- Gender Responsive Early Warrnins System - how this system is implemented in practice, what methods are used by the group of the Fund “Sukhumi”, what are the difficulties and results.

In order to identify these issues, an international expert Felipe Daza visited the Fund “Sukhumi” for two days. At the consultation meeting, project participants talked about how they collect information, how media monitoring, systematization of data, and analysis are held. The consultant got acquainted with the electronic program for calculating data and gave relevant advice.

The focus groups and in-depth interviews in Bagdati, Zugdidi and Vani municipalities, gathered information on the following issues: the role of local self-government in violence prevention and victims assistance, the effectiveness of the work of gender council, cooperation and coordination with referral subjects. Participants of monitoring spoke about achievements and challenges.

The meetings were held as part of the monitoring of the “Law of Georgia on the Elimination of Domestic Violence/Violence Against Women, Protection and Assistance to the Victims”.

The coordinator of the Swedish organization Kvinna till Kvinna in Georgia Etuna Nogaideli, international expert Felipe Daza and representatives of the Fund “Sukhumi” visited the conflict villages - Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality) and Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality).

- How field monitors work on conflict dividing line, what are the difficulties, how are the beneficiaries selected, how much is confidential information of respondents protected during data collection, how is information sent – the meetings were mainly focused on these issues.

The guests also visited in the territories near existing checkpoint of the village Pakhulani and the closed point of Khurcha. The received information will be reflected in the organization’s reports.

- How high is the interest of citizens in election processes in Abkhazia, what is its impact on the Georgian population, how high are the risks of conflict development, what sources of information are used by the citizen, and how much do they trust media, what are the attitudes of IDPs, local population and residents near the conflict zone to these issues - field monitors collect the information weekly, and they are supplemented and updated systematically.

As a result of systematization of received materials, an analysis is made using the system of GREWS.