- How to strengthen families, how to avoid violence and alienation between family members, so that all children grow up in a full, safe environment, how to destroy stereotypes, against the background of existing mental relationships, what should be changed and introduced in the process of working with male beneficiaries; who are our partners in this issue and with whom to cooperate - on these and other issues the training group of the Fund "Sukhumi" conducted a two-day training in the "SOS Children's Village Kutaisi".

The training is the first cooperation between the Fund "Sukhumi" and "SOS Children's Village Georgia". This type of partnership will help to expand and enhance the family strengthening component.

On July 17-19, the training on "Strategy of Family Strengthening in the Context of Municipal Services" was held in Borjomi hosted a training session on "Family Strengthening Strategy in the Context of Municipal Services".

The training was attended by representatives of local governments from 11 municipalities of Western Georgia (Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Zugdidi, Poti, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, Terjola, Tsalenjikha, Kobuleti).

Representatives of the municipalities made presentations. Actual topics were discussed at the training, among them: the state strategy against violence towards the women / domestic violence, the role of self-government, local el-services in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, improving municipal services and strengthening of families.

The strategies developed during the training will help to strengthen the families.

What is PR? What do we need it for? What methods and tools should we use to promote the organization’s activities? How to spread information in order to cover more audiences?

An online training on these topics was held within the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

The training was attended by representatives of three partner organizations implementing the project: the Fund “Sukhumi”, the Fund of Women Entrepreneurs, the Imereti Scientists’ Union, and 16 civil society organizations.

 The online meeting was held in an interactive mode - participants put questions, expressed opinions, and discussed specific examples.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

In May, training webinars were held on: “Violence against children - model of a school free from violence.”

Participants: teachers from the regions of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti and Shida Kartli.

Issues discussed: bullying and violence, stigma and stereotypes, effective communication, prevention of bullying, monitoring of a safe school.

The webinar was conducted by the Human Doc Foundation, in collaboration with the Friendship Bridge “Kartlosi” and the Fun “Sukhumi”, in the framework of the project “Strengthening the domestic violence prevention system, protection of the victim and therapy for the rapist”.

16 small projects were funded in frames of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

Eight municipalities in Western Georgia have already begun implementing these projects.

Additional online training on financial reporting and accounting was held for the representatives of civil society forum member organizations.

This training will help civil society organizations to properly manage the finances of projects funded by the Fund “Sukhumi”.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

The Cultural-Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” organized webinar on "How to plan and conduct advocacy campaign".

16 civil society organizations from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi participated in the webinar. The purpose of this online training was to familiarize the the representatives of the Civic Forum to the essence and importance of advocacy; stages of advocacy planning and forms of implementation; basic principles of advocacy strategy development.

During the training, participants learned about examples of best practices in advocacy. Also, during the group work at the training, the participants had the opportunity to compose short plans of their own advocacy.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

On April 22, the Cultural - Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” organized a webinar on the topic of "Development of Projects and Grant Applications" within the framework of the project "Common Forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap Monitoring". 16 civil society organizations from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi participated in the webinar. The aim of this webinar was to introduce the representatives of the Civic Forum to the complex process and stages of composing the grant applications. Participants received information that will help them to better design and formulate a project idea.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

On February 21, a training on Regional needs assessment with participation of wider civil society for implementation of roadmap (PAR) at local level was held. The training was organized by the Fund of Women Entrepreneurs in the Hotel “Bagrati 1003”, Kutaisi.

16 civil society organizations from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi participated in the training.

Acquired theoretical knowledge and practical work give training participants the opportunity to use gained experience to better identify needs for the implementation of the Roadmap (PAR).

A training on “Public Administration Reform (PAR) Roadmap and implementation of the PAR roadmap monitoring at municipal level” was held for the CSO Forum members on January 17, within the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

The training participants received information on planning and implementation of a civil monitoring at the municipal level and the monitoring mechanism, developed by the project implementing organizations.

Based on the monitoring mechanism, the CSO from eight target municipalities will carry out PAR monitoring in their respective municipalities.

The project is implemented with the support the European Union - #EU4Georgia

Women Support Centers of the Fund “Sukhumi” successfully carry out small projects in their municipalities. Starting from the new year, they will begin to work on new projects. And before that, a three-day training for mobilizers was held in Borjomi on: “Project Design and Management”. They shared their experiences with each other, talked about achievements and challenges. Strategic directions were developed at the training. During the working process, with a combination of theory and practice, the mobilizers were given the opportunity to individually develop project proposals.