In Tskaltubo thee was held a training on: “Resort service and ethics”. Great interest of participants was caused by the fact that majority of them work in this sphere and they need to master the skills training provided.

The training presented theory and practice, which has a positive impact on its productivity.

Participants noted, that it is desirable to carry out cycle of such trainings on a larger scale.

On May 12, in Tskaltubo there was held training on "Basics of small business and a composition of business plan." It was attended by 13 young people who have passed computer courses and sewing classes. After the training, participants developed a business plan. They will have the opportunity to take part in the competition of projects and receive a special prize, which will help them in implementation of their ideas.

The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN (donor - World Bank)

Tskaltubo Women's Support Centre in the village of Tskaltubo held training on "Knowledge will overcome the violence." Among the 18 participants there were representatives of the village government, activists and medical personnel.

Information about the law against violence, arresting and protective orders, victim support programs, group for assignment of status of the victim - these and other issues were discussed during the training. At the end the recommendations have been developed for the effective protection of victims and preventive work.

“Gender and Gender Violence” – a training on this issue was held in Sakrebulo of Senaki in frames of the project “Prevention of domestic violence in Senaki Municipality” (the project is co-financed by the local government of Senaki and the Fund “Sukhumi”).

The training was participated by two representatives per each of 14 communities of Senaki municipality. They familiarized with interesting and actual issues, with the skills of trainer and then they will held workshops on gender issues in their communities.

In the hall of Khoni Sakrebulo there was held a meeting within the project "Community mobilization for prevention of domestic violence." Representatives of administrative units of Matkhojhi, Kukhi, Nakhakhulevi, Gocha Djikhaishi attendee the meeting together with the staff of local government.

The training was interesting, practical examples, statistics were discussed. Participants talked about the reasons and prevention of domestic violence. It was noted that in frames of the project information sessions will be carried out in Matkhodzhi, Kukhi, Nakhakhulevi - it will contribute to community mobilization for prevention of domestic violence.

In Khobi there was held a training of the members of the Club of Voter Women in frames of the project: “Active involvement of women in political life of Georgia through democratization of election processes”.

The topic of training - “Elections as basis of democracy, political system and role of women in this process” appeared very interesting for the participants. Many of them mentioned that they are actively involved in the election process and the given training helped them to be aware of concrete issues and be more prepared to the elections.

The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia 

On January 16-17 in the fund “Sukhumi” there was held a training on: “Development of strategy in fundraising”. It was attended by the group of fundraising and mobilizers of all 6 WSCs.

During the training there were made stresses on following topics: how to attract resources for project implementation, planning of searching the donors, main steps of the searching grants, SWOT analysis and so on.

The mobilizers were actively involved in the work. They have a practice of independent implementation of the projects and for the given moment for them it is necessary to find donor organizations, funds. The training gave them these skills and experience. 

- What is the relationship between gender equality and violence against women. How do local municipal programs respond to gender policy, what powers are provided by law for local governments in terms of domestic violence and against women? On these issues, work was conducted in Borjomi, at a training for representatives of local government.

Representatives from 9 municipalities of Western Georgia (Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Zugdidi, Poti, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, Terzhola) took an active part in the training. At the end of the three-day work, each municipality in the groups developed a victim assistance strategy and will try to introduce it into the local budget.

Participants assessed that the training provided them with an opportunity to learn about the experience of municipalities in terms of introducing gender policy and helping victims. This experience will be reflected in their work.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)