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First tangible results of Batumi GAC and local public collaboration

The show aired interesting precedent, which underlines importance of support of youth long-term programs on local level. Youth qualified education and development support was considered as one of the main thing of the research conducted by Batumi GAC and the fund “Sukhumi”.

Research participants named the issues of qualified education experience programs and employment as the main need. “This idea was raised as a result of collaboration with the council and soon implemented it”, - representative of local construction business, Temur Mikeladze included several young people in paid experience program and as he says most of his colleges are ready to support talented youth.

The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Department of State

On the ordinary meeting of Batumi VWC, there was raised a problem of socially unprotected families.

-We live in awful conditions in barracks. Water supply system is amortized; I have to enter the WC with umbrella. We several times addressed relevant structures, but in vain – say the people, who live in unbearable conditions.

-VWC plans to involve Batumi GAC and local media in problem solution.

The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Department of State

The sixth meeting of Batumi GAC was held.

At the beginning of the meeting local self-government elections were summarized, they said that election results are not so acceptable by the gender side. By the preliminary results, there are only two women in Sakrebulo from the coalition “Georgian Dream”. There was announces pleasant information too: active member of the council – Ramaz Surmanidze was chosen as a member of Sakrebulo.

They received information about duration of budget gender analysis, the priorities were defined again, which will give us possibility of local budget gender analysis. There were discussed two issues presented by advocacy group.

The council was attended by the representative of local construction business, who began new private business initiative – practice of paid practice for the youth, it underlined the fact that support of the youth must  priority for all society and not only prerogative of the state structures.

Special show was devoted to this issue in TV “Channel 25”.

The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Department of State