Meetings (645)
Meetings - in this category there is an information about meetings in frames of Fund “Sukhumi” projects - meetings with beneficiaries, representatives of state structures, local and international non-governmental organizations.
Women initiative groups of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo and Khoni in May worked with special intensity. The work plan provided expanding cooperation with local authorities and informing the public about the work of the initiative groups.
In three cities, information meetings were held with the involvement of representatives of various local government services. There was a precedent when the authorities immediately started active work to resolve the problems. Citizens were given the opportunity to talk on topical issues.
Women initiative groups will actively continue to work in cooperation with local authorities - with the aim of advocating problems.
As always, mobilizers of the Women Support Centers of the fund “Sukhumi” in May conducted 33 information and mobilization meetings in the municipalities of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Zugdidi.
Together with various topical issues, the participants got acquainted with the reports of the meetings held as part of monitoring of the law "On the suppression of domestic violence, the protection of victims of domestic violence and their assistance." They also discussed infrastructure issues.
An interesting meeting was organized by Kutaisi Women Initiative Group in the library No. 17. The meeting aimed to cooperate with local authorities to advocate problems.
The head of the Infrastructure Development Service Vladimir Nakashidze and the chief specialist of this Service Levan Batiashvili were invited to the meeting.
The discussion was very active. The participants raised various problems, listened to competent information and got acquainted with the infrastructure programs that are implemented by the local authorities.
On May 23, a meeting organized by the Women's Initiative Group was held in the office of Tskaltub Municipality, attended by representatives of various collective centers, activists of the fund “Sukhumi”.
The chief specialist of the Health and Social Protection Service, Nargiza Abesbadze, was invited to the meeting and spoke about local social programs.
Participants were asked questions about how the programs are planned in the budget, which ones are priority, how information about these programs is spread.
It was noted that it is planned to hold similar information meetings in the coming months, as this will increase the level of communication between the population and local authorities.
Recently, the reform of the IDP allowances became the subject of discussion. To this topic was devoted a focus group held on May 17 with IDP women residing in Khoni. The participants expressed their attitude to the reform. They noted that the reforms should promote greater support and development of the IDPs, improve their socio-economic conditions, and not vice versa.
The meeting was held within the framework of the PIN project: «Involvement of NGOs working on issues of social protection, in the strategic dialogue in Georgia" - 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
The meeting of the Women's Initiative Group took place in the main library of Khoni. Representatives of different spectrum of society attended the meeting. Representatives of the Board of Khoni Municipality were invited to the meeting: the head of the infrastructure department Makvala yui96htadze and the head of the social service Leila Kintsurashvili.
Participants listened to information about what programs exist in the municipality, what works were done and what is planned.
The meeting with representatives of local self-government aimed to inform the population.
On May 11, in frames of the monitoring of law on domestic violence, implemented by the fund "Sukhumi" in Senaki municipality there was held in depth interview with the chairperson of social service and focus group with representatives of local self-government.
A focus group was held in IDP community of Khoni with the participation of young people in order to learn their opinion on the reform of the allowance for IDPs. During the meeting, the participants expressed their attitude to the reform, recorded the negative results of the reform and noted the need for needs research.
The Monitoring Group on the Implementation of the Law of Georgia on the Elimination of Domestic Violence, on the Protection of Victims of Domestic Violence and their Assistance, held a focus group with representatives of the City Hall of Zugdidi and an in-depth interview with the head of the social service of the gamgeoba.
The purpose of these meetings was to identify the results of the work of the local government in terms of protecting the victim of violence and the factors that impede the process of preventing violence.
The mobilizers of the Women's Support Centers held information meetings in the municipalities of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Zugdidi for a month. They also met with representatives of rural territorial units, employees of the health service and social issues. The purpose of the meetings is, to familiarize representatives of government structures with innovations in the fund and through cooperation to solve local problems.