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maia maTeSvili, Tamar sabedaSvili,

maia qurcikiZe, rusudan wereTeli, iulon

wilosani, Tamar WiTanava, sofo WiWinaZe

statiebi am gamocemidan SeiZleba Seucvleli

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miTiTebis pirobiT.

United Nations in GeorgiaBulletin No.1. April 2009

Published by the DPI/UNO

UN House, 9, R. Eristavi St., Tbilisi, GeorgiaTel: (995 32) 25 11 26,Fax: (995 32) 25 02 71/72E-mail: uno.tbilisi@unic.orghttp://georgia.unic.org;www.ungeorgia.ge

Coordinator: Ketevan Ghioshvili

Articles by: Tamar Bakhtadze, Ia Dadunashvili,Ketevan Ghioshvili, Maya Kutsikidze, MayaMateshvili, Tamar Sabedashvli, Rusudan Tsereteli,Tamar Tchitanava, Sophie Tchitchinadze, YulonTsilosani

Articles may be freely reproduced unalteredwithout authorisation on condition that the sourceis indicated.

UN IN GEORGIATable of Contents

Sinaarsi

Sexvedra saqarTvelos konfliqtis Semdgomi

aRmSeneblobisaTvis donorTa daxmarebis mosazidad

adreuli reabilitacia Sida qarTlis regionSi

gaeros mosaxleobis fondi saqarTveloSi

reagirebs krizisze

gamozamTrebis

programa

sabavSvo centrebi iZulebiT gadaadgilebuli

da daucveli bavSvebisaTvis

qarTul mediaSi gavrcelebulia stereotipuli

midgoma bavSvebis mimarT

gaeros ganviTarebis fondi qalTaTvis xels uwyobs

agvistos konfliqtis Sedegad iZulebiT

gadaadgilebuli da konfliqtiT dazaralebuli

qalebis ekonomikur cxovrebaSi CarTvas

regionSi cxovelTa sakvebi

ganawilda

sammxrivi regionuli konferencia TbilisSi

adamianebiT vaWrobis (trefikingis)

yvela formasTan

dakavSirebiT

msoflio sasursaTo programa agvistos

krizisis dros

janmrTelobis msoflio organizacia iZulebiT

gadaadgilebul samedicino personals daxmarebas

uwevs devnilTaTvis pirveladi jandacvis

momsaxurebaSi

adamianis uflebebis Temaze Seqmnili

saukeTeso namuSevrebis dajildoeba

UN to secure donor support for Georgia’spost-conflict recovery

Early recovery initiative in Shida Kartli

UNFPA responds to crisisin Georgia

UNHCR supports IDPs witha Winterisation Programme

UNICEF Child-friendly spaces for IDPand vulnerable children

Stereotyped reporting on children dominatesthe Georgian media, UNICEF Report says

UNIFEM to support internally displacedand conflict affected women’s

reintegration in the economic lifeof Georgia

Animal feed distribution inconflict affected areas

Tri-partite regional conference in Tbilisi toaddress all forms of trafficking in human

beings in the Caucasus and relateddestination countries

WFP responding thecrisis in Georgia

WHO helps internally displacedmedical staff to provide

Primary Health Careto IDPs

UN, Public Defender’s Office awardbest human rights-related works

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UN IN GEORGIA

he United Nations Agencies in Georgia held on 27 February 2009 a meeting toprovide donors with a report on UN emergency programmes in the post-August 2008

period and secure support for longer-term recovery activities within the framework of theJoint Needs Assessment (JNA). The donor meeting also heard from the Deputy FinanceMinister Dimitri Gvindadze about the government’s use of donor funds since the October2008 Donor Conference in Brussels.A Concept Paper that outlines the planned longer-term recovery activities of UN Agencieswas presented at the donor meeting. The Concept Paper is based on a Joint NeedsAssessment undertaken at the request of the Government of Georgia in September 2008by the World Bank, the EC and the UN, and marks an important opportunity to focusinternational attention on major post-conflict reconstruction and recovery issues - withthe first priorities being return, relocation and resettlement; education; employment;agriculture; health; and social protection. “In light of the very difficult times that the country and its people have been through,”said UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Watkins. “a more effective re-sponse by the development sector, and in particular the UN, will greatly benefit thepeople. We would like to thank donors for the prompt assistance for the emergencyphase and welcome today’s meeting, which demonstrates the willingness of the interna-tional community to support longer-term recovery efforts as well.”Since the Georgia Humanitarian Flash Appeal was issued in August and updated inSeptember 2008, the UN system has worked closely with the donors and the NGO com-munity on virtually all facets of the relief effort. The unprecedented international sup-port was provided to solve a humanitarian crisis in Georgia and now the work is movingtowards post-conflict reconstruction and recovery.“The crisis in August showed that the UN system has a very responsive infrastructure forhumanitarian assistance,” said Robert Watkins at the donor meeting. ”The quick andgenerous response of the donors to the Appeal has been very encouraging and is, in asense, a vote of confidence in the UN’s capacity to respond quickly to the humanitariancrisis. In the same spirit we welcome donor support for the country’s post-conflict recov-ery.”The event brought together approximately 60 representatives of donor countries andinternational organizations.

In December 2008, Rector of the IvaneJavakhishvili Tbilisi State UniversityGeorge Khubua and UN Resident Coor-dinator Robert Watkins oficially openedthe a UN Auditorium at the Ivane Java-khishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU).Support for educational institutions andsystems has long been at the centre ofUN’s work. It is no wonder that the UNAgencies agreed to support the founda-tion of a United Nations Auditorium with-in a framework of the International Laneproject in the historical second buildingof the TSU.The UN has renovated and equipped the

auditorium that will enable students to learn in modern facilities from law faculty who,for the first time in many years, will have facilities that match their teaching and re-search excellence.“It is the part of the newest example of the University’s commitment to providing oppor-tunities for students to learn and develop leadership skills in a nurturing and enjoyableenvironment,” said UN Resident Coordinator Robert Watkins. “We hope the project willfacilitate wider access to the UN information and networking by the students and providea future platform for increased information sharing and cooperation between the UNAgencies and TSU”.The UN Auditorium will also become a place for the many educational events (work-shops, seminars, trainings and conferences) supported by the UN Country Team (UNCT).

UN Resident Coordinator Robert Watkins opening the donor meeting

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UN to securedonor supportfor Georgia’spost-conflictrecovery

UN Auditorium opens at Tbilisi StateUniversity

UN Resident Coordinator Robert Watkins (left) and Rectorof TSU George Khubua

Three UN Agencies launchjoint cash assistanceprogramme for displacedpersons in GeorgiaThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-gees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Pro-gramme (WFP) launched on 18 February 2009 a jointcash assistance programme for people displacedduring the August 2008 crisis in Georgia.The programme is implemented with support fromthe European Commission Humanitarian Office(ECHO), USAID and other donor organizations, incollaboration with the Georgian Ministry of Refu-gees and Accommodation (MRA) and the Civil Regis-try Agency of Georgia (CRA).Through a WFP-led direct cash transfer system,short-term financial assistance will be provided tothose who due to the August conflict left theirhomes in the Tskhinvali, Java and Akhalgori dis-tricts as well as to the Kurta, Tikvi, Eredvi and Azharacommunities and those who are currently registeredin the Civil Registry Agency of Georgia.The programme will be implemented during a three-month period from February through to April 2009.Beneficiaries will receive the following types of cashassistance:� One-time assistance in the amount of 100

Lari for purchasing winter clothes. UNICEF willprovide this assistance for children under sixyears of age and UNHCR will target IDPs over16 years old;

� Monthly cash assistance in the amount of 100Lari will be provided by UNICEF to purchasecomplementary food and hygienic items fordisplaced children up to 2 years old;

� Monthly cash assistance in the amount of 25Lari for complementary food items (includingfruits, vegetables and dairy products) will bedistributed by WFP to whole caseload but theunder 2 years old.

The cash assistance will be provided in addition tothe basic food items (wheat flour, pasta, vegetableoil, sugar, beans and iodized salt) regularly distrib-uted by WFP.Cash assistance will be provided through family bankaccounts opened in the People’s Bank of Georgia.Each eligibale family will receive a plastic bankingcard which will be issued to an adult female mem-ber of a family (whenever this is not possible, cardswill be issued to the adult males).Up to 30,000 beneficiaries will receive cash assist-ance. For this programme, WFP allocated 2,864,952Lari; UNICEF – 766,490 Lari; and UNHCR – 2,983,032Lari thanks to the generous support from donorcountries and agencies.Preparation for this programme started in Decem-ber 2008. Since then, Memorandums of Understand-ing have been signed with the Ministry of Refugeesand Accommodation and the Civil Registry Agency;beneficiary lists have been obtained from the CRAto identify the caseload for each type of cash allot-ment; agreements have been signed with the Peo-ple’s Bank of Georgia; and the list of the beneficiar-ies have been provided to the bank. Also, WFP con-ducted training for MRA staff. A special hotline isoperating within the MRA to address questions thatmay arise during the programme implementation.As a final step, posters and leaflets were printedand disseminated among the beneficiaries to en-sure full visibility and transparency of the programme.The three sister UN agencies are proud to com-mence the joint cash assistance programme andplan a thorough monitoring of its implementationin cooperation with the Ministry of Refugees andAccommodation and the Civil Registry Agency ofGeorgia.

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2009 wlis 27 Tebervals gaeros saagentoebma

saqarTveloSi gamarTes donorTa Sexvedra, romelic

miznad isaxavda donorebisTvis gaeros mier 2008

wlis agvistos konfliqtis Sedegebis salikvidaci-

od gaweuli muSaobis Sedegebis gacnobas da qvey-

nis aRdgenis grZelvadiani programebis gansaxor-

cieleblad donorTa Semdgomi daxmarebis ganxil-

vas.

amave Sexvedraze saqarTvelos finansTa ministris

moadgilem dimitri gvindaZem donorebs gaacno,

Tu rogor xorcieldeba donorTa daxmarebis ganka-

rgva 2008 wlis oqtomberSi briuselSi gamarTuli

donorTa konferenciis Semdgom periodSi.

Sexvedraze gaeros saagentoebma donorebs warudg-

ines dokumenti samomavlo iniciativebi Sesaxeb,

romelic efuZneba saqarTvelos mTavrobis TxovniT

2008 wlis seqtemberSi msoflio bankis, evrokomisi-

isa da gaeros mier momzadebul erTobliv sit-

uaciur Sefasebas. samomavlo iniciativebis nusxa

iZleva mniSvnelovan SesaZleblobas, raTa saerTa-

Soriso yuradReba gamaxvildes qveynis aRdgenisa

da aRmSeneblobis iseT mniSvnelovan sakiTxebze,

rogoricaa devnilTa dabruneba, gadaadgileba da

gansaxleba, ganaTleba, dasaqmeba, soflis meurneoba,

jandacva da socialuri dacva.

,,im rTuli da sagangebo viTarebis gaTvaliswinebiT,

romelic qveyanam da xalxma gamoiara~, _ Tqva gaeros

mudmivma da humanitarulma koordinatorma, rob-

ert uoTkinsma, _ ,,yvela partnioris, maT Soris,

gaeros ufro qmediTi daxmareba mniSvnelovnad

waadgeba xalxs. Cven madloba gvinda gadavuxadoT

donorebs ukve gaweuli daxmarebisTvis da mive-

salmoT dRevandel Sexvedras, rogorc saerTaSo-

riso Tanamegobrobis Zlier signals, mxari dauWi-

ros gaeros grZelvadiani, konfliqtis Semdgomi

reabilitaciisken mimarTul Zalisxmevas~.

2008 wlis agvistoSi gamoqveynda gaeros mowodeba-

mimarTva donorebisadmi (romelic ganaxlda seqtem-

berSi), romlis mizani iyo Tanxebis mobilizeba

saqarTvelosTvis gadaudebeli humanitaruli dax-

marebis aRmosaCenad. gaeros saagentoebi dazarale-

buli mosaxleobisaTvis aucilebeli daxmarebis

gasawevad ganagrZoben mWidro TanamSromlobas do-

norebTan, samTavrobo da arasamTavrobo organiza-

ciebTan. humanitaruli krizisis gadasaWrelad Ses-

aZlebeli gaxda mniSvnelovani finansebis mobilize-

ba, Seiqmna myari winapiroba qveynis rekonstruqci-

isa da aRmSeneblobisaTvis.

,,agvistos krizisma gviCvena, rom gaeros saagen-

toebs SeuZliaT humanitaruli daxmarebis efeqtu-

ri koordinacia,~ Tqva robert uoTkinsma. _ ,,do-

norebisadmi gaeros mowodeba-mimarTvis swrafi

mxardaWera warmoadgenda did stimuls da garkveul-

wilad ndobis votumis gamocxadebas gaeros sa-

gangebo situaciaTa reagirebis sistemisadmi. swored

am WrilSi Cven mivesalmebiT donorTa Semdgom

daxmarebas, romelic wvlils Seitans qveynis aRm-

SeneblobaSi konfliqtis Semdgom~.

RonisZiebas daeswro donori qveynebisa da saerTa-

Soriso organizaciebis daaxloebiT 60 warmomadgeneli.

2008 wlis dekemberSi iv. javaxiSvilis sax.

Tbilisis saxelmwifo universitetSi gaer-

os mudmivma koordinatorma robert uoT-

kinsma da Tbilisis saxelmwifo univer-sitetis reqtorma giorgi xubuam sazeimod

gaxsnes ,,gaeros auditoria~, romelic xels

uwyobs gaeros Sesaxeb sazogadoebis in-

formirebis gazrdas.

,,mivesalmebi gaeros TanamSromlobas Tbi-

lisis saxelmwifo universitetTan, ris Se-

degadac SesaZlebeli gaxda am uZveles uni-

versitetSi `gaeros auditoriis~ gaxsna~,

_ Tqva robert uoTkinsma, gaeros mudmivma

koordinatorma. `auditoria SesaZleblo-

bas miscems Tbilisis saxelmwifo univer-

sitets ara marto gaaumjobesos saswavlo

procesi, aramed universitetis studenteb-

gaero awyobs Sexvedras

saqarTvelos konfliqtis

Semdgomi aRmSeneblobisaTvis

donorTa daxmarebis

mosazidad

,,gaeros

auditoria~

Tbilisis

saxelmwifo

universitetSi

gaero saqarTveloSi

gaeros koordinatori robert uoTkinsi (marjvniv) da

finansTa ministris moadgile dimitri gvindaZe donorTa

Sexvedraze

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gaeros sami saagento iwyebs fuladi

daxmarebis erTobliv programas iZulebiT

gadaadgilebul pirTaTvis saqarTveloSi

2009 wlis 18 Tebervals gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesma komisariatma (UNHCR), gaerosbavSvTa fondma (UNICEF) da gaeros msoflio sasursaTo programam (WFP) daiwyo fuladidaxmarebis erToblivi programa 2008 wlis agvistos konfliqtis Sedegad iZulebiT

gadaadgilebul pirTaTvis.

proeqti xorcieldeba evrokomisiis humanitaruli ofisis, amerikis saerTaSoriso ganviTarebis

saagentosa da da sxva donori mTavrobebis mzardaWeriTa da saqarTvelos ltolvilTa da

gansaxlebis saministrosa da saqarTvelos samoqalaqo reestris xelSewyobiT.

WFP-s fuladi daxmarebis ganawilebis sistemis saSualebiT moklevadiani finansuri daxmarebisprograma ganxorcieldeba im pirebisaTvis, romlebic omamde cxovrobdnen cxinvalSi, axalgorisa

da javis raionebSi; qurTas, Tiyvis, eredvisa da aJaris Temis soflebSi da dReisaTvis

daregistrirebulni arian saqarTvelos samoqalaqo reestrSi.

programa ganxorcieldeba sami Tvis ganmavlobaSi _ 2009 wlis Teberval-aprilSi da

beneficiarebi miiReben Semdegi saxis daxmarebas, sxvadasxva asakobrivi jgufisaTvis:

� erTjeradi daxmareba 100 laris odenobiT zamTris tansacmlis SesaZenad. am daxmarebas

gaanawilebs UNICEF-i 6 wlamde asakis bavSvebisaTvis da UNHCR 16 welze ufrosiasakis pirebisaTvis;

� yovelTviuri daxmareba 100 laris odenobiT bavSvTa damatebiTi sakvebisa da higienuri

saSualebebis SesaZenad ganawilebuli iqneba UNICEF-is mier 2 wlamde asakis bavSvebisaTvis;� yovelTviuri daxmareba 25 laris odenobiT damatebiTi sursaTis SesaZenad (xili,

bostneuli, rZis nawarmi, a.S.) uzrunvelyofili iqneba WFP-s mier 2 wlis asakis zemoTmosaxleobisaTvis.

programa ganxorcieldeba im sasursTo daxmarebaze damatebiT, romelsac regularulad

anawilebs WFP.fuladi daxmarebis gacema moxdeba saqarTvelos saxalxo bankSi gaxsnili saojaxo/sabaraTe

angariSebis saSualebiT; saqarTvelos saxalxo banki gaxsnis angariSs TiToeuli beneficiari

ojaxisaTvis; plastikuri baraTi damzaddeba ojaxis srulwlovani qalbatonis saxelze (rodesac

es SeuZlebelia angariSis mflobeli iqneba srulwlovani mamakaci).

programis farglebSi 30,000-ze meti adamiani miiRebs fulad daxmarebas. am programisaTvis

donori mTavrobebis daxmarebiT WFP-m gamoyo 2,864,952 lari, UNICEF-ma _ 766,490 lari,xolo UNHCR-ma 2,983,032 lari.programisaTvis mzadeba gasuli wlis dekemberSi daiwyo. memorandumebi gaformda saqarTvelos

ltolvilTa da gansaxlebis saminitrosa da saqarTvelos samoqalaqo reestrTan. adgilnacval

pirTa sajaro reestrSi arsebuli siebi damuSavda da dajgufda sxvadasxva tipis daxmarebis

Sesabamisad. xeli moewera xelSekrulebas saqarTvelos saxalxo bankTan. WFP-m Caatara

ltolvilTa da gansaxlebis saministros TanamSromelTa treningi. saministroSi arsebuli

specialuri cxeli xazis meSveobiT moxdeba programis ganxorcielebisas warmoqmnili nebismieri

sakiTxis garkveva. daibeWda plakatebi da beneficiarTa cnobarebi, raTa uzrunvelyofiliyo

beneficiarTa maqsimaluri informireba da programis sruli gamWvirvaloba.

gaeros sami saagento moxarulia fuladi daxmarebis erToblivi proeqtis dawyebiT da

saqarTvelos ltolvilTa da gansaxlebis saministrosa da saqarTvelos samoqalaqo reestrTan

erTad gegmavs programis safuZvlian monitorings misi ganxorcielebis mTeli periodisganmavlobaSi

isaTvis ufro xelmisawvdomic gaxados in-

formacia gaeros Sesaxeb~.

Tbilisis saxelmwifo universitetis isto-

riul meore korpusSi mdebare auditoriis

garemonteba da Tanamedrove teqnikiT aR-

Wurva ganaxorcieles gaeros saagentoebma.

momavalSi dagegmilia `gaeros auditoria-

Si~ erToblivi konferenciebis, seminarebisa

da treningebis mowyoba.

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UNDP

December 2008 saw the launch of the parliament’s websitefor young people,

http://teens.parliament.ge.

The website targets teenagers and helps them learn moreabout the parliament and the way it works. It also encour-ages young people to get involved in the parliament’s activ-ities.

Along with historic notes on parliamentarianism and dem-ocratic constitutions, the website accommodates education-al games to make learning user-friendly and enjoyable.

The website is part of the UNDP assistance to the Geor-gian parliament. Since 2004, UNDP has been supportingthe parliament in its efforts to more effectively representthe needs and views of Georgian citizens, to simplify law-making procedures, and to improve human resource man-agement and public relations.School students at the presentation of the parliament’s website

Georgian parliament’s website for kids

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ix months after warfare in Georgia displaced tens ofthousands, and caused widespread social and eco-

nomic disruption, the United Nations Development Pro-gramme (UNDP) continues to help local authorities re-store livelihoods, repair infrastructure, and provide ba-sic social services.

In the weeks immediately following the hostilities, thepressing humanitarian challenge of providing food andshelter to the displaced and vulnerable was the focus ofthe UN response.

As the humanitarian crisis eased, UNDP sought to helpGeorgia address the longer-term challenge of restoringlivelihoods and improving the delivery of public servicesin conflict-affected regions. Early efforts focused on theShida Kartli region, which borders separatist South Os-setia. Drawing on US$1.2 million of internal funds ear-marked for crisis response, UNDP aims to ensure foodsecurity, repair infrastructure, and help local authori-ties provide needed public services.

The results are already tangible. In Shida-Kartli, UNDPinitiative has benefited some 10,000 people by rehabili-tating 12 critical facilities, including school buildings, andmunicipal offices, and repairing drainage and water pipes.At the same time, in an effort to provide skills to thoseleft jobless by the conflict, UNDP has worked with theUniversity of Gori to design and deliver short trainingcourses in masonry, painting, plumbing, and other con-struction trades.

As jobs in agriculture are the dominant occupation inthe conflict-affected regions, the project has also sought

Early recoveryinitiative in ShidaKartli

to help farmers who had lost their harvests, and oftenlivestock, orchards, and equipment, put a new crop intothe ground before winter. By the end of 2008 UNDP hadprovided seeds, plowing, and other services to enable 1,100farming families to sow winter wheat crops, restoring avital source of income.

The conflict left many residents of conflict-affected are-as with a lingering sense of insecurity and vulnerability.To help address human rights concerns, UNDP helped toextend the services of the Public Defender’s office to theShida Kartli region, and provided support to the Ministryof Justice’s Legal Aid service. UNDP also supported thecreation of a regional Gender Equality Resource Centerin Gori.

UNDP now aims to build on these achievements to ex-pand recovery activities, both more broadly in Shida-Kartliand in two other conflict-affected regions: Mtskheta-Mtianeti, east of South Ossetia, and Samegrelo, adja-cent to Abkhazia. These efforts, supported by Euro 4.5million in EU funding, will help construct a bridge fromcrisis to development by rebuilding infrastructure, pro-viding vocational training to the jobless, and expandingmicrofinance programs to promote the creation of smallbusinesses.

SUNDP Resident Representative Robert Watkins and Kaspi municipality representative NugzarNoniashvili (left) at the field where UNDP provides agriculture assistance to local farmers

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2008 wlis agvistoSi gaeros ganvi-

Tarebis programam (UNDP) umalvemoaxdina reagireba saomari moqmede-

bebis Sedegad gamowveul krizisze

da Sida qarTlis regionSi sareabil-

itacio saqmianobas gauwia organize-

ba. UNDP xels uwyobs adgilobrivmmarTvelobas aRadginos ganadgure-

buli infrastruqtura da droebiTi

dasaqmebis SesaZlebloba misces

iZulebiT gadaadgilebul mosaxleo-

bas. UNDP-m daafinansa 1.2 milioniaSS dolaris Rirebulebis progra-

ma, romelic 12 Tves gagrZeldeba.

proeqtis farglebSi mimdinareobs

wyalmomaragebis, sakanalizacio da

2008 wlis dekemberSi gaixsna saqarTvelos parlamen-

tis SemecnebiT-gasarTobi vebgverdi

http://teens.parliament.ge.vebgverdis mizania, gaacnos mozardebs parlamentis saqmi-

anoba, uSualod CarTos isini qveyanaSi mimdinare

demokratiul gardaqmnebsa da parlamentis muSaobis

procesSi.

vebgverdis stumari gaecnoba saqarTvelos parlamen-

tarizmis safuZvlebs, mis dRevandel struqturas, dan-

iSnulebasa da saqmianobis sferoebs, msoflioSi

demokratiis Casaxvisa da ganviTarebis mokle istorias

uZvelesi droidan dRemde, gaerkveva demokratiuli

parlamentis vebgverdi mozardebisaTvis

irigaciuli sistemebis aRdgena da

SekeTeba. 2008 wlis miwuruls sare-

abilitacio samuSaoebi 12 dasaxle-

bul punqtSi daiwyo, xolo mosa-

rgebleTa ricxvma 9 aTass miaRwia.

goris universitetTan TanamSromlo-

biT UNDP atarebs gadamzadebis kur-sebs sareabilitacio procesis yve-

laze saWiro profesiebSi, rogori-

caa mebaTqaSe, mRebavi da qvis mTle-

li. 2009 wlis Tebervlis monaceme-

biT, asze metma umuSevarma 20-dRi-

ani praqtikuli kursi gaiara.

proeqtis erT-erTi mniSvnelovani

sakiTxia adamianis uflebebis dacva.

UNDP xels uwyobs saxalxo damcve-

lis regionul ofiss, rom gaxdes

Zlieri da efeqturi instituti. igi

exmareba iusticiis saministrosTan

arsebul iuridiuli daxmarebis sam-

saxursa da genderuli Tanasworo-

bis resurs-centrs gorSi.

UNDP aseve exmareba fermerebs,romelTa mosavalic dazianda an

mTlianad ganadgurda saomari mo-

qmedebebis Sedegad. UNDP-is meSve-obiT fermerebma miiRes saSemodgo-

mo xorblis Tesli da droulad daa-

muSaves 650 ha miwa, ramac 1100 oja-

xze mets SeunarCuna saarsebo wyaro.

2009 wels UNDP gaafarToebs pro-eqtis saqmianobas da met yuradRebas

dauTmobs iZulebiT gadaadgilebul

pirTa xelSewyobas. Sida qarTlSi,

mcxeTa-mTianeTsa da samegreloSi

ganxorcieldeba 4.5 milioni evros

Rirebulebis programa, romelsac ev-

rokavSiri afinansebs.

adreuli reabilitacia Sida

qarTlis regionSi

gaeros ganviTarebis programa

saxelmwifoebis konstituciis arssa da daniSnulebaSi,

miiRebs informacias xelisuflebis danawilebis, saxelmwi-

fos teritoriuli mowyobisa da saqarTvelos saxelmwi-

fos simbolikis Sesaxeb. vebgverdi Seicavs gasarTob Tam-

aSebs, romlebic daexmareba mozardebs miRebuli codnis

gagebasa da SemowmebaSi.

es vebgverdi Seiqmna gaeros ganviTarebis programis dax-

marebiTa da xelSewyobiT. 2004 wlidan UNDP xels uwyobssaqarTvelos parlaments warmatebiT Seasrulos warmo-

madgenlobiTi funqcia, gaamartivos kanonSemoqmedebis

procedura, daxvewos adamianuri resursebis marTvisa

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onservation and sustainable useof Georgia’s biodiversity was dis-

cussed at a conference in December2008 organized by the Centre for Bio-diversity Conservation and Research(NACRES) with the support fromUNDP.

A one-day event brought together rep-resentatives of the Georgian govern-ment, civil society, environmentaland business organizations.

The conference was officially launchedby Minister for Environment Protec-tion and Natural Resources GiorgiKhachidze and UNDP Assistant Res-ident Representative Sophie Kem-khadze.

Speaking at the opening, MinisterKhachidze said: “The loss of biodi-versity means that our natural re-source base is becoming narrower,putting at risk the long-term well-be-ing of our population. With financialand food crises dominating the world’sstage, we need to incorporate the pro-tection of biodiversity into every sec-tor of our society.”

The first of its kind in Georgia, theconference discussed a range of is-sues affecting the sustainable use ofbiodiversity, such as legal aspects,capacities of the national institu-tions, and mechanisms for reportingand information management.

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Speaking at the opening, SophieKemkhadze, UNDP Assistant Resi-dent Representative, said: “I hopethat this conference will help coor-dinate efforts of all the stakehold-ers to make both the public and pol-icymakers more keenly aware thatour quality of life is inextricably de-pendent on the richness of the bio-logical world.”

UNDP implements a project “Conser-vation and sustainable use of Geor-gia’s biodiversity” under its broaderprogramme for Environment and En-ergy. More than US $ 270 thousandinitiative is funded by the UNDP’sGlobal Environmental Facility andsupports Georgia in meeting the ob-ligations under the UN Conventionon Biodiversity.

n November 2008, Tbilisi hosted anexhibition of innovative technologies

that can help mitigate the negative im-pact of climate change.

The first of its kind in Georgia, thisexhibition aimed to promote localtechnology developers and to helpthem link with potential investors. Itfeatured about twenty examples oftechnology know-how, such as windand solar energy multipliers, wind tur-bine rotors, and the landslide earlywarning system.

Speaking at the opening, Robert Wat-kins, UNDP Resident Representative,said: “Climate-friendly technology isa smart and effective way to make ourplanet a better place to live. This ex-hibition shows that Georgian devel-opers have tremendous potential toboost competitiveness of clean tech-nologies.”

The exhibition was initiated by the Min-istry of Environment Protection andNatural Resources of Georgia with thesupport from UNDP and in partner-ship with the Georgian non-govern-mental organization “Green Way.”

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2008 wlis dekemberSi Catarda

konferencia saqarTvelos biom-

ravalferovnebis SenarCunebisa

da mdgradi gamoyenebis Sesaxeb.

konferenciis organizatori iyo

gaeros ganviTarebis programa

(UNDP) da saxeobaTa konservaci-is centri `nakresi~.

konferencia gaxsnes saqarTvelos

garemos dacvisa da bunebrivi

resursebis ministrma giorgi xa-

CiZem da UNDP-is programebisxelmZRvanelma sofo qemxaZem.

RonisZiebas eswrebodnen saqar-

Tvelos mTavrobis, samoqalaqo

sazogadoebis, garemosdacviTi da

biznes-organizaciebis warmo-

madgenlebi. `dRes, rodesac fi-

nansuri da, rogorc misi ucilo-

beli Sedegi, sasursaTo krizisi

msoflios erT-erTi mTavari sa-

zrunavia, biomravalferovnebis

SenarCuneba yvela seqtoris amo-

canas unda warmoadgendes~, – Tqvaministrma xaCiZem.

saqarTvelos biomravalferovneb-

is Sesaxeb amgvari detaluri

msjeloba pirvelad gaimarTa. kon-

ferenciis sakiTxebs Soris iyo

biomravalferovnebis SenarCune-

basTan dakavSirebuli kanonmde-

bloba, erovnuli institutebis

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2008 wlis noemberSi Tbilisma umaspinZla gamofenas,

sadac warmodgenili iyo e.w. ̀ mwvane teqnologiebi~.

am inovaciur gamogonebebs SeuZlia garemos dacva

da klimatis cvlilebebis uaryofiTi Sedegebis Ser-

bileba.

gamofena saqarTvelos mecnierTa da gamomgonebel-

Ta mxardaWeris mizniT gaimarTa. sul warmodgenili

iyo sxvadasxva saxis ocamde gamogoneba _ qarisa da

mzis energiis mamravlebeli, qaris Zravis rotori,

mewyeris mauwyebeli da a.S.

qarTvel gamomgoneblebs SesaniSnavi SesaZlebloba

aqvT Seqmnan efeqturi da konkurentunariani teq-

nologiebi~, - Tqva gaeros ganviTarebis programis

xelmZRvanelma robert uoTkinsma gamofenis gaxsnaze.

gamofenis organizatori iyo garemos dacvisa da

bunebrivi resursebis saministro gaeros ganviTare-

bis programis xelSewyobiTa da arasamTavrobo or-

ganizacia ̀ mwvane gzis~ monawileobiT.

saqarTvelos

biomravalferovnebis SenarCuneba

teqnologiebi klimatis cvlilebis winaaRmdeg

gaeros ganviTarebis programa

gamomgonebeli vaJa jamarjaSvili esaubreba Jurnalist eTer cotniaSvils

qarisa da mzis energiis gamoyenebis SesaZleblobebze. noemberi, 2008.

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SemuSavebis aucilebloba.

Tavis gamosvlaSi sofo qemxaZem,

UNDP-is programebis xelmZRva-nelma, Tqva: `imedi maqvs, rom

dRevandeli Sexvedra donorTa

saqmianobis ukeTes koordinire-

bas Seuwyobs xels. aucilebelia

imis gacnobiereba, rom biologiu-

ri samyaros mravalferovneba uSu-

alod ganapirobebs Cvens keTil-

dReobasa da cxovrebis xarisxs~.

UNDP-is proeqti `saqarTvelosbiomravalferovnebis konservacia

da mdgradi gamoyeneba~ daafinan-

sa garemos dacvis globalurma

fondma (GEF). iniciativa xelsuwyobs saqarTvelos mTavrobas

Seasrulos saqarTvelos valde-

bulebebi biomravalferovnebis Ses-

axeb gaeros konvenciis farglebSi.

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In response to the 2008 August crisis,

UNFPA/Georgia, immediately com-

menced active humanitarian assistance

program “Emergency Response to Geor-

gian Crisis” to provide response to Re-

productive Health (RH) needs, to prevent

and manage Sexual and Gender Based

Violence (SGBV) and to respond to dig-

nity needs of displaced population (IDPs)

through provision of quality RH services

and basic personal dignity kits for fami-

lies and youth.

According to the needs assessment car-

ried out, items of personal hygiene were

scarce but of high demand. Consequent-

ly, UNFPA Georgia initiated provision of

family dignity kits containing the most

demanded items for male and female

population. UNFPA in cooperation with

different partners have distributed

11,000 family dignity kits in 130 loca-

tions across Georgia, covering 44,000

IDP in total, as each kit served a family

of four members and 1,800 youth kits

for young people aged between 15 and

25.

As the humanitarian program proceeded

with success UNFPA/Georgia team in-

troduced a new initiative to empower the

women: IDP women and youth were in-

volved in the process of assembling the

kits. Such scheme allowed displaced

population to be directly involved in the

humanitarian response. In addition, this

initiative served as a modest source of

income for the displaced women.

To act upon growing needs, UNFPA has

deployed 4 RH Mobile Teams in the re-

gions of Georgia, providing quality RH

services to IDP women with medical

examination and counseling, as well as

medicines and IEC materials on S&RH

and SGBV. From November 2008 the 5th

RH Mobile Team became opeartional in

Gori Region and since that time on it

has been providing reproductive health

servces to the women in conflict affect-

ed regions 26 working days a week. Gori

RH Mobile Team consists of RH service

providers and a social worker who sup-

ports prevention and basic response

measure on SGBV and connects victims

of SGBV to existing services, including

health care services. Since August 2008,

RH Mobile Teams have provided assist-

ance to 3,381 conflict affected women

throughout Georgia.

Special emphasize has been placed in

mainstreaming gender in the humani-

tarian activities:

� Trainings on Sexual and GenderBased Violence for social workers

have been conducted; the selected 4

social workers have been recruited

for the Gori RH Mobile Team ;

� To respond to the Sexual and Gen-der Based Violence UNFPA fostered

partnership with NGO “Sakhli”.

Within the frames of the partnership

phsycho-social and legal counseling

support has been expanded to IDP

women in Tbilisi, Gori and sur-

rounding areas. This initiative has

been co-funded by UNHCR and UN

Joint Project on Greater Gender

Equality.

On September 20, 2008, UNFPA opened

a Youth Reproductive Health Centre in

Gori, in the centre of Shida Kartli, the

region, most affected by the military hos-

tilities; it provides youth friendly RH serv-

ices, counselling and information to the

local youth as well as to the IDP youth

living in Gori and the surrounding are-

as. RH service providers have been trained

by UNFPA in accordance with the inter-

national standards and guidelines.

On September 19-20, 2008 a Fact Find-

ing Mission of European Parliamentari-

ans visited Georgia to assess the situa-

tion of internally displaced persons

(IDPs), to evaluate the health infrastruc-

ture needs of the country, particularly

with focus on RH services in the after-

math of the recent armed conflict in

Georgia. The members of the delegation

include Parliamentarians from Belgium,

Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germa-

ny and Sweden.

The mission has been organized on the

invitation of Hon. George Tsereteli MP,

Vice Chairperson of the Parliament of

Georgia, the member of the executive

committee of EPF, in cooperation with

the United Nations Population Fund (UN-

FPA) and the European Parliamentary Fo-

rum on Population and Development

(EPF).

n January 21, 2009 the National Screening Center was awarded with “Pearl of Wisdom” Awardon a Cervical Cancer Prevention Summit Meeting in Brussels, Belgium for the Screening Program,

supported by Tbilisi Municipality Social Services and Cultural Affairs Department and UNFPA Georgia,under the auspices of the First Lady of Georgia, Ms. Sandra Elizabeth Roelofs.

Summit of Politicians for Cervical Cancer Prevention was held at the European Parliament within theframework of the European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2009 (18-24 January 2009) organizedby European Cervical Cancer Association and Politicians for Cancer Prevention.

Georgian delegation attended the summit consisting of the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, Mr.George Tsereteli, Head of the Healthcare and Social Issues Committee, Mr. Otar Toidze, NationalScreening Center Director, Mr. Rema Gvamichava, UNFPA Assistant Representative in Georgia, Mrs.Tamar Khomasuridze, Tbilisi Municipality Social Services and Cultural Affairs Department Head Mr.Mamuka Katsarava and Tbilisi Cancer Center Director George Gabunia.

Named as one of the most successful cervical cancer prevention projects in Europe, Tbilisi Municipalityand UNFPA/Georgia Partnership for Reproductive Tract Cancers prevention and early detectionstarted in 2006 with financial support of UNFPA Georgia and Tbilisi Municipality and has beenredesigned and expanded in 2008 to focus on breast and cervical cancers screening. Since 2008 thisprogram is being implemented by National Screening Center. Program offers free of charge breastand cervical screening to the target age group in Tbilisi. In 2008 up to 19,000 women wereexamined and in 2009 it is anticipated that 25,000 will benefit from the aforementioned services.

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2008 wlis agvistos movlenebis sapas-

uxod saqarTvelos gaeros mosaxleo-

bis fondma dauyovnebliv wamoiwyo

humanitaruli daxmarebis programa

saxelwodebiT ‘saswrafo reagireba

krizisze saqarTveloSi~.

programa iTvaliswinebda iZulebiT ga-

daadgilebul da konfliqtiT dazarale-

bul pirTa daxmarebas maTTvis re-

produqciuli janmrTelobis xarisxi-

ani momsaxurebis gawevis gziT, iZu-

lebiT gadaadgilebuli ojaxebisa da

axalgazrdebis higienuri saWiroebebis

dakmayofilebas piradi higienis nivTe-

bis nakrebTa miwodebis gziT da aseve

seqsualuri da genderuli Zaladobis

prevencias.

iZulebiT gadaadgilebul pirTa saWi-

roebebis Sefasebis Sedegad gairkva, rom

piradi higienis nivTebze moTxovna

sakmaod maRali iyo. amis sapasuxod,

gaeros mosaxleobis fondma wamoiwyo

ojaxebisaTvis higienuri nakrebebis

darigeba, romelic Seicavda piradi

higienis nivTebs mamakacebisa da qaleb-

isaTvis. gaeros mosaxleobis fondma

sxvadaxva partniorTan TanamSromlo-

biT saqarTvelos masStabiT iZulebiT

gadaadgilebul pirTa 130 koleqtiur

centrSi 11,000 aseTi nakrebi daariga,

maT Soris, 1,800 nakrebi daurigda ax-

algazrdebs 15-dan 25 wlamde. nakrebe-

biT sul isargebla daaxloebiT 44,000

iZulebiT gadaadgilebulma pirma, sain-

tereso iniciativa ganxorcielda ze-

moaRniSnuli humanitaruli programis

farglebSi - iZulebiT gaadaadgilebu-

li qalebi da axalgazrdebi Tavad Caer-

Tnen higienuri nakrebebis dakompleq-

tebaSi. amgvarad, iZulebiT gadaadgil-

ebuli mosaxleoba pirdapir CaerTo

humanitaruli daxmarebis procesSi da

amasTanave maT gauCndaT mcire Semosav-

lis miRebis wyaro.

mzardi moTxovnis sapasuxod gaeros

mosaxleobis fondma reproduqciulijanmrTelobis oTxi mobiluri jgufi

ganaTavsa saqarTvelos sxvadaxva re-

gionSi, romlebic reproduqciuli jan-

mrTelobis momsaxureba uwevdnen iZu-

lebiT gadaadgilebul qalebs. momsax-

ureba moicavda konsultacias, samedi-

cino gasinjvas, medikamentebiT uzrun-

veloyofas da aseve sainformacio ma-

salis gavrcelebas reproduqciul jan-

mrTelobasa da seqsualur/genderul

Zaladobaze. 2008 wlis noembridan Sida

qarTlSi amuSavda reproduqciuli jan-

mrTelobis mexuTe mobiluri jgufi,

romelic dRemde regularulad moZ-

raobs regionSi da reproduqciuli jan-

mrTelobis momsaxurebis uwevs konf-

liqtiT dazaralebul qalebs. goris

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dRe muSaobs, dakompleqtebulia pro-

fesionali eqimebiTa da socialuri

muSakiT. socialuri muSakis Zalisxme-

va mimarTulia seqsualuri/genderuli

Zaladobis prevenciisaken, amasTanave

igi axdens msxverplTa gadamisamarTe-

bas Sesabamis samsaxurebSi. reprodu-

qciuli janmrTelobis mobilurma

jgufebma 2008 wlis agvistodan ian-

vramde daxmareba gauwies 3,381 qals

saqarTvelos 20-ze met konfliqtiT

dazaralebul raionSi.

gansakuTrebuli yuradReba mieqca gen-

deruli aspeqtis gaTvaliswinebas hu-

manitarul saqmianobaSi:

� Catarda Sida qarTlis socialurmuSakTa treningi seqsualur da

genderul Zaladobaze; maTgan Ser-

Ceuli 4 socialuri muSaki SeuerT-

da goris reproduqciuli janmrTe-

lobis mobilur jgufs;

� seqsualuri da genderuli Zalado-bis prevenciisa da masze regirebis

xelSewyobis mizniT partnioruli

TanamSromloba damyarda arasamTa-

vrobo organizacia `saxlTan~. am

proeqtis farglebSi gafarTovda

fsiqo-socialuri da iuridiuli sa-

konsultacio momsaxurebis miwode-

ba iZulebiT gadaadgilebul qal-

TaTvis TbilisSi, gorsa da mimde-

bare raionebSi. es iniciativa Tan-

adafinansebuli iyo gaeros ltol-

vilTa umaRlesi komisariatisa (UN-HCR) da gaeros erToblivi pro-

eqtis `gaeros iniciativa

saqarTveloSi genderuli Tanas-

worobis xelsSewyobisTvis~ mier.

2008 wlis 20 seqtembers gaeros mosax-

leobis fondma gorSi daarsa axal-

gazrdebis reproduqciuli janmrTelo-

bis centri. centri samedicino da sa-

konsultacio momsaxurebas uwevs rog-

orc adgilobrivad macxovrebel, aseve

gorSi da mis SemogarenSi ganTavsebul

iZulebiT gadaadgilebul axalgazrdebs.

reproduqciuli janmrTelobis sfer-

os muSakTa kvalifikaciis amaRleba

ganxorcielda gaeros mosaxleobis

fondis mier saerTaSoriso standarte-

bis, gaidlainebisa da protokolebis

Sesabamisad.

2008 wlis 19-20 seqtembers gaeros

mosaxleobis fondma saqarTvelos par-

lamentTan erTad umaspinZla evro par-

lamentis wevrTa misias. misiis mizans

warmoadgenda saqarTveloSi SeiaraRe-

buli konfliqtis Sedegad iZulebiT

gadaadgilebul pirTa mdgomareobis

Seswavla da jandacvis infrastruq-

turaSi reproduqciuli janmrTelobis

viTarebis Sefaseba. delegaciis Se-

madgenlobaSi iyvnen parlamentarebi

belgiidan, daniidan, didi britaneTi-

dan, germaniidan da SvedeTidan. viziti

organizebuli iyo organizacia “Euro-pean Parliamentary Forum on populationand Development (EPF) da gaeros mosax-leobis fondis mier saqarTvelos par-

lamentis vice-spikerisa da EPF-is aR-masrulebeli komitetis wevris, bato-

ni giorgi wereTlis mowvevis safuZv-

elze.

2009 wlis 21 ianvars briuselSi Catarebul saSvilosnos yelis kibos preven-

ciisadmi miZRvnil samitze erovnuli skriningis centri dajildovda `sibrZnis

margalitis~ sapatio jildoTi. centrs jildo gadaeca saSvilosnos yelis

kibos skriningis programisTvis, romelic xorcieldeba Tbilisis municipal-

itetisa da gaeros mosaxleobis fondis mxardaWeriTa da saqarTvelos pirveli

ledis, qalbatoni sandra rulovsis patronaJiT.

aRniSnuli samiti Catarda evroparlamentSi saSvilosnos yelis kibos preven-

ciis evropuli kvireulis farglebSi (18-24 ianvari, 2009) da organizebuli iyo

Semdegi organizaciebis mier: evropis saSvilosnos yelis kibos asociacia da

politikosebi kibos prevenciisaTvis.

samitze saqarTvelos delegacias warmoadgendnen saqarTvelos parlamentis

vice-spikeri giorgi wereTeli, parlamentis jandacvisa da socialur sakiTxTa

komitetis Tavmjdomare oTar ToiZe, erovnuli skrining-centris direqtori

rema RvamiCava, gaeros mosaxleobis fondis saqarTvelos ofisis xelmZRvaneli

Tamar xomasuriZe, Tbilisis meriis socialuri momsaxurebisa da kulturis

saqalaqo samsaxuris ufrosi mamuka qacarava da Tbilisis onkodispanseris

direqtori giorgi gabunia.

evropaSi saSvilosnos yelis kibos prevenciis yvelaze warmatebul iniciati-

vad dasaxelebuli reproduqciuli traqtis simsivneebis prevenciisa da adreu-

li gamovlenis proeqti saqarTveloSi 2006 wels daiwyo Tbilisis meriisa da

gaeros mosaxleobis fondis finansuri mxardaWeriT. 2008 wels proeqti gafar-

Tovda da moicva saSvilosnos yelisa da mkerdis skriningi. mas Semdeg proeqti

xorcieldeba erovnuli skrining-centris mier. programa TbilisSi mcxovreb

samizne asakobriv jgufs qalbatonebs ufasod sTavazobs saSvilosnos yelisa

da mkerdis simsivnis adreul gamovlenas. am programis farglebSi 2008 wels

Semowmeba gaiara 19,000-mde qalma xolo 2009 wels zemoTaRniSnuli servisebiT

daaxloebiT 25,000 qali isargeblebs.

gaeros

mosaxleobis fondi

reagirebs krizisze

saqarTveloSi

gaeros mosaxleobis fondi

saSvilosnos yelis kibos prevenciisprograma dajildovda`sibrZnis margalitis~ sapatio jildoTi

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On 10 March 2009, training on Pri-mary Identification of Asylum Seek-ers organized by United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees was heldat the Ministry of Internal AffairsAcademy. The training was conduct-ed by UNHCR Protection togetherwith the UN Association of Georgiaand was attended by the MoIA Acad-emy Border Control Officers BasicCourse students. Topics like primaryidentification of asylum seekers, in-ternational protection insurance ofrefugees, long-term problem solvingissues connected with refugees, vol-untary repatriation, local integration,transfer to the third country etc werediscussed. Similar trainings will beheld regularly at the MoIA Academy(www.policeacademy.ge)

he August 2008 crisis led to internal displacement of several thousand persons

within Georgia. These Internally DisplacedPeople (IDPs) took sanctuary with friends andrelatives or gathered in ‘collective centres’,mostly public buildings such as kindergartens,schools, cultural centres and administrativebuildings.

Since the first days of the emergency, UNH-CR and its sister agencies were involved ondistributing mattresses, blankets and variousother items to some 60,000 persons in thecollective centres for the newly displaced. InOctober 2008 UNHCR led the winterisationprogramme during which some 130 collec-tive centres in Tbilisi, Shida Kartli, and west-ern Georgia were partial or full renovated. Atthe same time some 14,000 households (ap-prox. 48,000 persons) received heaters/stoves, mattresses, bedding, water kits, kitch-en sets and hot water bottles as part of thewinterization exercise.

UNHCR is also providing emergency humani-tarian assistance and implementing winteri-zation projects for returnees to villages in theShida Kartli region affected by the Augustevents, such as the “One Warm Room” project

for families whose houses were destroyed ordamaged. Small cottages were built in familycourtyards and the families were able to mon-itor and participate in the construction proc-ess. Later when their houses are rebuilt, fam-ilies will themselves decide on future use ofthese cottages. In total 371 cottages werebuilt in 30 villages in Shida Kartli by the UN-HCR implementing partners CARE Interna-tional and Danish Refugee Council (DRC) us-

ing funds (3 m. Euro) provided by the Europe-an Commission.

The first cottages were handed over to fami-lies in Karaleti, Tirdznisi and Tkviavi, on 30December 2008, right before New Year’s Eve,the widest celebrated holiday in Georgia. Dueto the difficult nature of the rehabilitationwork and harsh weather conditions, specialattention was given to the more vulnerablefamilies.

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2008 wlis agvistos krizisuli mov-

lenebis Sedegad ramdenime aseuli

aTasi adamiani iqna iZulebiT gada-

adgilebuli saqarTvelos mTel ter-

itoriaze. devnilebs TavSesafaris

Zieba mouwiaT megobrebsa da naTe-

savebTan Tu e.w. kompaqturi Casax-

lebis adgilebSi _ sabavSvo baRebis,

skolebis, kulturuli centrebis an

sxva administraciuli dawesebule-

bebis SenobebSi.

gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesi komi-

sariati (gluki) da gaeros sxva or-

ganizaciebi krizisis pirvelive dRe-

ebidan CaerTnen 60 000 iZulebiT

gadaadgilebuli pirisaTvis kompaq-

turi Casaxlebis centrebSi sabneb-

is, baliSebis, leibebis da pirvela-

di moxmarebis sxva sagnebis darige-

bis saqmeSi. 2008 wlis oqtombridan

gluki saTaveSi Caudga gamozamTreb-

is programas, romlis Sedegadac

Tbilissa da Sida qarTlis region-

Si moxda 130-mde koleqtiuri Casax-

lebis obieqtis reabilitacia. garda

amisa, 14 00 ojaxs (daaxloebiT 48

000 pirs) daurigda eleqtrogamaT-

boblebi, SeSa da SeSis Rumelebi,

samzareulos mowyobiloba, sawo-

lebi, TeTreuli da sxva saojaxo

nivTebi.

ltolvilTa umaRlesi komisariati

(gluki) daxmarebisa da gamozamTreb-

treningi sazRvris dacvisoficrebisTvis

2009 wlis 10 marts Sinagan saqmeTa saministris

akademiaSi gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesi komisar-iatma Caatara treningi ,,TavSesafris maZiebelTa

pirveladi identifikacia~. trenings, romelsac

uZRveboda gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesi komisar-

iatisa da gaeros asociaciis warmomadgenlebi,

eswrebodnen Sinagan saqmeTa saministros akademi-

is sazRvris dacvis ZiriTadi kursis studentebi.

treningze yuradReba gamaxvilda iseT sakiTxebze,

rogoricaa: TavSesafris maZiebelTa pirveladi

identifikacia, ltolvilTa saerTaSoriso dacvis

dazRveva, ltolvilTa, nebayoblobiT repatrian-

Ta grZelvadiani problemebis sakiTxebi, maTi adg-

ilze integracia da mesame qveynebSi gadayvana.

dagegmilia msgavsi treningebis regularulad Cat-

areba akademiaSi (www.policeacademy.ge)

gamozamTrebis

programa

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gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesi komisariatis sawyobi gorSi

gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesi komisariati

is programebs agvistos konfliqtiT

dazaralebuli Sida qarTlis re-

gionis soflebSi dabrunebuli mosax-

leobisTvisac axorcielebs. rig

RonisZiebaTa Soris aris e.w. ‘erTi

Tbili oTaxis~ programa, romelic

gulisxmobs mcire zomis kotejebis

agebas im dazarelebuli ojaxebisa-

Tvis, romelTa saxlebi Zlier dazi-

anda an daiwva. mosaxleobas saSu-

aleba hqonda Tval-yuri edevnebina

da monawileoba mieRo kotejebis

mSeneblobaSi. mogvianebiT, sakuTari

saxlebis aRdgenis Semdeg, ojaxebi

Tavad gadawyveten, ra daniSnulebiT

gamoiyenon kotejebi.

gaeros ltolvilTa umaRlesi komisa-

riatis partniori organizaciebis,

Care International-is da daniis lto-lvilTa sabWos mier sul aigo 371-

mde koteji Sida qarTlis regionis

30 sofelSi. kotejebis mSeneblobi-

saTvis 3 mln. evro gamoyo evrokomi-

siam.

dazaralebul ojaxebs pirveli ko-

tejebi gadaecaT karaleTSi, tirZ-

nissa da tyviavSi 30 dekembers, saax-

alwlod, saqarTveloSi erT-erTi

usayvarelsi dResaswaulis win. aR-

saniSnavia, rom gansakuTrebuli yur-

adReba daeTmo socialurad daucve-

li ojaxebis daxmarebas.

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y the end of 2008, UNICEF in partnership with World Vision, Every

Child, and Elisabeth Gast Foundationestablished 60 child-friendly centres,including recreation, informal learn-ing and sports for children in collec-tive centres in Tbilisi and Gori, Sh-ida Kartli villages and in the IDP set-tlements.

“The conflict has shattered the livesof children and we are concernedabout the impact that the fighting anddisplacement has on theirlives…both for short and for the longterm.” said Giovanna Barberis,

Psychosocialsupport services fordisplaced,returnee andconflict affectedchildren

UNICEF, together with the Ministryof Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofEstonia, and the Ministry of Educa-tion and Science of Georgia, con-ducted training of teachers on prac-tical use of crisis psychology, how torecognise potential issues of posttraumatic disorders and other emo-tional impacts of the conflict and re-spond appropriately in the class-room, for further referral.

Overall, approximately 2,200teachers from 64 schools in Gori,Tbilisi and Rustavi have received thetraining. 30,000 children in totalhave benefited from this initiative.

UNICEF Representative in Georgia.“This is why it is essential to ensureresumption of normal childhood ac-tivities. Creation of child-friendlyspaces provided children affected bythe conflict with wide range of psy-cho-social and education interven-tions that were essential for theirrehabilitation and recovery”.

The child-friendly spaces are aimedat children of age 3 to 17 leaving inand around the conflict affected are-as. In particular, children have a spe-cial place to play – a fun place withsports, team and cultural activitiesto allow the children to switch offfrom their worries and concerns; chil-dren are provided with formal and In-formal education like literacy and nu-meracy, computer skills, life skills,health education in new environ-ments, psycho-education, sportscompetition and intellectual compe-titions and debates.

The centre allows children to get bet-ter prepared for school, to freely ex-press their ideas and feelings. TheChild-friendly centres also allow par-ents and caregivers to attend to theirdaily activities without worrying fortheir children’s safety.

Child-friendlyspaces for IDPand vulnerablechildren

Children in the child-friendly centre in Sakasheti, Kareli district

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2008 wlis miwuruls gaeros bavS-

vTa fondis, organizacia World Vi-sion-is, Every Child-isa da ElisabethGast-is fondis mier gaixsna 60sabavSvo centri Tbilisis, goris,

Sida qarTlis soflebis koleq-

tiur centrebsa da iZulebiT

gadaadgilebul pirTa specialur

dasaxlebebSi. sabavSvo centrebi

bavSvebs sTavazobs gasarTob

RonisZiebebs, araformalur swav-

lebasa da sportul TamaSobebs.

`agvistos konfliqtis zegavlena

bavSvebze sakmaod mZimea. Cven

gvaRelvebs am bavSvebis bedi, radga-

nac sabrZolo moqmedebebma da

iZulebiT gadaadgilebam uaryofiT-

ad imoqmeda maTze~, _ ganacxada

gaeros bavSvTa fondis warmo-

madgenelma saqarTveloSi, jovana

barberisma. _ ̀ swored amitomaa au-

cilebeli bavSvebisaTvis Cveuli

cxovrebis ritmis aRdgena da maTi

CarTva sxvadasxva sabavSvo saqmi-

anobaSi. sabavSvo centrebi kon-

fliqtis Sedegad dazaralebul

bavSvebs sTavazobs fsiqosocial-

ur da saganmanaTleblo pro-

gramebs, rac esoden mniSvnelova-

nia maTi reabilitaciisaTvis~.

sabavSvo centrebi gamiznulia 3-

dan 17 wlamde asakis bavSvebisa-

Tvis, romlebic uSualod kon-

fliqtis zonasa Tu mis mimdebare

teritoriebze cxovroben. aRniS-

nul centrebSi bavSvebisaTvis im-

arTeba sportuli, gasarTobi da

kulturuli RonisZiebebi. Sedegad

bavSvebi naklebad fiqroben miRe-

bul stresze da yuradReba sasko-

lo Tu klasgareSe ganaTlebaze

gadaaqvT: swavloben kiTxvas, daTv-

las, kompiuters, sasicocxlo

unar-Cvevebs, jansaRi cxovrebis

wesebs axal garemoSi, iReben

fsiqologiur daxmarebas, monaw-

ileoben sportul Tu inteleqt-

ualur Sejibrebebsa da debateb-

Si.

sabavSvo centrebSi bavSvebi amza-

deben saSinao davalebebs skoli-

saTvis, swavloben sakuTari azris

gamoxatvas. sabavSvo centrebi aseve

saSualebas aZlevs mSoblebs

dakavdnen TavianTi yoveldRiuri

saqmianobiT da ar iRelvon Tavi-

anTi Svilebis usafrTxoebaze.

gaeros bavSvTa fondis, estoneTis respublikis sagareo saqmeTa saministrosa da saqarTvelos

ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis saministros erToblivi ZalisxmeviT Gatarda treningi maswav-

leblebisaTvis krizisuli fsiqologiis praqtikuli gamoyenebis Sesaxeb. treningebis

saSualebiT maswavleblebi gaecnen, Tu rogor SeiZleba posttravmuli darRvevebisa da

konfliqtiT gamowveuli emociuri aSlilobis amocnoba, amaze adekvaturi reagireba

klasSi da Semdgomi daxmarebis aRmoGena.

mTlianad gadamzadda goris, Tbilisisa da rusTavis 64 skolis daaxloebiT 2,200

pedagogi. Sedegad, 30,000 bavSvma miiRo Sesabamisi daxmareba.

fsiqologiuri daxmareba iZulebiT gadaadgilebuli

da konfliqtiT dazaralebuli bavSvebisaTvis

sabavSvo centrebi

iZulebiT

gadaadgilebuli

da daucveli

bavSvebisaTvis

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axali saskolo saxelmZRvanelo gadae-

ca konfliqtis Sedegad dazaralebul

da socialurad daucvel 5000 bavSvs

gorSi, qarelSi, kaspsa da xaSurSi.

saxelmZRvaneloebi aseve daurigdaT

Tbilisis koleqtiur centrebSi mcx-

ovreb devnil bavSvebs. axali sasko-

lo wignebis Sesyidva saqarTvelos ga-

naTlebisa da mecnierebis saministros,

iunisefis, organizacia World Vision-is, estoneTis ganaTlebis saministros,

latviis sagareo saqmeTa saministros,

litvis alma adamkusis saqvelmoqme-

do fondisa da saerTaSoriso xsnis

komitetis erToblivi ZalisxmeviT

gaxda SesaZlebeli.

saxelmZRvaneloebi gadaeca zemoT aR-

niSnuli raionebis 140-ze meti sko-

lis biblioTekas. axali saskolo

saxelmZRvaneloebi saSualebas miscems

im moswavleebs, romelTac sxvadasxva

mizezis gamo ar gaaCniaT saWiro wignebi,

isargeblon ufaso da sruli ga-

naTlebiT.

miuxedavad imisa, rom agvistos omma

Zireulad ver Seaferxa saqarTvelos

ganaTlebis sistemis funqcionireba,

2008 wlis oqtomberSi Catarebulma

Sefasebam aCvena, rom saomari moqmede-

bebis Sedegad konfliqtis regionSi

daaxloebiT 100 skola dazianda, ga-

nadgurda an moipares aveji da sxva

saxis aRWurviloba. yvelaze didi prob-

lema am skolebSi iyo saxelmZRva-

neloebis nakleboba da infrastruq-

turis gaumjobesebis aucilebloba.

bavSvebis skolebSi dabrunebis mizniT

2008 wlis oqtomberSi iunisefma or-

ganizacia Save the Children-Tan Tan-amSromlobiT Seagrova 10000-mde axa-

li da naxmari saxelmZRvaneloebi

saomari moqmedebebis Sedegad iZu-

lebiT gadaadgilebuli moswavleebi-

saTvis.

axali saxelmZRvaneloebi konfliqtis Sedegad

dazaralebuli da socialurad

daucveli bavSvebisaTvis

baltiispireTis qveynebis elCebi, gaeros bavSvTa fondisa da World Vision-is warmomadgenlebi saskolosaxelmZRvaneloebis gadacemis ceremoniaze xaSuris me-3 sajaro skolaSi. 2009 wlis 12 Tebervali

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A UNICEF commissioned research revealed that Georgian media lacksoverall professional standards, which should be used by journalists andmedia managers while reporting on children. A research on protectingmedia ethics and journalistic professional standards while reporting onchildren called ‘Ethical reporting on children in Georgia – SituationAnalysis’ was presented at the media forum attended by leading jour-nalists and news producers of Georgia on 20 February 2009. The mainidea of the media forum was to generate a discussion on the topic andto identify next steps on how to further enhance child-friendly reportingin Georgia.

The research ‘Ethical reporting on children in Georgia – Situation Anal-ysis’ was carried out in May-July, 2008 with UNICEF support in order toobtain evidence on current child-friendly reporting practices in Geor-gia. The study was conducted by Zviad Koridze, an independent Geor-gian journalist.

One of the major issues observed in the Georgian media today is theabsence of an overall code of ethical norms as only a few media outletspractice their own codes but they fail to create a favorable climate.Another observation is that stereotyped reporting on children domi-nates the Georgian media.

According to the study, it is a common practice to publish comments onunverified facts and news and opinions are not always clearly separat-ed. Journalists do not always avoid generalization while talking aboutchildren. Diversification of information, comprehensive analyzes of theproblem as well as addressing multiple sources of information is anoth-er key area of concern.

Sensationalism and disclosure of names and identity of children in con-flict with law or those of victims of violence are common practices.Discriminatory and stereotyped reporting is observed in relation tostreet children.

A girl is reading a workbook on mine-risk education in Gori school #6

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UNICEF joined with HALO Trust and the Ministry ofEducation and Science to create an effective awarenessraising programme in 180 schools of the conflict affect-ed districts of Gori, Kareli, Kaspi and Khashuri. Theaim was to teach 46,000 young people in war-affectedareas about the risk associated with explosive remnantsof war. The project was funded by the German Govern-ment.

Within the framework of the project special safety-ori-ented curriculum about the danger of mines and explo-sive remnants of war was developed, teaches trainedand the special lessons launched in the above-men-tioned schools.

Inspired by educators, the children themselves have tak-en a leading role in peer awareness, creating originalposters, poems and stories about the risk of unexplod-ed remnants of war. The best artworks were chosen forpublication in calendars, distributed within the affect-ed schools. A local drama club produced a thematic mu-sical performance with a cast of children about the dan-gers of mines and explosive remnants of war.

Within the framework of the project information post-ers, leaflets, memory and sequence cards, colouringbooks for younger children and teaching workbooks forolder children were produced and disseminated in con-flict-affected areas.

Mine Risk Education for war-affected children

New textbooksfor conflict affectedand vulnerable childrenIn February 2009 more than 30,000 new textbooks wereprovided to 5,000 conflict affected and vulnerable childrenin the regions of Gori, Kareli, Kaspi and Khashuri as wellas to IDP children living in the various collective centresof the capital Tbilisi. The procurement of new textbookswas a joint effort of the Ministry of Education and Scienceof Georgia, UNICEF, World Vision, The Ministry of Educa-tion of Estonia, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia,The Alma Adamkus Charity and Support fund of Lithuaniaand the International Rescue Committee.

The textbooks were handed over to libraries of 140 schoolsin the above-mentioned regions of Georgia. The provisionof new textbooks will enable those students who, for vari-ous reasons, do not have textbooks necessary to get fulleducation, to enjoy equal opportunities and to have betteraccess to free education.

Though August war did not severely disrupt the Georgianeducation system, according to the Joint Needs Assess-ment of October 2009, about 100 schools in the conflictaffected zones were damaged and much furniture and equip-ment looted. The most urgent needs of schools in the re-gion were shortage of textbooks and infrastructure repairs.

In October 2008, in order to get children back to school,UNICEF in collaboration with the Save the Children, or-ganized a special book drive for new and used textbooks asa result of which up to 10, 000 textbooks were collected forconflict affected primary grade students.

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gaeros bavSvTa fondis, halo tras-

tisa da ganaTlebisa da mecniereb-

is saministros mier skolebSi dain-

erga saganmanaTleblo programa,

romelic iZleoda informacias da

codnas naRmebTan da omis danato-

var feTqebad narCenebTan dakavSire-

buli safrTxis Sesaxeb. aRniSnuli

programa moicavs goris, qarelis,

kaspisa da xaSuris 180 skolas da

miznad isaxavs 46 000-mde moswavlis

informirebas omis danatovar feTqe-

bad narCenebTan dakavSirebuli risk-

isa da usafrTxoebis wesebis Ses-

axeb. proeqti daafinansa germaniis

federaciuli respublikis mTav-

robam.

proeqtis farglebSi maswavlebleb-

isaTvis momzadda specialuri sas-

wavlo saxelmZRvanelo sabrZolo

naRmebsa da omis danatovar feTqe-

bad narCenebTan dakavSirebuli sa-

frTxis Sesaxeb. gadamzaddnen mas-

wavleblebi da moxda saswavlo

saxelmZRvanelos integrireba zemox-

senebuli skolebis saswavlo kuriku-

lumebsa da sxvadasxva sagnis sas-

wavlo gegmebSi.

gakveTilebidan miRebuli informa-

ciis Sedegad bavSvebi Tavad iqc-

nen TanatolTa ganmanaTleblebad.

maT moamzades saintereso plakate-

bi, daweres leqsebi da moTxrobe-

bi. saukeTeso namuSevrebis safu-

Zvelze ki momzadda aRniSnuli Tem-

isadmi miZRvnili kalendrebi da

skolebSi darigda. naRmebsa da omis

danatovar feTqebad narCenebTan

dakavSirebuli safrTxis Sesaxeb

Seiqmna speqtakli bavSvebis monaw-

ileobiT.

proeqtis farglebSi daibeWda da

gavrcelda sainformacio plakate-

bi, broSurebi, samaxsovro da Tan-

mimdevrobiTi saTamaSo baraTebi,

gasaferadebeli wignebi umcrosi

asakis bavSvebisaTvis da saxaliso

saswavlo wignebi ufrosi asakis

bavSvebisaTvis.

qarTul mediaSi

gavrcelebulia

stereotipuli midgoma

bavSvebis mimarT

2008 wlis mais-ivlisSi gaeros bavS-

vTa fond iunisefis mxardaWeriT Ca-

tarda kvleva, romelic exeboda bavS-

vTa sakiTxebis gaSuqebisas media-

eTikisa da JurnalistTa profesiu-

li standartebis dacvis sakiTxebs.

es kvleva, saxelwodebiT `bavSvTa sak-

iTxebis gaSuqeba da media-eTika

saqarTveloSi – situaciuri anal-

izi~, ganaxorciela Jurnalistma zvi-

ad qoriZem, xolo kvlevis Sedegebi

warmodgenili iyo media-forumze

2009 wlis 20 Tebervals.

media-forumis mizani iyo saqar-

TveloSi bavSvTa sakiTxebis gaSuqe-

bisas eTikuri normebisa da mediis

profesiuli standartebis dacvis

Sesaxeb diskusiis gamarTva da mdgo-

mareobis gasaumjobesebeli konkre-

tuli nabijebis dasaxva.

am kvlevis Tanaxmad, qarTul media-

Si ar arsebobs erTiani profesiu-

li standartebi bavSvTa sakiTxebis

gaSuqebasTan dakavSirebiT, romleb-

sac Jurnalistebi da menejerebi

erTnairad scemdnen pativs.

erT-erTi mniSvnelovani problema

qarTul mediaSi aris eTikuri norme-

bis erTiani kodeqsis ararseboba. mx-

olod ramdenime media-saSualebas

aqvs Tavisi kodeqsi, romlis aRiare-

ba da dacva ver qmnis saTanado aminds.

kvlevis Tanaxmad, qarTul mediaSi

bavSvebis mimarT stereotipuli midgo-

ma sWarbobs; qarTul mediaSi xSiria

imgvari statiebi, sadac ar aris mkafi-

od gamijnuli faqti da komentari,

figurirebs dauzustebeli da gadau-

mowmebeli informacia. bavSvebze sau-

brisas Jurnalistebi ar eridebian

ganzogadebas, rac TavisTavad xels

uwyobs stereotipebis Camoyalibebas.

garda amisa, naklebad xdeba prob-

lemis detaluri analizi da infor-

maciis ramdenime wyaros safuZvelze

gaSuqeba. xSiria faqtebi, rodesac xde-

ba kanonTan konfliqtSi myofi an Za-

ladobis msxverpli bavSvebis Sesaxeb

informaciis sensaciuri kuTxiT gaS-

uqeba da am bavSvebis identificire-

ba. quCis bavSvebTan dakavSirebiT ki

aseve xSirad ismis diskriminaciuli

da stereotipuli gamoTqmebi.

naRmebTan dakavSirebuli safrTxis Sesaxeb saganmanaTleblo

programa omis Sedegad dazaralebuli bavSvebisaTvis

gaeros bavSvTa fondis warmomadgeneli saqarTveloSi, jovana barberisi, media-forumze. 2009 wlis 20 Tebervali

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United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in cooperation with the Association ofYoung Economists of Georgia is implementing a project “Hope for the Future” aimed at provi-sion of support to internally displaced and conflict-affected women’s reintegration in the eco-nomic life of Georgia.

In the framework of the project, selected 250 IDP and conflict affected women will receivetrainings in small business initiation and management and women’s rights. The trainings will beheld in Tbilisi and Gori, in close partnership with the Gori Gender Resource Center establishedunder the auspices of the Advisory Council on gender Equality Issues at the Speaker of theParliament. Upon the completion of the trainings the beneficiaries will be provided with free ofcharge business counseling and assisted in finding funding for their business ideas.

There will be also prepared and distributed a special guidebook for about 1000 IDP and conflictaffected women with practical information about business management and available fundingopportunities for small and medium business start up/development. The project started in De-cember 2008 and will end in June 2009.

n 26 January 2009 the Food andAgricultural Organization (FAO) of

the United Nations announced the be-ginning of Animal Feed Emergency Sup-ply Program to support small-scale farm-ing households in conflict-affected are-as. The United States Agency for Inter-national Aid (USAID) together with FAOcarried out an official monitoring visitin the village of Ortasheni on February12, 2009. The U.S. Charge d’Affairs toGeorgia, Mr.Kent Logsdon attended thisceremony addressing the media by high-lighting the excellent cooperation of theU.S Government with the Governmentof Georgia, the United Nations, andpartner organizations providing assist-ance.

“We understand that this assistance isvery important for Shida Kartli commu-nity in order to help farmers and theirlivestock affected by the recent crisis.The Food and Agricultural Organizationof the United Nations (FAO) has con-sidered both the immediate and thelong-term negative impact of the recentconflict on the agriculture sector and isherewith responding to urgent needs,”said Mr. Cristiano F. Mandrà, FAOEmergency Coordinator in Georgia.

This Animal Feed Emergency SupplyProject provides for over 4,200 tons ofconcentrated animal feed to approxi-mately 16,800 farm families affected by

UNIFEM to support internally displaced and conflict affectedwomen’s reintegration in the economic life of Georgia

the August conflict. By March 30, 2009,animal feed will be distributed to allhouseholds owning cattle in the dis-tricts of Gori, Kareli, Kaspi and Khashu-ri. Furthermore, the project completeddosing against endoparasites (de-worm-ing) for all cattle (over 30 000 heads) inall of the targeted villages. This helpsto improve animal health and animalnutritional intake. FAO also providedassistance in provision of cattle drink-ing water sources in war-affected regionof Shida Kartli.

The project is implemented in coopera-tion with the Ministry of Agriculture andthe following international partners:World Vision, Save the Children, Inter-national Orthodox Christian Charities,and CARE International in the Cauca-

sus. This operation also received logis-tical support from the World Food Pro-gram (WFP), which together with FAOare co-chairing the Food Security Clus-ter in Georgia.

“FAO’s priorities in Georgia are to as-sist the government in creating andenforcing an institutional, legal and reg-ulatory environment, to facilitate the en-hancement of livelihoods in rural areasand to support the relevant authoritiesin emergency relief activities,” said Mr.Mamuka Meskhi, Assistant FAO Repre-sentative in Georgia.

FAO will continue support to nationalefforts to promote food security and fa-cilitate sustainable development in theagriculture, forestry and water manage-ment.

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sa da soflis meurneobis organiza-

ciam (FAO) daiwyo cxovelTa sakvebissagangebo momaragebis programis ganx-

orcieleba, romelic Sida qarTlis

konfliqtiT dazaralebul regionSi

msxvilfexa saqonlis sakvebiT momar-

agebas uzrunvelyofs. 2009 wlis 12

Tebervals aSS-is saerTaSoriso ganvi-

Tarebis saagentosa da FAO-is warmo-madgenlebi programis monitoringis

mizniT sofel orTaSenSi Cavidnen.

saqarTveloSi aSS-is elCis movaleo-

bis Semsrulebeli, batoni kent logs-

doni sofel orTaSenSi daeswro dis-

tribuciis dawyebis ceremonias,

romelzec xazi gaesva amerikis SeerTe-

bul Statebsa da saqarTvelos mTav-

robebs Soris warmatebul TanamSrom-

lobas, aseve gaerTianebuli erebis

organizaciisa da sxva saerTaSoriso

organizaciebis mier saqarTvelosaTvis

daxmarebis gawevas.

`Cven vacnobierebT, rom Sida qarT-

lis mcxovrebTaTvis sakmaod didi mniS-

vneloba aqvs am daxmarebas, romli-

Tac fermerebs TavianTi msxvilfexa

saqonlis gamokvebis saSualeba eZle-

vaT. gaeros sursaTisa da soflis

meurneobis organizaciam (FAO) gaaanal-iza soflis meurneobis seqtorSi dauy-

ovnebeli daxamrebis gawevis aucile-

bloba imisaTvis, rom konfliqtis Se-

degad gamowveul saWiroebebze drouli

reagireba momxdariyo~, _ ganacxada

batonma qristiano mandram, FAO-s sa-gangebo reabilitaciis sakoordinacio

jgufis xelmZRvanelma.

gaeros ganviTarebis fondi qalTaTvis, igive gaeros

qalTa fondi (UNIFEM), saqarTvelos axalgazrda ekon-omistTa asociaciasTan erTad axorcielebs proeqts

~momavlis imedi~ , romelic miznad isaxavs agvistos

konfliqtis Sedegad iZulebiT gadaadgilebuli da

konfliqtiT dazaralebuli qalebis ekonomikur cx-

ovrebaSi CarTva/reintegraciis xelSewyobas.

proeqtis farglebSi konkursis wesiT SeirCeva 250

devnili da konfliqtiT dazaralebuli qali, rom-

lebic gaivlian momzadebas biznesis wamowyebisa da

marTvisTvis aucilebel sxvadasxva mimarTulebaSi da

qalTa uflebebis sferoSi. es saganmanaTleblo muSaoba

Catardeba Tbilissa da gorSi, parlamentis Tavmj-

domaresTan arsebuli genderuli Tanasworobis sak-

iTxTa sakonsultacio sabWos egidiT Seqmnil goris

genderul resurs-centrTan mWidro TanamSromlobiT.

treningebis dasrulebisTanave qalebs gaewevaT ufaso

biznes-konsultacia da daxmareba sakuTari biznes-idee-

bisTvis Tanxebis mosaZieblad.

proeqtis farglebSi momzaddeba gzamkvlevi biznesis

wamowyebisTvis saWiro informaciiT, romelsac daer-

Tvis informacia biznes-ideebis ganxorcielebisTvis

saWiro da xelmisawvdomi finansuri resursebis Ses-

axeb. gzamkvlevs aTasamde qali miiRebs. es proeqti

2008 wlis dekemberSi daiwyo da 2009 wlis ivnisSi das-

ruldeba.

cxovelTa sakvebis sagangebo momar-

agebis programis meSveoibiT kon-

fliqtis regionSi 16,800 mosargebles

4,200 tona koncentrirebuli saqon-

lis sakvebi urigdeba. am sakvebis

yvela sofelSi ganawileba dasruldeba

2009 wlis 30 martisaTvis da moicavs

goris, qarelis, kaspisa da xaSuris

raionebs. amasTan, programis fargleb-

Si Catarda cxovelTa (daaxloebiT

30,000 msxvilfexa saqoneli) parazit-

uli daavadebebis aRmosafxvreli de-

helminTizaciis samuSaobi, ramac gaaum-

jobesa cxovelTa janrmTelobis saer-

To mdgomareoba da cxovelTa sakve-

bis gadamuSavebis procesi. gaeros sur-

saTisa da soflis meurneobis organ-

izaciam msxvilfexa saqonlisaTvis sas-

meli wyliT uzrunvelyofasac Seu-

wyo xeli.

programa saqarTvelos soflis meur-

neobis saministrosTan mWidro Tanam-

SromlobiTa da gaeros sursaTisa da

soflis meurneobis organizaciis

saerTaSoriso partiorebTan erT-

ad ganxorcielda. partniori organ-

izaciebi arian: World Vision, CAREInternational in the Caucasus, Save theChildren da International OrthodoxChristian Charities. aRniSnul saqmi-anobas materialur-teqnikuri daxmare-

ba gaewia gaeros msoflio sasursaTo

programis meSveobiTac, romelic

saqarTveloSi FAO-sTan erTadxelmZRvanelobs sakvebis usafrTxoe-

bis jgufs.

gaeros sursaTisa da soflis meur-

neobis organizacia saqarTveloSi

qveynis mTavrobas instituciuri,

sakanonmdeblo da maregulirebeli

garemos Seqmnasa da ganmtkicebaSi ex-

mareba, aseve soflebsa da regionebSi

saarsebo saSualebebis donis amaRle-

basa da sagangebo situaciebis koor-

dinaciis saqmeSi uwyobs xels,~ _ aRni-

Sna batonma mamuka mesxma, saqarTvelo-

Si sursaTisa da soflis meurneobis

organizaciis warmomadgenlis Tan-

aSemwem.

FAO momavalSic dauWers mxars qvey-nis Zalisxmevas sasursaTo uzrunvely-

ofis sferoSi da soflis meurneobis,

satyeo da marTvis dargebis grZelva-

diani ganviTarebis xelSewyobaSi.

gaeros ganviTarebis fondi qalTaTvis xels uwyobs agvistos

konfliqtis Sedegad iZulebiT gadaadgilebuli da konfliqtiT

dazaralebuli qalebis ekonomikur cxovrebaSi marTva/reintegracias

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konfliqtiT dazaralebul

regionSi cxovelTa sakvebi

ganawilda

gaeros ganviTarebis fondi qalTaTvissursaTisa da soflis meurneobis organizacia

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n February 2009 ILO together withthe Georgian Government has co-

hosted a regional conference in Tbilisiin cooperation with other internation-al and national stakeholders. Throughholding this conference the recommen-dations have been developed for har-monized approaches in combating traf-ficking in human beings in the Cauca-sus and in the countries of destination

The Conference is a regional compo-nent of the Project and shall contrib-ute to development of a coherent anti-trafficking strategy and capacity build-ing so that national stakeholders cantake preventive and repressive actionagainst trafficking in human beings(THB) and forced labor (FL).

A coalition of international actors work-ing in this field jointly organized thisconference, composed of the Interna-tional Labor Organization (ILO), Inter-national Centre for Migration PolicyDevelopment (ICMPD), InternationalOrganization for Migration (IOM), Or-ganization for Security and Co-opera-tion in Europe/Office for DemocraticInstitutions and Human Rights(OSCE/ODHIR) and the United Na-tions Development Programme(UNDP).

The three countries of the Caucasuscannot and should not be seen in iso-lation of a larger regional picture. Mi-gratory flows, demographic and eco-nomic pressures, labor market reforms

Tri-partite regional conference in Tbilisi to address all forms oftrafficking in human beings in the Caucasus and relateddestination countries

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all bear influence over the pull andpush factors of migration and corre-sponding risks and vulnerabilities toTHB and FL. Likewise, it is impera-tive that the three countries albeit allthree are predominantly source/origincountries in their own right attemptto place their efforts to address THBand FL within a larger regional con-text.

Alongside participants from the regionrepresentatives from the destinationcountries were invited to the confer-ence, namely from Ukraine, Greece,Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Austria,and Germany. Participating States wererepresented by Governmental bodies aswell as representatives of the ILO so-cial partners – Trade Unions and Em-ployers’ Organizations. Further, anumber of resource persons assignedto thematic issues of the conferencecontributed to a structured discussion,quality assurance and input.

The conference addressed through ple-nary and working group sessions fourthematic issues:

I Facilitation of emergence and fur-ther strengthening of the networkof workers’ and employers’ organi-zations in combating THB and FLin the Caucasus and in destina-tion countries,

II Ways and means of forging bettercooperation between law enforce-

ment authorities in the three coun-tries of the Caucasus and in thecountries of destination, inclusiveof all forms of THB,

III Rights protection-prevention-vic-tim assistance - taking stock of andpresent ood practices, innovativeapproaches,

IV Addressing the coherence of Na-tional Action Plans (NAP) againstTHB and FL, and other institution-al frameworks in the countries ofthe Caucasus with the nationalstrategies in the destination coun-tries, and examining the relevanceof regional platforms and fora.

By bringing together a whole range ofactors from the countries of origin (Cau-casus region) and countries of desti-nation – Government and law enforce-ment, international organizations andnon-governmental organizations, work-ers’ and employers’ organizations – theconference contributed to the develop-ment of a coherent anti-traffickingstrategy and encouraged better cooper-ation between the actors.

In all four thematic areas practical andspecific recommendations were draft-ed and especially innovative approach-es were assessed with the view of theirreplication. The recommendations de-veloped by the conference contain anumber of practical and concrete meas-ures.

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sammxrivi

regionuli

konferencia

TbilisSi

adamianebiT

vaWrobis

(trefikingis) yvela

formasTan

dakavSirebiT

samxreT kavkasiasa da

Sesabamisi

daniSnulebis

qveynebSi

Sromis saerTaSoriso organizacia2009 wlis TebervalSi Sromis saer-

TaSoriso organizaciam saqarTvelos

mTavrobasTan erTad TbilisSi, saer-

TaSoriso da adgilobriv

partniorebTan TanamSromlobis far-

glebSi, umaspinZla regionul kon-

ferencias.

konferencia warmoadgens proeqtis

regionul komponents da Seitans

wvlils trefikingis winaaRmdeg yo-

vlismomcveli strategiis ganviTare-

baSi da adgilobrivi partniorebis

gaZlierebaSi, raTa maT ganaxor-

cielon prevenciuli da represiu-

li qmedebebi adamianebiT vaWrobisa

da iZulebiTi Sromis winaaRmdeg.

konferencia organizebulia am sfer-

oSi momuSav e s a erTaSoriso

partniorebis koaliciis fargleb-

Si, romelSic Sedian Sromis saerTa-

Soriso organizacia, migraciis poli-

tikis ganviTarebis saerTaSoriso

centri, migraciis saerTaSoriso or-

ganizacia, evropaSi usafrTxoebisa

da TanamSromlobis organizaciis/

demokratiukli institutebisa da

adamianis uflebebis ofisi da gaer-

os ganviTarebis programa.

samxreT kavkasiis sami qveyana ar unda

ganixilebodes ufro didi regionu-

li konteqstidan izolirebulad. mi-

graciuli nakadebi, demografiuli

da ekonomikuri zewola, Sromis

bazris reformebi gavlenas axdenen

migraciasTan dakavSirebul faqtore-

bze da Sesabamisad, adaminebiT vaWro-

bisa da iZulebiT SromasTan dakav-

Sirebul riskebze. amasTan, mniS-

vnelovania, rom samive qveyana, miux-

edavad imisa, rom samive warmoadgens

wyaro qveynebs, sakuTari ZalebiT See-

cados ebrZolos adamianebiT vaWro-

basa da iZulebiT Sromas ufro

did regionul konteqstSi.

regionis warmomadgenlebTan erTad

konferenciaze miwveuli iyvnen war-

momadgenlebi daniSnulebis qveynebi-

dan, kerZod ki, ukrainidan, sab-

erZneTidan, TurqeTidan, arabeTis

gaerTianebuli saemiroebidan,

avstriidan da germaniidan. monaw-

ile qveynebi warmodgenili iyvnen

samTavrobo struqturebis mier,

agreTve, Sromis saerTaSoriso or-

ganizaciis socialuri partnioreb-

is _ profkavSirebisa da damsaqme-

blebis mier. garda amisa, mowveuli

iyvnen eqspertebi konferenciis Tema-

turi sakiTxebis Sesabamisad, rom-

lebic monawileobas iRebdnen stru-

qturul diskusiaSi da TavianTi wv-

lili Seitanes rekomendaciebis

formirebaSi.

konferenciis dros, plenaruli ses-

iisa da samuSao jgufebis msvlelo-

bisas ganixileboda oTxi Tematuri

sakiTxi:

I profkavSirebisa da damsaqmebel-

Ta organizaciebis qselebis Se-

qmnisa da Semdgomi gaZlierebis

xelSewyoba adamianebiT vaWro-

bisa da iZulebiTi Sromis

winaaRmdeg brZolisTvis samxreT

kavkasiasa da daniSnulebis qvey-

nebSi.

II samxreT kavkasiis sam qveyanasa da

daniSnulebis qveynebs Soris sa-

marTaldamcavi struqturebis

ukeTesi TanamSromlobis

xelSewyoba adamianebiT vaWro-

bis yvela formis aRmosafxvre-

lad.

III uflebebis dacva, prevencia,

msxverplTa daxmareba _ sauke-

Teso praqtika, inovaciuri

midgoma.

IV samxreT kavkasiis qveynebsa da

daniSnulebis qveynebs Soris ad-

amianebiT vaWrobisa da iZulebiTi

Sromis winaaRmdeg brZolis samo-

qmedo gegmebis da sxva in-

stituciuri meqanizmebisa da

erovnuli strategiebis Sesabam-

isobis sakiTxi, regionuli plat-

formebisa da forumebis Sesa-

bamisobis Semowmeba.

wyaro qveynebidan (samxreT kavkasia)

da daniSnulebis qveynebidan mTeli

rigi warmomadgenlebis _ samTav-

robo da samarTaldamcavi struq-