“Confidence Building and MDG Promotion in South Caucasus” was two year joint development cooperation program of the United Nations Associations of Georgia and Sweden implemented with the Forum Syd assistance. The development objective of the project was to contribute to democracy and civil society development in Georgia and in the South Caucasus region. The program focused on three provinces of Georgia – Adjara, Imereti and Shida Kartli and the region of the South Caucasus. Aiming at role plays, workshops, educational programs, and trainings the beneficiaries of the program were youth, women, media, IDPs, and NGOs in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Components of the program:
• Confidence Building in the South Caucasus implemented activities supporting establishment of UNA Azerbaijan, strengthening of UNA Armenia’s capacity on a regional level and providing successful cooperation between UNA Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
• Confidence Building in Shida Kartli and Imereti Regions and Civil Society Development in Adjara was one of the significant directions of the program aimed at establishing and strengthening cooperation and networks between NGOs in the regions through various activities. Component in Imereti region strengthened youth information exchange and joint initiative networks and dialogues between Youth NGOs and local authorities. Youth in Shida Kartli region was involved in establishing democracy clubs, arranging Model UN Sessions, summer camps and regional activities.
• MDG Promotion/Monitoring aimed at increasing the CSOs involvement in MDGs promotion and implementation process.
In 2006 UNA Georgia arranged the training on MDG monitoring and reporting for CSOs and media representatives in Georgia. The MDG Progress Report has been developed illustrating the progress achieved with the obligations that Georgia undertook to meet MDGs by 2015. Noteworthily, this was the first civil society report on Millennium Development Goals. In 2007 the MDG Progress Report was elaborated to illustrate Goal N4 and N5 implementation, compared to last year.
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