jorj sorosis viziti saqarTveloSi 2005 wlis 29-31 maisi mimdinare wlis 29-31 maiss Tbiliss reformirebis mxardaWeraSi. estumra jorj sorosi, raTa monaw- ileoba mieRo fond “Ria sazoga- parlamentis TavmjdomaresTan Sexve- doeba – saqarTvelos” daarsebidan draze ganixileboda parlamentis me-10 wlisTavis zeimSi. vizitis gaZlierebis sakiTxebi da aSS-s kon- dros prezident mixeil gresis biblioTekasTan Tana- saakaSvilTan da saqarTvelos mSromlobis SesaZlebloba. aRniS- mTavrobis sxva wevrebTan moewyo nul iqna kanonebis implementaciis Sexvedrebi, sadac gaimarTa kon- monitoringis gaZlierebisa da par- struqciuli saubari saqarTveloSi lamentis kvleviTi departamentis mimdinare reformebis Sesaxeb. samo- reformirebis saWiroeba. qalaqo sazogadoebisa da mediis Sexvedra fond “Ria sazogado- warmomadgenlebTan Sexvedrebze ki eba – saqarTvelos” xelmZRvane- ganixileboda maTi roli qveynis lobasTan gardaqmnisa da ganviTarebis vizitis farglebSi jorj sorosma procesSi. fond “Ria sazogadoeba – situacia qveyanaSi saqarTvelos” xelmZRvanelobasTan jorj sorosis vizitisaTvis ukve 18 erTad sxvadasxva Temebi ganixila. igi Tve iyo gasuli mas Semdeg, rac Sexvda aRmasrulebel direqtors, vardebis revoluciam axali daviT darGiaSvils, aRmasrulebeli mTavroba moiyvana xelisuflebaSi. am xnis manZilze sabWos Tavmjdomares, Tina xidaSels da sabWos sxva saqarTveloSi ramodenime mniSvnelovani reforma gan- wevrebs. calke Sexvedra mieZRvna fondis integraciis xorcielda: Seiqmna axali sapatrulo policia, romel- programas, romelsac, fondis aRmasrulebel mac korumpirebuli sagzao policia Secvala; damtkicda direqtorTan erTad, eswrebodnen programis koordi- kanoni “sityvisa da gamoxatvis Tavisuflebis Sesaxeb”; natori, mixeil mirziaSvili da programis konsultan- Semcirda saxelmwifo biurokratia; miRebul iqna ti, mixeil GaGxunaSvili. diskusiebi warimarTa sabaziso kanonmdebloba ganaTlebis sferoSi. Tumca saqarTvelos winaSe mdgar sirTuleebze da am mTavroba mainc kritikis qveS eqceva gazrdili samxedro sirTuleebis daZlevis fondis mier SeTavazebul xarjebis, am Tu sxva sferoebSi arasakmarisi konkretul meqanizmebze. gamWvirvalobis (gansakuTrebiT saxelmwifo finansebis jorj sorosi interesiT gaecno fondis saqmianobas kuTxiT), susti sasamarTlo sistemisa da mediaSi ganaTlebis reformis mxardaWeris, Tavdacvisa da Seqmnili sirTuleebis gamo. usafrTxoebis sferoze samoqalaqo da demokratiuli am konteqstSi jorj sorosma aRniSna rogorc kontrolis xelSewyobis, TanamSromlobisa da terito- mTavrobis, aseve arasamTavrobo organizaciebisa riuli mowyobis koncefciis SemuSavebaSi gaweuli da- da mediis roli kanonis uzenaesobaze damyarebul xmarebis, media-sabWos formirebisaTvis gadadgmuli samoqalaqo sazogadoebis mSeneblobaSi. man xazi nabijebis mimarTulebis da sxva mravali proeqtis gausva mTavrobis mier miRweul warmatebebs, Sesaxeb. magram mouwoda samoqalaqo sazogadoebas, fond amave dros, jorj sorosma aRniSna, rom fondi ope- “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” daxmarebiTa da ratiulad unda reagirebdes dinamiur sazogadoebriv- monawileobiT, kvlavac konstruqciuli kritikiT politikur procesebze, ar SeizRudos Tavi axali ini- daexmaros mTavrobas axali saqarTvelos ciativebis wamowyebisa Tu Zveli programebis daxurvis mSeneblobaSi. sakiTxebSi. man dasZina, rom fondisaTvis prioriteti Sexvedrebi mTavrobis wevrebTan iqneba ganaTlebis seqtoris ganviTarebis Semdgomi jorj sorosi Sexvda prezident mixeil saakaSvils, pre- mxardaWera, antikorufciuli saqmianoba da mier-ministr zurab noRaidels, parlamentis samarTaldamcavi sistemis reformireba, sasamarTlo Tavmjdomare nino burjanaZes. prezidentTan reforma, socialuri da eTnikuri integracia. Sexvedrisas sorosma aRniSna axali antikorufciuli fond “Ria sazogadoebis – saqarTvelos” iniciativis aucilebloba da survili gamoTqva, rom daarsebis me-10 wlisTavis aRniSvna Ria sazogadoebis institutma (OSI) da fondma “Ria jorj sorosi estumra fond “Ria sazogadoeba – sazogadoeba - saqarTvelom” seriozuli wvlili saqarTvelos” me-10 wlisTavisadmi miZRvnil miRebas. am Seitanon korufciis daZlevisaTvis brZolaSi. RonisZiebas eswrebodnen samoqalaqo sazogadoebis liderebi, maT Soris, fondis Zveli da axali premier-ministr zurab noRaidelTan Sexvedris dros TanamSromlebi da sabWos wevrebi, agreTve, saxelmwifo ZiriTadad saubari qveynis ekonomikuri ganviTarebis ministri giorgi baramiZe, iusticiis ministri, parla- Sesaxeb warimarTa. kerZod, sabiujeto Semosavlebis mentis vice-spikeri, sxva ministrebi da parlamentarebi, zrdasa da sagadasaxado sistemis gamartivebaze, kerZo sorosis fondis xelmZRvanelebi azerbaijanidan da seqtoris ganviTarebasa da deregulirebis gegmebze somxeTidan, elGebi da saerTaSoriso organizaciebis licenzirebisa da kontrolis sferoSi. amasTan, warmomadgenlebi. aRniSnul iqna institucionaluri cvlilebebisa da samarTlebrivi reformis aucilebloba. xazgasmiT stumrebisadmi mimarTvaSi jorj sorosma xazi gausva aRiniSna Ria sazogadoebis institutisa da fond “Ria viTarebas, romelSic TviTon aRmoGnda, rogorc prezi- sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” mniSvneloba rogorc dent saakaSvilis administraciis Zlieri advokati da antikorufciuli politikis, ise ganaTlebis sistemis samoqalaqo sazogadoebis Zlieri mxardamWeri. misi 1 azriT, sazogadoebrivi organizaciebi da xelisufleba am vizits mohyva. es aqciebi organizebul iqna yofili rig sakiTxebSi ar eTanxmebian erTmaneTs, aris prezidentis zviad gamsaxurdias qvrivis, manana arGvaZe- urTierTkritika, magram es is situaciaa, rodesac gamsaxurdias, momxreebisa da sxva nacionalisturi orive mxare Taviseburad marTali SeiZleba iyos. man Zalebis mier. gamoTqva imedi, rom kritika, ris gareSec Ria samo- qalaqo sazogadoeba warmoudgenelia, iqneba mudam saqmi- zogi gamocema miuTiTebda daZabulobaze jorj ani, konstruqciuli, qveynisa da demokratiis interese- sorossa da mixeil saakaSvilis Soris, saqarTvelos bze orientirebuli. man kidev erTxel aRniSna, rom prezidentis aSS-s prezident jorj buSTan kargi fondis saqmianoba unda pasuxobdes qveynis cvalebad urTierTobis gamo. jorj sorosma uaryo aseTi moTxovnebs da Seaqo fondis rogorc amJamindeli, aseve daZabuli urTierTobis arsebobis SesaZlebloba da wina xelmZRvaneloba qveyanaSi mimdinare procesebSi aRniSna, rom igi ar ejibreba amerikis prezidents aqtiuri monawileobisaTvis. saqarTvelosTan karg urTierTobaSi da miesalmeba “prezident buSis enTuziazms, gaavrcelos Tavisufleba samoqalaqo sazogadoebisa da mediis mrgvali da demokratia”, Tumca dasZina, rom es ar SeiZleba magida miRweul iqnas Zalis gamoyenebiT. jorj sorosi Sexvda samoqalaqo sazogadoebisa da mediis 20-ze met warmomadgenels; moismina maTi xedva rogorc adgilobrivi, aseve saerTaSoriso presis saqarTveloSi mimdinare reformebsa da mTavrobasTan STambeWdavi yuradReba daimsaxura jorj sorosis urTierTobebze, maTi ideebi mediaSi Seqmnili saubarma vardebis revoluciis Taobaze. man xazgasmiT viTarebis, mediis damoukideblobis gaZlierebis uaryo Tavisi monawileoba am revoluciaSi da aRniSna, Sesaxeb, razec ZiriTadi diskusia gaimarTa. monawileTa rom saqarTvelos istoriis es mniSvnelovani movlena nawili aRniSnavda mediaze zewolas mTavrobis TviT qarTvelma xalxma moaxdina. warmomadgenelTa da media-mesakuTreTa mxridan, ris daskvna Sedegadac gaGnda iseTi fenomeni, rogoricaa daskvniT pres-konferenciaze jorj sorosi miesalma TviTcenzura. gamoiTqva media-sabWos, rogorc msgavsi rogorc mTavrobis warmatebas, aseve samoqalaqo sazo- movlenebis minimizaciis da profesiuli standartebis gadoebis mxridan xelisuflebis kritikas. man aRniSna: dacva-amaRlebis saSualebis, Seqmnis saWiroeba. jorj “me namdvilad gaocebuli var axali xelisuflebis sorosma kidev erTxel aRniSna qarTuli samoqalaqo warmatebiT. ra Tqma unda, yvelaferi srulyofili organizaciebis mniSvneloba da roli demokratizaciis ar aris. Ria sazogadoeba, Gemi ganmartebiT, aris mimdinare procesebSi da gamoTqva imedi, rom xelisu- sazogadoeba, romelic Riaa Semdgomi flebis ZiriTad birTvTan am Tu sxva sakiTxebze srulyofisaTvis, am gagebiT, saqarTvelo Ria SeTanxmeba da TanamSromloba SesaZlebeli iqneba. sazogadoebaa da naklovanebaze miTiTeba da maTi Sexvedra saerTaSoriso safinanso institutebTan, gamosworebis gzebis Ziebaa saWiro... fondi “Ria sxva donorebTan da diplmatiuri sazogadoebis sazogadoeba-saqarTvelo” am kuTxiT Zalian wevrebTan mniSvnelovan funqcias asrulebs - fondi ara gaeros ganviTarebis programam (UNDP) moawyo Sexvedra marto akritikebs, aramed sTavazobs problemis (sadili) saerTaSoriso savaluto fondis, msoflio daZlevis gzebs. me mTavrobisa da fondis muSaobiT bankis, evropis rekonstruqciisa da ganviTarebis bankis kmayofili vtoveb qveyanas”. da sxva donorebis warmomadgenlebTan, aSS-sa da didi mokle cnoba britaneTis elGebTan, sadac jorj sorosma, jorj sorosi aris cnobili finansisti da saqarTvelos ekonomikuri ganviTarebis Sesaxeb, Tavisi filanTropi, politikur, socialur da ekonomikur Sexeduleba gauziara damswre sazogadoebas. kerZod, man sakiTxebze ramodenime wignis avtori. mis profesiona- aRniSna saqarTveloSi infrastruqturis ganviTarebis lur da filanTropul aqtiurobaze didi zegavlena aucilebloba, rasac magaliTad, ~aTaswleulis gamowve- moaxdina avstrieli filosofosis, karl poperis, vis programa~ emsaxureba. namuSevrebma. bolos, sorosma didi siamaye da kmayofileba gamoxata jorj sorosi daibada ungreTSi 1930 wlis 12 agvistos. UNDP, SIDA da OSI-s mier mxardaWerili ganviTarebisa 1947 wels, ungreTSi socialisturi wyobis damyarebis da reformebis fondis saqmianobiT. am struqturam, Semdeg, man datova qveyana da gaemgzavra did saidanac garkveuli xnis manZilze maRali rangis britaneTSi, sadac daamTavra londonis ekonomikuri moxeleTa xelfasebis danamatebi gaicemoda, revoluci- skola. 1956 wels igi sacxovreblad aSS-Si gadavida, is Semdgom etapze xeli Seuwyo korufciasTan brZolas sadac warmatebuli saerTaSoriso sainvesticio da swraf cvlilebebs mTavrobis reformirebis fondis damaarsebeli da xelmZRvaneli gaxda. sferoSi. aRiniSna, rom amJamad es fondi mxars uWers sistemur cvlilebebs da saqarTvelos sajaro jorj sorosis fondebis qseli aerTianebs 60-ze institutebSi organizaciul ganviTarebas. met qveyanas. 1993 wels sorosma daaarsa Ria sazoga- doebis instituti (OSI), raTa xeli Seuwyos Tavisi media - vizitis Sesaxeb fondebis saqmianobas centralur evropasa da jorj sorosis vizitis Sesaxeb bevri ram daiwera. media postsabWoTa sivrcis qveynebSi. aqtiurad aSuqebda me-10 wlisTavisadmi miZRvnil RonisZiebebs, Sexvedrebs mTavrobasTan, mrgval magidas fondi “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelo” 1994 wels samoqalaqo sazogadoebis warmomadgenlebTan, pres- daarsda TbilisSi, damoukidebeli arasamTavrobo da komferencias. presas gansakuTrebiT ainteresebda arakomerciuli organizaciis saxiT. is xels uwyobs sorosis Sexeduleba qarTul demokratiaze da demokratiis ganviTarebas, adamianTa uflebebis dacvas, saqarTvelos mTavrobasTan misi damokidebuleba. ganaTlebisa da janmrTelobis sistemebis srulyofas, zogierTi gazeTi aSuqebda Worebsa da yalb mosazrebebs ekonomikuri, samarTlebrivi da socialuri reforme- mTavrobisaTvis finansuri daxmarebis Sesaxeb da bis gatarebas, korufciis daZlevas. amaxvilebda yuradRebas saprotesto aqciebze, romelic 2 fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” programebi

masmediis mxardaWeris programa ciis miwodeba, erTi mxriv, imis Taobaze, Tu ramdenad uz r u n v e l y o f s a r s e b u l i k a n o n m d e b l o b a m a T p r o f e - media-sabWos sazogadoebrivi tribuna siul Tavisuflebasa da sajaro informaciis media-sabWos Seqmnis iniciativa ganixiles da moiwones Seuferxebel mopovebas, meore mxriv, qarTul mediaSi Ria sazogadoebis institutis (OSI) damaarseblis, Jurnalisturi standartebis amaRleba, eTikis kodeqsis jorj sorosis, TbilisSi vizitis dros. media-sabWos amuSaveba da mediis iseTi TviTmaregulirebeli organos mxardamWeri Sida proeqtis warmomadgenlebi bolo Seqmna, rogorc media-sabWoa, - aRniSnavs eka kvesitaZe Tveebis ganmavlobaSi aqtiurad TanamSromlobdnen da dasZens, - regionSi momuSave Jurnalistebma didi masmediasTan, raTa momxdariyo maTi gaerTianeba survili gamoTqves aseTi saxis RonisZiebebis Semdgom fondis mier wamowyebuli ideis garSemo. Sedegad, gagrZelebaze”. miRweul iqna ZiriTadi SeTanxmeba da ivlisis bolos, savaraudod 20-25 ivliss, daigegma media-sabWos saerTaSoriso asparezze prezentaciis mowyoba. yvela Jurnalists, da ara mediisaTvis mniSvnelovani sakiTxebi, maT Soris, media- marto maT, vurGevT, ar gamotovon es RonisZieba. sabWos Seqmnis idea, ganixileboda mediis koordina- torebis Sexvedraze, romelic bangkokSi (tailandi) masmediis mxardaWeris programis koordinatorma, ivnisis Sua ricxvebSi Gatarda. es RonisZieba organoze- irakli cercvaZem, aRniSna, rom proeqtis mTavari bul iqna Ria sazogadoebis institutis (OSI) mediis mizania media-sabWos, rogorc mediis qseluri programis mier. masSi monawileoba miiRes pro- TviTmaregulirebeli organos, Seqmna. garda amisa, gramis koordinatorma, irakli cercvaZem, da fondis media-sabWo gaxdeba tribuna, sadac mediis mier aRmasrulebeli direqtoris moadgilem, nino eTikis uxeS darRvevebze regularulad gakeTdeba GinGalaZem. gancxadebebi im SemTxvevaSic ki, Tu araeTikuri Jurnalistisagan dazaralebuli mxare saGivriT ar irakli cercvaZes azriT, Sexvedra Zalze sainteresod mimarTavs sabWos. es struqtura iqneba, aseve, tri- da sasargeblod warimarTa. man moxseneba gaakeTa sazo- buna yvela im SemTxvevaSi, rodesac Jurnalistebs gadoebriv televiziaSi (yofili saxelmwifo televizia) dasWirdebaT dacva. transformaciis procesebze, xolo aRmasrulebeli direqtoris moadgilem, nino GinGalaZem, isaubra amasTan, media-sabWos mxardamWeri proeqtis mier maisSi saarGevno procesSi fondis rolze, mxardaWeris mo- gamocxadda tenderi satelevizio socialuri reklamis delebze da arGevnebis Semdgom gamocdilebebze. scenarze. amJamad, gamarjvebuli scenaris mixedviT muSaoba mimdinareobs sareklamo rgolis momzadebaze. masmediis mxardaWeris programis mier gamocxadebuli konkursebi: media-sabWos Seqmnis pirveli mcdeloba warumatebeli aRmoGnda imis gamo, rom media-subieqtebs Soris mola- 1. presis JurnalistebisaTvis, satelevizio kritikis parakeba ver Sedga. fondma “Ria sazogadoeba – JanrSi saukeTeso publikaciaTa seriis gamosavlenad. saqarTvelom” wels ganaaxla sabWos daarsebis ideaze ganacxadebis Semotanis bolo vada - 15 noemberi. muSaoba. Sida proeqtis dawyebis dRidan mimdinareobda aqtiuri molaparakebebi da konsultaciebi yvela media- konkursi tardeba ganmeorebiT, radgan pirvel organizaciis xelmZRvanelTan. SemTxvevaSi fondSi ar Semosula saintereso proeqtebi (konkursis pirobebSi Setanilia garkveuli cvlilebe- bi). msjelobis Sedegad, SemuSavda media-sabWos ganaxlebu- axali reglamentis mixedviT, media- li reglamenti. 2. regionSi momuSave Jurnalistebis (presis, tele-, sabWo iqneba saarbitraJo organo, sadac, radio- da fotoJurnalistebis) erTTviani sasamarTloSi saqmis garGevisgan gansxvavebiT, staJirebisaTvis dedaqalaqis mediaSi. dagegmilia 12 momGivar moqalaqesa da mopasuxe media-subieqts grantis gacema. ganacxadebis Semotanis bolo vada - 30 usasyidlod eqnebaT morigebis saSualeba. “es ivnisi. meqanizmi mimzidvels gaxdis sabWos rogorc media- saSualebebisTvis, aseve dazaralebuli 3. qvemo qarTlis regionSi qarTuli da inglisuri enebis moqalaqisTvis, radgan finansur xarjebTan ar swavlebis organizeba mediis warmomadgenlebisaTvis. iqneba dakavSirebuli, _ ambobs proeqtis konkursi gamocxadebulia arasamTavrobo organiza- xelmZRvaneli, Jurnalisti eka kvesitaZe, - masmediis ciebis sainiciativo jgufebisa da JurnalistTa profe- kritika unda modiodes TviT mediisa da sazoga- siul ganaTlebaze momuSave organizaciebisaTvis. doebis warmomadgenlebisagan da ara xelisu- ganacxadebis Semotanis bolo vada - 1 ivlisi. flebisagan, radgan am ukanasknelisagan gamoTqmuli kritika aRiqmeba, rogorc muqara”. 4. regionul mediaSi sagamoZiebo Jurnalistikis sferoSi 2005 wels Sesrulebuli saukeTeso naSromebis eka kvesitaZe Tavad monawileobda proeqtis farglebSi gamosavlenad. ganacxadebis Semotanis bolo vada - 4 organizebul TiTqmis yvela RonisZiebaSi. regionebSi noemberi. JurnalistebisaTvis Gatarda leqciebi, sadac mTavari Tema mediis eTika da TviTregulireba iyo; Tavisuflebis institutis warmomadgenlebTan erTad media cenzuris winaaRmdeg maisSi leqciebi Gatarda TelavSi, xolo ivnisSi - masmediis mxardaWeris programis farglebSi, kidev quTaissa da foTSi; ivlisis pirvel naxevarSi treningis erTi mniSvnelovani da Zalzed aqtualuri proeqti xor- Gatareba baTumSic igegmeba. “interaqtiuli treningebis cieldeba, saxelwodebiT “cenzuris winaaRmdeg”. mizani iyo JurnalistebisaTvis dawvrilebiTi informa- proeqtis farglebSi momzadda da telekompania 3 “202”-is eTerSi gavida ori filmi: “tyviis gareSe”, arasamTavroboebis Zalisxmeva xuTi mimarTulebiT romelic zurab Jvanias gardacvalebis faqtebs exebo- evropasTan samezoblo politikis (ENP) samoqmedo da, da “marek dudaevis saqme” - qarTul-osuri kon- gegmis (AP) SemuSavebisa da Semdgom monitoringSi samo- fliqtis zonaSi mcxovrebi eTnikurad osi marek dudae- qalaqo sazogadoebis GarTvis uzrunvelyofis mizniT, vis tragikuli istoria. fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” integraciis programam, henrix biolisa da evraziis fondebTan filmebis avtoris, Jurnalist vaxtang komaxiZis, erTad, mxari dauWira samoqalaqo seqtoris TqmiT, maT Gvenebas didi rezonansi mohyva - moewyo warmomadgenelTa mier 5 Tematuri samuSao jgufis araerTi diskusia, gamoqveynda statiebi da momzadda Seqmnas. es jgufebi SeimuSaveben rekomendaciebs samoqme- siuJetebi sxva arxebze, maT Soris - regionalur do gegmisaTvis Semdegi mimarTulebebiT: televiziebSi. “vfiqrob, rom Gvenma proeqtma garkveul- wilad Tavisi saxelwodeba ukve gaamarTla, radgan media - kanonis uzenaesobis ganmtkiceba, adamianis alaparakda iseT Temebze, romelTac manamde Tavs uflebebis dacvis uzrunvelyofa da pluralizmis aridebda”, - ambobs igi. ganmtkiceba; vaxo komaxiZe axlo momavalSi sxva saintereso - siRaribis Semcireba, mdgradi ganviTareba; namuSevrebs gvpirdeba. man gagvimxila, rom amJamad muSaobs kidev or mwvave Temaze - prezidentis fondidan - korufciis winaaRmdeg brZola da gamWvirvaloba, Tanxebis xarjva da situacia qarTul mediaSi. maT Soris - saprivatizacio procesis; konfliqtebis mogvarebis, samoqalaqo, - biznes-garemos gaumjobeseba, sagadasaxado da regionuli da evropuli integraciis pro- sabaJo sistemebis reforma da liberalizacia; grama - konfliqtebis mogvareba da regionaluri evrointegraciis gzaze TanamSromloba. ganvlil periodSi fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos“ integraciis programis saqmianobis erT - TiToeul jgufSi Tavidan daregistrirda 30-mde erTi mTavari mimarTuleba iyo evropasTan samezoblo arasamTavrobo organizaciis warmomadgeneli da 1 politikis (ENP) samoqmedo gegmis (AP) SemuSavebasa da ivnisidan dawyebuli muSaoba sakmaod intensiurad mim- Semdgom monitoringSi samoqalaqo sazogadoebis dinareobs. aRniSnuli jgufebi jer cal-calke GarTvis uzrunvelyofa. ENP aris evropis daxmareba SeimuSaveben rekomendaciebs samoqmedo gegmisaTvis mezobeli qveynebisaTvis da evropul RirebulebebTan (AP), Semdgom ki Seajereben maT da warudgenen rogorc daaxloebis gza. sazogadoebas, aseve xelisuflebas. sazogadoebis dain- teresebuli nawilisa da xelisuflebis informireba am mimarTulebis farglebSi, briuselSi moewyo mTeli samuSao procesis ganmavlobaSi unda ganxor- qarTuli arasamTavrobo organizaciebis cieldes. warmomadgenelTa Sexvedra, romelsac programis koor- dinatori, mixeil mirziaSvili, afasebs, rogorc saqmianobis pirveli etapis dasruleba dagegmilia Zalzed sainteresosa da sasargeblos. “es RonisZieba seqtembrisaTvis, sruli ciklisa ki - oqtombris miznad isaxavda evrokavSiris struqturebTan (evropar- bolosaTvis. “garkveuli gamoxmaureba ukve saxelisu- lamenti, evrokavSiris ministrTa sabWo da sxva) ENP-s flebo struqturebidanac gamovlinda. kerZod, Gvens samoqmedo gegmis SemuSavebasa da Semdgom monitoringSi msjelobebSi monawileoba evropul da evroat- samoqalaqo sazogadoebis monawileobis lobirebas“, - lantikur sakiTxebSi saxelmwifo ministris warmomad- aRniSna man. genelmac miiRo, - Tqva mixeil mirziaSvilma da dasZina, - moveliT sagareo saqmeTa saministros moewyo, agreTve, Sexvedrebi briuselSi ganlagebul warmomadgenelTa GarTvasac“. evropuli politikis kvlevis centrebSi, sadac monawi- leobas iRebdnen azerbaijaneli da somexi kolegebic konfliqtebis mogvareba Ria sazogadoebis institutebidan. azerbaijanul integraciis programa, fond “Ria sazogadoeba - mxaresTan Sexvedra baqoSic gaimarTa, sadac, ENP-s saqarTvelos” ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programasTan samoqmedo gegmasTan dakavSirebiT, moewyo konferencia. erTad, agrZelebs galis raionSi mikrokreditebis konferenciaze ganixiles rogorc samoqalaqo sazoga- proeqtis ganxorcielebas. galis sakonsultacio cen- doebis monawileobis, ise regionuli TanamSromlobisa tris momavalma TanamSromlebma gaiares saswavlo kursi da sxva qveynebis gamocdilebebis gaziarebis sakiTxebi. da samcxe-javaxeTis regionis warmatebul magaliTs gaecnen. “miuxedavad imisa, rom samxreT kavkasiis samive qveyanas integraciis individualuri gegma aqvs, regionuli amasTan, integraciis programis farglebSi, didi TanamSromlobis Temac Zalzed aqtualuria, - aRniSna yuradReba eqceva yofil samxreT oseTis avtonomiur mixeil mirziaSvilma da dasZina, - Tumca saqarTveloSi olqsa da afxazeTSi konfliqtebis gamo darRveuli regionuli TanamSromlobis sakiTxs ganixilaven Savi ndobis aRdgenaze orientirebul proeqtebs. zRvis auzis konteqstSic da, SesaZlebelia, evropuli integraciis kuTxiT, es mimarTuleba ufro priorite- samoqalaqo integraciisaTvis mniSvnelovania kaxeTSi, tuli aRmoGndes. am sakiTxze arsebobs azrTa sxvada- lagodexis raionis sofel areSferanSi, osi poetisa da sxvaoba da Sexvedrebze jansaRi kamaTic gaimarTa“. sazogado moRvawis, kosta xeTagurovis, Zeglis aRdgenis proeqti. Zegli, romelic 1950 wlidan xeTagurovis saxelobis saSualo skolis ezoSi idga, qarTul-osuri konfliqtis dros (1989-1991)

4 aafeTqes. Zeglisagan mxolod saZirkveli iyo bis Sedegad, ganisazRvreba samarTlebriv momsaxurebaze darGenili. moTxovnilebis saSualo moculoba, iuridiuli dax- marebis sistemis farglebSi, saqmis warmoebis “bolo wlebSi, yovel 15 oqtombers, sofelSi tardebo- Taviseburebani da, iuridiuli daxmarebis biuros da kostaoba da am nangrevebTan xalxi, sixarulis farglebSi, erT saqmeze gaweuli momsaxurebis saSualo nacvlad, gulistkiviliT ikribeboda, - gviTxra ~kavka- Rirebuleba. es informacia Semdgomi xarjebis prog- siuri saxlis~ osuri seqtoris gamgem, naira bepeevam, - nozirebis saSualebas miscems sazogadoebrivi (saxazino) wina xelisuflebis dros vcdilobdi, dameyenebina advokatis samsaxurs. Zeglis aRdgenis sakiTxi, magram amaod. gasul wels ki, fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos“ xelSewyobiT, gldani-naZaladevis teritoriuli biuros gaxsnas Gemi survili asrulda“. moqandake merab gagloevma, sazogadoebrivi advokatis samsaxuris sazeimo prezenta- romelsac daekisra Zeglis aRdgena, ukve daamTavra cia mohyva sastumro “Tbilisi mariotSi”. prezentaciaze TixaSi muSaoba da seqtemberSi, axali saswavlo wlis iusticiis saministrom, generalurma prokuratu- dawyebisas, kosta xeTagurovi “daubrundeba“ mSobliur ram, Sinagan saqmeTa saministrom da uzenaesma miwas. sasamarTlom xeli moaweres memorandums, riTac samarTlis programa mxareebma, saqarTvelos ufaso samarTlebrivi dax- marebis sistemis reformis procesSi, sazogadoebrivi advokatis instituti socialu- urTierTdaxmarebisa da TanamSromlobis survilis rad daucveli mosaxleobisTvis deklarireba moaxdines. fondi “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” samarTlis programa aqtiurad monawileobs saqarTveloSi ufaso sazogadoebrivi advokatis samsaxurTan Seiqmna sakoor- iuridiuli daxmarebis sistemis reformirebis dinacio sabWo, romlis saqmianobaSic aqtiurad monawi- procesSi, am proeqts saqarTvelos iusticiis samini- leoben fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos”, Ria stro axorcielebs, Ria sazogadoeba samarTlebrivi sazogadoeba samarTlebrivi iniciativis, “airis saqarTvelo”-sa iniciativis, saqarTvelos axalgazrda iuristTa aso- sazogadoebrivi advokatis samsa- ciaciisa da “airis saqarTvelo”-s (IRIS ) da saqarTvelos xuris Tbilisis biuros SegiZliaT xelSewyobiT. axalgazrda iuristTa aso- miakiTxoT yovel dRe (SabaT- swored am proeqtis farglebSi, 18 ivniss Tbilisis ciaciis warmomad- kviris garda) 9:00 saaTidan 18:00 gldani-naZaladevis raionSi sazogadoebrivi advokatis genlebi. sabWo saaTamde, gldani-naZaladevis gam- samsaxuris pirveli teritoriuli biuro gaixsna. amas zedamxedvelobas geobis SenobaSi misamarTze: mohyva 25 ivniss zestafonis raionSi meore biuros gauwevs samsaxurs sarajiSvilis q.1, tel: 623-324. gaxsnac. gldani-naZaladevis biuroSi dasaqmebuli da ganagrZnobs Svidi da zestafonSi dasaqmebuli sami advokati, muSaobas ufaso sisxlis samarTlis saqmeebTan dakavSirebiT, gamoZiebis iuridiuli daxmarebis sistemis reformis koncefciaze, organoebis mier eWvmitanilad an braldebulad cno- sazogadoebrivi (saxazino) advokatis Sesaxeb kanonproe- bil pirebs daicaven winaswari gamoZiebis etapze da qtsa da detalur samoqmedo gegmaze (finansuri sxvadasxva sasamarTlo instanciebSi. gaangariSebis GaTvliT). samarTlis programis koordinatoris, Tamar qalda- samoqalaqo sazogadoeba nis, TqmiT, oretapiani konkursis Sedegad SerGeul kanonSemoqmedebiT procesSi sazogadoebrivi advokatis samsaxuris TanamSromlebs, fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelosa” da Ria sazo- proeqts “samoqalaqo sazogadoeba kanonSemoqmedebiT gadoeba samarTlebrivi iniciativis xelSewyobiT, procesSi” samoqalaqo sazogadoebis instituti fond ivnisSi treningi GautardaT bakurianSi. qarTvelma da “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” finansuri ucxoelma eqspertebma advokatebs klientTan mxardaWeriT axorcielebs. proeqtis mizania sakanon- urTierTobis, sazogadoebrivi saadvokato momsaxure- mdeblo procesis gamWvirvaloba, masSi sazogadoebis bis Taviseburebebis, dacvis poziciis agebisa da aqtiuri Gabma, informaciis drouli gavrceleba mosa- advokatisTvis saWiro sxva unar-Gvevebis Sesaxeb inter- lodneli siaxleebis Sesaxeb da sazogadoebrivi intere- aqtiuli leqciebi Gautares. sebis lobireba sakanonmdeblo saqmianobis dros. fondis samarTlis programis koordinatoris, Tamar miRebul codnas aucileblad gamoiyenebs Tavis qaldanis, TqmiT, sazogadoeba didi mowonebiT saqmianobaSi axalgazrda iuristTa asociaciis warmo- Sexvda aRniSnul saqmianobas. madgeneli da amJamad gldani-naZaladevis biuros administratori, nino eliaSvili, romelmac proeqtis farglebSi, instituti aqtiurad warmatebiT gaiara oretapiani kursi. igi aRniSnavs, rom TanamSromlobs saqarTvelos parlamentis iuridiul biuros ukve aqtiurad akiTxaven moqalaqeebi, radgan sakiTxTa komitetTan, romelTanac urTierTgagebis mosaxleobis did nawils ar gaaGnia SesaZlebloba, memorandumi gaaforma. mxareebi kanonSemoqmedebiTi mimarTos sakmaod ZviradRirebul kerZo advokats, saqmianobis gamWvirvalobis, administraciuli “Gven ufleba gvaqvs movemsaxuroT mxolod gldani- angariSvaldebulebebis damkvidrebis, politikis saja- naZaladevis raions, magram xSirad mogvmarTavs isani- roobis principis samarTlebriv doneze ganmtkicebisa samgoris mosaxleobac”, _ ambobs nino eliaSvili da da, sazogadoebis informirebis gziT, ukanono intere- imeds gamoTqvams, rom momavalSi msgavsi biuroebi sebis prevenciis xelSewyobis mizniT, axorcieleben dedaqalaqis sxva raionebSic gaixsneba. erTobliv mizanmimarTul da urTierTSeTanxmebul muSaobas. samarTlis programis koordinatoris, Tamar qaldanis, TqmiT, piloturi biuroebis erTwliani funqcionire- instituti parlamentis iuridiul sakiTxTa komiteti- 5 dan iRebs gansaxilvelad Sesuli yvela kanonproeqtis doebis ganaTlebiTa da misi samoqalaqo aqtiurobis asls, eleqtronuli fostis meSveobiT avrcelebs mokle amaRlebiT, xels uwyobs samarTlebrivi saxelmwifos informacias yvela im kanonproeqtis Sesaxeb, romelic Gamoyalibebasa da ganviTarebas. institutSi funq- parlamentSi Sedis oficialuri ganxilvisaTvis, cionirebs samarTlis, TviTmmarTvelobis, samoqalaqo aTavsebs kanonproeqtebs organizaciis vebgverdze sazogadoebis ganviTarebis, ekonomikuri da sajaro (www.civilin.org.ge). im kanonproeqtebze, romlebic politikisa da administrirebis programebi. arsebiT cvlilebebs iwvevs moqmed kanonmdeblobaSi, samarTlis qarTveli specialistebi amzadeben daskvnebs. adgilobrivi TviTmmarTvelobisa da sajaro administraciis programa proeqtis dawyebidan (2004 wlis noemberi) dRemde institutma Semdegi samuSaoebi Gaatara: Tavisufali konkursi sajaro administraciisa da adgilobrivi - saqarTvelos parlamentis iuridiul sakiTxTa TviTmmarTvelobis programis mier gamocxadebuli komitetidan gamoiTxova yvela kanonproeqti (161 Tavisufali konkursis gamarjvebulebi am etapze ukve erTeuli); cnobilni arian. konkursis farglebSi 64 proeqti - moamzada saeqsperto daskvnebi im kanonproeqtebze, Semovida, saidanac sabolood damtkicda 7. programis romlebic arsebiT cvlilebebs iwveven qarTul sakanon- koordinatori Tiniko bolqvaZe xazs usvams im gare- mdeblo sivrceSi (47 saeqsperto daskvna); moebas, rom mimdinare wels regionuli arasamTavrobo - mosalodnel sakanonmdeblo siaxleebze moamzada 88 organizaciebis mxridan gacilebiT didi aqtiuroba eleqtronuli biuleteni. SeimGneoda. SerGeul iqna 2 Zalzed saintereso proeqti: “gamWvirvale meqanizmis amuSavebis xelSewyoba”, rome- gansakuTrebiT Sedegiani aRmoGnda institutis mier lic raWa-leGxumisa da zemo svaneTis sakrebuloTa momzadebuli daskvnebi iseT kanonproeqtebze, rogori- asociaciam warmoadgina da quTaisis sainiciativo jguf caa: konstituciaSi cvlilebebis Setanis Sesaxeb; nor- “infos” proeqti, “gamWvirvalobis gazrda sazogadoebis matiuli aqtebis Sesaxeb kanonSi cvlilebebis Setanis informirebis gziT”. Sesaxeb; “grantebis Sesaxeb” kanonSi cvlilebebis Setanis Sesaxeb; “navTobproduqtebis sferoSo licen- decentralizaciis strategia ziebis gacemis Sesaxeb”; sagadasaxado kodeqsSi cvlile- fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” adgilobrivi bebis Setanis Sesaxeb (kerZo arbitraJTan dakavSirebiT). TviTmmarTvelobisa da sajaro administraciis pro- gramis saqmianobis erT-erTi ZiriTadi mimarTulebaa “ganxilvebSi Gveni eqspertebis monawileobis Sedegad, saqarTvelos decentralizaciis strategiis SemuSavebis arsebiTad Seicvala kanonproeqtebi. sabolood, insti- xelSewyoba. tutis mier momzadebuli rekomendaciebidan mniSvnelovani nawili gaTvaliswinebulia”, - aRniSna “TviTmmarTveloba ukeTesi wamalia xalxis yovel- institutis samarTlis programis direqtorma, maia gvaris saWiroebisa”, - didi ilias es sityvebi mesxma. lozungis saxiT wamoayena arasamTavrobo orgamizaciaTa koaliciam “adgilobrivi demokratiisa institutis mier momzadebuli daskvnebi, garda iuridi- da TviTmmarTvelobisTvis”. fondTan erTad, ul sakiTxTa komitetisa, egzavneba im komitetis erToblivad dafinansebuli proeqtis farglebSi, Tavmjdomareebsac, romelTa daskvna kanonproeqtze koaliciam moamzada saqarTvelos administraciul- savaldebuloa. eqspertTa daskvnebs aqtiurad da regu- teritoriuli mowyobisa da xelisuflebis doneebs larulad ecnobian parlamentarebi da iTvaliswineben Soris uflebamosilebebis gamijvnis konceptualuri mTavrobis wevrebic. modeli. koaliciis wevrebi arian: saqarTvelos axal- gazrda ekonomistTa asociacia, mSvidobis, demokrati- maia mesxis TqmiT, proeqtis ganxorcielebam isa da ganviTarebis kavkasiuri instituti, mniSvnelovnad uzrunvelyo samoqalaqo sazogadoebis saerTaSoriso asociacia “kivitas georgika” (Civitas intervencia kanonSemoqmedebiT procesSi. mkveTrad Georgica) da samoqalaqo kulturis saerTaSoriso cen- gaizarda sazogadoebis informireba parlamentis saqmi- tri. anobaze. konkretuli indikatorebi miuTiTeben sazoga- doebis mxridan Gvens mier gavrcelebul informaciisa uaxloes momavalSi dagegmilia am koncefciis ganxilva da samarTlis qarTvel eqspertTa komentarebze eqspertebis, saxelmwifo moxeleebisa da sazogadoebis moTxovnis seriozul zrdaze. farTo fenebis monawileobiT. amasTan, unda SemuSavdes Sesabamisi sakanonmdeblo paketi. rogorc adgilobrivi proeqtis mimarT did yuradRebas iGens media. gazeTi “24 TviTmmarTvelobisa da sajaro administraciis pro- saaTi” uzrunvelyofs proeqtis farglebSi momzadebu- gramis koordinatori, Tiniko bolqvaZe, aRniSnavs, li sagazeTo publikaciis gamoqveynebas. ukve 10 sagazeTo koncefcia ara marto sakiTxisadmi sistemuri publikacia gamoqveynda, romelic sazogadoebisaTvis midgomis, aramed sazogadoebaSi sruliad Ria gan- gansakuTrebiT saintereso Temebs exeboda (advokatTa xilvis pirveli magaliTi iqneba. farTo diskusiebi Sesaxeb, sakonstitucio, devnilTa, Svilad ayvanis, moewyoba rogorc dedaqalaqSi, aseve regionebSi. “Gven TviTmmarTvelobis, licenzirebis sakiTxebis Sesaxeb). regionebis mosaxleobis azric unda vikiTxoT kon- dReisaTvis mediis 257 da biznesis 400-mde warmomad- cefciis calkeul debulebebze, raTa genelia institutis eleqtronuli biuletenis momx- uzrunvelvyoT srulyofili dokumentis marebeli (xelmomweri). SemuSaveba”, _ ambobs igi. samoqalaqo sazogadoebis instituti qveyanaSi axali koncefcia istoriuli, geografiuli, demokratiuli Rirebulebebis damkvidrebiT, sazoga- socialuri, ekonomikuri, politikuri adminis-

6 traciuli da sxva mravali aspeqtis Rrma analizis mdeg brZolaze. mas miaGnia, rom unda gaizardos sa- safuZvelze SemuSavda. dokumentSi mkafiodaa xelmwifo struqturebisa da sazogadoebriv sawyisebze Gamoyalibebuli administrciuli, finansuri, qonebrivi dafuZnebuli institutebis gamWvirvaloba internetis da samarTlebrivi uflebamosilebebis gamijvnis uaxlesi sainformacio da sakomunikacio teqnolo- sakiTxebi. proeqtis direqtori, saqarTvelos axal- giebis danergviTa da gamoyenebiT. “eleqtronuli gazrda ekonomistTa asociaciis gamgeobis gamWvirvalobis” danergva ufro srulyofils gaxdis Tavmjdomare, Tengiz SergelaSvili, imeds gamoTqvams, saxelmwifo marTvasa da menejments, gazrdis sajaro sa- rom SemdgomSi adgilobriv arGevnebs qveyana msaxuris efeqturobas. yovelive es qmnis sainformacio “Tvisobrivad axali da efeqturi marTvis sistemiT sazogadoebis aucilebeli elementis, e.w. eleqtronuli Sexvdeba”. mTavrobis, ideis danergvis winapirobas. saarGevno procesebis Sefaseba proeqt “eleqtronuli gamWvirvalobis danergvis” fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” adgilobrivi farglebSi, gaTvaliswinebulia erTiani politikisa da TviTmmarTvelobisa da sajaro administraciis progra- sakanonmdeblo cvlilebebis SemuSaveba. kerZod, ma da arasamTavrobo organizaciebi didi yuradRebiT saqarTvelos administraciul kodeqsSi informaciis adevneben Tvalyurs saarGevno kanonmdeblobis Tavisuflebaze arsebuli cvlilebebis process. maT ar SeeZloT reagireba ar punqtebis gadaxedva da "...vitovebT imeds, rom moexdinaT bolo dros forsirebulad miRebul cvlilebebis momzadeba demokratiuli sazogadoebis sakanonmdeblo cvlilebebze da weriliT mimarTes an informaciis Sesaxeb fuZemdebluri principebi - saqarTvelos xelisuflebas. axali kanonis miReba. monawileoba, Semwynarebloba qarTvel specialistebs da gamWvirvaloba daviwyebas warmogidgenT sazogadoebrivi organizaciebis rekomendaciebs inter- ar miecema", sazogadoebrivi mimarTvis amonakrebs, sadac asaxulia mosazrebebi net-mmarTvelobis “saqarTvelos dedaqalaqis - Tbilisis Sesaxeb” kanonSi akademiis (estoneTi) da organizaciebis mimarTvidan da saqarTvelos saarGevno kodeqsSi cvlilebebis “qalaqebi internetSi” Setanis Taobaze: (poloneTi) eqspertebi gauweven. samuSaoebis dawyeba seqtember-oqtomberSi igegmeba. “... dResdReobiT, centraluri saarGevno komisia da xelisufleba dganan demokratiuli principebis PR-samsaxurebTan Sexvedra erTgulebis axali gamocdis winaSe da sazogadoeba me-2 kvartalSi sajaro administraciisa da adgilo- mTeli yuradRebiT adevnebs Tvalyurs, Tu rogor brivi TviTmmarTvelobis programis kidev erTi sain- Gaabareben isini am gamocdas. Gven, sazogadoebrivi tereso wamowyebaa saxelmwifo kancelariisa da samin- organizaciebis warmomadgenlebi, valdebulni istroebis sazogadoebasTan urTierTobis samsaxurebis varT giTxraT, rom jerjerobiT, xelmZRvanelebTan Sexvedra. “samwuxarod, TviTmmarTvelobis reformasTan dakavSirebuli sazogadoebasTan urTierTobis samsaxurebis saqmianoba movlenebi Seicavs saSiS simptomebs, romelTa mxolod PR-qmedebebTan aris gaigivebuli”, - ambobs ganviTareba mTeli sazogadoebisaTvis zianis mom- programis koordinatori, Tiniko bolqvaZe, isini ki tani iqneba... vitovebT imeds, rom demokratiuli uSualod moqalaqeebTan urTierTobaSi unda iyvnen sazogadoebis fuZemdebluri principebi - monawi- GarTulebi. aseTi saxis Sexvedra pirveli iyo da didi leoba, Semwynarebloba da gamWvirvaloba daviwye- interesi gamoiwvia. sazogadoebasTan urTierTobis sa- bas ar miecema”. msaxurebis mxridan aseTi Sexvedrebis gagrZelebis didi survilic gamoiTqva. mimarTvas xeli moaweres saqarTvelos axalgazrda iuristTa asociaciam, saqarTvelos axalgazrda ekonomistTa asociaciam, samoqalaqo kulturis ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programa saerTaSoriso centrma, samoqalaqo moZraobam “mravalerovani saqarTvelo”, saerTaSoriso asociaci- mcire biznesis ganviTareba afxazeTSi am “kivitas georgika”, samarTliani arGevnebisa da fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” ekonomikuri demokratiis saerTaSoriso sazogadoebam, moZraobam ganviTarebis programa inarGunebs muSaobis gansxvave- “axali Taoba axali iniciativa”, samoqalaqo sazogadoe- bul stils. misi ZiriTadi prioritetia rogorc bis institutma, saqarTvelos gaeros asociaciam da grantebis gacema, aseve mcire da saSualo biznesze ori- sajaro administraciisa da adgilobrivi entirebuli sakredito proeqtebis ganxorcieleba. TviTmmarTvelobis programam. mimarTvis teqsti “ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programis arsebobis daibeWda 28 ivniss gazeTebSi “24 saaTi” da “rezonansi”. manZilze gaweulma muSaobam metad mniSvnelovani nayofi gamoiRo”, - aRniSnavs programis koordina- internet-gamWvirvaloba saqarTveloSi tori, mixeil kervaliSvili. sajaro administraciisa da adgilobrivi TviTmmarTvelobis programa uaRresad mniSvnelovnad kerZod, ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programam daiwyo da aqtualurad miiGnevs, agreTve, eleqtronuli afxazeTSi mcire da saSualo biznesis ganviTarebis gamWvirvalobis danergvas saqarTveloSi. adgilobrivi xelSemwyobi proeqtis ganxorcieleba. proeqtis mTavrobis, Ria sazogadoebis institutis (OSI) da fond farglebSi, galis raionSi, biznes-centrisaTvis kvali- “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” erToblivi ficirebuli kadrebis momzadebis mizniT, afxazeTidan iniciativiT, Sesabamisi proeqti SemuSavda. Gamosul 12 pirovnebas mravaletapiani specialuri momzadebis kursi Gautarda. es kursi 16 maisidan 10 programis koordinatoris, Tiniko bolqvaZis, TqmiT, ivnisamde mimdinareobda. garda saswavlo kursisa, proeqti, pirvelyovlisa, mimarTulia, gamWvir- treningis monawileebma samcxe-javaxeTis regionSi valobis gazrdis saSualebiT, korufciis winaaR- gaiares praqtikuli swavleba. maT ganixiles is warmate-

7 buli proeqtebi, romlebic regionSi fond “Ria sazoga- tenderis gamocxadeba dagegmilia uaxloes periodSi. doeba – saqarTvelos” mxardaWeriT mimdinareobs. “tenderis gamocxadebamde aucileblad Sedgeba adgilze gaecnen axalcixisa da axalqalaqis biznes-cen- Sexvedra potenciur partniorebTan. maT miecemaT trebisa da sakredito institutebis muSaobas, daaxloebiT Tve-naxevari specialuri saswavlo kursis Seiswavles sakredito ganacxadebisa da biznes-gegmebis Sesadgenad”, - ambobs mixeil kervaliSvili. Sefasebis principebi, moinaxules sakredito programe- bis mier dafinansebuli mewarmeebi da maTi saqmianoba. partniori organizaciis SerGevis Semdeg, ukve gamo- cxaddeba konkursi umuSevarTaTvis, romelTac surT amasTan, biznes-centrebis TanamSromlebis daxmarebiT, aRniSnul programaSi monawileobis miReba. prioriteti treningis monawileebma adgilobrivi mewarmeebisaTvis mieniWeba umuSevarTa im kategorias, romlebmac Tavad Gaatares ori specialuri kursi biznes- dakarges samuSao adgilebi bolo periodSi sajaro dagegmarebaSi. Semdgom etapze maT SeimuSaves proeqti dawesebulebebSi mimdinare reformebis Sedegad. saswav- (biznes-gegma), romelic galSi biznes-sakonsultacio lo kursis gavlis Semdgom, maT Tavad SeeZlebaT centris Seqmnas gulisxmobs. aRniSnuli proeqtis gansazRvron momavali ganviTarebis strategia, raSic prezentacia Sedga “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” miRebuli codna da gamocdileba mniSvnelovnad ofisSi 10 ivniss. prezentaciis Semdgom treningis monaw- Seuwyobs xels. amasTan, fondi gamoyofs mcire ileebs gadaecaT saswavlo kursis gavlis damadasture- sagranto kapitals saswavlo kursis Sedegad Sedgenili beli sertifikatebi. proeqtebis dasafinanseblad. saswavlo kursis bolo etapze monawileebs GautardaT fondi “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelo” ime- specialuri testi. “testirebam mogvca saSualeba, dovnebs, rom aRniSnul programis ganxorcieleba obieqturad Segvefasebina saswavlo kursis periodSi magaliTs miscems saxelmwifosa da sxva donor miRebuli codna, monawileTa SesaZleblobebi da kon- organizaciebs dasaqmebis xelSewyobis efeqturi fliqtur regionSi muSaobisaTvis mniSvnelovani modelis SeqmnisaTvis. pirovnuli Tvisebebi, - ambobs mixeil kervaliSvili, - Gven SevarGieT is xuTi kandidatura, romelic sainformacio programa gaagrZelebs galis biznes-centris Seqmnis proeqtSi mo- nawileobas”. Ria kodi yvelasaTvis gazafxuli fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” aRniSnuli proeqtis farglebSi, SerGeul iqna mikrosa- sainformacio programisaTvis mniSvnelovani aRmoGnda. finanso instituti, romelic afxazeTis teritoriaze ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis saministrom miiRo sakredito programas ganaxorcielebs. specialuri ten- gadawyvetileba: im kompiuterul teqnikaze, romlis derisa da warsuli efeqturi TanamSromlobis Semotanac skolebSi proeqt “irmis naxtomis” farglebSi safuZvelze, gadawyda, rom es organizacia iqneba moxdeba, dayenebul iqnas operaciuli sistema Linux. es “vorld viJen – jorjia” (World Vision - Georgia), sistema Ria programul kodzea dafuZnebuli. romelic uaxloes momavalSi daiwyebs aqtiur muSaobas. mniSvnelovani arGevani unda gakeTebuliyo Windows-sa “aTaswleulis gamowvevis” miznebisaTvis da Linux-s Soris. sainformacio programis koordina- ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programa agrZelebs tori, zviad sulaberiZe, ixsenebs, rom am periodSi TanamSromlobas fondTan “aTaswleulis gamowveva – Microsoft-is warmomadgenlebic imyofebodnen saqarTvelo” (MCG). programis TanamSromlebi mudmi- saqarTveloSi da, Windows-is arGevis SemTxvevaSi, fas- vad iReben monawileobas MCG-is mier organizebul daklebasac sTavazobdnen qarTul mxares. didi msjelo- SexvedrebSi. MCG-is saqmianobis gamWvirvalobisa da bis Sedegad, upiratesoba, ramodenime mizezis gamo, sajaroobis uzrunvelyofis mizniT, SemuSavda ramode- Linux-s mieniWa. es mizezebia: nime saintereso winadadeba. agreTve, gadawyda, rom saqarTvelosa da aSS-s Soris, xelSekrulebis gaforme- - Ria kodis programuli uzrunvelyofa bis Semdeg, sazogadoebrivi monitoringis mizniT, usafrTxoa; Seiqmneba MCG-Tan arsebuli specialuri sakon- - Ria kodis programuli uzrunwelyofa ufasoa; sultacio sabWo. - Ria kodis programuli uzrunvelyofa gaZlevT saSualebas, moargoT sistema Tqvens saWiroebebs dagegmilia, rom sakonsultacio sabWos SemadgenlobaSi da ara Tqven moergoT mas. Seva 9 kaci, maT Soris sami - arasamTavrobo seqtoris warmomadgeneli. sakonsultacio sabWos SesaZlebloba sainformacio programa Tanamimdevrulad uwyobs xels eqneba, Seqmnas miznobrivi da profesiuli qvekomisiebi, saqarTveloSi sainformacio teqnologiebis romlebic sabWos wevrebs miawvdian Sesabamis profe- ganviTarebasa da Ria programuli kodis programuli siul da kvalificiur daskvnebs. uzrunvelyofis danergvas. erTwliani proeqti, saxelwodebiT “mobiluri konsultantebi da Ria plat- dasaqmebis sapiloto programa formebi”, ianvarSi daiwyo da, savaraudod, momaval ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programam, adgilobrivi welsac gagrZeldeba. misi prezentacia 22 aprils moewyo TviTmmarTvelobisa da sajaro administraciis fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” ofisSi. programasTan erTad, dasaqmebis sapiloto programis ganxorcielebis mizniT, daiwyo winaswari mosamzadebe- “samoqalaqo sazogadoebas unda hqondes informa- li saqmianoba. kerZod, momzadda saerTo proeqti da cia da arGevanis saSualeba. arasamTavrobo seq- misi ganxorcielebis gegma; dainteresebul toris daxmarebis mizniT, Gven daviwyeT arakomer- organizaciebTan gaimarTa mrgvali magidebi; partniori ciuli Ria kodis programuli uzrunvelyofis po- organizaciis SerGevisaTvis SemuSavda satendero pularizacia”, - aRniSna zviad sulaberiZem. Tumca igi ganacxadis forma. imedovnebs, rom momavali wlidan saxelmwifo struqturebSic daiwyeba Ria kodis danergva. zviad 8 sulaberiZis azriT, es dazogavs sabiujeto Tanxebs, gamovlinda, agreTve, is 4 profesionalic, vinc, oqs- radgan aRarc komerciuli ZviradRirebuli programe- fordis sakolejo sqemis farglebSi, did britaneTSi bis yidva iqneba saWiro da arc piratuli versiebiT samecniero kvlevas Gaatarebs. erT-erTi maTgania, sargebloba. miT umetes, rom Ria kodis programuli Salva dundua, romelic ganaTlebis politikis, dageg- uzrunvelyofa sruliad Tavsebadia Windows-Tan. mvisa da marTvis saerTaSoriso institutSi (EPPM) aseTma SesaZleblobebma Tu mogxiblaT da ufro meti muSaobs. igi ukve dabrunda TbilisSi didi britaneTis informaciis miReba gsurT, mimarTeT saitebs: wamyvan kolejSi erTTviani kvleviTi saqmianobis Semdeg. www.eriders.ge da www.openconsultans.ge. “am xanmokle periodSi didi moculobis samuSaos Gatareba SevZeli, - gviTxra Salva dunduam da dasZina, - Ria kodi qarTulad Gemi interesis sferoa sainformacio kompiuteruli amJamad intensiurad mimdinareobs muSaoba Ria kodis teqnologiebi (ICP), maTi ganaTlebis sistemaSi programebis lokalizaciaze (gaqarTulebaze). “es Zalian gamoyenebis TvalsazrisiT, didi britaneTi ki erT- Sromatevadi procesia, radgan saWiroa 40,000-mde ter- erTi wamyvani qveyanaa virtualuri saganmanaTleblo minis (frazis) qarTuli Sesatyvisis moZebna”, - aRniSna politikis sferoSi, gansakuTrebiT, 14-19 wlis zviad sulaberiZem. am procesSi monawileoba yvelas mozardebTan mimarTebaSi~. yovelive es Zalzed SeuZlia - es nebayoflobiTi da usasyidloa. ivlisis mniSvnelovania saqarTvelosTvis, sadac amJamad, bolos ki, sainformacio programis am proeqtis ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis saministros xelSewyobiT, farglebSi, moewyoba lokalizaciis sazafxulo banaki. kompiuterizaciis proeqti “irmis naxtomi“ xorciel- proeqtis monawileni da moxaliseebi kurort urekSi deba. Seikribebian, sadac Ria kodis saofise paketis, Open Office-s, terminebis Sejereba da Targmna moxdeba. SerGevis procesi dasrulda sxva programebSic, romelTac administrirebas centris koordinatori, ukabelo interneti gaga gigiberia, uwevs. maswavlebelTa gadamzadebis sainteresoa sainformacio programis mier wamowyebuli programis farglebSi, almaTaSi (yazaxeTi) interviuebis ukabelo internetis proeqti, romelic martSi daiwyo etapi gaiara 8 pirovnebam, romelTagan 4 gavida finalSi. da oqtombramde gastans. “am proeqts gansa- finalistebi, kvalifikaciis asamaRleblad, momavali kuTrebuli mniSvneloba aqvs regionebisaTvis, cen- wlis ianvarSi gaemgzavrebian aSS-s erT-erT tridan daSorebuli soflebisaTvis, sadac sakmaod universitetSi. rac Seexeba socialur muSakTa progra- problemuria sakomunikacio kavSiri, - ambobs zviad mas, interviu, aseve, almaTaSi Gautarda 2 specialists, sulaberiZe da dasZens, - proeqtis farglebSi Seqmnili amaTgan erTi swavlebis kurss sent-luisis martivi mowyobiloba radio-sixSireebis gamoyenebiT universitetSi (aSS) gaivlis. muSaobs da Sida qselis Seqmna bevrad ufro iafi jdeba, vidre misi maRaziaSi SeZena”. proeqtis monawileni dar- saerTaSoriso ganaTlebis sakonsultacio centri wmunebulni arian, rom ukabelo teqnologiebis inarGunebs mWidro urTierTobebs programis ganviTareba soflad dadebiT socialur cvlilebebs kursdamTavrebulebTan. “maTi Semdgomi saqmianobis Seuwyobs xels. efeqturad warmarTvis mizniT, yovelwliurad, mcire grantebis mosapoveblad, qseluri programis farglebSi konkursi cxaddeba“, - gviTxra centris saerTaSoriso ganaTlebis direqtorma, nino GinGalaZem. grantis mimRebi, rogorc sakonsultacio centri wesi, 4-5 kursdamTavrebuli xdeba. wels am konkursze ganacxadebi ivnisidan seqtembramde miiReba. fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos“ saerTaSoriso ganaTlebis sakonsultacio centrSi mudam gacxovele- “ivlisSi ki fondis koordinatorebis yovelwliuri buli muSaobaa. “20-mde saswavlo da samecniero- Sexvedra Gatardeba, sadac Semdgomi gegmebi daisaxeba“, kvleviTi programis administrireba Zalian - aRniSna nino GinGalaZem. kerZod, igegmeba kom- Sromatevadi procesia”, - aRniSna fondis piuteruli testirebis centris Seqmna, rac ufro xelmZRvanelma, nino GinGalaZem. vnebaTaRelva, rome- srulyofils gaxdis SerGevis process. lic Tan axlavs testirebis process, ukve warsulSia da bednieri rGeulni, centris xelSewyobiT, amJamadswavlis dawyebisaTvis emzadebian. sorosis saerTaSoriso samecniero- saganmanaTleblo programebi nino GinGalaZis TqmiT, wlevandeli Sedegebidan gansakuTrebiT aRsaniSnavia regionebis aqtiuroba. am etapze ukve cnobilia, sorosis saerTaSoriso samec- magaliTad, pirveli sruli dafinanseba, centraluri niero-saganmanaTleblo programebis farglebSi, evropis universitetSi swavlisaTvis, Telavis mkvidrma, saSualo skolebis moswavleTaTvis wels Gatarebuli eka imerliSvilma, miiRo. respublikuri olimpiadebis Sedegebi. dauswrebel turze mimdinare wels 6,000 ganacxadi Semovida. meore wlevavdeli SedegebiT kmayofilia centris koordina- daswrebul turze, romelic aprilSi Gatarda, tori, naTia nanavac, romlis kompetenciis sferoSi 8 daSvebul iqna 2,500 mozardi. sabolood ki diplomebiT programis administrireba Sedis. “wels 150 ganacxadi 214 moswavle dajildovda, maT Soris, 20 - pirveli Semovida centraluri evropis universitetis xarisxis, 47 - meore xarisxis da 147 - mesame xarisxis (budapeSti, ungreTi) programebze da, testirebis diplomebiT. pirveli xarisxis Svidi diplomi gadaeca Sedegad, 19 studenti iqna SerGeuli“, - gvacnoba koor- germanuli enis olimpiadis gamarjvebulebs, sam-sami - dinatorma. maT ivlisSi stambolSi (TurqeTi) maTematikis, informatikisa da biologiis olimpiadebze GautardebaT inglisuri enis intensiuri swavlebis warmatebulebs. kursi. amasTan, bulgareTis amerikis universitetSi oTxwliani bakalavriatis programaze 28 pretendentis- “samwuxarod, qarTuli enisa da istoriis olimpiadeb- gan 6 iqna SerGeuli. 9 ze, sadac yvelaze didi konkursi dafiqsirda, aravis adgilze Seamowmes am proeqtebis mdgradoba. Sedegad - daumsaxurebia pirveli xarisxis diplomi, rac momzadda moxseneba da qalTa programis eqspertTa miuTiTebs am sagnebis mimarT ufro meti yuradRebis komisiam ukve sabolood SearGia dasafinanseblad 5 saWiroebaze, - gvacnoba programis direqtorma, Tamar proeqti. “xuTive SemTxvevaSi proeqtebis ganxor- xulordavam da dasZina, - samagierod, siamovnebiT cielebas adgilobrivi mosaxleobisaTvis Zalian minda aRvniSno regionebis moswavleTa aqtiuroba da didi mniSvneloba aqvs, radgan maTSi ZiriTadad warmateba”. praqtikulad yvela saganSi warGinebulma soflis macxovrebeli axalgazrda qalebi arian moswavleebma quTaisidan, rusTavidan da zestafonidan GarTulni“, - aRniSna marina TabukaSvilma. am proe- dajabnes Tbiliseli Tanatolebi. qtebis mokle anotaciebic ki gviGvenebs, raoden sain- tereso wamowyebebs uwyobs xels fond “Ria sazogadoeba rogorc wina gamoSvebaSi gauwyeT, wels pirvelad - saqarTvelos“ qalTa erovnuli programa. Gatarda olimpiadebi ara 5 sabunebismetyvelo, aramed - 12 ZiriTad saganSi. tradiciulad, olimpiadebi tarde- magaliTad, arasamTavrobo organizacia “fSavi“ apirebs boda maTematikaSi, fizikaSi, biologiaSi, qimiasa da ganaxorcielos proeqti – “ naturaluri Sali bune- geografiaSi. wals ki maT ricxvs daemata qarTuli ena briv ferebSi“, romelSic warmodgenilia am da literatura, saqarTvelos istoria, informatika da maRalmTian regionSi xalxuri rewvis (fardagebis, ucxo enebi (inglisuri, germanuli, franguli da windebisa da sxva tradiciuli produqciis) rusuli). ganviTarebis seriozulad gaTvlili gegma. unda aRiniSnos, rom 2004 wels fSavur sofel SaraxevSi, sorosis saerTaSoriso samecniero-saganmanaTleblo programis mxardaWeriT, warmatebiT ganxorcielda 25 programebis meore mniSvnelovani mimarTulebaa axal- mosaxlis sasmeli wyliT momaragebis proeqti. gazrda mecnierTa konkursi, romelic evrogaerTianebis egidiT tardeba. masSi 15-20 wlis axalgazrdebi iReben sainiciativo jgufi “Tori“, borjomis raionis sofel monawileobas. “saqarTvelo ukve 7 welia am “ojaxis” TimoTesubanSi meRoreobis ganviTarebas apirebs. asocirebuli wevria”, - aRniSna Tamar xulordavam. mniSvnelovania, rom raionSi (kerZoT, sofel TimoTesubanSi, sadac cnobili sastumro saxli da adgilobrivi turis farglebSi, wardgenil iqna axal- restorania) am saqmianobisaTvis bazari uzrunvel- gazrda mecnierTa Svidi proeqti, saidanac erTi dafi- yofilia. nansda, erTi proeqti ki monawileobas miiRebs me-17 evropul konkursSi, romelic wels moskovSi Gatardeba. sofel natanebis qalTa sainiciativo jgufma, proeqt es aris soxumidan devnili axalgazrdis, eka baqraZis, “qalebi qalebisaTvis“ farglebSi, Txilis satexi mini proeqti. kompleqsuri diagnostikis centris bazaze, qarxnis daarsebas mohkida xeli. am sofelSi 70 heq- pavle WeliZis xelmZRvanelobiT, man dasaxa kibos ujre- tarze Txilis baRebia gaSenebuli. proeqti debis adreul stadiaze prognozirebis meTodebi. iTvaliswinebs soflis mkvidrTa cxovrebis donis amaRlebas da socialurad daucveli fenis daxmarebis Tamar xulordava Tvlis, rom am proeqts aucileblad sxvadasxva formebs. eqneba gamoyenebiTi mniSvneloba, es ki axalgazrda mec- nieris karieris dasawyisisTvis kargi aTvlis wertilia. sainiciativo jgufi “idumali“, proeqt “mesxuri “saerTod, SerGevisas yuradReba eqceva im garemoebas, nobaTis“ farglebSi, apirebs baqmazisa (TuTis) da Tu ras SesZens esa Tu is axalgazrda ara marto sxvadasxva xilis tylapebis damzadebas. am proeqtSi sami saqarTvelos, aramed msoflio samecniero sazogadoe- soflis (nijori, idumala, oSora) 14 axalgazrdaa bas, aRniSna Tamar xulordavam da dasZina, - Gveni kri- gaerTianebuli (maT Soris - ori axalgazrda kaci). teriumebi imdenad obieqturi, myari da srulyofilia, rom komisiis daskvnis gaprotestebis arc erTi sainiciativo jgufi “nobaTi kaxeTidan“ ki yurZnis SemTxveva ar yofila”. ase rom, programas SeuZlia, damuSavebasa da GurGxelebis damzadebas mohkidebs ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis saministrosac ki xels. am biznesisYwarmatebis winapirobaa didi SesTavazos samecniero namuSevrebis Sefasebisadmi moTxovnileba da sruliad mza da Tavisufali bazari am erTiani midgoma. produqciisaTvis.

“yvela sainiciativo jgufis wevrma gamoiGina qalTa erovnuli programa araGveulebrivi gulwrfeloba da enTuziazmi, - ambobs marina TabukaSvili, - ase rom, axlo momavalSi Gveni qalebi soflad mcire biznesis ganviTarebisaTvis programis xelSewyobiT damzadebul xalxuri rewvis fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos“ qalTa nawarmsa da agroproduqcias ixilavT“. erovnuli programis bolo Tveebis aqtiuri muSaobis erT-erTi ZiriTadi mimarTuleba mcire biznesis genderi da ganaTleba xelSewyoba iyo. aprilSi programam gamoacxada konkur- qalTa erovnuli programa agrZelebs muSaobas “genderi si, saxelwodebiT “soflad Semosavlis momtani proeq- da ganaTleba“ mimarTulebis farglebSi. kerZod, tebis mxardaWera“. am konkursSi monawileobis miReba gamosacemad mzaddeba (Targmani ukve dasrulebulia) SeeZloT soflebSi axalgazrda qalebis mier mobilize- brazilieli filosofosisa da Tanamedrove pedagogikis bul sainiciativo jgufebs, maT Soris - qalTa axal- fuZemdeblis, paulo freieris, wigni – “GagrulTa gazrdul arasamTavrobo organizaciebs. pedagogika“. es naSromi pirvelad iTargmna qarTul enaze. aRsaniSnavia, rom dRemde paulo freieri konkursis farglebSi Semosuli 29 proeqtidan specialistTa viwro wreebisaTvis mxolod rusuli Tavdapirvelad SerGeul iqna 8 proeqti. meore etapze wyaroebiT iyo cnobili. qalTa programis koordinatorma, marina TabukaSvilma da konkursis biznes-konsultantma, zurab janjRavam,

10 dokumenturi kino atarebda. “miuxedavad imisa, rom kulturaTaSoriso Ria sazogadoebis institutis (OSI) qalTa qseluri dialogis cnebas dRes xSirad mimarTaven xolme, is bevr programis mxardaWeriT, jer kidev SarSan dafinansda sxvadasxva konteqstSi ixmareba, - aRniSna man da dasZina, ori dokumenturi filmis gadaReba proeqt - kulturaTaSoriso dialogi mowodebulia “postsabWoTa sivrcis paradigmebis“ farglebSi. esenia: gamoarkvios, Tu ra aris saWiro sxvadasxva kul- levan Rlontis “axali droeba“da liana jayelis turis, religiis, socialuri statusisa da “suliko“. orive filmis samuSao versiebi dasrulebu- eTnikuri kuTvnilebis adamianebis lia da saboloo variantebi SemodgomisaTvis iqneba gasaerTianeblad”. mzad. fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos“ qalTa erovnuli programis koordinatorma, marina ucxoel stumarTa Soris iyvnen, agreTve, varSavis uni- TabukaSvilma, filmebis avtorebTan erTad, monawileo- versitetis sociologiis profesori, stanislav ba miiRo am namuSevrebis GvenebaSi. es iyo meore zapaSniki; mogzauri da mwerali, nil asSersoni; Teatris saerTaSoriso masterklasze, romelic, proeqtis direqtori da makedoniis Ria sazogadoebis institutis farglebSi, ivnisSi moewyo yirimSi (ukraina). aRmasrulebeli direqtori vladimir milcini; anima- aRsaniSnavia, rom dasafinanseblad ori qarTuli doku- tori da mwerali, samxreT kavkasiis “cocxali menturi filmi iqna SerGeuli maSin, roca sxva danarGeni memkvidreobis” programis lideri fransua matarasso; qveynebidan - mxolod TiTo-TiTo namuSevari. anTropologi norvegiidan, toni bringa.

“axali droeba“ kaxeTis erT-erTi soflis yofas qarTvel monawileebs warmoadgenda “kavkasiuri saxlis” aRwers, - gviyveba marina TabukaSvili, - filmSi yve- direqtori, naira gelaSvili, romelmac am organizaci- laferi danaxulia mTavari gmiris, lias, TvaliT, is magaliTze mimoixila qveynis kulturuli da bune- romelic bavSvobaSi Zaladobis msxverpli iyo, magram brivi saganZuris SenarGunebis, integraciisa da pirovnulad Zlierma gogonam gauZlo autanel yofas da mSvidobiani Tanacxovrebis xelSewyobis, adamianis dRes, ukve TbilisSi mcxovrebs, Tanasoflelebi didi uflebaTa dacvisa da eTnikuri tolerantobis mowiwebiTa da siyvaruliT epyrobian. sakiTxebi. respublikuri partiis erT-erTma liderma, levan berZeniSvilma, ki saqarTveloSi tolerantobis tradiciebsa da bolodroindel dezintegraciis pro- xelovnebisa da kulturis cesebze isaubra. erovnuli programa moxsenebiT gamovidnen, kulturaTaSoriso dialogi kulturaTaSoriso dialogi agreTve, mama basil mowodebulia gamoarkvios, xelovnebisa da kulturis erovnuli programis koor- kobaxiZe, samxreT Tu ra aris saWiro sxvadasxva dinatori, Tamar lorTqifaniZe, bolo Tveebis kavkasiis regionaluri kulturis, religiis, mniSvnelovan movlenad Tvlis saerTaSoriso kolokvi- usafrTxoebis insti- socialuri statusisa da ums kulturaTaSoriso dialogis sakiTxebze. es tutis direqtori, ale- eTnikuri kuTvnilebis adami- RonisZieba TbilisSi 16-19 ivniss Gatarda, Ria sazoga- qsandre rusecki, anebis gasaerTianeblad. doebis institutis (OSI) xelovnebisa da kulturis eTnografi zaal qiqoZe, qseluri programis (budapeStis ofisi), fond “Ria Jurnalisti laSa baqraZe sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos”, evraziis fondis, “kavka- da sxvebi. siuri saxlisa” da saqarTveloSi poloneTis saelGos xelSewyobiT. rogorc kolokviumze aRiniSna, kulturaTaSoriso dialogi unda iyos xangrZlivi aqtiuroba da myarad Tbilisis kolokviumiT gagrZelda programa, romelic efuZnebodes rogorc regionalur, aseve 2004 wels daisaxa tajikeTis dedaqalaq duSanbeSi, sadac saerTaSoriso TanamSromlobas, integracias da pirveli msgavsi RonisZieba Gatarda. am programis ara asimilacias, ara marto erovnul umciresobebs, ZiriTadi miznebia samxreT kavkasiisa da cen- aramed - sxvadasxva socialur jgufebs. Sexvedris traluri aziis qveynebis kulturaTaSoriso dial- monawileebma xazi gausves im garemoebas, rom ogis animatorebisaTvis daxmarebis gaweva, kulturaTaSoriso dialogis centrebis Seqmna xelovnebisa da ganaTlebis sferoSi multikultu- xels Seuwyobs yoveldRiur cxovrebaSi toleran- rul sazogadoebaze orientirebuli grZelvadiani tobis damkvidrebas. iniciativebisa da specialuri centrebis Seqmnis xelSewyoba da transregionuli qselis dafuZnebaSi Tanamonawileoba. mTargmnelobiTi erovnuli programa

Tamar lorTqifaniZis TqmiT, TbilisSi gacxovelebuli fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” msjeloba gaimarTa mravalkulturuli sazogadoebebis mTargmnelobiTi programa agrZelebs socialuri da sirTuleebze ara marto kavkasiaSi, aramed centralur kulturuli mniSvnelobis iseTi literaturis evropasa (balkaneTi) da centralur aziaSic. Targmnisa da gamocemis xelSewyobas, romelic saWiroa Tanamedrove sazogadoeba am sferoSi ideebis kriziss rogorc mecnieruli wreebisaTvis, aseve farTo ganicdis da kolokviumis monawileni am problemis sazogadoebisaTvis. bolo dros, gansakuTrebuli daZlevis gzebsa da konkretul meTodebs ganixilavdnen. yuradReba eTmoba filosofiisa da socialuri mec- nierebis ganviTarebas. kolokviumis Tavmjdomaris, Borderland Foundation-is prezidentis, krJiStof GiJevskis, TqmiT, postsabWoTa SarSan gamocxadebuli konkursis farglebSi, SerGeul qveynebisaTvis aqtualuria sakiTxi, Tu ra transforma- iqna oTxi mniSvnelovani da saintereso naSromi, cia unda ganicados xalxTa megobrobis ideam, romelic, romelTa Targmna wels dafinansda. es naSromebia: rogorc aRmoGnda, mxolod propagandistul xasiaTs

11 - karl mengeris “ekonomikis safuZvlebi”; samkurnalo programebi praqtikulad miuwvdomelia - irving gofmanis “sakuTari Tavis prezentacia narkotikebis momxmarebelTa didi nawilisaTvis. yoveldRiur cxovrebaSi”; - iurgen habermasis “komunikaciuri qmedebis Teoria: zianis Semcirebis safuZvlebi qmedebis racionaloba da sazogadoebis raciona- “narkomaniis daZlevis erT-erT gzad miGneulia lizacia”; GanacvlebiTi Terapia da am sferoSi Gven aqtiurad - entoni smitis “nacionaluri identuroba”. vTanamSromlobT narkologiis samecniero-kvleviT institutTan”, - ambobs laSa zaaliSvili. aprilsa da wels ki fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” maisSi institutma GanacvlebiTi Terapiis ganxor- mTargmnelobiTma programam da filosofiisa da cielebis principebze, aiv/Sidsis gadacemis gzebsa da socialur mecnierebaTa fakultetis ganviTarebis misi Tavidan acilebis saSualebebze Gaatara seminarebi. fondma gamoacxades erToblivi konkursi, samecniero amasTan, programis farglebSi, gaformda kontraqtebi literaturis qarTul enaze Targmnis mizniT. konkursis fsiqo-socialuri informaciisa da konsultaciis pirobiT, originalidan unda iTargmnos 16 wigni. centr “axal gzasTan” (Tbilisi) da axalgazrda eqimTa gancxadebis wardgenis bolo vadaa 20 seqtemberi. da fsiqologTa asociacia “qsenonTan” (zugdidi) nebayoflobiTi konsultaciebisa da testirebis cen- programis koordenatoris, elene nakeSiZis, TqmiT, tris amoqmedebis Taobaze. amJamad programa Tavad arGevs saTargmn wignebsa da samecniero redaqtorebs. “siaxle is gaxlavT, rom fondma organizeba da koordinireba gauwia maisSi Targmanis xarisxis Sefaseba moxdeba naSromis zugdidSi, foTsa da baTumSi Gatarebul treningebs yoveli 25%-is warmodgenisas”, - aRniSna man. eqsper- Spricebis gacvlis programebis, nebayoflobiTi kon- tebis dadebiTi daskvnis SemTxvevaSi, wignis Targmna sultaciebisa da tistirebis centris personalisaTvis gagrZeldeba, xolo winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi dafinanseba (mwvrTnelebi - natalia kicenko da natalia docenko). Sewydeba. globaluri fondis proeqtis farglebSi ki TbilisSi, “mTargmnelobiTi programa mniSvnelovania zugdidSi, foTsa da baTumSi vizitad imyofebodnen sazogadoebisaTvis, radgan SesaZlebels xdis cno- zianis Semcirebis saerTaSoriso programis eqspertebi, bili ucxoeli avtorebis namuSevrebis qarTul galina kaminskaia da leonid vlasenko. maTi vizitis enaze gacnobasa da sxvadasxva sferoSi codnis mizani iyo globaluri fondis programis “intravenuri gaRrmavebas”, - xazs usvams elene nakaSiZe. narkotikebis momxmareblebSi aiv/Sidsis gavrcelebis prevencia” Semsrulebeli organizaciebisaTvis adgile- sazogadoebrivi janmrTelobis programa bze te q n ik u r i d a x m a re b i s ga we va . humanuri midgomis damkvidreba SezRuduli SesaZleblobebis mqone bavSvebis fond “Ria sazogadoeba – saqarTvelos” sazogadoe- ganaTlebis programebi brivi janmrTelobis programis erT-erT ZiriTad “ucxoeli eqspertebis daxmarebiT, sazogadoe- mimarTulebad rGeba narkotikebis arasamedicino mox- brivi janmrTelobis programa cdilobs, marebis Sedegad gamowveuli zianis Semcireba da yuradReba gaamaxvilos gonebrivad SezRuduli aiv/Sidsis gavrcelebis prevencia. “am sferoSi SesaZleblobebis mqone pirebze”, - gviTxra laSa mniSvnelovania is faqtori, Tu rogori midgoma aqvs zaaliSvilma. ivnisSi saqarTveloSi imyofebodnen gone- saxelmwifos narkotikebis momxmareblebis mimarT, - brivad SezRudulTa daxmarebis qseluri programebis aRniSna programis koordinatorma, laSa direqtori, judi klaini da amave programis eqsperti, zaaliSvilma, - amazea damokidebuli sakanonmdeblo kamila parkeri. maT adgilze Seiswavles situacia, normebSi asaxuli moTxovnebi”. ZiriTadad e. w. inkluziuri ganaTlebis kuTxiT. maTi rekomendaciebis safuZvelze, SerGeul iqna is programis mizania narkotikebis momxmareblebisadmi arasamTavrobo organizaciebi, romelTa monawileobiT, humanuri da tolerantuli damokidebulebis programis farglebSi, ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis Gamoyalibeba. ukraineli iuristis, andrei tolopi- saministrosTan erTad, konkretuli proeqtebi ganxor- los, daxmarebiT, ganxorcielda saqarTvelos kanon- cieldeba. dagegmilia viziti rumineTSi, sadac didi mdeblobis analizi. “SemuSavebuli rekomendaciebidan gamocdilebaa dagrovili SezRuduli SesaZleblobebis naTlad Gans, rom saqarTvelos kanonmdeblobiT, mqone pirTa socialuri integraciis kuTxiT. narkotikebis momxmarebeli miGneulia damnaSaved da ara - avadmyofad, - ganacxada laSa zaaliSvilma da dasZina, “saqarTveloSi sakmaod rTulia moZebno skola, rome- - amitom aucilebelia am sferoSi represiuli lic Tanaxma iqneba miiRos SezRuduli SesaZleblobebis politikis daZleva, saiTacaa mimarTuli Gveni pro- mqone bavSvebi, ar gvyavs saTanadod momzadabuli gramis Zalisxmeva”. maswavleblebic”, - ambobs kavSiris “invalidi bavSvi, ojaxi, sazogadoeba” xelmZRvaneli, maia bibileiSvili. rogorc ukraineli eqsperti aRniSnavs, narkotikuli es organizacia cdilobs, dadebiTi ganwyoba Seqmnas saSualebis pirveli dafiqsirebuli moxmareba isjeba sazogadoebaSi unarSezRudulTa mimarT da gamoiyvanos mxolod administraciuli sasjeliT, xolo aseTi bavSvebi izolaciidan. kavSiris xelSewyobiT, ganmeorebiT SenTxvevaSi dgeba sisxlis samarTlis maTTvis moewyo sakvirao skola, bavSvebi monawileoben pasuxismgebloba. vinaidan narkotikebze damokidebule- specialuri gazeTis gamocemasa da socialuri ba qronikuli daavadebaa da, samwuxarod, mkurnalobis rgolebis momzadebaSi. “did dros Gven mSoblebTan Semdeg Zelze mcire ricxvi anebebs Tavs moxmarebas, muSaobasac vuTmobT, radgan bevr maTgans verc ki war- kanonis Sesabamisi muxli aris “alogikuri, moudgenia Tavisi Svilis Gveulebriv garemoSi swavlis araTanmimdevruli da arahumanuri”, - Tvlis andrei SesaZlebloba”, - aRniSnavs maia bibileiSvili. tolopilo da miuTiTebs, rom saqarTveloSi arsebuli

12 Tambaqos sawinaaRmdego qmedebebi - sazogadoebrivi organizaciebis populariza- jandacvis programis aqtiurobis kidev erTi cias. mimarTulebaa Tambaqos moxmarebis sawinaaRmdego qmedebebi. am saqmianobaSi mas partniorobas uwevs gasuli Tveebi asociaciisaTvis debatebis kuTxiTac Tambaqos kontrolis GarGo-konvenciis, implementaci- iyo datvirTuli. kerZod, aprilSi TbilisSi moewyo isa da monitoringis centri. rogorc centris direq- inglisurenovani turniri politikur debatebSi. masSi tori, giorgi baxturiZe, aRniSnavs, saqarTvelos jer Tbilisis sxvadasxva skolebis 18 gundma (54 kaci) miiRo ar mouxdenia Tambaqos kontrolis GarGo-konvenciis monawileoba. turniris Tema gaxldaT – “sazogadoebam ratifikacia, Tumca es dokumenti ZalaSi 2005 wlis 27 unda moagvaros narkomaniis problema“. turniris Tebervlidan Sevida. meore dRes saukeTeso momxseneblebma da gamarjvebuli gundebis warmomadgenlebma gaiares gasaubreba saqarTveloSi 1.7 milionamde konvencia iTvaliswi- inglisur enaSi. arGeul iqna 3 saukeTeso monawile. isini mwevelia, rac yveleze maRali nebs Tambaqos rekla- ivlisSi gaemgzavrebian makedoniaSi, sadac saerTaSoriso maGvenebelia evropaSi. bolo mis akrZalvas, sazoga- axalgazrduli debatebis forumze warmoadgnen dros mwevelTa raodenobam doebis TavSeyris saqarTvelos. imata qalebSi, gansakuTrebiT adgilebSi Tambaqos - skolis asakis gogonebSi. moxmarebis SezRudvas, maisSi ki TbilisSi, politikur formatSi, ordRiani anu aramwevelTa erovnuli turniri Gatarda Temaze – “saqarTveloSi uflebebis dacvas, arasrulwlovanTaTvis Tambaqos adamianis uflebebi dqculi unda iyos“. turnirSi mona- miyidvis akrZalvas da sxva. es moTxovnebi Zalzed wileoba miiRo qveynis sxvadasxva skolebis me-9_me-11 mniSvnelovania saqarTvelosTvis, vinaidan, Tambaqos klaselebiT dakompleqtebulma 39 gundma (sul 114 mo- sawinaaRmdego erovnuli centris monacemebiT, nawile). turnirs msajobdnen debatebis mwvrTnelebi. saqarTveloSi 1.7 milionamde mwevelia, rac gamarjveba baTumelebma moipoves da dajildovdnen yveleze maRali maGvenebelia evropaSi. “bolo prizebiTa da diplomebiT. “es turniri Tavisi dros imata mwevelTa raodenobam qalebSi, formatiTa da mwvave da aqtualuri TemiT gamoirGeoda, gansakuTrebiT - skolis asakis gogonebSi, - ambobs - aRniSna nana fifiam, - bavSvebi problemis mogvarebis giorgi baxturiZe, - imata, agreTve, saintereso gzebs gvTavazobdnen“. mkvdradSobadobebisa da axalSobilTa simaxinjee- bis ricxvma, rac pirdapir kavSirSia fexmZimobis periodSi Tambaqos mowevasTan”. Gatarebuli debatebi da seminarebi Tambaqos kontrolis GarGo-konvencia seqtember- 3 aprili - inglisurenovani turniri poli- oqtomberSi parlaments unda gadaeces gansaxilvelad. tikur formatSi. “Tu dokumenti am SemodgomiT ar iqneba miRebuli, qveyana minimum 2 wlis ganmavlobaSi ver miiRebs 2-3 da 9-10 aprili - seminari maswav- donorebisagan daxmarebas Tambaqos moxmarebis kon- leblebisaTvis debatebis teqnikaSi . trolis RonisZiebebis gansaxorcieleblad”, - xazgasmiT aRniSna giorgi baxturiZem. 3-6 maisi - seminari "konfliqtebis marTvis" debatebis mwvrTnelebisaTvis.

saganmanaTleblo debatebis asociacia 21-22 maisi - erovnuli turniri karl poperis formatSi. saganmanaTleblo debatebis asociaciam aqtiuri mona- wileoba miiRo sazogadoebrivi organizaciebis 28-29 maisi - erovnuli turniri politikur gamofena-forumSi, romelic 2-3 aprils Gatarda formatSi. TbilisSi. amgvari RonisZieba pirvelad moewyo da miz- nad isaxavda sazogadoebriv organizaciebs Soris 23-25 ivnisi - seminari ganaTlebis, gamocdilebis gaziarebasa da TanamSromlobis ganmtki- kulturaTaSoriso da debatebis sakiTxebis cebas, sazogadoebis informirebas maTi muSaobis mwvrTnelebisaTvis. Sesaxeb. gamofena-forumSi monawileobas iRebda 56 sazogadoebrivi organizacia. saganmanaTleblo debatebis asociaciis xelmZRvanelis, nana fifias TqmiT, es iyo Zalian datvirTuli da sain- tereso dReebi - moewyo organizaciebis prezentaciebi, sajaro diskusiebi, saganmanaTleblo sesiebi da pres- konfereciebi. gamofenas Zalian bevri stumari daeswro, maT Soris rogorc xelisuflebis warmomadgenlebi, aseve rigiTi moqalaqeebic. sazogadoebrivma organiza- ciebma gamofenebis yovelwliurad Gatarebis survili gamoTqves. wlevandelma gamofena-forumma dasaxul miznebs miaRwia da xeli Seuwyo:

- profesionaluri kontaqtebis damyarebas; - gamocdilebis gaziarebas;

13 George Soros Visit to Tbilisi, Georgia May 29-31, 2005 George Soros visited Tbilisi, Georgia need for strengthening parliament on May 29-31, 2005 to celebrate the through training staff on parliament tenth anniversary of the Open Society committees in monitoring the imple- - Georgia Foundation (OSGF), meet mentation of laws; reforming with President and Parliament's research department; and other government officials to discuss possibly collaborating with the US ongoing reform efforts, and meet with Library of Congress. civil society and media representatives to discuss their role in the country's transformation. Meetings with Foundation Leadership Country Context Soros met with the OSGF leadership George Soros' visit came just eighteen and discussed various issues with months after the them. In particular, he met with brought the new government to power. Executive Director David Darchiashvili, In this period, Georgia has made sig- Board Chair Tinatin Khidasheli, and nificant strides in a number of areas, the rest of the OSGF board. A sepa- including the adoption of a new law on rate meeting was dedicated to the freedom of speech and expression, OSGF's Integration Program. Along downsizing of the government bureau- with the OSGF's executive director, the cracy, introduction of a new patrol meeting was attended by Mikheil police to replace the notoriously cor- Mirziashvili, the program coordinator, rupt traffic police, and passage of key and Mikheil Chachkhunashvili, the pro- education legislation. However, the gram consultant. The discussion cen- government has also came in for criticism for its excessive tered on the challenges Georgia faces and the foundation's nationalistic rhetoric, increased military spending, lack of proposed remedies to these problems. transparency in this and other fields (particularly in the budg- et), increased pressure on the media, and weak judiciary. Soros showed interest in the foundation's new initiatives in education reform, media (setting up the Media Council) and In this context, George Soros stressed the important functions governance reform projects. He got familiar with OSGF's both government and civil society fulfill in an open society. He efforts to impose democratic control on defense and security applauded the government for its successes, but also encour- fields and its contribution to shaping the territorial arrange- aged civil society - with the support and leadership of OSGF- ment concept. to continue playing an important role as a constructive critic. Moreover, George Soros encouraged OSGF to be more radi- cal in its thinking and to not hesitate to start new programs Meetings with Government Officials and cut older ones as appropriate. OSGF's will further focus George Soros met with several key government officials, on the development of education sector, counter corruption including President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Zurab activities and legal system reforms, court reforms and social Nogaideli, and Chairman of Parliament . At and ethnic integration. a dinner with President Mikheil Saakashvili at the start of George Soros' visit to Tbilisi, and then a short meeting before his departure on May 31, the two engaged in wide-ranging Celebration of Foundation's 10th Anniversary discussions of the country's ongoing reform and the chal- George Soros was the guest of honor at a reception to cele- lenges that lie ahead. In particular, Soros underscored the brate the foundation's tenth anniversary. The event was importance of a new anti-corruption initiative by OSI to chart attended by key civil society leaders, including past and pres- Georgia's progress in addressing corruption and propose ent foundation staff and board members, State Minister specific remedies. George Baramidze, the Minister of Justice, the Vice Chair of Parliament, government Ministers and parliamentarians, the A meeting with Prime Minister centered on leaders of the Soros foundations in Armenia and Azerbaijan, the country's economic development in the past year and a and ambassadors and representatives of various internation- half, including increased revenue collection and a simplified al organizations. tax structure, a new emphasis on infrastructure development to spur private sector development, and planned sweeping In his address to the guests, George Soros underscored the deregulation of licensing requirements and inspection require- interesting position he finds himself in, by being at once a ments for small and medium enterprises. Some discussion strong advocate of the Saakashvili administration and a followed on the need for institutionalizing reform, so that it is strong supporter of civil society. Public institutions and the not dependent upon individual officials. The role of OSI and government disagree on a number of issues, there is mutual OSGF in supporting the anti corruption policy and education criticism, but this is the situation in which both sides may be system reform was highlighted. right in a way, George Soros said during his speech. He hopes that criticism, without which civil society cannot be Soros and Parliament Chairman Burjanadze discussed the imagined, would be always constructive and focused on the

14 interests of the state and democracy. He reiterated that the "President Bush's newfound enthusiasm for spreading free- activities of OSGF was to meet changing needs of the coun- dom and democracy" - although stating that this cannot be try and regarding the latter, he noted how the work of OSGF achieved by using force. has evolved in response to the country's changing needs and he praised the current and previous leadership of the founda- George Soros' response to questions about his role in the tion for their important role in this. Rose Revolution, which emphasized that the change of gov- ernment was the work of the Georgian people, received sig- nificant attention from both the local and international press. Roundtable with Civil Society and Media Conclusion Soros met with over twenty representatives of civil society and the media. He heard their views on Georgia's reform In the press conference concluding George Soros' visit to process, their interaction with the government, and ideas for Tbilisi, he applauded the successes of the government as well strengthening the media, where much of the discussion cen- as civil society in criticizing the government. As he noted at tered. The participants expressed broader concerns about the the outset of the press conference, "I am really thrilled to see government's perceived unwillingness to work with civil soci- the success of the new regime. Of course, not everything is ety, its record on torture and on penitentiary reform, and perfect. An open society in my definition is an imperfect soci- excessive nationalism, and stressed the need for local self ety that holds itself open to improvement. And in that sense governance and an independent judiciary. Among the con- Georgia is an open society and the imperfections need to be cerns cited were pressure on the media from the government pointed out and dealt with, and…[OSGF] is performing a very and from media business owners, self censorship, and the valuable function...The foundation is not only criticizing but is inability of the media to oppose this pressure. George Soros engaged in active programs to remedy. So looking at the sit- noted once more the importance of Georgian civil institutions uation in Georgia today, I am going to leave with great sense and their role in the ongoing democratic processes. He of satisfaction, both with the advances made by the govern- expressed hope it would be possible to negotiate various ment and by the work of the foundation." issues with the government and cooperate with them.

Meeting with IFIs, Other Donors, and Members of Reference Diplomatic Community George Soros is a prominent financier and philanthropist, and In a UNDP-hosted lunch meeting with representatives of the the author of several books on politics, social and economic IMF, World Bank, EBRD, bilateral donors, and US and UK issues. The works of Karl Popper, an Austrian philosopher, ambassadors, George Soros exchanged views on Georgia's had a profound influence on his professional activities. economic development. Soros noted that now would be the time to spend on infrastructure development, the goal served George Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary on August 12, for instance by Millennium Challenge Program. 1930. He survived the Nazi occupation of Budapest and left communist Hungary in 1947 for England, where he graduat- Finally, Soros noted how proud he was of his contribution to ed from the London School of Economics (LSE). In 1956, the Capacity Building Fund, a fund set up by UNDP and OSI Soros moved to the United States, where he began to accu- and later joined by SIDA to pay government salaries and sup- mulate a large fortune through an international investment port governance reform projects. These funds allowed the fund he founded and managed. government to make some immediate changes, as well as support reform efforts of key ministries. As was noted, cur- The network of George Soros Foundations embraces over 60 rently the Fund is supporting system reforms, organizational states. George Soros founded the Open Society Institute development in Georgia's public institutions. (OSI) in 1993 to contribute to the operation of his foundations in central Europe and post Soviet states. Media Coverage There was a lot of press coverage surrounding George Soros' The Open Society - Georgia Foundation was founded in visit. The media covered extensively the tenth anniversary of Tbilisi in 1994 as an independent non-governmental and not- the founding of OSGF, George Soros' meetings with govern- profit organization. It aims to develop and implement a range ment, the roundtable with civil society leaders, and his state- of programs focusing on civil society, education, media, pub- ments at the press conference. The press was particularly lic health, and human rights as well as social, legal, and eco- interested in his views on the state of Georgian democracy nomic reforms. and his stance to the current government.

Some of the coverage reported rumors and false allegations of financial support for the current government, and was dom- inated by reports of the protests to George Soros' visit. The protests supposedly were organized by loyalists to the late former Georgian leader, and other nationalist forces.

Some media outlets reported tensions between George Soros and Mikheil Saakashvili over Saakashvili's good rela- tions with George Bush. George Soros publicly dismissed the reports of tensions, saying that he is not in competition with the American president over Georgia and welcoming

15 The Open Society - Georgia Foundation's Programs

the Media Council, were considered at a meeting of media Mass Media Support Program coordinators in Bangkok (Thailand) in mid June. Irakli Tsertsvadze, the program coordinator, and Nino Media Council as a Public Platform Chinchaladze, the deputy executive director, took part in the The idea to set up a Media Council was considered and meeting organized by the Network Program of the Open approved during the latest visit of George Soros, the founder of the Open Society - Georgia Foundation to Tbilisi. Members Attention, competitions: of the inner projects OSGF launched to support the Media Council have actively cooperated with the mass media for the 1. to identify the best series of publications in television criticism past several months. In late July, the issue was finally nego- for journalists of the press. tiated. Roughly, on July 20-25 a presentation of the Media The deadline for submitting applications is November 15. The Council will be held. We advise all journalists as well as other competition will be held repeatedly as in the first case the foun- representative of the public not to miss the presentation. dation did not receive interesting projects (some changes have been made to competition terms). The primary goal of the project is to set up the Media Council as a self-regulatory body of the media, says Irakli 2. a one-month internship for regional journalists (the press, tel- Tsertsvadze, the program coordinator. Moreover, the Media evision, radio and photojournalists). 12 grants will be issued. Council will become a platform for making regular statements The deadline for submitting applications is June 30. on rough violations of media ethics, even in cases when the council will not be reported on the unethical behavior of a jour- 3. to organize teaching media representatives Georgian and nalist, he says. On the other hand, the body will provide sup- English languages in the Kvemo Kartli region. The competition port to all journalists who will need its protection. has been announced for non-governmental organizations, initia- tive groups and organizations working at journalists' professional The Media Council support project also announced a tender education. The deadline for submitting applications is July 1. in May for a TV social commercial. At present, the program is working at making a commercial according the script that won 4. to reveal the best work of investigative journalism in the the competition. regional media in 2005. The deadline for submitting applications is November 4. The first attempt to set up the Media Council ended in failure, as media members were not able to negotiate the issue. It was OSGF's initiative to give the idea another try. Intensive Society Institute (OSI). talks and consultations have been held with the managers of The meeting proved rather interesting and beneficial, says all media organization since the inner project was launched. Irakli Tsertsvadze, who made a speech on reforms in the pub- lic television (the former state television) during the meeting, As a result of the negotiations, a council's new regulation has while Nino Chinchaladze spoke about OSGF's role in the been drawn up. According to the new regulation, the Media election process, support models and post election experi- Council will be an arbitration body, in which the plaintiff and ence. defendant will be able to resolve their dispute without incur- ring any expenses, as they would in a regular court. "The Media against Censorship scheme will make the council alluring for both the media and Another rather important and topical project named "Against defamed citizens, as this is not linked to any expenses", Eka Censorship" is being implemented as part of the Media Kvesitadze, head of the project, says. "The media should Support Program. Under the project two films were made - come in for criticism by representatives of the media itself and "Without a Bullet" and "Marek Dudaev's Case". The first film the public rather than the government, as in the latter case deals with the facts of 's death, while the other this (criticism) is viewed as a threat". tells a tragic story of Ossetian Marek Dudaev, living in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. The films were shown by TV Eka Kvesitadze took part in almost all activities organized Company "202". under the project. Trainings have been held for journalists in regions on media ethics and self-regulation. Lectures were Vakhtang Komakhidze, a journalist and the film director, says delivered jointly with the Liberty Institute in Telavi in May, the films raised great interest in the public. Several discus- while in Kutaisi and Poti in June. In mid July, training is sions were held, articles published and footages made on var- planned to be held in Batumi. "The interactive trainings aimed ious TV channels, including regional TVs. "I think our project to give detailed information to journalists on how the current has already proved a success as the media have started talk- legislation provides their professional freedom and availabili- ing about issues it refrained from talking about before", he ty of public information on the one hand, and on increasing says. journalistic skills in the Georgian media, setting up the code of ethics and the necessity to set up a self-regulation body like Vakhtang Komakhidze promises to offer the public other inter- the Media Council on the other", says Eka Kvesitadze adding esting works. He said he is working at two contentious issues that journalists in the regions have expressed desire to further - spending funds from the President's Fund and the situation attend similar trainings. in the Georgian media.

International Arena Important issues for the media, including the idea of setting up 16 response from European institutions as well. In particular, a Conflict Resolution, Civil, Regional representative of the State Minister in European and Euro- Atlantic issues took part in our discussions; we also expect and European Integration Program the involvement of Foreign Ministry officials in the process", says Mikheil Mirziashvili On the Way to Integration to Europe OSGF's Integration Program has focused for the past period Conflict Resolution on drawing up the Action Plan (AP) for the European The Integration Program along with OSGF's Economic Neighborhood Program (ENP) and securing the involvement Development Program, keeps on implementing micro loan of civil society in the monitoring process. ENP is the assis- projects in the Gali district, Abkhazia. Future members of the tance Europe provides to neighboring states and brings them Gali consultation center have attended a training and learned closer to European values. about the successful project in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region. To attain the goals, Georgian non-governmental organizations have met in Brussels. The meeting, Mikheil Mirziashvili, the The Integration Program has also supported projects focused program coordinator, says was rather interesting and benefi- on confidence building with and Abkhazia. cial. It aimed to draw up ENP's action plan with European institutions (the European Parliament, the European Council The project of the restoration of Kosta Khetagurov's monu- and so on) and lobby for the involvement of civil society in fur- ment in the Arashperan village of the Lagodekhi district (the ther monitoring. Kakheti region) is rather important for the civil integration. The monument in the yard of the secondary school named In the meetings hosted by European policy research centers after Kosta Khetagurov was exploded during the Georgian- in Brussels Azerbaijani and Armenian colleagues also took Ossetian conflict (1989-1991). part. Another meeting with the Azeri side was held in Baku. The Azeri capital also hosted a conference dedicated to "For the past several years the village population has marked ENP's action plan. Along with the involvement of civil socie- Kosta Khetagurov's day, "Kostaoba" on October 15. But, the ty, participants considered issues like regional cooperation people, gathered at the wreckage of the monument felt pain and sharing experience among the states. rather than joy. My efforts to raise the question of the restora- tion of the monument under the previous government ended Although all three states of the South Caucasus have individ- in failure. Last year, however, with the support of the Open ual integration plans, the regional cooperation is still topical, Society - Georgia Foundation my dream came true", says says Mikheil Mirziashvili. But the regional cooperation in Naira Bepeeva, head of the Ossetian department of the Georgia is also considered in the context of the Black Sea Caucasian House. Merab Gagloev, a sculptor, who was basin, the direction that may prove priority in the integration to assigned to restore the monument, has already completed Europe. There is a considerable diversity of opinion on the the work in clay. By the beginning of the academic year, in issue and we even had a sound argument during the meeting, September, Kosta Khetagurov will "return" to his homeland. he says.

Non-Governmentals' Efforts in Five Directions In order to secure the involvement of civil society in drawing Law Program up the ENP's action plan and in its further monitoring OSGF's Integration Program along with the Heinrich Boll and the The Public Lawyer's Office for Socially Eurasia Foundation supported setting up five working groups Vulnerable Groups of Population by representatives of the civil sector. The groups will give rec- The Law Program of the Open Society - Georgia Foundation ommendations for the action plan in the following directions: is taking active part in setting up a free legal aid system. The project is being implemented by the Justice Ministry in asso- - enforcement the rule of law, human rights and pluralism ciation with the Open enforcement; Society Legal Initiative, You can come to the Tbilisi office - poverty reduction, stable development; Young Lawyers every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. except - fighting corruption and providing transparency, including the Association of Georgia for Saturdays and Sundays in the privatization process; and IRIS Georgia. building of the Gldani-Nadzaladevi dis- - improving a business environment, and the customs sys- trict Gamgeoba (the city council) at the tems' reform and liberalization; As part of the project, address: 1 Sarajishvili St. Telephone: - conflict resolution and regional cooperation. the first territorial office 623 324. of the Public Lawyers Mikheil Mirziashvili says initially, representatives of up to 30 Service opened in the non-governmental organizations registered in each group, Gldani-Nadzaladevi district, Tbilisi on June 18. The move which have been working hard since June 1. First, the groups was followed by opening another office in Zestaponi on June will separately work out recommendations for the Action Plan 25. Seven lawyers of the Gldani-Nadzaladevi district and (AP). Later, they will negotiate them and introduce to the pub- three lawyers of the Zestaponi office will provide defense in lic and the government. The interested part of the public and pretrial detention in courts of various levels. They will stand the government should be informed at all stages of the work up for the people considered suspects and defendants by process. investigation bodies.

The first stage of the work is due to end in September, while Tamar Kaldani, the program coordinator, says the lawyers of the whole cycle in late October. "We have already had some the Public Lawyers Service selected through a two-stage 17 competition, were trained in Bakuriani in association with the of Parliament, disseminates brief information on all the bills Legal Initiative of the Open Society - Georgia Foundation. submitted to Parliament by e-mail and publishes them on the During the training, Georgian and foreign experts thought the web site of the organization (www.civilin.org.ge). Georgian lawyers how to communicate with clients, peculiarities of the law experts provide conclusions on those bills that cause public lawyers service, defense building and other essential important changes in current legislation. skills. Since the project was launched (November 2004) to date the Nino Eliashvili, a member of the Young Lawyers Association institute: and one of the lawyers who has successfully gone through the two-stage selection process, will put in practice the skills - has taken all bills (161) from the Legal Committee of acquired during the training. Now she is an administrator of Parliament; the Gldani-Nadzaladevi district. A lot of citizens apply to the - has prepared expert judgments on bills that cause important office for help, as most of them cannot afford a private lawyer, changes in Georgian legislation (47 expert judgments); due to high costs, she says. Although we are entitled to pro- - has produced 88 electronic newsletters on pending legis- vide service to the Gldani-Nadzaladevi district alone, people latilve amendments. from the Isani-Samgori district often come to us for help, says Nino Eliashvili and hopes soon other districts of the capital will CSI's judgments on the following bills have proved particular- have similar offices. ly successful: "On Making Amendments to the Constitution"; "On Making Amendments to the Law on Statutory Acts"; "On After one year of the operation of the pilot offices, the program Making Amendments to the Law on Grants; "On Issuing will define average demand for legal service, as well as pecu- Licenses in the Oil Products Sector"; "On Making liarities of working in the legal system and an average cost of Amendments to the Tax Code" (concerning private arbitra- service for one case in the legal aid office, says Tamar tion). Kaldani. Maia Meskhi, the director of CSI's Legal Program, says: "Our The opening of the Gldani-Nadzaladevi territorial office of the experts' participation in the discussions has caused serious Public Lawyer Service was followed by a presentation in changes in bills. Eventually, most of recommendations given Tbilisi Marriott Hotel. During the presentation, the Justice by the institute were taken into account". Ministry, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs signed a memorandum, by which the sides Apart from the Legal Committee, the conclusions of the insti- declared the willingness to cooperate and provide assistance tute are sent to chairmen of those committees, whose judg- to each other during the reform of the free legal aid system in ments on the bill are essential. MPs become regularly famil- Georgia. iar with expert judgments. Government officials also refer to CSI's expert judgments. Maia Meskhi says: "The project A Coordinating Board was set up at the Public Lawyers Office. implementation has provided the involvement of civil society Officials from the Open Society - Georgia Foundation, the in the law making process. It sharply increased public aware- Open Society Legal Initiative, IRIS Georgia and the Young ness of Parliament's operation. Concrete indicators show Lawyers Association of Georgia are taking active part in the increasing demand from the public for information disseminat- operation of the Coordinating Board. The board will supervise ed by CSI and Georgian experts' comments". the Public Lawyers Service and go ahead with working at the concept of a free legal aid system reform, a bill on a public The project is also in the focus of the media. The 24 Saati, a lawyer and a detailed action plan (including financial esti- newspaper, makes publications under the project. The news- mates). paper has already published 10 articles dealing with rather interesting topics for the public (about lawyers, issues like the Constitution, IDPs, adoption, local government, licensing and Civil Society in Law Making Process so on). CSI's electronic newsletter at present has around 257 The Civil Society Institute (CSI) is implementing OSGF-fund- subscribers from the media and 400 from the business sector. ed project "Civil Society in Law Making Process". The project aims to make the law making process transparent, secure the The Civil Society Institute promotes the enforcement of the involvement of the public, timely spread information on pend- rule of law through establishing democratic values in the ing innovations and lobby for the public interests in the law state, educating the public and increasing its activity. The making process. Tamar Kaldani, the coordinator of OSGF's institute runs law, local government, civil society develop- Law Program, says: "The public has welcomed the activities ment, economic, and public policy and administration pro- and it (the project) has been increasingly successful". grams.

Under the project, CSI has actively cooperated with the Legal Local Government and Public Committee of Georgian Parliament. CSI signed a memoran- dum on mutual understanding with the committee. The par- Administration Program ties have made joint efforts to provide the transparency of the Free Competition law making process, establish administrative accountability, The Local Government and Public Administration Program legally establish publicity principles in politics and render has already announced winners of its free competition. The assistance in the prevention of illegal interests through program selected seven of 64 projects that had taken part in informing the public. the competition. Tiniko Bolkvadze, the program coordinator, stresses regional non-governmental organizations have been CSI takes copies of all bills submitted to the Legal Committee more active this year. Eventually, the program selected two

18 rather interesting projects: "Promotion of Transparent linked to the local government reforms have shown danger- Scheme", introduced by the association of the Racha- ous symptoms, the development of which would put the whole Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Sakrebulos, and "Increasing society in danger…. We still hope that the fundamental prin- Transparency through Informing the Public" prepared by Info, ciples of democratic society - involvements, tolerance and an initiative group from Kutaisi. transparency will not be forgotten".

Decentralization Strategy The appeal has been signed by the Young Lawyers Rendering assistance in setting up Georgia's decentralization Association of Georgia, International Center for Civil Culture, strategy presents one of key directions of OSGF's Local Multi-Ethnic Georgia, a civil movement, Civitas Georgica, an Government and Self international association, the International Society for Fair "…We still hope that the funda- Administration Program. Elections and Democracy, the New Generation the New mental principles of democratic Initiative, a movement, the Civil Society Institute, the UN society - involvements, tolerance The coalition of non-gov- Association of Georgia and the Public Administration and and transparency will not be forgot- ernmental organizations Local Government Program. The text of the appeal was pub- ten", from the appeal made by pub- - For Local Democracy lished in the June 28 issues of the papers, the “24 Saati” and lic organizations and Self-Government - the “Rezonansi”. advanced the words of Ilia Chavchavadze, the Internet-Transparency in Georgia prominent Georgian writer and public figure of the 19th centu- The Public Administration and Local Government Program ry as its slogan: "Self-governance is the best cure for people's considers the introduction of electronic transparency in every needs". The coalition prepared as part of the project, Georgia extremely important. Therefore, the local govern- which is co-funded by the foundation, a conceptual model for ment, the Open Society Institute (OSI) and the Open Society the administrative and territorial arrangement of the country - Georgia Foundation have made joint efforts to draw up an and distribution of powers among various levels of the author- adequate scheme. ities. The coalition has among its members: Young Lawyers Association of Georgia, Civitas Georgica, an international Tiniko Bolkvadze, the program coordinator, says the project in association, and the International Center for Civil Culture. the first place, aims to fight corruption through increasing transparency. The transparency of state bodies and voluntary The coalition will shortly introduce the concept to experts, institutions should increase through the introduction and use state officials and the general public for judgment. Tiniko of modern information and communications technologies, she Bolkvadze, the Local Government and Public Administration says. The introduction of "electronic transparency" will program coordinator, says the concept will provide not only improve state governance and management, and increase the first example of a system approach to the issue but also the efficiency of public service. All the latter provide precon- of absolutely free discussion in the public. Both the capital dition for the introduction of an essential segment of the infor- and the regions will host broad discussions. We should also mation society - the idea of the introduction of the so-called ask the opinion of population in regions on certain provisions electronic government. to secure drawing up a perfect document, she says. The project "Introduction of Electronic Transparency" calls for The new concept was developed through a deep analysis of the development of a general policy and legislative changes. historical, geographical, social, economic, political, adminis- In particular, it calls for the review and making amendments to trative and many other aspects. The document provides strict articles on free information in the administrative code or for distinction of administrative, financial, property and legal pow- the adoption of new law on information. The Internet ers. Tengiz Shergelashvili, the project director, and the chair- Governance Academy (Estonia) and "Internet Cities" (Poland) man of the board of the Young Economists Association hopes will provide Georgian experts with recommendations. The the country will meet the next local election "with a radically work is due to start in September-October. new and efficient government system". Meeting with PR-Services Evaluation of Election Processes Meeting with public relations services of the State Office and OSGF's Local Government and Public Administration the ministries was another interesting initiative the Public Program and non-governmental organizations have closely Administration and Local Government Program made in the watched changes to election law. They could not turn the second quarter. Unfortunatly, the activities of the public rela- blind eye to recent amendments to the election law made tions services are often viewed as holding PR activities alone, hastily and made a written appeal to the Georgian govern- which is not completely true, says Tiniko Bolkvadze, the pro- ment. gram coordinator. There should be direct interaction between them and the public. This was the first such meeting and Here is a brief account of the appeal made by public organi- raised great interest in the public. The public relations servic- zations. They show their opinion on amendments made to es expressed willingness to have similar meetings in the the law on "Georgia's Capital - Tbilisi" and to the Election future. Code of Georgia:

"…Nowadays, the Central Election Commission and the Economic Development Program Government face another test for their adherence to demo- Small Business Development in Abkhazia cratic principles, and the public is closely watching how they The Economic Development Program of the Open Society - will pass this test. We, representatives of public organiza- Georgia Foundation has retained a different style of opera- tions, are obliged to tell you that so far, the developments tion. Small and medium business-focused credit schemes

19 along with issuing grants present the program's key priorities. launched preparations for a pilot employment program. In "The job the Economic Development Program has done particular, they have drawn up a general project and action- throughout its existence has yielded rather favorable results", plan, held round-table talks with interested organizations and says Mikheil Kervalishvili, the program coordinator. prepared tender applications in order to select partner organ- izations. The Economic Development Program, in particular, has launched a small and medium business promotion project in The program will shortly issue the tender. Mikheil Kervalishvili Abkhazia. Under the project, the program ran a multi-stage says before it is announced, the program will meet with training course in the Gali district for 12 people who arrived would-be partners, who will be assigned to design a special from Abkhazia. The training, which took place from May 16 to one and a half month tainting course. June 10, aimed to prepare qualified staff for a business cen- ter in the Gali district. Later training participants were practi- The selection of partner organizations will be followed by a cally trained in the Samtskhe-Javakheti district. They got competition for the unemployed who whish to take part in the acquainted with the OSGF-funded projects that have been program. Those who lost their jobs following recent reforms successfully implemented there. They also learnt on the spot in public institutions will be given an advantage. After attend- how Akhalkalaki business centers and credit institutions oper- ing the training course, they will be able to set up themselves ate, as well as the principles of the evaluation of loan applica- the further development strategy, in which the acquired expe- tions and business-plans. The trainees visited those busi- rience will help them very much. OSGF will also provide a nessmen that have received funding through loan programs. grant to fund projects made during the training course.

The training participants ran a special course for local busi- The Open Society - Georgia Foundation suggests the imple- nessmen in business planning in association with the staff of mentation of the program will provide an example to the state the business-centers. At the second stage, they themselves and other donor-organizations of setting up an efficient model drew up a business plan, under which a consultation center of employment promotion. will be set up in the Gali district. OSGF's office held the pres- entation of the project on June 10. After the presentation, the Information Program training participants were awarded certificates, certifying their participation in the study course. Open Source for Everybody This spring has proved rather important to the Information During the final stage of the training, the trainees passed a Program of the Open Society - Georgia Foundation. The special test. "Tests helped us evaluate impartially the skills Ministry of Education and Science decided on the installation acquired during the training, participants' abilities and essen- of Linux OS on the computers to be delivered to schools tial personal qualities for working in the conflict region. We under the Dear's Leap project. The system is based on the selected those five candidates who will continue taking part in open source. the business center foundation scheme", says Mikheil Kervalishvili. The decision was preceded by long discussions whether it would be better to install Windows or Linux, Zviad Under the same project, a microfinance institution to imple- Sulaberidze, the coordinator of the Information Program, ment the loan program on territory of Abkhazia was selected. recalls. At that time representatives of Microsoft were visiting Through a tender and due to efficient cooperation in the past, Tbilisi and even offered discount in case of choosing it has been decided that this organization will be World Vision Windows, however, the program opted for Linux, he says. - Georgia. The organization will set to work in the near future. The reason for making this choice he says is the following:

For Millennium Challenge Goals - open source software is safe; The Economic Development Program keeps on cooperating - open source software is free; with Millennium Challenge Georgia Foundation (MCG). - open source software enables to tailor the system to your Program participants regularly take part in meetings organ- needs not vice versa. ized by MCG. Several interesting proposals have been put forward to secure transparency and publicity of MCG's oper- The information program promotes the development of infor- ation. It was also decided to set up a special advisory board mation technologies in Georgia and the introduction of the at MCG to provide public monitoring after an agreement is open source software. Mobile Consultants and Open signed between Georgia and the U.S. Platforms, a one-year project, was launched in January and will approximately extend into next year. The OSGF office The advisory boards will have nine members - three from the held the presentation of the project on April 22. non-governmental sector, one from Parliament, one from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Civil society should have information and be able to make two from the business sector, one from the President's office choice; in order to help the non-governmental sector the pro- and one from the Motor Roads Department. The advisory gram has started promotion of the open source software, says board will be able to set up target, professional sub-commis- Zviad Sulaberidze. However, he hopes state bodies will also sions, which will provide the board members with profession- start installing the open source from next year. This will save al and qualified conclusions on various components of the budget funds, as they will not need to buy commercial, expen- project. sive software, nor will they have to use pirate versions, he says. Moreover, the open source software is absolutely com- Pilot Employment Program patible with Windows. If you are interested in this opportuni- The Economic Development Program, along with the Local ty and whish to get information, visit www.eriders.ge and Government and Public Administration Program, has www.openconsultans.ge. 20 Open Source in Georgian The selection process has also finished in other programs The program is actively working at the localization of open which are administered by Gaga Gigiberia, a center coordina- source programs. This is very hard work - there are around tor. In the teachers' retraining program eight persons were 40,000 terms (phrases) to be translated, says Zviad interviewed in Alma-Ata; of them four reached the final, says Sulaberidze. Everyone is welcome to take part in the the program coordinator. Finalists will leave for the U.S. in process, it is voluntary and free. Ureki, a town at the Black January next year to upgrade their skills. As for the social Sea coast, will host a summer camp for the localization in late workers' program, two specialists were interviewed in Alma- July. Project members and volunteers will translate and coor- Ata. One of them will study at Saint Lewis University (the dinate the terms of the open source office software bundle - U.S.). Open Office. The International Student Advising Center is in touch with pro- Wireless Internet gram alumni. In order to make their work efficient, a small Another project of the Information Program that raises a lot of grants' competition is held annually, says Nino Chinchaladze. interest is the Wireless Internet project. It was launched in As a rule, 4-5 alumni receive the grant. This year the applica- March and will last to October. "The project is particularly tions for the competition may be submitted from June to important for regions and faraway villages, which have com- September. munications problems. The machine invented as part of the project is cheaper than the one bought in a store", says In July, OSGF coordinators hold the annual meeting, at which Sulaberidze. Project members are confident that the devel- future plans are drawn up, says Nino Chinchaladze. In par- opment of wireless technologies will promote positive social ticular, it is planned to set up a computer-based testing cen- changes in rural areas. ter to improve the selection process.

International Student Advising Center International Soros Education and Science Programs As always, the International Student Advising Center of the Open Society - Georgia Foundation is actively engaged in The results of the nationwide Olympiad held by the managing programs which fall under the field of its compe- International Soros Education and Science Programs for sec- tence. It is quite hard work to administer about 20 education, ondary school students are already known. 6,000 applicants scientific and research programs, says Nino Chinchaladze, applied for the first stage of the Olympiad, of which 2,500 got the director of the center. Emotions accompanying the test- through the second stage held in April. Eventually, 214 stu- ing process are already in the past and with the support of the dents were awarded diplomas. Of them, 20 were awarded A center, happy winners are getting ready for studying at univer- level, 47 B level and 177 C level certificates. Seven students sities. were awarded A level certificates in the German Language, while three A level certificates were awarded in the mathemat- Regions have been rather active this year, says Nino ics, informatics and biology Olympiads each. Chinchaladze. For instance, for the first time, this year a can- didate from Telavi, Eka Imerlishvili received full funding for "Unfortunately, A level certificates were not awarded in the studying at Central European University, which is a great suc- Olympiads of the and History, which had cess. the largest number of competitors; this points to the need to pay more attention to the subjects", says Tamar Khulordava, Natia Nanava, a coordinator of the center, who administers the program director. She was happy students from regions eight programs, is also happy with this year's results. 150 were very active and that students from Kutaisi, Rustavi and applicants applied for Central European University (Budapest, Zestaponi showed better results in almost all subjects than Hungary) programs, of which 19 students were selected. students from the capital. Successful candidates were trained in the English language in Istanbul (Turkey) in July. Moreover, six candidates were For the first time this year, the Olympiads were held in all 12 selected of the 28 that applied for a four-year bachelor's main subjects. Traditionally, students competed during the degree program in Bulgaria's American University. Olympiads in the five branches of science - mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry and geography - but this year to Four professionals, who will conduct researches in Great the list added the Georgian Language and Literature, Britain as part of the Oxford University Colleges Hospitality Georgian History, informatics and foreign languages. Scheme, were also selected. One of successful candidates Shalva Dundua, who works at the International Institute for Another focus of the International Soros Education and Education Policy, Planning and Management, already Science Programs is a competition for young scientists, held returned to Tbilisi after conducting a one-month research in under the aegis of the European Union. 15-20-year old stu- Great Britain. "For this short period I was able to do a lot of dents take part in the competition. Georgia has been an work", says Shalva Dundua and adds: "My field of interest associated member of the "family" for seven years, says was computer technologies, in terms of employing them in the Tamar Khulordava. education system, while Britain is one of the leading countries Seven projects were introduced to the local tournament, of in the virtual education policy, especially in relation to 14-19- which two were funded. Of the latter two, one will take part in year-old adolescents". This is very important to Georgia the 17th European competition to be held in Moscow in implementing at the moment a computerization project Deer's September. This is the project of Eka Bakradze, an IDP from Leap with the support of the Ministry of Education and Sukhumi. She found ways of diagnosing cancer at an early Science. stage at the Complex Diagnostic Center. She was led in her researches by Pavle Chelidze. 21 Tamar Khulordava is confident this project will be put in prac- "All initiative groups have been astonishingly open and enthu- tice. She said it would be a good spring-board for Eka siastic, so in the near future you will see hand-made and agri- Bakradze, who has just set to scientific work. "Generally, dur- cultural products produced with the support of our program", ing the selection process attention is paid to the contribution says Marina Tabukashvili. a young scientist will make to scientific society not only in Georgia, but also in the world", she says and adds: "Our cri- Gender and Education teria are so impartial, strong and perfect, there have been no Women's Program goes ahead with the activities under cases of appealing commission's decisions". Therefore, the Gender and Education. In particular, a book by Paolo Freier, program is even able to offer the Ministry of Education and a Brazilian philosopher and one of founders of modern peda- Science a single approach to the evaluation of scientific gogy, is being prepared by the program for publishing (the works. book has been already translated). This is the first time the book has been translated in Georgian. To date, the name of Women's Program the author has been known to a small group of specialists, and only from Russian sources. Women in Rural Areas for Small Business Development Small business development in rural areas has been one of Documentaries key priorities of OSGF's Women's Program for the past sev- The Women's Network Program of OSGF's Open Society eral months. The program launched in April a competition Institute (OSI), funded two documentaries made under the "support for rural promotion projects". Initiative groups of vil- project "Paradigms of Soviet Space". The films are "Modern lage women, including young women's non-governmental Times", directed by Levan Glonti and "Suliko" by Liana Jakeli. organizations could take part in the competition. The rough versions of the films are already ready, while final versions will be ready by fall. Marina Tabukashvili, the coor- Eight projects were selected of the 29 presented during the dinator of the Women's Program, took part in the show of first stage of the competition "support for rural promotion proj- films along with the authors at the second international mas- ects". Marina Tabukashvili, the program coordinator, and terclass that took place in the Crimea (Ukraine) in June as Zurab Janjgava, a business adviser to the project, checked part of the project. It is important that it was only Georgia the project viability on the spot during the second stage. where two films were funded, while other states were present- Finally, five projects, which would receive the program fund- ed only one movie each. ing, were selected and a report prepared. "All five projects are rather important to the local people, since mainly young "New Times" describes life in one of Kakheti villages, says women residing in villages are involved in them", says Marina Marina Tabukashvili. Everything in the movie is seen through Tabukashvili. Even brief annotations of the projects show the the eyes of a main character of the film Lia, who suffered from importance of the initiatives aided by OSGF's Women's a family violence in the childhood, but her strong nature Program. helped her survive terrible conditions and now is living in Tbilisi. Village residents love and respect her very much. For instance, Pshavi, a non-governmental organization, plans to launch a project, "Natural Wool in Natural Colors". The project presents a serious scheme of the development of folk Arts and Culture Program art (traditional, hand-made products such as carpets, socks, Intercultural Dialogue wool and so on) in this high-mountain region. It is interesting An international colloquium on intercultural dialogue is one of that in 2004, 25 residents of the Sharakhevi village of Pshavi the most important events that has taken place for the past were provided with drinking water under the project imple- several months, Tamar Lortkipanidze, the coordinator of the mented with the support of OSGF's Women's Program. Arts and Culture Program, says. Tbilisi hosted the colloquium on June 16-19. The support for the event was provided by the An initiative group "Tori" plans to promote development of pig- Open Society Institute (OSI), the Arts and Culture Network breeding in the Timotesubani village of the Borjomi district. It Program (the Budapest Office), the Open Society - Georgia is important that the district (and also the village, which has a Foundation, the Eurasia Foundation, the Caucasian House popular restaurant and hotel) has a ready market for the busi- and Poland's embassy in Georgia. ness. The Tbilisi colloquium was a continuation of the program A women's initiative group in the Natanebi village will set up a launched in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in 2004. Dushanbe was mini-factory for cracking hazelnut. 70 hectares in the village the first place to host such an event. The program aims to is covered by hazelnut farms. The project aims to improve educate intercultural dialogue animators in South Caucasus social conditions of residents in rural areas and aid socially and Central Asia, support long-term art and educational initia- vulnerable groups of the population in various ways. tives in multicultural communities, assist in establishing cen- ters for intercultural practices, and contribute to the creation An initiative group "Idumali" (secret) plans to manufacture of a trans-regional network of partnership for intercultural dia- various fruit products under the project "Meskhuri Nobati" logue. (Meskhetian gift). The project involves 12 young women and Tbilisi hosted heated debates over difficulties multicultural 2 men from three villages (Nijori, Idumala, and Oshora). societies face not only in the Caucasus, but also in Central Europe (the Balkans) and Central Asia, Tamar Lortkipanidze An initiative group "Nobati from Kakheti" will launch grape says. Modern society is experiencing a crisis of ideas in the processing and start making churchkhelas. The precondition field and colloquium participants were considering solutions to for the success of the project is that the product has a ready the problem. market.

22 Krzysztof Czyzewski, the chairman of the colloquium and the of the Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences have Borderland Foundation President, said in the post-Soviet announced a joint competition in translating scientific books countries a vital question on social sciences in the Georgian language. The books, 16 The intercultural dialogue aims today is how to replace the in all, are to be translated from the original language. The to integrate peoples of different former concept of druzhba deadline for submitting applications is September 20. cultures, religions, social status, narodov (friendship among and ethnicity. nations) - which to much Elene Nakashidze, the program coordinator, says the pro- extent was a propaganda. gram currently is selecting books for translation and scientific "In spite that the term "intercultural dialogue" is invoked today editors itself. One innovation is that every 25% of a translat- so often, it is used in many different contexts and, as a con- ed book will be checked for quality, she says. If experts' con- sequence, its meaning varies", he says and adds: "The inter- clusion is positive, the translation will continue, if it is adverse, cultural dialogue aims to integrate peoples of different cul- than the program will suspend funding. tures, religions, social status, and ethnicity". The Translation Program is important to society, as it makes Among foreign guests attending colloquium were Stanislav possible for readers to become familiar with works of foreign Zapasnik, professor of sociology, Warsaw University; Neal authors in the Georgian language and improve knowledge in Ascherson, a writer and traveler; Vladimir Milcin, theater various fields, says Elene Nakashidze. director, Open Society Institute - Macedonia Executive Director; François Matarasso, cultural animator and writer, a Public Health Program leader of the Living Heritage program in Southeast Europe; Tone Bringe, anthropologists and the senior researcher at the Establishing Humane Approach Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway. Reducing the harm caused by illegal drug use and preventing HIV/AIDS transmission remains one of key directions of the Among Georgian participants were Naira Gelashvili, the direc- Public Health Program of the Open Society - Georgia tor of the Caucasian House, who made presentation on pre- Foundation. "The government's approach to drug use is an serving cultural and natural heritage of the country, integration important factor in the field. The requirements in legislation and peaceful coexistence, human rights and ethnic tolerance. depend on this", says Lasha Zaalishvili, the program coordi- Levan Berdzenishvili, one of the leaders of the Republican nator. The program aims to develop a humane and tolerant Party, spoke in his presentation about traditions of tolerance approach to drug use. The program has conducted the analy- in Georgia and recent disintegration processes. sis of Georgian legislation with the support of Andrei Tolopilo, a Ukrainian lawyer. "The recommendations based on the Father Basil Kobakhidze, who represented the Orthodox analysis showed that according to Georgian legislation a drug Church, Alexandr Russetsky, South Caucasus Institute of user is a criminal rather than an sick person, therefore it is Regional Security, Director, Zaal Kikodze, ethnographer, essential that a repressive policy be conquered, which is the Lasha Bakradze, a journalists and others also made speech- aim of our program", says Lasha Zaalishvili. es during the colloquium. The Ukrainian expert says a drug user is subject to adminis- Intercultural dialogue can be accomplished only as a long- trative liability if he has been exposed for the first time, the term activity, aimed at both regional and international cooper- repeated offense, however, is liable to criminal liability. As ation, integration and not assimilation, it was said during the drug addiction is a chronic disease, unfortunately, only a small colloquium. Intercultural dialogue is directed at various social number of cases yields to treatment; the adequate article of groups. It is not directed at national minorities only. Meeting the law is "illogical, inconsistent and inhumane", says participants stressed setting up intercultural dialogue centers Tolopilo. He also says the majority of drug users are not able would help establish tolerance in every day life. to afford drug addiction treatment.

Principles of Harm Reduction National Translation Program Replacement therapy is considered to be one of the ways of The Translation Program of the Open Society - Georgia treating drug addiction, Foundation keeps on translating and publishing books of and we actively cooper- According to the data of the National social and cultural importance, which are important to both ate with the Scientific Anti-Tobacco Center, there are scientists and the general public. Special attention has been and Research Institute around 1.7 million smokers in recently paid to the development of philosophy and social sci- of Drugs, says Lasha Georgia, which is the highest figure ences. Zaalishvili. In April and in Europe. The number of smokers May, the institute ran has recently increased in women, The program selected last year four important and interesting workshops on the princi- especially in school age girls. books through a competition. Their translation was funded ples of replacement this year. The books are: therapy, ways of HIV-AIDS transmission and prevention. The program signed contracts with "New Way" (Tbilisi), the center - Principles of Economy by Carl Menger for psychological and social information and consultation, and - The Presentation of Self in Everyday by Erving Goffman "Xenon", the young doctors and physiologists' association - The Theory of Communicative Action: Reason and the (Zugdidi), on launching a voluntary consulting and testing Rationalization of Society by Jurgen Habermas center. - National Identity by Anthony Smith In May, the foundation organized and coordinated trainings for the staff of syringe exchange programs, the voluntary con- This year the Translation Program of OSGF and the Faculty sulting and testing center in Zugdidi, Poti and Batumi (trainers Natalia Kitsenko and Natalia Dotsenko). 23 As part of a Global Fund project, Galina Kaminskaya and Debate Education Association Leonid Vlasenko, International Harm Reduction Program experts, visited Tbilisi, Zugdidi, Poti and Batumi. Their visit The Debate Education Association actively participated in the aimed to provide technical assistance to organizations exhibition-forum of public institutions Tbilisi hosted on April 2- involved in the implementation of the program, HIV/AIDS 3. This exhibition-forum, which was held for the first time, Prevention among Intra-Vein Drug Users. aimed to foster experience sharing and closer relationships among public organizations. It also sought to increase public Education Programs for the Disabled awareness about their contribution. 56 public institutions took The Public Health Program in association with foreign experts part in the exhibition-forum. is trying to draw attention to the mentally disabled, says Lasha Zaalishvili. In June Judy Klein, the director of the network "These were rather busy and interesting days, during which program for the assistance to the mentally disabled and organizations held presentations, public discussions, educa- Camilla Parker, an expert of the same program, visited Georgia. They examined the situation on the spot, basically Debates and Workshops from the angle of the so-called inclusive education. On the basis of their recommendations those non-governmental April 3 - English-language tournament in the political organization were selected that will be involved in the imple- format mentation of specific projects along with the Ministry of April 2-3 and 9-10 - Workshops on debate techniques Education and Science. It is also planned to visit Romania, for teachers the country that has gathered valuable experience in social May 3-6 - Workshop "Conflict Management" for debate integration of the disabled. trainers May 21-22 - National tournament in political format "It is quite difficult to find in Georgia a school, which will agree June 23-25 - Workshop "Education in Intercultural and to accept mentally disabled children. Nor do we have ade- Debate Issues" for trainers. quately trained teachers to provide their integration", says Maia Bibileishvili, the head of the union "Disabled Child, tion sessions and news conferences", says Nana Pipia, the Family, Society". The organization is trying to create a posi- president of the Debate Education Association. The exhibi- tive attitude to the disabled and take such children out of iso- tion was visited by a lot of guests, both state officials and ordi- lation. With the support of the union, a Sunday school was nary citizens. Public institutions showed willingness to hold arranged for the children. The children are taking part in pub- such exhibitions annually. lishing a special paper and preparing social commercials. Maia Bibileishvili says they spend much time working with This year's exhibition-forum attained set goals and fostered: parents as well, as many of them even cannot imagine how their children can be thought in a usual environment. - building professional contacts; - sharing experience; Anti-Tobacco Measures - promoting public institutions. The Public Health Program also applies counter tobacco con- sumption measures. The partner of the program in the For the past several months, the Debate Education endeavor is the center for the implementation and monitoring Association has also been busy with holding tournaments in of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Giorgi debates. For instance, Tbilisi hosted English-language politi- Bakhturidze, the center director, says Georgia has yet to rati- cal debates in April. 18 teams (54 students) from various fy the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, though the schools of Tbilisi took part in the tournament. The topic of the document has been in force since February 27, 2005. tournament was "Society Should Deal with Drug Problem". The best debaters and players from the best teams were The convention calls for the ban on advertising tobacco, interviewed in English on the following day of the tournament reduction of tobacco consumption in public places, or the pro- and three winners selected. In July, They will leave for tection of non-smokers rights and so on. The requirements Macedonia to represent Georgia in the International Youth are rather important to Georgia. According to the data of the Debate Forum. National Anti-Tobacco Center, there are around 1.7 million smokers in Georgia, which is the highest figure in Europe. In May, Tbilisi hosted a two-day national tournament in politi- "The number of smokers has recently increased in women, cal debates on the topic "Human Rights Should be Protected especially in school age girls; the number of the stillborn and in Georgia". 39 teams made up of 9-11 form students from premature disabilities, which is directly linked to prenatal various schools of Georgia (114 students) took part in the exposure to tobacco, has also risen", Giorgi Bakhturidze tournament. Debate trainers acted as referees during the says. tournament. Batumi teams became winners and were award- ed prices and certificates. "This tournament was different by The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is due to be the topicality and acuteness of issues and the format; children submitted to Parliament either in September or in October. If offered interesting problem solutions", says Nana Pipia. the document is not approved this fall, the country will not be able to receive donors' assistance at least for two years to fund tobacco control measures, says Giorgi Bakhturidze.

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