TV Company "Rioni" broadcasted a TV story about the roundtable meeting held in Tskaltubo. The topic of the roundtable meeting was "the implementation of gender approaches at the local level."

Gender mainstreaming in the local municipality, existing resources and future strategies – these were the issues discussed by the representatives of legislative and executive authorities, and organizers and participants of the meeting in the TV spot.

The TV story was made as part of the project “Learning from the experience of Visegrad Four to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”.

The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund and the Kingdom of the Netherlands

"Gender policy in the field of inclusive and democratic governance at the local level", - such is the title of the article published on the Internet by an expert on Abkhaz affairs.

The article discusses the functions of a local self-governance, legal support in terms of human rights protection, international practice of effective work of local authorities, and the deficiencies in the legislation on local self-governance. At the end of the article there is an important conclusion stating that “the introduction of an inclusive approach at all levels of governance will create necessary conditions for the democratization of the governing system."

The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund and the Kingdom of the Netherlands

A TV program organized by the Fund “Sukhumi” was aired on TV Company Rioni on April 25. The TV program was attended by project participants – representatives of Baghdati and Kutaisi self-governments and the members of gender equality councils. The talk was mainly focused on the “Manual” for gender strategies at the local level developed by the Fund "Sukhumi". The position of representatives of the local self-government is as follows: “this document is very benefitial because it contains methodology and practical advice on how to start work, what questions should the local officials ask themselves, which issues should they give more attention and who to cooperate with.

The emphasis was placed on the Round Table held in Baghdati, the memorandum signed between the Fund "Sukhumi" and Baghdati Municipality on the future prospects for cooperation.

The TV Program was organized as part 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 and the Kingdom of the Netherlands

"Gender policy in the field of inclusive and democratic governance at the local level", - such is the title of the article published on the Internet by an expert on Abkhaz affairs.

The article discusses the functions of a local self-governance, legal support in terms of human rights protection, international practice of effective work of local authorities, and the deficiencies in the legislation on local self-governance. At the end of the article there is an important conclusion stating that “the introduction of an inclusive approach at all levels of governance will create necessary conditions for the democratization of the governing system."

The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund and the Kingdom of the Netherlands