A three-day training on the topic "Monitoring and Advocacy” was held in fund "Sukhumi”. It was attended by active women IDPs from Khoni, Tskhaltubo, and Kutaisi. These women were selected from the trainings conducted in these cities. According to the participants, the training was important from the informational point of view:
- We’ve obtained interesting information about local self-government, became familiar with local issues that are very important for all of us.
- I have heard a word monitoring many times, but did not know its meaning. During the training, I understood what is monitoring, how it should be planed, and what gender analysis is. We were involved in these processes through practical exercises.
According to trainers the group of participants was particularly active and they will be able to use the theoretical knowledge in practice that means conduction of monitoring in the future.
A meeting of the youth of the South Caucasus was held in Kutaisi with the initiative of fund "Sukhumi" on November 26-27-28. The theme of the meeting was: "Influence of conflict on violence in the family and society". The meeting brought together the same groups of young women from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Poti, Kutaisi, and Bolnisi) who participated in the trainings in Kutaisi on April 30 and May 3.
An evening session (presentation of personal road maps) showed how participants applied knowledge and skills acquired during the first meeting.
Discussion of the topic of violence took place through discussion of sayings about violence. Participants tried to show the relevant scenes and find out ways out from the situation.
They had the opportunity to see short films made by young women-leaders of fund "Sukhumi" and discuss the problem of violence shown in the movies.
At the end of the meeting there were planned further activities.
On October 29-31 inBatumi there was held a training of the School of Young Women Leaders. The first day was devoted to the discussion of homework. How the workshops were carried out, what problems they encountered, what they achieved - the girls talked sincerely about these issues.
Types of communications, planning campaigns, internal and external policies, professional image of woman leader, business letters, phone calls, planning round tables – the topics discussed at the training were new and interesting for the participants.
- We've heard the new topics, learned about methods of planning campaigns, which we used in practice. All groups had interesting ideas.
- I read a lot about the image of a woman leader. But what I’ve heard at the training was much more important. It turned out that we did not know much.
- For me it was interesting to learn how to conduct a round table, since after the training we have to hold a round table.
All the participants of the training had opportunity to be engaged in discussions and express their opinions.
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna, women’s Swedish Foundation.
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.
Within the framework of the project "Mobile discussion club – the role of future journalists in the process of integration of IDP youth” on September 23-14, 28-29 in Fund "Sukhumi” was held four-day training for the students of the faculty of journalistic.
1.Problem seen with eyes of journalists (IDPs integration and the role of journalists);
2.Individual and collective respondents; stills of interviewing;
3.The art of conduction of debates;
4.Reviewing of the problem of integration in different genres. The art of writing.
12 students (boys and girls) took part in the training.
The project objective is to help IDPs be integrated into the local society; popularize the topic of IDPs’ integration for media.
The first stage of the project has been successful. The next stage includes meetings of young journalists with the IDP youth in different cities for the discussion of topical issues.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
These days adorned my monotonous life. I have not felt myself so free for long time”, "I have never talked so freely and openly on such a topical subject”, "When will you come again?” – a two-day training in Khurcha was ended with those words.
The group of trainers worked on such topics as: family conflicts, gender violence in family, psychology of victim and violator.
The two day training was very interesting and fruitful for the participants as well as for the representatives of Fund "Sukhumi”.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
On September 17-18 a Consultant Albina Shuyska, invited by the organization Kvinna Till Kvinna conducted a two-day workshop on project planning and management for the Fund "Sukhumi” staff. She carries out similar workshops for all 22 organisations – members of the Kvinna till Kvinna partner network.
-Definition of the overall objective, the project objective, outputs and project activities, selection of indicators and control mechanisms at different stages of the project – together with the participants the trainer tried to create a Logframe taking into account these mechanisms.
The members of Fund "Sukhumi” think that the training was very important for them since the Logframe discussed by them for two days is directly connected with their activity and involves the planning stage of different activities and reports.
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna, women’s Swedish Foundation.
Students of the School of Young Women-Leaders gathered in the office of Fund "Sukhumi”. The topic of the three-days training was "Leadership and conflict”. This was the second training carried out for the students of the School.
The first day of the training was dedicated to the discussion of the homework which was the following: during a month students should carry out two types of survey: quantitative (conduction of survey among youth) and qualitative (conduction of five in-depth interviews with women-leaders).
Through group-work participants of the training tried to make situational analysis about the situation in their cities from the point of view women’s leadership, what are opinions of youth about these issues.
Social conflicts, personal elements of the conflict, dynamics, management, conflict analysis – the rest two days girls worked in this direction. There were used group exercises and role games during the training.
Students think that the training has changed much in them:
-My relatives notice that I have changed, became bolder and independent.
-When I have many problems I tell myself: you should solve problems yourself – you can do this.
At the end of the training students of the School of leaders were given the next homework
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna, women’s Swedish Foundation.
Training on conflictology was organized for IDPs living in one of the collective centres of Vani, in the tourist centre "Argo”.
Women’s leadership, team building, types of conflicts, negotiations – participants actively considered those topics.
Eliso Giorgadze thinks that such educational trainings change consciousness of society and increase peace spirit. Representatives of all generations should be actively involved in peace processes.
Participant of the training Zoia Sharashenidze thinks that such trainings are important for IDPs in order they could use skills of women’s leadership, conflict resolution, technique of conduction of negotiations in practice.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
On July 23-25 in the hotel "Green House” in Kobuleti there was held a three-day training on the topic "Strengthening of women’s possibilities in politics at the regional level” organized by Fund "Sukhumi”.
Participants of the training were women-deputies of the local self-government and members of the Clubs of Women-Voters of the cities of Western Georgia: Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Batumi, Zugdidi, Khobi, Tskhaltubo, Khoni, Poti.
On the first day trainers of Fund "Sukhumi” acquainted participants with the situation in Georgia from the point of view of gender equality. They discussed leadership and issues of developing of leadership skills.
The second day the training was carried by the Chairperson of Kutaisi branch of Young Lawyers Association, Nino Tvaltvadze. The topic of her block was "Local self-government – European Charter, competence of the local self-government, local and central budget.
On the third day a journalist of the TV company "Imedi”, Eka Pkhakadze, acquainted participants with the principles of work with Mass Media – how to attract Mass Media’s attention, what they should know giving interviews.
All the twenty participants mentioned that the three-day work was fruitful and that they would use obtained knowledge in their practical activity.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization NED – National Endowment for Democracy, USA.
In Borjomi, hotel "Borjomis kheoba” was held a training on the topic of Strategic planning for the employees of Fund "Sukhumi”.
During three days participants of the training worked on the format of planning, common directions of Strategy, situational analysis. There were defined weaknesses, strengths and possibilities of the organization, made SWOT analysis, and initiated main strategic objectives.
In participants’ pinion training was productive:
-Issues which meant creation of the Strategy were interesting. We thought on weaknesses and strengths of the organization. There appeared a need for the work on strengthening of weaknesses.
-Strategic planning is important for any organization since it stipulates consideration of expected threats, risks, that contribute to effectiveness of work.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
A three-day training was held in the office of Fund "Sukhumi” on the topic "Gender violence against women and media” for the students of the faculty of journalistic and philology of Kutaisi University. The following issues were discussed at the training: journalistic ethics, Georgian media, gender and violence, practical skills of work with victim.
After completion of the training, there was held a contest on the topic "Continuation of the way”.
Works of the participants show well their attitude to the problem. They call society for breaking of stereotypes and revealing of greater activeness for the problem eradication.
Nominees for the first, second and third places were given prizes. Among the participants were revealed those who won in different nominations.
Methodic of the training (workshop), link between group and topic, communication with audience – interesting work on these and other issues was carried out with trainers of Fund "Sukhumi”. The training was held by the head of the German women’s organization OWEN, professor and ethnoconflictologist, Marina Grasse.
-The three-day work showed me much. I have been convinced once again that the training effectiveness is dependent on how properly the trainer uses construction which means link between the trainer and audience and the trainer and topic.
-Many approaches of the trainer are also important for us: creation of trustful atmosphere in the group, provision of psychological security, perception of personal significance by participants.
-The work we do is not only the work on issue, with people (women). They have experience, they make an influence, which is connected with change – this is a result, - all of trainers will use recommendations of Marina Grasse in their activities.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
"Every river has still and wild bank, that’s why if you decide to cross the river, you should find this still place”, - these words were told at the training carried out at Women’s Support Centre of Khoni, when during one of the exercises participants tried to find the ways out of conflict.
During three days a group of trainers of Fund "Sukhumi” worked on such topics as distribution of functions of men and women in family, strengths and weaknesses of large family, gender equality in family, family conflicts as basis of violence.
Despite the fact that the group of participants consisted of teenagers aged 13-14, they penetrated into psychology of victim and violator well. They listened to the information about legal aspects of the problem of violence, and discussed mechanisms of solution of this problem.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
The first who arrived in Tbilisi were young people from Bolnisi… Later they were joined by the group of youth from Baku (Azerbaijan) and Gyumri (Armenia)…
In the evening, a bus was driving to Kutaisi city with the delegation of young participants of International Youth training organized by Fund "Sukhumi”, which lasted for three days, from April 30 to May 2.
The topic of the training – "Youth’s role in non-violent solution of conflicts – search for the ways and elaboration of new approaches”.
Trainers: Alla Gamakharia (Kutaisi), Vafa Salekhova (Baku) and Susana Kazaryan (Gyumri).
It should be noted that the atmosphere at the training was very friendly. There were gathered young people from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Kutaisi, Bolnisi) to find ways for peace resolution of conflict together once again.
At the end of the training participants elaborated common approaches for the development of peace processes in different directions:
·Education
·Dialogue
·Culture
·Awareness raising
·Establishing contacts through Internet
·International cooperation
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst
-Perhaps it will not be loudly told that youth thinks independently and have many new ideas. Their activation and involvement in peace processes will give positive results. Three day training made me think on many issues, reminded me about my obligations. We should find new ways and possibilities to establish contacts with Abkhazians to rebuild confidence – with this opinion one of the participants, Tamar Subeliani, fixed common mood of the participants.
This was the last screening training within the framework of the project. Training was held in Kutaisi for students IDPs. Young girls understood well why they came to the training. Most of them have great wish to come in Leaders’ school since they will be given possibility to become leaders to be actively involved in public-social life of the country.
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna, women’s Swedish Foundation.
"I will always remember these days. I felt myself free for the first time. I had a wish for talking about such issues as family conflicts, psychology of victim and violator”.
"It would be good if such trainings are carried out oftener. As much people as possible should discuss the issues, considered at the training”.
This was evaluation of the participants of the three day training conducted in Women’s Support Centre in Senaki.
During the work there were used different methods: situational tasks, group and role exercises.
Participants of the training – teachers, lawyers, parents and schoolchildren made it very interesting and discussed the problem of domestic violence from different positions.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.
