Horizonti Foundation Announcements

Training Sessions for NGOs and Initiative Groups

November

4.11 – 5.11 Program Evaluation (registration fee – 20 GL)

6.11 – 7.11 Publishing for NGOs (registration fee – 20 GL)

10.11 – 12.11 Project Cycle Management (registration fee – 30 GL)

13.11 – 14.11 Designing and Publishing Annual Reports (fee – 20 GL)

17.11 – 18.11 Accounting and Tax Issues for NGOs (fee – 20 GL)
20.11 – 21.11 Strategic Planning (registration fee – 20 GL)
24.11 – 28.11 NGO – Management (Organizational structure, Board Development; Strategic Planning; Financial Management; Project Writing; Fundraising; NGO-Media Relationship) (registration fee – 50 GL)

The training sessions will be conducted at the Horizonti foundation’s Tbilisi office.

Follow-up training sessions will be conducted in the regions of Georgia and will be free of charge (November).

November

Bolnisi

25.11 – 26.11 Strategic Planning; Proposal Writing

Akhaltsikhe

20.11 – 21.11 Strategic Planning

27.11 – 28.11 Proposal Writing

Gurjaani

25.11 – 27.11 NGO Structure; Board Development; Strategic Planning; Proposal Writing

Gori, Nikozi

25.11 – 26.11 NGO Structure; Board Development; Proposal Writing

Ckokhatauri

24.11 – 25.11 NGO Structure; Board Development; Proposal Writing

Internet Center Established in Rustavi

IREX/IATP Internet Center has been opened in City Hall building of Rustavi with the financial support of US Embassy Office of Education and Culture and also with the support of Rustavi local government. The Center will serve the citizens of Rustavi free of charge. This is the 11th Center that has been established in Georgia and has been sponsored under the framework of the IATP (Internet Access and Teaching Program) Program.

The Center will support the development of educational system, NGO Sector, governmental and business organizations by using Internet and by studying computer technologies.

The address of the Center is 20 Kostava Str., 4 floor. Tel: (8 24) 15 02 00.

E-mail: pavle@irex.org.ge web-site: www.iatp.ge

Contact persons: Pavle Tvaliashvili, Eka Jeladze.

Eurasia Grants Program Winners

The Eurasia Foundation’s Georgia Office awarded grants to three organizations that are involved in the promotion of private enterprise development and public administration in Georgia. The three recipient organizations are:

ABCO – Georgia

SME Credit Facilitation

To promote the development of regional SMEs through a pilot training program in credit management for small- and medium-size entrepreneurs in Gori.

GEDI – Georgian Economic Development Institute

SME Credit Facilitation

To promote the development of regional SMEs through a pilot training program in credit management for small- and medium-size entrepreneurs in Kutaisi.

Partnership for Social Initiatives

Linkage Grant for LGIC Competition

To promote the effective use of informational resources created within the framework of Local Government Information Centers Initiative that are funded by the Eurasia Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

South Caucasus Cooperation Program Grants for Linkage Projects

The South Caucasus Cooperation Program, the Eurasia Foundation's regional grantmaking program awarded 13 grants and made one grant amendment during the period from July to October 2003 in supporting five cross-border projects. Georgian, Azerbaijan and Armenian NGOs are participating in each of these projects. The aim of linkage projects is to explore and apply innovative solutions for advancing civil society, developing private enterprise, and reforming public policy processes across the South Caucasus.

The winner projects are:

Armenian Committee of Helsinki Citizen's Assembly

To promote confidence building in the conflict-torn region of the South

Caucasus through increasing the involvement of youth leaders, especially young women, in peace-building activities.

Assistance for development and strengthening of farming in South Caucasus

To develop organic agribusiness in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Effective Integration of Energy System of the South Caucasus Countries

To advance economic growth and political stability in the South Caucasus by promoting regional integration of energy systems.

South Caucasus Audio-Visual Network

To attract domestic and foreign investment to the national filmmaking industries of the region.

Drivers Rights Advocacy in the South Caucasus

To improve drivers' rights protection in the countries of the South

Caucasus.

Grant Amendment: Photographic Information Exchange Network

To improve the exchange of photographic information among print media outlets and photo journalist in the South Caucasus region.

Horizonti’s Training on the Issues of NGO- Media Cooperation in Zugdidi

On 11-12 of October the regional network trainers of Horizonti Foundation conducted training on NGO-media Cooperation. A total of 15 local NGOs attended the training. Participants expressed great interest in those topics related to Public Service Announcements and Crisis Management.

Zugdidi NGOs had the opportunity to start collaborating with journalists that are interested in NGO sector.

International Drama Festival “Golden Mask”

International Theatrical Festival “Golden Mask” that began on September 14 was concluded on October 5, on the day celebrating the City of Rustavi. 28 performances were performed on the stages of Drama Theatre, House of Culture and “Shapito” during the festival.

Contact address: Rustavi, 20 Kostava Str., tel: 17 97 71.

Contact person: Nino Kupatadze.

Training of Trainers

18-21 November Partners-Georgia will continue to offer trainings within the framework of Civil Interests Protection Program. The upcoming session will be devoted to the training of trainers for the protection of Civil Interests Protection.

Trainers who want to enrich their professional competence by completing new training modules and who are intending to conduct training sessions on Civil Interests Protection in their own organizations are welcomed to participate in the training.

Please note that coalition members of Civil Partnership Grant are ineligible to participate in the training program.

For additional information please visit: http://www.advocacy.ge/news

TOEFL and Professional English Courses

From October 22 Professional Training Group starts TOEFL and Professional English Courses. The price includes all materials, placement tests and computerized testing for the TOEFL examination.

Students will have the opportunity for free access to resources on Exclusive Rankings of America's Best Colleges, Graduate Schools and Business Schools.

Persons interested please contact Professional Training Group:

Tel: (832) 25 12 70; 22 34 96; Mobile: (899) 969 439; Paliashvili St. 33, 2nd floor, Tbilisi. Web-site: www.ptg-georgia.com

Internship Opportunities

Georgian Association of Intellectual Property (GEIP), in partnership with IntellTime Corporation is starting a new program which is aimed to study the topic of the commercialization of intellectual property.

The project has internship opportunities for the following professionals: Marketing specialists, Audit specialists, Programmers and database specialists,

Fundraisers, Patenting specialists, Information/Communication specialists,

Lawyers, Business consultants

Full text of the announcement (in Georgian) can be downloaded from the Advocacy.Ge: http://www.advocacy.ge/news

Tender for Best Journalistic Piece

Prevention of Infant Abandonment & Deinstitutionalisation Project (PIAD) announces the tender for a best journalistic piece that concerns such issues as children’s abandonment, deinstitutionalisation and family planning.

PIAD key project partners and funding sources are UNICEF, EveryChild World Vision International in Georgia, UNFPA, Ministry of Labor, and the Health & Social Affairs & Ministry of Education.

Tender participants should complete an application form; CV; one or more than one journalistic piece (Publications, radio or TV reportage during the period from July 29th to November 10th concerning issues of children’s abandonment, deinstitutionalisation and family planning). The number of presented pieces will be taken into consideration as an advantage in the competition

The selection committee, including representatives of the PIAD partner organizations will choose the winner. Winners will be invited to a specially organized presentation November 20, 2003, which is the “Day of Children’s rights”. The money awards for the winners are as follows:

I place -- $ 400

II place -- $ 250

III place -- $ 150

TV broadcasting and radio broadcasting reportage and Published materials should be delivered to EveryChild office.

Address: I.Abashidze Street 37, Entr. II 3rd floor, apt.29

Deadline for presenting journalistic pieces is November 10,2003.

Contact person: Tina Tsomaia, PIAD Media Educator

Everychild office Tel: 22 40 07, 91 32 74,

Mob: (899) 502 446, E-mail: tina.ec@ayety.ge