A quarterly journal published by the Horizonti Foundation and supporting grassroots efforts to influence and promote social policy development in Georgia.
The fourth issue of the trilingual (Georgian, Russian, English) language quarterly journal “Social Policy in Georgia” is now available from the Horizonti Foundation, with the financial support of Mercy Corps and Care International. Much of the focus of this latest issue addresses factors that interfere with a healthy economic environment in Georgia, which include aspects of political, economical and social development and stability. The full text of the latest journal is now available on the official website of the Horizonti Foundation.
Issue No. 3 develops important themes for rural communities, including local rights to clean water, air and environment. We look at tools for ensuring local populations’ rights to a healthy environment, some of the international agreements that Georgia has signed, as well as how teachers can transmit good ecological awareness to their students. We include Veterinarians without borders’ program report on rabies awareness. An overview of concerns about foodways in Georgia outlines the increasing importance of becoming aware of how food is affecting Georgian development. This issue also continues former discussions on the progress being made in the field of de-institutionalization of children and the access of disabled children to a dignified life and more adequate education.
Issue No. 2 of Social Policy in Georgia addresses several facets of the developing field of social work and future possibilities for social work education. We have included the experience of those who train and those who have already begun working in social work, mainly in the fields of child welfare. The Georgia Community Mobilization Initiative that has been under way for two years has generated interest and change all over the country at the local level-these activities and those generated by other programs--provide examples to follow as the program continues over the next two years.
The current issue of the SPG journal includes the articles on meaning, issues and strategies in social policy; local government survey, advocacy, communication and information; inclusive education workshops, the Education System Realignment and Strengthening Program of the Georgian Ministry of Education, and education reform community meetings.
Social Policy in Georgia, is published by the Horizonti Foundation with financial support of Mercy Corps and CARE International in the framework of Georgia Community Mobilization Initiative (GCMI), a USAID funded program.
