Donors /Partners: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Overall Budget: 14,220 $ 

Part of the budget assigned to EDEC: 14,220 $ 

Objective:

1. to address youth needs and promote youth participation in the development and delivery of the response to COVID-19
2. to improve entrepreneurship skills among conflict-affected young women living in the areas adjacent to Georgia’s administrative boundary lines (ABLs)

Target group(s): young IDPs and villagers living along the ABLs, conflict affected young women

Beneficiaries: 16-35 aged young IDPs and conflict-affected women in the target regions and young villagers along the ABLs

Conducted activities:

1. youth-based peer learning was introduced as an efficient response to COVID-19 by providing online trainings for 30 peer educators (young IDPs and villagers along the ABLs)
2. effective application and spread of beneficiaries’ newly learnt knowledge was supported by various activities: a) peer learning; b) design competition: “Peace and Human Rights”; c) 3-5 inspirational meetings with public figures
3. basic entrepreneurship skills training for conflict-affected young women who graduated from EDEC’s earlier dual education program was provided
4. tool kits were provided to the trainees in order to encourage them to start a small business, become self-employed and maybe also an employer one day

Achieved results:

1. 30 IDPs and conflict-affected youth were involved in peer learning
2. 40 IDPs and conflict-affected women gained basic entrepreneurship skills