After the brief presentation of the strategic guidance for local governments “Gender mainstreaming in municipalities”, elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, attendees discussed draft of the Gender Equality Action Plan. Members of the Gender equality Council shared information on current and implemented gender oriented programs and activities. It should be mentioned that Tskhaltubo Municipality is one of the advanced municipalities.

The meeting was held in the frames 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

On July 3 representatives of Fund “Sukhumi” met with members of the Gender Equality Council and other self-government officials in the meeting room of Kharagauli Sakrebulo.

Many topics were discussed at the meeting: local gender policy, the role and functions of the Gender Equality Council; activities that can improve the social environment for different vulnerable groups; aspects of gender budgeting and its basis; how gender parameters are reflected in the organizational budget, and program budget; what the creation of a system of gender statistics will bring; elaboration of programs based on needs research; how important is the system of gender monitoring and analysis; awareness of the essence of gender audit; what should be taken into account the Municipality gender equality action plan; importance of cooperation with qualified non-governmental organizations.

The meeting showed the high qualifications of the municipality officials, the gender adviser and Gender Equality Council members, as well as the motivation for introducing new services.

The meeting was held within the framework of the project “Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance".

Topic of the meeting – “Gender mainstreaming in municipalities”.

Fund “Sukhumi” presented a guidance for local government elaborated in the frames of the project. Attendees talked about gender practice and policy of the municipality and learnt about other municipalities’ experience. They emphasized the deficiency of experience in terms of needs assessment and monitoring as well as creation of a database and discussed solutions.

Participants of the meeting were acquainted with the draft of the Gender Equality Action Plan of Khoni. It will be reviewed by the next meeting, and submitted to Sakrebulo for approval.

The meeting was held in the frames 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

Meeting of the Gender Equality Council members was organized by Fund “Sukhumi” in the meeting room of Vani Municipality Sakrebulo. Attendees got information about Fund “Sukhumi’s” experience and discussed how to introduce gender approaches at local level.

Participants reviewed the structure and composition of the Gender Equality Council and a draft of the Action Plan.

The meeting was held in the frames 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 “Sukhumi” organized meeting of the Gender Equality Council of Terjola Municipality Sakrebulo. Participants of the meeting discussed how to incorporate gender approaches at local level. Fund “Sukhumi” shared its experience.

The second part of the meeting was dedicated to consideration of an Action Plan draft. The plan reflects: structure of the Council, its institutional development, trainings on gender issues, gender programs in local budget, creation of gender statistic.

The meetings was held within the framework 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 "Sukhumi" held an information meeting in Sachkhere for the first time. Representatives of the local government and members of the Gender Equality Council gathered in the meeting room of Sakrebulo. The meeting was held within the framework of the project "Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance". Attendees were provided with information on the role of the Gender Equality Council in the implementation of gender policy at the local level. A strategic guidance for local government, elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, was also reviewed.

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund

An information meeting of Fund “Sukhumi” representatives with the gender equality Council of Bagdati Municipality was held in the meeting room of the Resource Centre. The conversation was about gender oriented policy of the municipality, experiences and challenges as well as work experiences of Gender Councils of other municipalities.

The main part of the meeting was dedicated to consideration of a draft of Gender Policy Action Plan. Main directions, goals and activities were defined.

The meeting was held in the frames 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 Sukhumi organized an information meeting with the Gender Equality Council of Lanchkhuti Municipality.

Participants of the meeting discussed Strategic Guidance on local gender policy elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, including such issues as: gender mainstreaming at local level, what should individuals, working in this direction take into consideration, what means gender focus in the budget etc. A draft of the Gender Action Plan of the Council was also reviewed. Main directions of the Council’s activity were defined.  

The meeting was held in the frames 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

In order to enable civil society organizations in the South Caucasus and Central Asia to work on peacekeeping, for transformation of conflicts peace education, to cooperate and share best practices, lessons learned online and offline, and to discuss key issues related to civil society, the second meeting of the Regional Peacekeeping Platform in Tbilisi was held from May 28 - 31.

The platform included two organizations from Armenia, two from Georgia and one from Kyrgyzstan. As a result of the meeting, a Memorandum of Cooperation was discussed and adopted. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson of the Fund "Sukhumi" Alla Gamakharia and the assistant - Larisa Shengelia.

NGO partnership organized by the NGO “Women for Development” (Armenia) with the support of BfdW (Germany)

 

  

On the initiative of the Fund “Sukhumi”, a meeting was held in the municipality of Tkibuli, with the participation of the top figures from the local self-government, representatives of the local Sakrebulo and City Hall, the local department of the Social Service Agency, members of the municipal Gender Equality Council, and local NGOs.

The general principles of the manual for gender strategies at the local level, developed by the Fund "Sukhumi", have been introduced to the public during the meeting that was followed by an interesting discussion, held during the meeting on gender policy and practice, experiences and challenges in the municipality. Participants talked about the needs identified in terms of more effective social policy.

As it turned out, the municipality has a very good practice of promoting social services for local vulnerable groups aiming at supporting social integration of women, youth and especially the elderly. According to the representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi", it is easy to introduce gender-sensitive approaches in places where there is a fair social practice focused on vulnerable groups, and there are numerous examples of this in Tkibuli, thanks to the Social Engagement Project implemented by PIN (People in Need), which had met the respective political will on the part of the local self-government.

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund