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Horizonti Foundation Announcements
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Raffle at Horizonti
On April 29, 2003, the Horizonti Foundation will raffle the chance to win a free video clip production suited for service-oriented NGOs within Georgia . The video studio at Horizonti will produce the clips for two lucky victorious contestant organizations. The first winner will be provided with this service completely free of charge, and the second with a significant discount. The clip will cover the mission and activities of the winner, along with the services that the organization provides for the public.
The raffle will take place at 15:30 at the Horizonti Tbilisi office at the following address: 2 Dolidze St , 6 th floor, tel.: 334287, 330893. Application forms are available from the Horizonti receptionist .
The video clips produced by the Horizonti Video Studio for the winners of the previous raffle will be exhibited during the clip showing. Those organizations that participated in previous raffles and were not successful are still eligible to participate in the raffle along with first time players. Only the applications of the organizations attending (with the exception of the organizations in regions) will be included in the raffle.
Organizational Development Program Consultations
Organizational Development Program of the Horizonti Foundation offers following consultations and forms of services.
1. Founding, registration of an NGO (registered union, foundation) and legislative issues.
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Initiative Groups
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues:
• History of NGO development, concepts and the importance of NGOs
• Founding the NGO
• Organization statutes
• Registration procedures
• Legislative requirements
2. NGO structure, Institutional Development Level, Board Development
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Established NGOs
• International (foreign) Organizations
Consultation Issues:
• Discussion of existing organizational structures
• Defining the institutional level of the organization
• Identifying actual problems, relevancy with the legislation
• Discussing future ways of structural development and different models
• Outlining the function of Board
• Criteria for selection of Board members
• Functions of governing and executive bodies in the organization
• Their duties and responsibilities
• The role of the director in the organization
3. Strategic Planning in NGOs
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
• Presenting the management of the organization the technology of strategic planning process
• Facilitation of actual strategic planning process for individual organizations
• The concept and importance of strategic planning for the organization
• Components of strategic planning
4. Financial Management
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues:
• Establishing the project budget
• Creating the annual budget of the organization
• Defining the financial policy of the organization
• Establishing annual budget categories and forms for expenditures
5. Project Writing
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues:
• Discussion of stages of project writing
• The main components of project-proposal
• Final package of the project
• Relations with donors
6. Fund Rising, Arranging Events
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues:
• What means fund raising currently exist in Georgia ?
• Donors' status, who can grant funds
• Charity issues, motivation/legislation
• Donations, possible ways of addressing
• Analysis of fund raising methods
• Arranging events
7. Human Resource Management
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues:
• General principles of human resource management
• Selection of staff and criteria
• Techniques of interviewing
• Staff future career planning, management, transfers
• Means of staff motivation
• Methods and means of staff professional development
8. Advocacy
Consultation Clients:
• Newly founded NGOs
• Particular (community-based organizations) CBOs
• Initiative Groups
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
• Concept and importance of advocacy
• Advocacy process components
• Planning the particular advocacy process
• Facilitation of advocacy process planning
• Evaluation of advocacy process
9. Inter-organizational Management
Consultation Clients:
• Established NGOs
• International Organizations
Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
• General principles of inter-organizational management
• Inter-policy of the organization
• Organization by-law
• Financial policy
• Structural model of the organization
• Policy of relations with partners
• Monitoring of activities
• Staff evaluation/self evaluation
10. Program Evaluation
Consultation Clients:
• Established NGOs
• International (foreign) Organizations
• Donor Organizations
Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
• Concept and importance of evaluation
• Evaluation, self evaluation, and monitoring
• Types and methods of evaluation
• Logical model of evaluation
• Parts of an evaluation
• Working out the aim, object and plan for the evaluation
• Methods of obtaining information
• Evaluation of projects financed
Consultations are for one hour and they are free of charge.
The price of particular consultations is defined by the terms of the contract and considers the level, frequency and duration of consultations in determining the actual cost.
Training Sessions for NGOs and Initiative Groups
April
15.04 – 16.04 NGO Sustainability and Income Generating Activity (Registration fee – 20 GEL)
20.04 – 21.04 Financial Management (Registration fee – 20 GEL)
26.04 – 30.04 NGO – Management (Organizational structure, Board Development; Strategic Planning; Financial Management; Project Writing; Fundraising; NGO-Media Relationship) (Registration fee – 50 GEL)
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 (February/March).
April
Abasha
27.04 – 28.04 Strategic Planning, Proposal Writing
Ude (Adigeni)
26.04 – 27.04 Strategic Planning, Proposal Writing
Kvareli
27.04 – 29.04 NGO Structure, Board Development, Strategic Planning, Proposal Writing
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Training on NGO Mass Media Relations
Training on NGO mass media relations was held on March 26 in Kutaisi through the framework of the Horizonti Public Awareness Raising Program.
The training was held for the members of “Youth Democratic Club”, that is the project of UN Georgia, which started in September 2003 with the financial support of the “National Endowment for Democracy”. All together 26 members of the club have had the opportunity to study the necessary components of NGO media relationship in close collaboration of representatives of Horizonti regional network of associated trainers.
Training participants got familiarized with the steps of informational campaign, social advertisement, press release, presentation, press conference, briefings, ethical standards, taboo topics, crisis management, etc. They also shared in practical discussions on what are realistic and ideal forms of relationships between media and other stakeholders.
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Invitation to Organic Fair
On April 8-9, 2004, the Biological Farming Association Elkana arranges an Organic Fair in Tbilisi at the following address: 1 Vazha-Pshavela Ave. (in front of the Archive building). Everyone is welcome to attend and taste really healthy locally produced agricultural products.
Seminar on School Financial Management and School Budget Planning
Association “Junior Achievement Georgia” is organizing the seminar on ‘School Financial Management and School Budget Planning' for the representatives of Tbilisi secondary schools – directors, managers, etc.
Participation is free of charge. Persons interested should follow the registration procedures.
Seminar will be held at the association's office on the following address: 11 Chavchavadze Ave. , 7 entrance, 3 rd floor, Tel: 25 18 13, 899 15 25 80.
Summer School
The Association “Junior Achievement Georgia” is pleased to announce an opportunity for young men born in 1991-1992 years, and those who have or will finish the 6 form in 2004 to participate the summer school entitled “Georgian Junior Gentlemen Group”. This program will give them the chance to take a class in applied economics. After successful graduation of the course, they will be granted with “Junior Achievement Georgia” certificates. Experienced and highly qualified teachers will conduct the course from 03.06.2004 until 10.06.2004.
The students will be selected on the competitive basis. The competition will take place on June 1. Address: 11 Chavchavadze Ave. , 7 entrance, 3 rd floor, flat 33. Interested individuals should submit the copy of their birth certificate, letter from the school and a copy of the list of test scores or grades.
The documents can be submitted from May3 until May 29, every day from 12:00 to 18:00 on the following address: 11 Chavchavadze Ave. , 7 entrance, 3 rd floor, flat 33.
Contact person: Valeri Bukia
Tel/Fax: 25 18 13, 99 49 38.
E-mail: office@jag.ge
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Feeding Program for Orphanages, Children's Institutions and Elderly Pensioners
As a response to the dramatic situation and the urgent needs of vulnerable population living in different institutions of Georgia, the Charitable Foundation of the Georgian Patriarchate 'Lazarus' and 'Caritas Georgia' are implementing a food assistance project funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through CARE International in the Caucasus.
The project “Provision of Social Institutions in Georgia with Food Products” implemented by ‘Caritas Georgia ' aims to improve the food needs of 1092 children, who are the most vulnerable beneficiaries at 11 institutions in Georgia .
This project started in early February 2004 and will last three consecutive months. The Ministry of Health Care and Social Provision provided the list of the potential institutions. The food is provided to the selected 11 institutions in Georgia, 5 out of them are located in Kutaisi, Senaki, Terjola, Kaspi, the Western part of the country, the 6 institutions are located in the different districts of Tbilisi. All the beneficiaries are children and infants with different mental and physical disabilities, elderly people, and patients of pediatric and infant care houses.
Lazarus, the Charitable Foundation of the Georgian Patriarchate has announced the opening of its “Supplementary Food for Children's Institutions” program. The program provides supplementary food commodities to more than 5,000 children in 43 institutions throughout Georgia , for a 2-month period. The program includes 9 Children's Houses, 14 boarding schools for orphans and children lacking parents' care, 18 boarding schools for children with limited possibilities, and 2 kindergartens.
The Press release can be downloaded in PDF format (in Georgian & English) from the West GCMI website:
www.west-gcmi.care.org.ge
Contact person: George Asatiani
Information & Monitoring Coordinator
CARE - West GCMI
E-mail: asatiani@care.org.ge
Parliamentarian Elections monitoring in Sighnaghi and Lagodekhi districts
International Center for Civic Culture (ICCC) has been monitoring the Parliamentarian Elections in Sighnaghi and Lagodekhi districts. Save the Children supported the monitoring under the Civic Participation Grants component of the Citizens Advocate! Program (CAP) and members of the organization conducted training for the commission members on election issues. 120 observers were prepared and trained through this program.
You can check the Advocacy.Ge for the ICCC report on the registered violations:http://www.advocacy.ge/news_http/desc.php?id=186
Urban Institute Started Implementation of a Project in Poti
The project called “Women Involvement in Decision-Making Processes” started in Poti with the Support of the Urban Institute. The project includes 4 training-seminars and 3 meetings and informational campaign through press, TV and radio. The target groups of the project are IDP women, students and teachers, women representing small businesses and ethnical minorities, women working in City Hall, Sakrebulos and municipalities. Informational booklet showing the results and activities implemented through the project will be prepared at the end of the project. Nona Khukhia, Sopo Danelia and Dodo Khukhia will lead the training seminars.
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Eurasia Foundation Business Case Study Writing Competition
Tbilisi , Georgia — Today the Eurasia Foundation and BP are launching a business case-study writing competition as part of an effort to strengthen business education in Georgia . The competition is open to business professors and consultants who participated in the Eurasia Foundation's weeklong training in mid-March 2004.
The competition participants will have two months to research and develop individual cases on local businesses. An independent panel of international and Georgian experts will judge the case studies. The Eurasia Foundation and BP will announce the results of the competition on June 25, 2004. BP will award prizes to the authors of the best cases. The First prize will be a cash award of $1,200, second and third prize will be $1,000 respectively..
The developed Georgia-specific cases and teaching notes will be published as a manual and circulated among Georgian business schools and posted on the Internet for general use.
Georgian Protected Territories Development Center Announces the Call for Proposals
Georgian Protected Territories Development Center Announces the Call for Proposals in the frameworks of World Bank and Environmental Global Foundation small grants program on the following priority issues:
• Protection of biodiversity;
• Decrease of negative influence over protected territories and biological resources;
• Improvement of living conditions of the population living in the surroundings of protected territories and the raise of their social
economic level;
• Rise of environmental awareness and ecological education.
Grants are issued for the projects to be implemented in the villages located near to the protected territories of Vashlovani, Tusheti, Batsara, Babaneuri, Ilto and Lagodekhi on the basis of two staged competition.
NGOs, local businesses, family groups and community groups are eligible to participate. Grant amount is between 1000 to 25000 US dollars. The mentioned amount should not exceed the 90% of the project total cost. No less than 10% of the project cost should be represented as a share (financial or natural sources) of the grant recipient.
The participants should submit the pre-application in two copies on the first stage of the competition. The application should be prepared according to the pre-application form given in methodic guideline. Only the projects that satisfy the needs of the competition will take part in the second stage of the competition. Deadline for submission of pre-applications is April 25.
The participants should submit the main project-proposal on the second stage of the competition prepared according to the main project application form given in the methodic guideline. Deadline for submission is May 25.
The main project-proposal must be in two copies, printed in Georgian. Interested organizations must get familiarized with the guideline that can be obtained on the following addresses:
Georgian Protected Territories Development Center
Address: Tbilisi , 9 V. Anjaparidze Str., V floor.
Tel: 25 15 66, Fax: 25 13 49, E-mail: gpadc@gpadc.org.ge
Telavi Agribusiness Office
Address: 18 Sidamonidze Str.
Tel: 899 94 90 53, 893 28 58 74, 877 75 74 44, (8 250) 7 10 13.
Akhmeta Advisory Board
Address: 64 Rustaveli Str., room #2
Tel: 899 29 37 48, 899 29 37 56.
Dedoplistskaro Advisory Board
Address: 42 Kostava Str., I floor
Tel: (8 256) 2 31 25, 899 56 83 42, 899 93 25 35.
Lagodekhi Advisory Board
Address: 197 Vashlovani Str., room #7
Tel: (8 254) 2 27 15, 899 57 27 78.
The applications can only be submitted to the Advisory Boards and Agribusiness Consulting Offices on the addresses listed above.
Pristina Summer University
In the summer of 2004 the University of Pristina (UP) and the Academic Training Association (ATA) will organize the 4th edition of the Pristina Summer University in Kosovo. The program will bring together the regional & international professors and lecturers for a period of three weeks and will provide about 35 courses and workshops in the field of humanities, law, economics, social sciences, arts, medicine and natural sciences. In addition, public discussions, lectures etc. will be organized on prominent issues in Kosovar and (South) East European society.
Recreational events and excursions will also be organized for students and staff. Six hundred participants will be accepted at the PSU 2003, of which 450 from Kosovo, 100 participants from SEE/ CEE & NIS, and 50 self-financing international students.
Registration will be open as of 7 April at www.academictraining.org
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Vacancy Announcement at IREX
IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) IREX is currently seeking a Grants Officer (full-time) for its Media Innovations Program in Georgia . The Grants Officer reports to Chief of Party.
The following qualifications are required:
- A graduate degree in business management, non-profit management, public administration or public policy from a Western university;
- At least 3 years of working experience in a managerial capacity;
- Knowledge of accounting and finances;
- Excellent English, Georgian and Russian language skills, both written and verbal;
- High computer literacy (Word, Excel, Internet);
- Previous experience in grants and/or loan administration is preferred;
- Understanding of media systems is preferred.
Interested individuals should e-mail their CV and cover letter to adm@irexonline.ge or fax them to IREX office at 29 19 05 no later than 17:00, April 12, 2004
Job Vacancy at MDAP
Since 1995 the Mental Disability Advocacy Program (MDAP) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) has supported initiatives that seek to address the massive over institutionalization, the lack of community-based services, and general social exclusion of people with mental disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Former Soviet Union (FSU).
Mental Disability Advocacy Program is looking for a Senior Program Manager. The MDAP Senior Program Manager will be responsible for MDAP's grant-making program and related activities that are focused on developing sustainable high quality community-based services and advocating for the social inclusion of people with mental disabilities. S/he reports to the MDAP Director in Budapest .
Qualifications
Essential:
- Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in development related to human rights and/or mental disabilities
- Proven experience in program and grant management including monitoring and evaluation.
- Fluent English speaker and writer.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Proven advocacy and/or community organizing skills.
- Ability to effectively manage several projects simultaneously in a fast-paced working environment.
- Willingness to travel internationally on a frequent basis.
- A strong interest in mental disability issues
- Good computer skills
Preferred:
- Degree in law, human rights, health, sociology, psychology, social work or other relevant field.
- Experience in fundraising and/or fund leveraging.
- Knowledge of Central and Eastern Europe and/or the Former Soviet Union .
- Fluent speaker of Russian or other Eastern European language.
Salary: Commensurate with experience, with full benefits.
In order to apply please send resume, cover letter, salary requirements, three reference contacts, and a 2-page writing sample in English about issues relating to the human rights of people with mental disabilities and/or other vulnerable groups in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by April 19, 2004 to: Mr. Martin Dunstone E-mail: applications@adminconsult.hu
UNDP/Georgia Announced the Vacancy on the Position of a Project Manager
In April 2004 UNDP/Georgia initiated a project titled “Promoting the Use of Renewable Energy Resources for Local Energy Supply.” The objective of the project is to remove the key barriers to the increased utilization of renewable energy for local energy supply.
Qualifications:
• University degree in the field relevant to the project;
• Demonstrated capacity to effectively manage projects financed by international donors in Georgia ;
• Good knowledge and experience on dealing with the existing governmental structures and policy framework to overcome existing legal, regulatory and other policy related barriers to successfully launching the first demonstration projects and to promoting the development of Georgia's renewable sector in general;
• Good interpersonal and training skills;
• Good computer skills;
• Fluency both in Georgian and English languages;
• Familiarity with the UNDP rules and regulations is a strong asset.
Qualified candidates interested in the position should submit their Curriculum Vitae by ordinary mail, by fax or electronically by April 14, 2004 to:
Nino Nadiradze
Program Analyst
UNDP, Georgia
Eristavi Str. 9, Tbilisi ,
Tel: 25 11 28/29 or 31
Fax: 25 0071/72
E-mail: Nino.Nadiradze@undp.org
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