An informational meeting on the topic "Decentralization - local self-government - gender policy, Georgia" was held in Poti City Hall. Representatives of Fund "Sukhumi" provided attendees with information on the current situation regarding the above mentioned topic and the organization’s experience.

Among participants of the meeting there were active members of society, representatives of local self-government of Poti and the media. They actively joined in the discussion on gender policy issues.

The meeting was held within the framework of the project - “Learning from Visegrad 4 experience 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

A meeting of experts, involved in the research, was held in Budapest on March 7-8 in the frames of the project “Learning from Visegrad 4 experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance”. Experts shared Visegrad countries experiences on gender mainstreaming, public participation in local governance and advocacy of political reforms and started work on a draft of the Policy-oriented Strategy for reforming local governance and gender mainstreaming in Georgia. Future project activities were planned.

A representative from the Visegrad Fund attended the meeting. She got acquainted with activities held in the frames of the project with interest and emphasized that the Visegrad Fund welcomes information sharing on gender issues, expanding of partners’ network and a tendency of gender mainstreaming in local governance.

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

  

  

An information meeting on the topic "Decentralization - Local government - Gender policy, Georgia" was held in Kutaisi, in the assembly hall of the vocational school. Representatives of the Fund Sokhumi talked about the progress of the project, experiences of Visegrad 4, and the results of the work of the gender advisory councils of the Fund Sokhumi.

The meeting was attended by representatives of local self-government, mass-media, and society. During the discussion, participants placed special emphasis on the need of including the civil sector in the formation of local gender policy.

 The meeting was held within the framework of the project “Learning from Visegrad 4 experience 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 a meeting on the topic "Local Gender Policy - Prospects and Challenges" in the meeting room of the regional administration of Guria.

The meeting was attended by members of Gender Equality Councils of Guria municipalities, government officials, colleagues invited from Imereti, media and NGO representatives.

Participants of the meeting exchanged information and experiences on positive practice of gender mainstreaming in municipalities, assessed challenges in the work of local gender Equality Councils.

"We would like to learn from a positive experience of other Councils, especially the pilot Gender Advisory Councils of Fund „Sukhumi”, the one of which worked for three years in Ozurgeti. We think that information exchange system would be very useful for all, - said attendees.

The information meeting was held within the framework of the project "Learning from Visegrad 4 experience to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance". During the next stage, a strategy will be developed and gender mainstreaming at the local level will be advocated.

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

A consultant of the Gender Consultative Group of Fund “Sukhumi” met with representatives of Lanchkhuti Municipality City Hall – an authorized representative in gender equality issues and with members of the Gender Equality Council. The conversation touched upon the structure of the Council and future plans on close cooperation with Fund “Sukhumi”.

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