TV Company "Rioni" broadcasted a TV story about the roundtable meeting held in Tskaltubo. The topic of the roundtable meeting was "the implementation of gender approaches at the local level."
Gender mainstreaming in the local municipality, existing resources and future strategies – these were the issues discussed by the representatives of legislative and executive authorities, and organizers and participants of the meeting in the TV spot.
The TV story was made as part of the project “Learning from the experience of Visegrad Four to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”.
A TV program organized by the Fund “Sukhumi” was aired on TV Company Rioni on April 25. The TV program was attended by project participants – representatives of Baghdati and Kutaisi self-governments and the members of gender equality councils. The talk was mainly focused on the “Manual” for gender strategies at the local level developed by the Fund "Sukhumi". The position of representatives of the local self-government is as follows: “this document is very benefitial because it contains methodology and practical advice on how to start work, what questions should the local officials ask themselves, which issues should they give more attention and who to cooperate with.
The emphasis was placed on the Round Table held in Baghdati, the memorandum signed between the Fund "Sukhumi" and Baghdati Municipality on the future prospects for cooperation.
The TV Program was organized as part of the project “Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
Fund Sokhumi continues the informational campaign under the project
“Learning from Visegrad 4 experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”.
The purpose of the television program, aired on the TV Company Rioni, was to inform the public about the progress of the project and the results achieved.
The participant in the television program were: Meri Gelashvili (one of the performers of the project), Larisa Shengelia, Khatuna Gogua (Fund Sokhumi), Anzhela Chikhladze (Fund of Women Entrepreneurs), Pikria Khachapuridze (Deputy Head of Social Services in the Municipality of the City of Kutaisi, Member of the Gender Equality Council).
People, gathered in the studio shared with the audience on the following topics: decentralization and local self-government, budgeting based on public participation - as one of the means of drawing society and self-government closer.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
On 20th of March radio "Rioni" prepared and broadcasted a radio program on the theme “The path of Georgia towards creating a favourable ground for gender equality and gender mainstreaming in local government".
During 37 minutes the guest of the program, the chairperson of Fund “Sukhumi” Alla Gamakharia and a journalist provided radio listeners with wealth of information on topical issues: the path of Georgia, the role of civil society and NGOs, existing barriers and things to be done in the future.
The program was broadcasted within the framework of the project "Learning from Visegrad 4 experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
A research was undertaken in the frame of the project “Learning from Visegrad 4 experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”.
A radio program on air of radio “Rioni” was dedicated to one of the topics of the research is “Decentralization – local governance – gender policy, Georgia”.
The conversation was about projects implemented by Fund “Sukhumi”, research materials, gender equality policy, results and challenges, role and importance of NGOs.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
The second radio program in the frame of the project “Learning from Visegrad 4 experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance” was broadcasted on radio “Rioni” on 27th of February. It was a continuation of the conversation launched during the first program and a discussion on participatory budgeting, which allows ordinary citizens to participate in drafting of local self-government budget, was held. Technologies in participatory budgeting were also presented.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
WAVE is a network of women's non-governmental organizations in Europe working to prevent violence against women and children. The Fund "Sukhumi" is an active member of this network. WAVE periodically publishes a newsletter, in which it gives information about the member organizations of the Network. This time the newsletter received information about the work of the Fund "Sukhumi" with boys.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
TV company “Guria” prepared a special reporting about a meeting organized by Fund "Sukhumi" with municipalities of Guria to share information and experience.
Respondents answered the questions: what the project involves, how important such meetings are, on which issues should cooperation between representatives of local authorities and different groups of society take place in the process of introduction of a local gender agenda, and in which issues it is necessary to deepen cooperation between the center and regions.
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
“The Strategy on incorporating gender-based approaches to local policy” is the title of an article published in the newspaper “Guria News” as of June 26.
The author of the article is a chairperson of Cultural-Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” Alla Gamakharia. She tells that Georgia has a leading position in Caucasus for the adoption of progressive gender-sensitive laws, but nevertheless, the realization of gender-based policy leaves much to be desired.
The special emphasis is made on the project on learning experiences of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary - the so called V4 countries and using successful reforms for promotion of regional cooperation.
According to the article “For Georgia which aspires to follow the European path, experience of these countries is not only relevant and attractive but very important as it allows develop policy-oriented strategy for reforming local governance and gender mainstreaming with common efforts.
The project is implemented with the support of the Czech non-governmental organization
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