{"id":9775,"date":"2019-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edec.ge\/advocacy-forum-held-at-georgian-national-university-seu\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T20:00:00","slug":"advocacy-forum-held-at-georgian-national-university-seu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edec.ge\/en\/advocacy-forum-held-at-georgian-national-university-seu\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Forum held at Georgian National University SEU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">As part of the EU-funded project \u201cEU4Youth &#8211; Enhancing<br \/>\nYouth Education, Employment, and Participation in Conflict-affected Areas in<br \/>\nGeorgia and Ukraine,\u201d the Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC) hosted<br \/>\nan advocacy forum in Tbilisi at the Georgian National University SEU.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">The purpose of the forum was to discuss youth<br \/>\nemployment and self-employment prospects, and to incorporate jointly developed recommendations<br \/>\nin the current state programs in order to provide needs-oriented services for<br \/>\nyoung people.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">Lika Kiladze, Chairperson of the board of the Education<br \/>\nDevelopment and Employment Center (EDEC) officially opened the event with her welcome<br \/>\nspeech: \u201cA forum is an effective tool for promoting open dialogue between<br \/>\nstakeholders. Policy changes in the state and private sectors, as well as the in-service development field, have a direct impact on youth prosperity. Taking<br \/>\npart of the Advocacy Forum, young people are able to get directly involved in<br \/>\nthe preparation of recommendations and thereby facilitate the policy-creating<br \/>\nprocess based on their needs.\u201d <o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">Furthermore, Vincent Dontot, Country Director of<br \/>\nthe Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in the South Caucasus, Revaz Charkviani, Head<br \/>\nof the Youth Agency, and representatives of the Georgian National University<br \/>\nSEU gave speeches.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">The event was attended by 160 participants including<br \/>\nrepresentatives of local and international civil society organizations working<br \/>\non youth issues, government agencies, businesses, and media, as well as young<br \/>\npeople from Tbilisi and various regions of Georgia.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">They worked in small groups in order to<br \/>\nidentify problems, define solutions, and develop suggestions about several<br \/>\nissues. The drafted recommendations were presented at the end of the event and<br \/>\nwere submitted to the respective government agencies for consideration.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"DE\">The EU-funded project \u201cEU4Youth \u2013 Enhancing<br \/>\nYouth Education, Employment, and Participation in Conflict-affected Areas in<br \/>\nGeorgia and Ukraine\u201d is implemented by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the<br \/>\nEducation Development and Employment Center (EDEC) in Georgia. The Advocacy The forum was realized with the great support from the Georgian National University SEU.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the EU-funded project \u201cEU4Youth &#8211; Enhancing Youth Education, Employment, and Participation in Conflict-affected Areas in Georgia and Ukraine,\u201d the Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC) hosted an advocacy forum in Tbilisi at the Georgian National University SEU. 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