NEWS

14 projects selected to strengthen civil society in Georgia

28-01-2011

14 Georgian and European non-governmental organisations have been selected to implement activities aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in Georgia under the European Union's Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Programme. 

 

According to an EU Delegation to Georgia press release, €1,200,000 will be available to finance micro projects with budgets ranging from €39,000 to €100,000 that promote human rights and democratic reform, support rule of law and good governance in the country.
 
During a special ceremony held this week, Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia Ambassador Philip Dimitrov presented the winners of the 2010 Call for Proposals for civil society organisations, which was launched in Tbilisi in April 2010.
 
The priority areas of the projects are:
 
  • Promoting the rights of vulnerable groups (including internally displaced persons, ethnic, religious and other minorities, children, women, persons with disabilities), health, economic, social, cultural, labour rights and rights to equal treatment and physical integrity, promote their integration into the society;
  • Supporting access to Justice;
  • Advocacy and awareness raising of human rights;
  • Promoting the ability of civil society to engage in human rights policy dialogue.
 
The European Union’s programme “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights” (EIDHR) was created in 1994 following an initiative of the European Parliament. The EIDHR is a funding programthat supports and promotes human rights and  democracy in non-EU countries around the world. €100 million is allocated annually under this budget-line. (ENPI Info Centre)
 
Press release
 
ENPI Info Centre webpage - Georgia
 
ENPI Info Centre Press Pack - Perceptions of the EU in Georgia
 
ENPI Info Centre Press Pack - The EU and Georgia
 
EU Delegation to Georgia

 

 


NEWS
SPACES, a public event in the former Soviet sewing factory in Kyiv
  From 23-26 May, the EU-funded “SPACES” project invites...
Funding devolution key to effective local democracy in Eastern Partnership
Reform of local and regional public finance is essential if local authorities...
CIUDAD: who bombed the 11th Century Minaret in Aleppo last month?
  The workshop on 16-17 May 2013, organised by the EU funded CIUDAD...
FEATURES
Citizens want their public spaces back
In post-Soviet countries urban spaces are being radically transformed....
Crumbling avant-garde buildings being given a new lease of life
The fate of dozens of Russian and Ukrainian avant-garde buildings dating back...
From skiers to cyclists: BikeLand is transforming the Ukrainian Carpathians
Two years ago, people in Yaremche, Western Ukraine, started thinking about an...
PUBLICATIONS
EU funding Handbook
A handbook on “European Union Funding for the Neighbourhood and...
Glossary of Eastern Partnership and relations with Russia
The glossary of words commonly used in the EU’s relations with its...
Community Multifunctional Centers: realities and possibilities
  Grant Agreement No. TF094952 that stated the financing by the European...
LINKS
Map of ENPI CBC Land Border and Sea Crossing Programmes
Covenant of Mayors
Regional Capacity Building Initiative RCBI