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

At the round table held at Fund Sukhumi office, the participants got acquainted with the research "The Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, rethinking the approaches to the conflict settlement and new vectors for its transformation."

The presentation aroused great interest. At the meeting, the importance of intensifying civilian diplomacy was noted: this is what should contribute to the resolution of the conflict. The emphasis was on the need to work with young people.

The project  is implemented with the support

of  Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

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" 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

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)