Horizonti Foundation Announcements

Horizonti Announcement

NGOs having experience of working with NGO or business sector please contact Maka Kajaia, Cross Sectoral Grants Program Manager, Horizonti Foundation: 33 42 87, 33 08 93.

Meetings in the Horizonti Foundation

Horizonti Foundation invites NGOs to participate in meetings in order to better evaluate the reality existing in different spheres within Georgia.

NGOs willing to participate should contact Horizonti Foundation office one week earlier than the scheduled meeting date. The meetings will be held in the Horizonti office, which is located at the following address: 2 Dolidze St, Tel: 33 28 16/17/18.

Below you can find the meeting schedule according to various spheres:

5 December Education

9 December Social issues (disabled children, institutionalized children, socially unprotected groups)

12 December Healthcare

16 December Culture

19 December Environmental Issues

Training Sessions for NGOs and Initiative Groups

December

2.12 – 3.12 Community Mobilization (registration fee – 20 GL)

4.12 – 5.12 Proposal Writing (registration fee – 20 GL)

9.12 – 10.12 Financial Management (registration fee – 20 GL)

11.12 – 12.12 NGO Sustainability and Income Generating Activities (20 GL)

16.12 – 17.12 Human Resource Management (registration fee – 20 GL)

22.12 – 26.12 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 (December).

December

Gardabani

23.12 – 24.12 NGO Structure, Board Development; Proposal Writing

Ozurgeti

22.12 – 24.12 Strategic Planning; Proposal Writing

NGO-Media Meeting

On November 27 there was a joint meeting between non-governmental organizations and in mass media in the office of the Horizonti Foundation. The activity was supported by American PR section and initiated by “Horizonti” Foundation. The topic of the meeting was “The Role and Involvement of NGOs in Elections and Current Democratic Processes in Georgia”.

Some 30 NGOs and journalists from “Georgian Times”, “Akhali Epoqa”, “Saqartvelos Respublika”, etc. were in attendance. They discussed and evaluated the role of NGOs in the development of democracy in Georgia and its impact on the establishment of civil society. The issue of activities and strategies of NGOs in future elections and how future cooperation with government, business sectors and international organizations were also touched upon

Upcoming Lecture

On Monday, December 1, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. at the Conference Hall of the National Library of Parliament of Georgia (7 Gudiashvili Str.) a discussion will be held with Mr. Mark Mullen, Director of National Democratic Institute, on the following topic: Upcoming Elections in Georgia.

Organic Fair

On November 28-29, 2003, the Biological Farming Association ELKANA arranges an Organic Fair in Tbilisi at the address: Vazha-Pshavela Ave. №1 (in front of the Archive building). Everyone is welcome to attend it.

Seminar on Aspects of Economic and Political Democracy

On November 30 the New Economic School – Georgia and Caucasus Research Resource Center – Georgia (CRRC - Georgia) will hold a seminar on aspects of economic and political democracy.

The seminar will take place at the Young Scientists Club (Under Philarmony) from 12:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m. Panelists at the seminar will be Paata Sheshelidze, President of the New Economic School and Lia Mukhashavria, NGO Article #42.

Contact information: Tbilisi, #37 Rustaveli Ave., II floor. Tel: 893 30 54 68 (Paata Sheshelidze); 877 41 76 32 (Gia Jandieri); 893 31 21 79 (Akaki Tsomaia); Fax: 48 20 04. E-mail: paatasheshelidze@hotmail.com; gjandieri@hotmail.com; ktsomaia@yahoo.com

Informational Center Opened in Rustavi

An Informational Center has opened in Rustavi with the financial support of the Eurasia Foundation. The project is implemented by the Rustavi Civic Education Center and aims to increase the level of transparency, responsibility and effectiveness of self-government and it will provide for the involvement of citizens in decision-making processes for the self-government and will provide for the protection and consideration of individual interests.

The Informational Center will create a database containing important local legal, social and economic information in order to achieve these stated goals. This database will be accessible for all interested persons and information will be provided free of charge.

Rustavi Informational Center address is: #20 Kostava St., Tel: (824) 17 92 83, 12 77 27.

Urban Institute

International organizations such as the Urban Institute have been implementing many interesting programs for several years in Georgia. It has been two months since it started the implementation of two programs in Rustavi – flat owners’ association and one in financial-budgetary programs. The program of many-storied flat owners’ association implies the establishment of a managing authority by the flat owners’ themselves.

In August the Urban Institute held informational meetings with citizens of Rustavi in order to inform them about their responsibilities as of flat owners.
Regarding the financial-budgetary program it has been operating for a month already in local self-government financial department with the support of Company “GSS”.

Alongside with this, another program on Creating Civil Advisory Boards is at the initial stage of planning and the stated aim is to involve citizens in decision-making processes of local legislative bodies – Sakrebulos.

Address: Rustavi, #20 Kostava St., Tel: (824) 19 42 61, 893 24 64 83.

Contact person: Malkhaz Chxartishvili.

Fair Elections’ Press Conference

On 18 November Fair Elections held a press conference and shared the publicly discrepancies in election results outlined in the precinct summary protocol data.

Fair Elections addressed Nana Devdariani in writing and also sent her the above-mentioned invalid data.

For details visit: http://www.advocacy.ge/news_http_g/desc.php?id=122

The John Smith Fellowship Program

The John Smith Fellowship Scheme is an intensive, 6-week program on good governance, democracy and social justice. It is currently seeking applications from promising young leaders from Russia, the Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan for its 2004 Fellowship Program, to take place in June/July next year.

The Program aims to strengthen and deepen democratic awareness and leadership through a 6-week course in the United Kingdom combining classroom study, work placements and visits.

Good written and spoken English is essential.

Detailed information can be obtained from the British Council web site:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/jsmithpublic/index.htm

In order to download and complete an application form please visit

www.britishcouncil.org/jsmithpublic/APPLICATION_FORM_new.doc

Applications for the 2004 Program must be submitted to your local British Council office. Final selection of candidates will be concluded by the end of February 2004. Successful interviewees should be aware that they will be asked to sit the IELTS exam at the end of January 2004.

All applications and queries should be addressed directly to the country from where the person is applying for this program.

Civic Education Project Teaching Fellowships 2004-05

The Civic Education Project (CEP) invites applications for its 2004-05 Visiting Faculty Fellowship Program. Applications will be accepted from October 1, 2003, until March 1, 2004. Fellowships begin in September 2004 and finish in May/June 2005.

CEP welcomes applications from faculty, retired faculty, Ph.D.s, and advanced postgraduate students in the social sciences (including area studies, anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology). CEP also offers teaching fellowships in law and journalism/media studies. Applicants must hold, or be expecting to receive, a graduate degree from a Western university, and be applying to teach outside their country of citizenship.

For application forms and guidelines, please see the fellowship programs area on the following web site: www.cep.org.hu/programs/index.html.

For further information please contact:

CEP Caucasian Office:

3a Chitadze Street

Tbilisi 0108, Georgia

E-mail: cep@gol.ge

(+995 32) 923 279

(+995 32) 997 334

www.cep.org.hu

Seminar "Journalism and Democracy"

The Institute for Further Education of Journalists FOJO (http://www.fo.hik.se) announces a contest in order to reveal the participants of the seminar

called "Journalism and Democracy" that will be held for Transcaucasian journalists.

The seminar will start in 2004. Deadline for applications is February 2, 2004.

Conditions and application may be copied from Internews Georgia's web-site: http://www.internews.ge (PDF files are presented in Russian).

For additional information apply to: olga.vallee@hik.se

Junior Achievement Georgia

Junior Achievement Georgia Association is implementing the project the aim of which is to train economy teachers and business consultants for school with the financial support of Eurasia Foundation. Schools that wish to participate in this program please contact:

Junior Achievement Georgia, address: 13 Arakishvili St, flat #15, Tel: 22 24 30, mobile: 899 15 25 80, e-mail: ekagege@posta.ge

First Issue of the IATP Newsletter

IREX published the first issue of IATP Newsletter. The newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Internet and Access Training Program (IATP). The IATP Newsletter highlights events and activities organized by IATP in the 11 countries of Eurasia in which IATP is administered by IREX.

Electronic versions of this and future issues will be available on the

IREX website at www.irex.org/internet/.