Tbilisi. On February 15, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) conducted an online training for civil servants on the use of artificial intelligence systems in the public sector. The training aimed to provide theoretical and practical information to civil servants about international standards of the use of artificial intelligence systems, and present the results and revealed challenges of the analysis on the practice of using such systems in Georgia. Read more… Source: idfi.ge

Tbilisi. CENN, Mercy Corps and ABCO Georgia, with the support of the European Union, are hosting a joint 2-day intensive online workshop for young people on "Social Entrepreneurship and Financial Planning" as part of the EU4Youth program. Those wishing to participate in the online workshop should register before 18:00 on February 21 at the following link… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. The Educational Certification Program in Fighting Corruption was started in June, 2019 and is implemented by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) for the third year in a row. „The Program is implemented in cooperation with Ilia State University. The first phase of the Program consisted of eight professional modules. The participants who were passed the modules successfully received certificates. Up to 500 applicants expressed their willingness to participate in the Program out of which 32 participants were selected for the Program. Out of the initial 32 participants (which were selected among almost 500 candidates), 19 participants received the final certificates. It is noteworthy that the final certificates are awarded to the candidates who have passed at least six modules. Out of 19 participants, 5 participants received certificates for graduating from all eight modules. Among these five – four are female, and one is male. Out of 19 participants – 16 are female, and 3 are male”, is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: idfi.ge

Tbilisi. An organization “Partnership for Human Rights” (PHR) appealed to the Tbilisi City Court against the Ministry of Education demanding to urge the Ministry to develop an effective plan and implement it in order to ensure that children with disabilities and special educational needs have their rights to life, health, safety, and education protected upon returning to school on February 15. “There is increased danger that students with disabilities and special educational needs may have their rights to life, health, education and safety violated due to unorganized and threatening return to schools on February 15, 2021. We consider that passivity of the Ministry of Education cannot be replaced with just recommendations of the Ministry of Health. While at this stage, current state of schools does not allow them to manage the pandemic effectively due to different financial and human resources”. Read more… Source: phr.ge

Imereti. Local Democracy Agency (LDA) is happy to announce a start of series of practical trainings "Capacity building workshops for youth from small towns and rural areas on the development of business ideas" in #AZ, #UA, #GE. Online trainings will help you to find yourself in a business world. Experts from PL, IT, FR will prepare interesting topics. Youth could work in smaller groups to better understand in be involved. The deadline for registration is February 15, 2021.  Follow the registration link... Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Imereti. Due to the information of USAID Georgia Nino Gudadze, Mariam Eziashvili, and Nato Parkosadze are in their second year of high school in the village of Koreli in Imereti. They are also active participants in the school civics club supported by “Momavlis Taoba” (“Future Generation”), a nationwide civics education program funded by USAID. In addition to learning about civics in the classroom, they carry out their own civic activities in the community, including helping their neighbors get through the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic hit their village, Nino, Mariam, and Nato realized that many residents of the village could not afford to buy face masks and were not able to protect themselves. They decided to take the matter into their own hands and help vulnerable families. They brought the issue to the local self-governing body, asked for information about how to help the vulnerable families in the village, and managed to obtain the necessary amount of face masks to distribute to local residents. The students provided 11 families with a total of 250 face masks. They also carry out informative meetings for the village youths about dealing with Covid 19 pandemic. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. In the publication "TimeBank: Textbook about New Volunteering" you will read everything about modern volunteering. If you would like to learn what volunteering is, to read about foreign and Georgian experience of the TimeBank; also, if you are eager to know more about the success stories of the TimeBank and learn whether you are ready or not for volunteer work, this book is for you. The publication is created within the “Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative” project. The project was developed and is implemented by the consortium lead by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in cooperation with four Georgian Civil Society Organizations: Civil Society Institute (CSI), Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC), Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) and Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC). The project is funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Read more…  Source: Timerepublik Georgia’s page on the Facebook

Tbilisi. The Center for Development and Democracy (CDD) has launched a Georgian online educational platform Kentsero. “Visit and sweeten your studies with us At this stage, you will find on the site schools of democratization and good governance as well as international relations, interesting subjects and fun quizzes presented by experts in the field”, - is stated on the website of the organization in a social network.  Read more… Source: The website of the organization in a social network

To support practical training in six vocational colleges, we provided GEL 800,000 worth of agriculture machinery and food processing equipment.  This initiative was implemented with funds from the Swiss Development Cooperation in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport of Georgia.  Read more…  Source: The page in the social network

Tbilisi. The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association publishes a study conducted together with the Foundation for the Support of Legal Education – “Equality policy in the general education system”. Full version of the study... Source: The website of the organization in a social network

Shida-Kartli. On December 14, 2020 - Giorgi Targamadze, founder of Georgian Strategic Analysis Center, held a lecture on mass media and the current political landscape within the framework of the training program "Youth for Change" for politically active youth from Gori. “The aim of the project is to involve local activists and NGOs, municipal staff and media representatives in active discussions”. Read more… Source: The organization's page in the social network

Samegrelo. With the money won at the intellectual TV show "Answer to Georgia" aired on TV Imedi, the volunteers bought and handed over the development resources to the Khobi Day Care Center for Children with Disabilities "Our House".  The volunteers took part in the TV show "Answer to Georgia" within the Civil Society Sustainability Initiative project on September 19. By participating in the TV show, the volunteers aimed to raise public awareness about volunteering and to encourage engagement in the volunteer activities. Read more… Source: the organization’s page in the social network

Tbilisi. On December 11-21, 2020, within USAID and UNAG’s #PITA Program, we are starting a Training for Trainers for a new cohort of the Mobile Task Force: Youth for Building Resilience - Promoting Media Literacy and Critical Thinking.  Read more… Source: The organization’s page in the social network

Tbilisi. The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) publishes an open data guidebook for civil servants. “Open data facilitate development of civic monitoring mechanisms, improve public welfare and effective use of state resources. The purpose of the guidebook is to provide civil servants with practical information about data collection, processing, analysis, publication and storage. Improvement of their qualification in this regard will help public institutions address data processing related challenges and use existing resources effectively”, - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source: idfi.ge

Samegrelo. UNICEF Representative in Georgia, Dr. Ghassan Khalil visited Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi. “One year ago UNICEF and the university established the partnership to incorporate child rights into curricula. Today the results of this partnership and future plans were discussed at the meeting. We are glad that the Child Rights course is integrated into the University curricula.” Read more… Source: The organization’s page in the social network

Tbilisi. New UNICEF-ITU report says 15 per cent of Georgia’s school-age children have no internet access at home. “Around 661,500 children are still affected by COVID-19 school closures in Georgia, forcing students to rely on virtual learning. For those with no internet access, education can be out of reach. Even before the pandemic, a growing cohort of young people needed to learn foundational, transferable, digital, job-specific and entrepreneurial skills to compete in the 21st century economy. The digital divide is perpetuating inequalities that already divide countries and communities, the report notes. Children and young people from the poorest households, rural and lower income states are falling even further behind their peers and are left with very little opportunity to ever catch up”, is noted in the statement. Read more…  Source: www.unicef.org

Tbilisi. Check out new list of EU-funded scholarships, trainings, competitions, events, project calls and more here... Source: The EU’s page in the social network

Tbilisi. Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) publishes a study: Systemic challenges of education policy for ethnic minorities. “Conducted study revealed that reforms, implemented in the education system from 2005 to date, generally neglected or failed to sufficiently address the issue of access of ethnic minorities to quality education. Beyond positive steps, taken towards provision of higher education (1+4 program) and teaching of Georgian as a second language, problems of non-Georgian language schools were unfortunately weakly addressed in priorities of education policy over the years. Moreover, despite fundamental failures and consequences in the education system in this regard, the Government did not include the issue of passing a special and consistent policy towards education of minorities in its agenda”, - is stated in the study. Read more…  Source: emc.org.ge

Tbilisi. The EU and UNDP have launched a “weekend virtual school” for high-school students from Georgia’s regions. Online classes combine knowledge about European integration and sustainable development with extracurricular offerings featuring music and art. Over 330 teenagers from eight municipalities participated in the first online class on 21-22 November, and more are expected to engage in the next four sessions to be held every weekend until 20 December. To learn more click here... Source: EU’s page in the social network

Tbilisi. “Bloggers from Zemo Racha” is one of the volunteer initiatives that won the "Ideas Competition for Voluntary Initiatives" announced by the Center for Education Development and Employment (EDEC) in the frameworks of the program “Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative”. Within the initiative, the initiative group from Upper Racha invites young people from Oni municipality aged 15-18 to take part in a program “Bloggers from Upper Racha”. The program aims to assist vulnerable groups, promote their integration into society, support formal and non-formal education, address local community issues, and promote volunteering”. The program “Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative” was developed and is implemented by the consortium lead by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in cooperation with four Georgian Civil Society Organizations: Civil Society Institute (CSI), Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC), Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) and Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC). The project is funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Read more… Source: The organization’s page in the social network

Imereti. Local Democracy Agency Georgia held online informational meeting for youth from Zestaphoni municipality, about these following issues: The importance of civic engagement; civil society organizations; International volunteering platform "Time Bank"; The project coordinator, Tamar Kitovani was leading the online meeting.  Online meeting held within the framework of the project, „Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative”. The project „Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative” is implemented by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in cooperation with the Civil Society Institute (CSI), the Consultation and Training Center (CTC), the Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG), and the Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC). The project is funded by the European Union (EU) and co-funded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).  Read more… Source: The organization’s page in the social network

Tbilisi. In September 2020 in the frames of COVID-19 response activities GRCS with the USAID support refresher trainings, jointly elaborated with NCDC on COVID-19 for local staff and volunteers were conducted in 33 GRCS branches. The trainings aimed at refreshing knowledge of GRCS local staff and volunteers on COVID-19, ways of transmission and personal safety, including usage of personal safety equipment, social stigma, and risk communication in 33 GRCS branches. Read more… Source: The organization’s page in the social network