Meeting of the Gender Equality Council of Zestafoni with representatives of Fund “Sukhumi” was held on the 10th of July. It was attended by the Deputy Mayor, heads of the City Hall services for infrastructure, social protection, monitoring and audit, and the financial and budgetary service. Attendees were provided with information on the strategic guidance "Gender mainstreaming in municipalities", developed by Fund "Sukhumi". A draft action plan for gender equality of the municipality and existing municipal programs were discussed. Activities for the elaboration of the final version of the plan were scheduled.

The meeting was held within the framework 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

Fund “Sukhumi” organized informational meeting with members of the Gender Equality Council of Kutaisi. A representative of the financial service of the City Hall was invited to the meeting. Participants of the meeting were provided with information about the strategic guidance “Gender mainstreaming in municipalities” elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, experiences and challenges of other municipalities.

They discussed Action Plan at the meeting and emphasized that the Action Plan developed by the Gender Equality Council should become the Action Plan of the municipality.

The meeting was held within the framework 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

After the brief presentation of the strategic guidance for local governments “Gender mainstreaming in municipalities”, elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, attendees discussed draft of the Gender Equality Action Plan. Members of the Gender equality Council shared information on current and implemented gender oriented programs and activities. It should be mentioned that Tskhaltubo Municipality is one of the advanced municipalities.

The meeting was held in the frames 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

On the 4th of July fund “Sukhumi” conducted an information meeting with the Gender Equality Council of Ozurgeti.

After providing attendees with the agenda of the meeting, there was presented a strategic guidance for local governments “Gender mainstreaming in municipalities”, developed by Fund "Sukhumi". Participants talked about gender policy of the municipality, experiences and challenges, and the work of other Gender Equality Councils. They discussed a draft of the Gender Equality Action Plan and future activities.

The meeting was held within the framework 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

On July 3 representatives of Fund “Sukhumi” met with members of the Gender Equality Council and other self-government officials in the meeting room of Kharagauli Sakrebulo.

Many topics were discussed at the meeting: local gender policy, the role and functions of the Gender Equality Council; activities that can improve the social environment for different vulnerable groups; aspects of gender budgeting and its basis; how gender parameters are reflected in the organizational budget, and program budget; what the creation of a system of gender statistics will bring; elaboration of programs based on needs research; how important is the system of gender monitoring and analysis; awareness of the essence of gender audit; what should be taken into account the Municipality gender equality action plan; importance of cooperation with qualified non-governmental organizations.

The meeting showed the high qualifications of the municipality officials, the gender adviser and Gender Equality Council members, as well as the motivation for introducing new services.

The meeting was held within the framework of the project “Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance".