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Community Based and Civil Society Organizations of Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region

The information leaflet was published with the support of the European Union (EU) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) as part of the Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative project. Its content is entirely the responsibility of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Regional Hub “For Better Future» and may not reflect the views of the European Union (EU) and the Konrad- Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).

”Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative” was developed and is implemented by the consortium lead by the Konrad - Adenauer - Stiftung in cooperation with four Georgian Civil Society Organizations: Civil Society Institute (CSI), Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC), Center for Strategic Research and Development of (CSRDG) and the Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC). The project is funded by the European Union and co-financed by the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung.

Mtskheta-Mtianeti 2020

3  About the information brochure

The information brochure presents 34 Community Based and Civil Society organizations of Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region. Organizations are divided according to the municipalities and each organization page contains basic contact information and fields of activity. This information was shared with Mtskheta-Mtianeti Regional Hub by the heads or contact persons of each organization and is based on November 2020 data resources.

The information brochure aims to promote the community based and civil society organizations in the region. It gives the opportunity to interested persons from private and public sector to easily reach the CSO-s operating in Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region.

 4 Contents

Mtskheta Municipality...... 7 Rural Community Development Agency...... 8 Mtskheta-Mtianeti Committee of Anti-Violence Network of Georgia...... 9 Movement for Georgia’s Sustainable Development....10 Association for Well-being of Society...... 11 Social Solidarity ...... 12 Patriot United Georgia...... 13 Youth Hub ...... 14 Creative Youth Platform...... 15 Community Union Buriani...... 16 Open Door...... 17

Dusheti Municipality...... 19 Women’s Association Bazaleti...... 20 and Community...... 21 Union for Civic Development...... 22 Khevsureti Women for a Healthy Future...... 23 Georgian Red Cross Society ...... 24 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association-Dusheti Office.25 Dusheti Development Fund...... 26 Pshav-Khevsureti Community Organization...... 27 SKA - Association of Community Unions ...... 28 Disables’ Association of Dusheti...... 29 Our ...... 30

5  Georgian Center for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development «Khvaramze»...... 31

Kazbegi Municipality...... 33 GergArt...... 34 Kazbegi Development Group - Kazbegi Local Action Group...... 35 Training-Intellectual Center Future of the Gorge...... 36 Kazbegi National Park Friends Association...... 37 Lomeki...... 38 NNLE ...... 39 Mountain Development Center...... 40 Development Fund of Kazbegi ...... 41

Tianeti Municipality...... 43 My Georgia starts from ...... 44

Akhalgori Municipality...... 45 For Better Future ...... 46 We for Sensible Future...... 47 For Peaceful Future...... 48

 6 Rural Communities Development Agency

Year of establishment 1997 Head Rostom Gamisonia Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti, , Shida and , Samegrelo-Zemo- Svaneti, Samtskhe- Javakheti,

Main areas of - Young people and children activity - Gender - Ecology - Self-government - Community development

Contact information

 +(995) 593 171 772  [email protected]  Mtskheta, village. Misaktsieli  Rural Communities Development Agency – RCDA  www.rcda.ge

8 MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY Mtskheta-Mtianeti Committee of Anti- Violence Network of Georgia

Year of establishment 2006 Head Tamar Maisuradze Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti

- Women, teachers, students / youth, children - Victims of domestic violence - Local government, business, media, Main areas of governmental and non-governmental activity sector, funds - Training, consultations, promotions, competitions, social surveys, conferences, forums, educational, publishing and advertising activities in accordance with the law Contact information

 +(995) 593 266 151  [email protected]  Mtskheta d. Agmashenebeli St. # 51  Mtskheta-Mtianeti Committee for Protection from Violence  www.avng.ge

MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY 9 Movement for Georgia’s Sustainable Development

Year of establishment 2003 Head Shalva Givishvili Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

Main areas of - Promoting business activity development and employment - Ecology and environmental protection - Community development - Innovations - Sustainable development of region - Social entrepreneurship Contact information

 +(995) 577 533 322  [email protected] / [email protected]  Tserovani IDP settlement  Wood Symphony/ხის სიმფონია  www.edemi.org

10 MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY Association for Well-being of Society

Year of establishment 2018 Head Esma Imerlishvili Work area Mtskheta Municipality

Main areas of - Promoting the activity development of civil society - Protection of fundamental human rights - Ensuring the social welfare of the population

Contact information

 +(995) 599 054 574  [email protected]  Mtskheta, Kalandadze st.  AWS - Association for Well-being of Society

MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY 11 Social Solidarity

Year of establishment 2014 Head Irma Kvatchantiradze Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Main areas of - Education activity - Promoting business development and employment - Organic agriculture - Social innovations - Social entrepreneurship - Healthy life

Contact information

 +(995) 571 111 233  [email protected] / [email protected], Besiki St. # 17  www.socsolidarity.org/

12 MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY Patriot United Georgia

Year of establishment 2015 Head Elguja Zarievi Work area Mtskheta Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Sport and tourism - Charity

Contact information

 +(995) 599 970 277  [email protected]  Georgia, Mtskheta, S. Mukhrani  G4E - საქართველო განათლებისთვის

MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY 13 Youth Hub

Year of establishment 2020 Head David Badzaghua Work area Mtskheta Municipality

Main areas of - Education activity - Community development - Culture - Civil Society and Democracy

Contact information

 +(995) 599 442 292  [email protected] / [email protected]  Mtskheta, Military # 11  ახალგაზრდული ჰაბი • Youth Hub

14 MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY Creative Youth Platform

Year of establishment 2020 Head Gvantsa Mezvrishvili Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti, International Main areas of activity - Human rights - Education - Gender - IDP’s and refugees - Community development - Rights of religious and ethnic minorities - Civil society and democracy Contact information

 +(995) 577 200 702  [email protected] / [email protected]  Mtskheta, village Tsilkani  Creative Youth Platform

MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY 15 Community Union Buriani

Year of establishment 2018 Head Giorgi Meladze Work area Mtskheta Municipality

- Education Main areas of - Community development activity - Culture

Contact information

 +(995) 574 011 705  [email protected]  Mtskheta, village Buriani

16 MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY Open Door

Year of establishment 2015 Head Lana Undilashvili Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Main areas of - Education activity - Self-government - Community development

Contact information

 +(995) 551 80 60 04  [email protected]  Mtskheta, village Saguramo  ღია კარი

MTSKHETA MUNICIPALITY 17

DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Women’s Association Bazaleti

Year of establishment 2009 Head Nino Khekhelashvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Gender - Community development - Self-government

Contact information

 +(995) 599 170 636  [email protected]  Dusheti, Kostava st. # 23  arasamtavrobo organizacia "kalta asociacia bazaleti"

20 DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Khevsureti and Community

Year of 2014 establishment Nino Arabuli Head Dusheti Municipality Work area - Young people and Main areas of children activity - Education - Ecology - Community development - Self-government - Social entrepreneurship

Contact information

 +(995) 555 263 368  [email protected] , [email protected]  Dusheti, village. Corsica  ხევსურეთი და თემი / Khevsureti & Community

DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY 21 Union for Civic Development

Year of establishment 2002 Head Lia Roinishvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Youth activity - Legislative field at local and national level - Community development - Self-government - Cultural heritage - Civil education Contact information

 +(995) 599 582 781  [email protected]  Dusheti, Agmashenebeli # 100  UCD.ge  www.avng.ge

22 DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Khevsureti Women for a Healthy Future

Year of establishment 2016 Head Lela (Marine) Gaburi Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Ecology - Social entrepreneurship

Contact information

 +(995) 599 491 822  [email protected]  Dusheti. The village Barisakho  ხევსური ქალები ჯანსაღი მომავლისათვის • Khevsurian Women For Healthy Future

DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY 23 Georgian Red Cross Society Dusheti

Year of establishment 2013 Head Nino Chkhutiashvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

- Young people and Main areas of children activity - Social issues - Health care - The elderly Contact information

 +(995) 551 701 208  [email protected]  Dusheti, Rustaveli # 64  Georgia Red Cross Society / საქართველოს წითელი ჯვრის საზოგადოება  www.redcross.ge

24 DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association -Dusheti Office

Year of establishment 2002 Head Sergo Isashvili Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region

Main areas of - Human rights activity - Elections - Education - Law

Contact information

 +(995) 577 07 05 70  [email protected]  Dusheti, Rustaveli st. # 29  www.gyla.ge

DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY 25 Dusheti Development Fund

Year of establishment 2010 Head Ekaterine Rostiashvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Gender - Ecology - Community development - Self-government

Contact information

 +(995) 555 235 727  [email protected]  Dusheti, Tamar Mepe St. # 3  Dusheti Development Fund

26 DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Pshav-Khevsureti Community Organization

Year of establishment 2018 Head Jemali Damacalashvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Community development - Technology

Contact information

 +(995) 598 701 601  [email protected] / [email protected]  Dusheti, Ioseliani st. 35  ფშავ-ხევსურეთის სათემო ორგანიზაცია Pshav-Khevsureti Community Organization

DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY 27 SKA -Association of Community Unions

Year of establishment 2019 Head Giorgi Bedoshvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Culture activity - Monitoring and advocacy - Agriculture - Civil society and democracy - Technologies

Contact information

 +(995) 599 338 808  [email protected]  Dusheti, village Pirmisaani  სკა - სათემო კავშირების ასოციაცია

28 DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Disables’ association of Dusheti

Year of establishment 2011 Head Valeri Pirsmisashvili Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Culture activity - Monitoring and advocacy - Agriculture - Civil society and democracy - Technologies

Contact information

 +(995) 574 990 079  [email protected] / [email protected]  Dusheti, Shamanauri 12  დუშეთის ინვალიდთა ასოციაცია / Disable's association of Dusheti

DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY 29 Our Pshavi

Year of establishment 2011 Head Mariam Khutsurauli Work area Dusheti Municipality,

Main areas of - Young people and children activity - Education - Ecology - Social entrepreneurship

Contact information

 +(995) 593 903 940  [email protected]  Tbilisi, Nutsubidze 4th m / r building. # 7 b. # 67  www.pshavi.ge

30 DUSHETI MUNICIPALITY Georgian Center for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development - Khvaramze

Year of establishment 2004 Head Ketevan Veltauri Work area Dusheti Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and children activity - Education - Community development - Self-government - Social entrepreneurship

Contact information

 +(995) 599 183 156  [email protected]  Dusheti Rustaveli st. # 60  Khvaramze • ხვარამზე

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KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY GergArt

Year of establishment 2015 Head Levan Khutsishvili Work area Kazbegi Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Ecology and environmental protection - Monitoring and advocacy - Civil society and democracy

Contact information

 +(995) 598 505 008  [email protected] / [email protected]  Kazbegi, s. Gergetisubani  GergArt

34 KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY Kazbegi Development Group - Kazbegi Local Action Group

Year of establishment 2016 Head Shorena Sujashvili Work area Kazbegi Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Self-government - Community development - Education - Social entrepreneurship - Adult education and development Contact information

 +(995) 591 800 584  [email protected]  Kazbegi, village Gergeti  LAG Kazbegi - ყაზბეგის განვითარების ჯგუფი  www.kazbegilag.ge

KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY 35 Training-Intellectual Center - „Future of the Gorge“

Year of establishment 2014 Head Nazi Chopikashvili Work area Kazbegi Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Culture - Civil society and democracy

Contact information

 +(995) 599 221 496  [email protected] / [email protected]  Kazbegi, Stepantsminda, Al. Kazbegi st. # 28  ხევის მომავალი

36 KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY Kazbegi National Park Friends Association

Year of establishment 2015 Head Stephane Tsiklauri Work area Kazbegi Municipality

Main areas of - Empowering young activity people - Employment - Ecology and environmental protection - Community development - Self-government - Monitoring and advocacy - Social issues - Strengthen, popularize and increase the efficiency of Kazbegi National Park Contact information

 +(995) 599 090 207  [email protected] / [email protected]  Kazbegi Municipality, Stepantsminda  KNPFA / Kazbegi National Park Friends Association

KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY 37 Lomeki

Year of establishment 2017 Head Ana Gelashvili Work area Kazbegi Municipality

Main areas of - Culture activity - Scientific-research - Tourism

Contact information

 +(995) 558 191 890  [email protected] / [email protected]  Kazbegi, village Sno  მივიწყებული მოხეური ტრადიციები

38 KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY NNLE Stepantsminda

Year of establishment 2010 Head Stephane Tsiklauri Work area Kazbegi Municipality

Main areas of - Local self-government activity - youth - Education - Environmental protection and ecology - Ethnic minorities - Culture - Monitoring and advocacy - Socially vulnerable Contact information

 +(995) 599 090 207  [email protected] / [email protected]  Kazbegi Municipality, Stepantsminda  ააიპ სტეფანწმიდა / NGO Stefantsmida

KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY 39 Mountain Development Center

Year of establishment 2017 Head Shota Buchukuri Work area Kazbegi Municipality

- Young people and Main areas of children activity - Education - Ecology - Community development - Self-government

Contact information

 +(995) 599 32 11 70  [email protected]  Stephantsminda. Al Kazbegi # 26

40 KAZBEGI MUNICIPALITY Development Fund of Kazbegi

Year of establishment 2019 Head Shalva Eloshvili Work area Kazbegi Municipality

Main areas of - Human rights activity - Education - Civil society and democracy

Contact information

 +(995) 591 965 011 / +(995) 595 903 177  [email protected] / [email protected]  Kazbegi, Pkhelshe  Development Fund of Kazbegi/ყაზბეგის განვითარების ფონდი

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TIANETI MUNICIPALITY My Georgia starts from Tianeti

Year of establishment 2015 Head Tinatin Gianashvili Work area Tianeti Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - Education - Ecology - Community development - Self-governance

Contact information

 +(995) 599 996 264  [email protected] Tianeti, Vazha Pshavela st. 7th Lane Apartment # 3  ჩემი საქართველო თიანეთიდან იწყება

44 TIANETI MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPALITY For Better Future

Year of establishment 2009 Head Nana Chkareuli Work area Mtskheta-Mtianeti,

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - IDP’s - Good Governance - Volunteering development - Peace Building - Civil Society Development - Social entrepreneurship

Contact information

 +(995) 557 435 455  [email protected]  Tserovani IDP settlement, 11th Street, House # 1624  For better future  FBF For better future  fbf_ts  www.yfbf.org

46 We for Sensible Future

Year of establishment 2012 Head Maia Burduli Work area Akhalgori Municipality

Main areas of - Good Governance activity - Gender - Ecology - Community development

Contact information

 +(995) 595 307 397  [email protected] / [email protected]  Tserovani IDP settlement R. 10, b. # 1674  We are sensible future

AKHALGORI MUNICIPALITY 47 For Peaceful Future

Year of establishment 2016 Head Shalva Kenkadze Work area Akhalgori Municipality, Mtskheta Municipality

Main areas of - Young people and activity children - IDP’s - Culture - Monitoring / advocacy - Civil society and democracy

Contact information

 +(995) 579 131 207  [email protected]  Tbilisi, Isani-Samgori, M. Tsiskarishvili St., Building "Zh", Apartment 69  მშვიდობიანი მომავლისთვის/For Peaceful Future

48 AKHALGORI MUNICIPALITY AKHALGORI MUNICIPALITY 49 The purpose of the information brochure is to promote the community and civil society organizations in the region and to give the interested persons the opportunity to easily establish communication with the desired organization thanks to the compactly presented information. Also, private and public sector representatives in the region should have information about the civil sector operating in Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

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