Date: November 10-13, 2015

Place: Tel-Aviv hotel “Sinet”

Participants: 7 women per each country

Aim: Familiarizing with the experience of Israel women organizations on how to change reality, that accompanies conflict: hatred, violence and hostility and create an alternative to admitting hope for peace in the region.

Meeting with Israel women – activists, who joined in women movements for peace and conflict prevention: Asa Istoshina, Ester Rappoport and Lana Ziberman.

The meeting discussed issues of violence, feeling of insecurity, fear of renewed hostilities and terrorist attacks, but at the same time, the willingness of women to exert all efforts to stop occupation and the establish of sustainable peace.

Members of the Georgian-Abkhazian groups in Haifa the former residents of Abkhazia and it was possible to see the problem through their eyes.

The meeting is useful by learning experiences - approaches, methods and motivation of Israel women to unite civil society for the peaceful future of the country.

 

The project  is implemented with the support of  Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

Academy of public development conducted presentation of the project: “promotion of pre-school educational service” in the conference-hall of Batumi University of Art. The project is funded by the fund “Sukhumi” and Batumi City Hall and serves to strengthening of the work of the teachers with parents of children, solution of psychological, sanitarian and other issues, development of scientific skills and healthy attitude to the environment.

In frames of the project there will be held trainings, seminars, consultative meetings, there will be organized “eco corner” and will start functioning the parents’ club, which will promote to maximal involvement of the parents in the process of pre-school education.

There was signed a memorandum between, “public development academy”, “Unity of Batumi kindergartens” and Batumi Gender Advisory Council, the aim of which is collaboration in successful implementation of the reforms of educational sphere, especially in the spheres of pre-school and informal education.

The project was positively evaluated by the chairpersons of Batumi kindergarten unity.

"Independent social-ecological movement" - is a Czech non-governmental organization that actively supports the work of the Fund "Sukhumi". With its assistance fund implemented the projects, there was a visit to the Czech Republic and other European countries of the Fund employees , the internship program in the NGO sector.

Recently there was completed a project "Changing the policy of local authorities to gender budgeting", implemented with the support of the organization.

On November 10 the leaders of the organization Jaromir Nemec, Irena Markova and Milan Stefanet visited the Fund "Sukhumi". The meeting summed up the results of the project activities. There was also conversation about cooperation with the local government and its plans for the future.

 

The project  is implemented with the support of the Czech non-governmental organization

«The independent socio-environmental movement»

The fund “Sukhumi” started preparation for the campaign of 16 active days against violence towards the women.

On November 4 there was held a meting, attended by the chairpersons of the project “Strengthening of women’s rights in Western Georgia”, assistants, lawyers, psychologists, mobilizers of tej Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha/Koki (Zugdidi Municipality).

Participants overviewed the plan of conducting campaign, made ammendmnts, expressed ideas and initiatives.

There are more than 100 activities under the plan, with participation of all units of the Fund “Sukhumi”.

With joined efforts in Western Georgia once again there will be held a powerful information campaign with the aim of prevention of violence and protection of victims.

 

 

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)