In Kutaisi fund “Sukhumi” there was held consultative meeting of the leaders of women initiative groups of Khoni, Kutaisi and Tskaltubo. Participants familiarized with their functions, rights and responsibilities, they spoke about future plans. Leaders of the group agreed to present detail plan and schedule of advocacy.

Advocacy plans will be discussed at meetings with the members of initiative groups, which will be held in all tree cities.

In the conference hall of Khoni Sakrebulo there gathered members of women initiative group. The meeting was attended by the representative of relevant service, who evaluated the situation existing round advocacy of the issues regarding (heating system in the central library) and expressed the position of self-government.

As it was mentioned the issue is in the local agenda, but the actuality of the case grows because of activeness of the society.

During the meeting there were planned following phases of advocacy, among which the most important is participation in discussion of the local budget. It gives possibility to envisage desired issues in the programs of the next year.

The Women's Initiative Group gathered in Kutaisi. Participants of the meeting listened with interest to information about the work of the Women's Initiative Group of Tskaltubo and Khoni.

According to the members of the group, the population does not know whom to address, how to solve different problems, does not have information about local programs. envisaging all this, the Initiative Group assists local groups to reduce the risks that are associated with human security.

The meeting of the Women's Initiative Group took place in the main library of Khoni. Representatives of different spectrum of society attended the meeting. Representatives of the Board of Khoni Municipality were invited to the meeting: the head of the infrastructure department Makvala yui96htadze and the head of the social service Leila Kintsurashvili.

Participants listened to information about what programs exist in the municipality, what works were done and what is planned.

The meeting with representatives of local self-government aimed to inform the population.

On January 20, Women's Initiative Group of Khoni gathered for the first time in 2017. The leader of the group while summing up the past year, spoke about the positive results of a short-term advocacy, as well as on the progress made in terms of long-term advocacy. According to recent news, the group received an official response from the City Council, about the fact that their demand - to ensure Khoni library with central heating – was taken into account in the priorities of 2017.

With pleasure, it was noted that the system of constructive feedback was introduced from the municipality, and each statement of the group causes a rapid response from any government level.

As a result of the discussions there were identified the main strategic goals and objectives, areas, in which Khoni initiative group is going to work actively. Among them - the environmental, social issues, the solution of which will contribute to women.

On March 6 in Tskaltubo there gathered the members of women initiative group. Participants of the meetings discussed the advocacy plan and accordingly planned new activities.

For the effectiveness of advocacy process, they decided to meet the local government, gender council. With the aim of lobbying in the process there will be involved majoritarian candidate – the plan also envisages the meeting with him.

Members of the Women's Initiative Group gathered in the meeting room of Khoni Sakrebulo. They discussed the situation in local communities in terms of human security and identified issues for advocacy.

At the meeting it was noted that the search for donor organizations is necessary to solve the problem. They fixed the idea, planned to develop it in the form of a project and send to the donor organization Orbeliani Georgia, which announced a competition.

Mobilizers of the Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti and Khurcha/Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) gathered in the office of the fund “Sukhumi”. They made short reports of the held work. Coordinator analyzed the reports, made accents on basic gaps. There were discussed the examples of successful reports.

Mobilizers also spoke about the problems and future plans. Chairperson of the fund familiarized them with the information about the following phase of funding of small projects of the women support centers. Duration of the project – I month, main directions – prevention of violence and protection of victim. The activities should be held in frames of campaign of “16 active days against violence towards the women”.

In Kutaisi, In the Center of Democratic Engagement, there was held a meeting of Gender network of Imereti region on “gender Equality in Political Processes”. The meeting was attended by the women – members of Kutaisi Sakrebulo, chairperson of Abkhazian government, guests from the regions.

There was discussed a situation in the region in gender point of view. Than was held a discussion on actual issues. Mechanisms of political strengthening of women, conditions for their participation in Parliament elections, quoting. The meeting was active and interesting. Similar meetings will continue.