Om May 27 meeting of Kutaisi Sakrebulo was attended by representatives of the fund “Sukhumi” together with the people with disabilities.
The aim of the project, in which they are involved, is their informing regarding the processed in the city and their integration in the society.
Nato Kupatadze is a person with disability. She mentioned that attended the meeting for the first time and discussed issues were too interesting for her.
  
 
Gender policy plan of Kutaisi GAC, was sent to the City Hall of Kutaisi for discussion. The letter was soon reacted. Council members met the chairperson of administrative service of the City Hall – ZviadJavakhia and his deputy – PikriaKhachapuridze. During the meeting, each recommendations were discussed. Representatives of local government expressed full support to the presented document. According to them consultations with different services will be continued, in order to reflect gender components in local budget of the next year.
Ordinary meeting of Gender Advisory Council began with the analysis of this meeting. The meeting was attended by PikriaKhachapuridze, who became the member of council and will officially take the position of gender advisor.
By the opinion of council members, started work should be continued effectively.
 
 
The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

 

 
Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council gathered on an ordinary meeting. The participants gave corrections and finally approved implementation plan of Kutaisi gender policy, which will be reflected in the nest year local budget. Main part of amendments touched several initiatives and financial issues.
Concrete action plan was elaborated, according which the meetings must be organized with the vice-Mayor and the groups, who participated in composing budget of the City Hall.
Special groups were chosen from the council composition, which will continue meeting-consultations with representatives of the City Hall and Sakrebulo, in order to reflect gender aspects, reflected in documents prepared by the GAC in the local budget.
 
The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

 

 

On August 25, there was held a meeting of Kutaisi GAC. According the project, this is the last meeting of the GAC members. The participants spoke about the results of three year work. According their evaluation, the GAC made important share in formation of local gender policy. But there is still a question support of women and the growth of their number at local political level.

The GAC members consider that it is essential to keep the resource and experience, which exists at the given moment. In order to strengthen the gender policy, they consider it important to form gender council at Sakrebulo and continuation of the work in this direction.

The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality
 
Ordinary meeting of Kutaisi GAC was held. Main part of the meeting was devoted to  the work on recommendations, on the basis of which a model of gender policy should be created. Participants of the meeting were actively involved in discussion. Recommendations touched almost each spheres: education, culture, sport infrastructure. Particular discussion was held regarding gender budget. Despite different points of view, interesting suggestions were announced, which will have recommendation character and will find reflection in document of gender policy.
In the second part of meeting the project was evaluated, which was implemented by gender council “Camp for Teenagers – Gender Education for Young Athletes”. During discussions of the results it was mentioned that this project will promote to effective cooperation of the local government and GAC in future.
 
 
The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

 

   

The ordinary meeting of GAC was devoted to the definition of the target groups of the research of local gender needs, discussion of research methods. The research will be completed in May and on the basis of the analysis of the results, Gender Council will make recommendations to the budget in 2017.

At the meeting, there were planned activities in frames of the new project, financed by the local government and the Fund "Sukhumi", aimed at prevention of domestic violence in rural areas.

The first organizational meeting with the representatives of Gamgebeli and majoritarian parliament members will be held April 25, after which in 14 territorial units of Senaki municipality there will be established gender action groups. The main objective of the project is to strengthen the role of women and youth in the processes of prevention of domestic violence.

 
The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

 

During the meeting of Ozurgeti GAC there were discussed recommendation, elaborated in frames of research analysis of local needs. Meeting participants expressed opinion – despite the fact that at the given moment local self-government will envisage recommendations or not, all of them should me noted in the plan of gender policy of local self-government. After the completion of the project, self-government will have document, which will make easy the process of reflecting gender needs in the local budget.

The project is implemented with the support
 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

    

On February 22, the 19th meeting of the Council of Advisers of Khoni took place in Sakrebulo with facilitation of the fund “Sukhumi”. The meeting discussed the issues included in the action plan of the social inclusion strategy, which continue the tendency of introduction of innovative social services for vulnerable groups in the municipality. To the 13 reviewed projects, comments and suggestions were made - with their consideration a final version of the action plan will be formed.

The meeting also reviewed the recommendations of the current stage of monitoring the social budget made by the Fund “Sukhumi”.

The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN

 

 

In Khoni Sakrebulo, a regular meeting of the Council of Advisers on Social Issues was held. The following questions were presented at the meeting: prospects for new partners / contacts and cooperation with local self-government; current projects of social inclusion, the results of monitoring conducted by the fund “Sukhumi” and the results of the advocacy component on IDP reform, as well as an analysis of the local social context.

The meeting discussed the list of cases for the near future that are on the agenda, according to the social strategy and action plan.

After the meeting the members of the Council together with the heads of the PIN project on social inclusion visited the repair works of the kindergarten in the IDP settlement made within the framework of one project - the building is ready to accept the pupils.

The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN 

    
 
On ordinary meeting, members of Batumi GAC discussed the issues which to their opinion should be reflected in the package of suggestions and recommendations for submission in the self-government. The data of document submission were talked over in order to coincide them with the pre-budget period.
The meeting heard information regarding current projects, two of them are in the active phase. New project ideas were discussed. The GAC is going to submit one more project for contest program in the City Hall.
The conversation also touched problems of citizens, who address for a help to the GAC.
On the initiative of GAC members a training was planned aiming at gender education of government staff.
 
 
 
The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Department of State

 

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