Fund Sukhumi organized an information meeting with the Gender Equality Council of Lanchkhuti Municipality.

Participants of the meeting discussed Strategic Guidance on local gender policy elaborated by Fund “Sukhumi”, including such issues as: gender mainstreaming at local level, what should individuals, working in this direction take into consideration, what means gender focus in the budget etc. A draft of the Gender Action Plan of the Council was also reviewed. Main directions of the Council’s activity were defined.  

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 initiative of the Fund “Sukhumi”, a meeting was held in the municipality of Tkibuli, with the participation of the top figures from the local self-government, representatives of the local Sakrebulo and City Hall, the local department of the Social Service Agency, members of the municipal Gender Equality Council, and local NGOs.

The general principles of the manual for gender strategies at the local level, developed by the Fund "Sukhumi", have been introduced to the public during the meeting that was followed by an interesting discussion, held during the meeting on gender policy and practice, experiences and challenges in the municipality. Participants talked about the needs identified in terms of more effective social policy.

As it turned out, the municipality has a very good practice of promoting social services for local vulnerable groups aiming at supporting social integration of women, youth and especially the elderly. According to the representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi", it is easy to introduce gender-sensitive approaches in places where there is a fair social practice focused on vulnerable groups, and there are numerous examples of this in Tkibuli, thanks to the Social Engagement Project implemented by PIN (People in Need), which had met the respective political will on the part of the local self-government.

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

The Fund "Sukhumi" held a roundtable meeting in Zestaponi Municipality on the topic of “the implementation of gender approaches in local politics (Gender Mainstreaming)”. Together with the representatives of the local municipality and civil groups, the representatives of the Kharagauli and Baghdati Municipalities also attended the meeting.

The principles of the manual for gender strategies at the local level, developed by the Fund "Sukhumi" and four main areas - what issues should be reflected in local political strategy and action plans, and who is the manual for - have been introduced during the meeting.

Interesting discussions were held during the roundtable meeting on gender policy and practice, experiences and challenges in municipalities. Participants talked about the needs identified in terms of gender education of personnel, gender budgeting, and needs assessment methodology and stressed the necessity of cooperation with qualified non-governmental sector. The outlines of the future work have been identified. Particular recommendations have been discussed, which, in the opinion of the participants, would necessarily affect the condition of women, youth and other groups.

The meeting was held 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

On May 11, a conference on “the Experience of Visegrad Four and Georgia to Advocate for Equal, Inclusive and Democratic Local Governance” was held in Tbilisi. Representatives of various embassies, international and local NGOs, and government authorities participated in the conference, together with the representatives from 15 municipalities of Western Georgia. Experts from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Georgia made 8 presentations on public participation in decision-making process, gender mainstreaming, participatory budgeting and other topical issues.

The participants asked the experts questions regarding the topical issues and received answers that were based on the experience of 5 countries.

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

Fund “Sukhumi” held a roundtable in Baghdati Municipality on the topic of “Introducing Gender Approaches in Local Policy”. The major principles of the “Manual” for gender strategies at the local level created by the Fund were presented to the audience. The issues that were identified during the cooperation with local municipalities have been discussed.

In addition to the representatives of the local municipality and local civic groups, the members of the Gender Equality Councils of Kutaisi and Tskaltubo Municipalities attended the meeting.

On the same day, Sakrebulo of Baghdati Municipality, the City Hall and the Cultural-Humanitarian Fund "Sukhumi" signed a memorandum of cooperation that will facilitate the implementation of the gender equality policies at the local level.