Community Investment Program - West (CIP-W)Community Investment Program - West (CIP-W)
"Civic Investment Program-West"
About the Programme
ICCN carries out a program together with CARE. The scope of the program is rather broad as it implies bringing socio-economic transformation to the Tsaklka and Akhaltsikhe areas.
Role of ICCN in the Programme
The ICCN component is strengthening civil and social spheres though conducting training and researches in sociology. As for the training component, in 2005, ICCN initiated a rather interesting program in Akhaltsikhe and Tsakla areas. Activities started in July 2005, with target groups being women from village Tsnisi. Women impowerment training was very successful and skills attained by trainees help them to initiate their own projects in the village.
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During Autumn 2005 ICCN trainers selected groups in Akhaltsike and Tsalka for advanced mediation training, which took place in Tbilisi and was assessed by participants as very fruitful and useful skill in above mentioned regions characterized by multiethnic and multureligous profile.
The participants of the trainings identified the importance of awareness rising campaign about mediation in the population of each region. For this reason ICCN plans to publish brochure on mediation, explaining the following issues: what is mediation, why we need it, how we can apply for mediation, who is mediator, the success of mediation and etc. The participants of the trainings think that to do this kind of education work is very important for the outreach of the program and for this concrete direction as mediation training follow-up. The brochure will be in Georgian and Russian languages.
The aim of surveys conducted by ICCN was to demonstrate the concerns of local population in Tsalka and Akhaltsike, identify their needs and problems.