The conference Hall of Senaki Sakrebulo there was held a training for members of the Club of Women-Voters. This is the first training in the new project of the fund "Sukhumi" - "The active involvement of women in the political life of Georgia through democratization of electoral processes." The project aims to promote the development of the activity of women and enhance their role in the electoral process.

Seventeen participants of the training got acquainted with such topics as the election code of Georgia, the political system of the country, the issue of gender in supporting women candidates. Participants of the training had an opportunity to get answers to interesting questions. They are ready to join the work of the Club and to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the project.

The representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi" participated in the training, held in Tskaltubo on August 20-22, which was conducted by the Czech organization PIN for councils of Khoni and Gori, as well as representatives of partner organizations.

The purpose of the training - deepening of the strategic planning skills; the strategic direction and objectives of the local social policy, the experience in terms of social policy, and challenges for the creation of a document of the local social inclusion strategies.

Project of PIN «Strengthening of NGOs working on issues of social protection in the strategic dialogue in Georgia" is funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN 

There was started a new project of the fund “Sukhumi” – “Active involvement of women in political life of Georgia through democratization of election processes”.

On August 24 there was held the first activity – training for the members of Kutaisi Club of Voter-Women. Experienced trainers familiarized them with lots of interesting and important information regarding election code, collaboration with political parties, gender issues, in terms of supporting women candidates. The women received answers on concrete question. In frames of the project they plan active work.

Rukhi, Orulu, natsuluku, Odishi, Chkhoushi, Kulishkari, Rike, Urta – the ordinary fifth training was attended by representatives of these administrative units of Zugdidi Municipality.

Training was held by the trainers of the fund “Sukhumi” in frames of the project: "Cooperation with local government – prevention of domestic violence and protection of victims" (funded by Zugdidi Municipality Gamgeoba and co-financed by the fund "Sukhumi").

Participants of the training paid attention to the discussed issues and realized roles and responsibilities of the local government in prevention of domestic violence.