On October 1, 2011 in Gori, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) and the organization Safer World organized public discussion on the following topic: - difficulties connected to the opportunities of dialogue and more interaction among Georgians, Abkhazians and Osetians.
The discussion was mainly aimed at enabling local population to have constructive dialogue with representatives of local and central government and to plan joint solutions of the problems. Problems have been identified during the first phase of the project on the basis of consultations carries out in the communities.
The discussion has been carried out in the frames of the project “Increasing regional capacity for community-based approaches to security, as a tool for sustainable early warning, conflict prevention and local accountability” funded by the UK Conflict Resolution Fund. Similar discussions will be held in Samtskhe Javakheti, Shida Kartli, Samegrelo and Kvemo Kartli regions. The final discussion will be organized in Tbilisi.
Each discussion is focused on the topics that are supposed to be problematic in populations’ point of view. Representatives of local and central government, regional population, media, local and international organizations will attend public discussions.
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