“Electronic Communicator of Accountability and Transparency of Sakrebulo” - is the name of the project, implementation of which started in Lanchkhuti.

The first meeting of the focus group was held on June 11 by the Georgian Rural Hall. Amiran Gigineishvili was the leader. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possible structure and design of the electronic manager of Sakrebulo activity.

The information about the start of the project and the first activity are available on the organization’s web page http://darbazi.org.ge

The Small Project of Georgian Rural Hall is one of 16 projects funded in frames of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

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

An informational meeting with the acting Mayor Mr. Lasha Gogiashvili was held in the City Hall of Terjola Municipality.

Rusudan Kovziridze, representative of a civil society organization, spoke about a project that is being implemented in eight municipalities of Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Guria, including Terjola.

There were highlighted the activities carried out within the framework of the project in terms of PAR roadmap monitoring and also the completed and ongoing activities.

A working group is already created in Terjola, which will begin to advocate for problems identified as a result of monitoring. The working group included representatives of Sakrebulo and civil society. Representatives of the City Hall will also be involved in this process.

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

The first meeting with the working group was held in the conference hall of Khoni municipality Sakrebulo. The group consists of 11 people. It includes representatives of the City Hall, Sakrebulo, civil society and media, as well as our partner local civil society organization, which will work on advocacy of problems identified as a result of monitoring. Alexandre Akobidze was elected as a group leader, who is the head of the Youth Center.

The work is carried out in the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

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

Voting Advise Application VAA - What Is It? What meaning does it have? How does it work? What is its European model? How to introduce this model in Georgia?

The online workshop for the staff of the Fund “Sukhumi” was dedicated to these issues.

This project is supported by the Visegrad Fund and therefore the Visegrad countries are meant in the essence of European Experience.

This time the European model was presented on the example of Poland. Dr. Katarzyna Zielińska (Institute of Sociology) spoke about this with an overview of specific e-pages.

She familiarized the participants of the workshop to Poland's experience in integrating VAA (Voting Advise Application) and its results, as well as practical tools for disseminating VAA through media and online platforms, and how the population was involved in the process. Participants noted the difficulties that may accompany the introduction of this system in Georgia, but it is clear that political parties and voters will understand the urgency, importance and goodness of this model as a result of the right informational campaign.

The work is being carried out with the support of the Visegrad Fund in the framework of the project “Online Vote-O-Meter for 2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections”.

The project is implemented with the support  of the Visegrad Fund

Online meetings were held with members of civil society organizations in Vani and Bagdati municipalities.

The meetings summarized the results of activities conducted in frames of local needs research. We discussed the challenges that organizations faced in the process. Members of the organization submitted a list of the working group for consideration, which is being formed within the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring”.

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

The group of monitors of the Fund "Sukhumi" continues to work remotely.

According to the plan, in April, the focus was made on the following issues –– programs to correct the attitude and behavior of the rapist; experience of state and non-governmental organizations.

In May, the monitoring group made changes to the action plan and worked on how COVID-19 affected victims of violence, what problems were identified during isolation and quarantine.

Through a quick research, women victims of violence, activists, psychologists, and NGO representatives were interviewed. As a result of the analysis of the obtained data, the publication “The Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence, the Status of Women - Victims of Violence and Access to Services” was prepared.

Imereti Scientists' Union “Spectri” held an online meeting with its partner organizations from Guria.

Representatives of the Center for Education and Equality, the Union of Young Teachers (Ozurgeti), Lanchkhuti Information Center, and the Georgian Rural Hall (Lanchkhuti) took part in the meeting. Issues related to the implementation of the projects, which won the competition of sub-grants were discussed at the meeting. During the online meeting, significant attention was paid to the creation of working groups in the target municipalities and planning of their activities.

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

In the framework of the project “A common forum for CSOs from Guria, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi for PAR Roadmap monitoring” the work to study the need for implementation of a public administration roadmap in the municipalities is going to its completion. Representatives of the local partner CSOs are actively involved in this process, despite the state of emergency caused by COVID-19.

The data obtained by the Lanchkhuti Information Center will become the basis for assessing local needs.

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

The fourth meeting of the Forum of Civil Society Organizations was held through the online platform Zoom with participation of the representatives of 16 local organizations from 8 target municipalities.

Participants were given information about the results of the grant competition within the framework of the project and about the work, which should be done in direction of advocacy at the local level. The participants also got acquainted with the short preliminary analysis of the needs assessment of the local population project target municipalities, the results of PAR monitoring conducted in 4 municipalities of Imereti and heard the recommendations of the project's PR strategy.

During the discussion, the participants highlighted the interesting issues regarding how the local self-government websites can be maintained to increase citizens’ engagement and quality of interaction.

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

The Fund “Sukhumi” has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Family Medicine Center “Bichvinta” (Kutaisi), with which the organization has long-standing relationships.

On May 19, 500 masks were handed over to the center’s medical staff. Reusable masks, with all standards, were sewn by the Fund “Sukhumi” Day Center. In addition, especially vulnerable patients of the Center (including IDPs, women, socially unprotected, large families, elderly people with disabilities, etc. will receive masks).