhumi" in terms of facilitating gender policy in Batumi.

Particular interest was paid to publication in frames of the project of Professor Ramaz Surmanidze "Fundamentals of the age-sex education of children and adolescents," the official presentation of which was already financed by Batumi Public Library after Akaki Tsereteli.

The round table was held in the form of interesting discussions. The event was aired in the air of company "Adjara", "TV - 25", radio "Liberty".

The Fund "Sukhumi" held a roundtable on "Prevention of violence against women - the work of referral mechanisms: challenges, problems, ways to overcome." Participated: representatives of local government, local NGOs working in this direction, representatives of social agencies, legal services centers, police departments, patrol police, mass media, heads of shelters for victims of violence.

The participants talked about the problem and the real ways to solve it.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

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