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Within the framework of the project aimed at mobilization of IDP women and their integration into the local community in Imereti region through monitoring of gender policy of the local self government there were carried out two-day trainings in Kutaisi, Khoni, and Tskhaltubo.

15 active women were selected in each region.

The following topics were discussed at the trainings: activism, volunteering, communication.

The second day of the training covered the following issues: advocacy, selection of issue, elaboration of strategy, objectives, technique, establishing of relations with government. As a result participants elaborated specific drafts of Action plan:

-                     rehabilitation of the school # 4 in Khoni, pick up of household waste from collective centres in Kutaisi, allocation of city transport in Tskhaltubo.

All the three Action plans were selected according to priorities all of them can be implemented and should be lobbied in the local self government of Kutaisi, Khoni, and Tskhaltubo.

The project is financed with the support of the U.S. Embassy Democracy Commission Small Grant Program.