The training on advocacy and lobbying was carried
out in the collective
center "Electromechanical Lyceum" within the framework of the project
"Awareness rasing of IDPs living in
unrehabilitated buildings, on their legal issues in regard with the process of
rehabilitation", supported by the British organization "Conciliation
Resources". In the training participated active groups of IDPs living in the
collective centers "Ankom" and "Electromechanical Lyceum".
The objective of the training was to increase opportunities
of IDP communities for advocacy of their problems and lobbying issues of resettlement,
to identify problems and solutions through advocacy and elaboration of messages.
During group works were identified the following problems:
specific criteria during re-allocation of IDPs to
alternative accommodation, specific terms for the
commencement and completion of repair works, employment of IDPs on construction
objects in Kutaisi,proving members of different generations of one family with housing.
The training participants are ready to use their
skills and experience to lobby for their issues and problems of the community.
