Ordinary meeting of Kutaisi GAC presented the participants information about the research of local gender needs. There were defined target groups of the research, functions and duties were allocated. After analyzing results of the focus-groups, in-depth interviews and inquiry, the GAC will elaborate recommendations and submit them to the local government for envisaging in the budget of next year.
In the next part of the meeting participants evaluated the conference, held in frames of the GAC project and spoke about activities, which are necessary to be held at the second phase of the project.
At the end of the meeting, representative of the city hall – Paata Kldiashvili presented the participants “Kutaisi Development Strategy”. Members of the GAC decided to be more actively involved in discussion of the document and establish gender components in separate activities.