2005 3(4)

Executive Board

Chairman:Tina Khidasheli

Members:Inga TodriaArchil OsidzeIago KachkachishviliGiorgi LoladzeGeorge GvakhariaRevaz Sakevarishvili

Executive DirectorDavid Darchiashvili

Deputy of Executive DirectorNino Chinchaladze

aRmasrulebeli sabWo:aRmasrulebeli sabWo:

sabWos Tavmjdomare:

Tina xidaSeli

wevrebi:

inga Todria

arGil osiZe

iago kaWkaWiSvili

giorgi lolaZe

giorgi gvaxaria

revaz sayevariSvili

aRmasrulebeli dirqtori:

daviT darGiaSvili

aRm. direqtoris moadgile:

nino GinGalaZe

fond “Ria sazogadoeba -saqarTvelos” axali amocanebi dinamiuradganviTarebad garemoSi

postrevoluciuri saqarTvelos

araerTgvarovani Sefasebebis mi-

uxedavad, erTi ram udavoa -

cxovrebas Seemata dinamiuroba

da emociuri simZafre. wina xe-

lisuflebis dros politikuri

cxovrebis stagnacias SeGveuli

sazogadoeba interesiT da zog-

jer sifrTxiliTac ki akvirde-

ba swrafad cvalebad movlenebs.

am fonze axali da ufro rTuli

amocanebi gaGnda samoqalaqo seqtoris winaSe,

romlis nawilma saxelisuflebo struqturebSi

gadainacvla, nawili ki kvlav xelisuflebis opo-

nentad darGa.

konsolidacia da dialogi

fondi “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelo”, 10-wliani

gamocdilebisa da dRevendeli situaciis ga-

TvaliswinebiT, mowodebulia, samoqalaqo seq-

toris erT-erTi inteleqtualuri da poli-

tikuri lideris roli itvirTos. fondi apirebs,

ufro qmediTad Seuwyos xeli samoqalaqo sazoga-

doebis Semdgom zrdas, kanonis uzenaesobis

principebis damkvidrebasa da samTavrobo

reformirebis process.

“fondi ver iqneba neitraluri, mxolod grantis

gamcemi organizacia, is Tavad unda iyos Gabmuli

yvela procesSi, Tanac ufro energiulad da efe-

qturad da moaxdinos samoqalaqo seqtoris kon-

solidacia”, - ambobs fond “Ria sazogadoeba -

saqarTvelos” aRmasrulebeli direqtori,

daviT darGiaSvili.

reformirebis procesebze politikuri gavlenis

mopovebis mizniT, fondi saWirod miiGnevs wamyvan

samoqalaqo organizaciebsa da arasamTavrobo

organizaciebis koaliciebTan ormxriv Tana-

mSromlobas. konsolidirebuli daxmareba medi-

is Tavisuflebis gaZlierebasac sWirdeba.

daviT darGiaSvilis TqmiT, dRevandeli xelisu-

fleba, romlis rigebSic samoqalaqo sazogadoe-

bis bevri warmomadgenelia, ufro momTxovnia

samoqalaqo sazogadoebisadmi. amave dros, mas aqvs

qveynis ganviTarebis Tavisi xedva da sazogadoebas-

Tan debatebs xSirad drois dakargvad miiGnevs. es

iwvevs konfrontaciasa da gaugebrobas, ikargeba

OPEN SOCIETY – GEORGIAFOUNDATION’S NEWCHALLENGES IN RAPIDLYDEVELOPING ENVIRONMENT

Despite variety of views on post-revolution Georgia, all agree thatlife has become more dynamic andemotionally loaded. Accustomedto stagnation in the political lifeunder the previous governmentthe public is watching with interestand sometimes fear rapidly chang-ing developments.

Amid these changes, the civil sec-tor has faced new and even bigger

challenges, the more so that some of its membershave moved to government agencies, while othersremain government’s opponents.

The Consolidation of the Civil Sector andDialogue with the GovernmentConsidering its 10 years’ experience and the currentdevelopments, the Open Society – Georgia Foun-dation (OSGF) is seeking the role of one of intel-lectual and political leaders of the civil sector. OSGFplans to more actively contribute to the further growthof civil society, enforcement of the supremacy of lawand government reform efforts.

“The foundation cannot be neutral, only a grant-awarding organization, it should be directly engagedin all processes even more vigorously and effective-ly, and should consolidate the civil sector”, saysDavid Darchiashvili, the OSGF executive director.

In order to gain political influence on reform efforts,OSGF considers it essential to cooperate with lead-ing state institutions on the one hand and non-gov-ernmental organizations on the other. Giving themedia more freedom also needs consolidatedapproach.

David Darchiashvili says today’s government, inwhich there are many representatives of the civil soci-ety, is more demanding towards civil society.Moreover, having its own view on the developmentof the state, it often sees debates with the public aswasting of time. This raises confrontation and con-fusion; grounds for making legitimate, logical deci-sions are lost, which makes establishing a dia-logue with the government OSGF’s prime task,stresses OSGF’s executive director.

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legitimuri, logikuri gadawyvetilebis miRebis

safuZvlebi. “yovelive amis gamo, Gvens winaSe

mTavar amocanad dgeba xelisuflebasTan

dialogi”, - xazs usvams fondis aRmasrulebeli

direqtori.

dialogi saWiroa yvela mimarTulebiT, maT Soris,

samarTaldamcavi organoebisa da sajaro adminis-

traciis reformirebis, biujetis gamWvirvalobis,

konfliqtebis mogvarebisa da evropuli inte-

graciis sferoebSi.

momavlis strategia

samoqalaqo sazogadoebis xelSewyoba niSnavs ara

mxolod arasamTavrobo organizaciebis daxmare-

bas, aramed qveynis mmarTvelobis sistemis refor-

mirebaSi ufro qmediT monawileobas. am miznebs

emsaxureba fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos”

axali strategia. saboloo saxe am dokumentma

ivlisis bolos miiRo.

rac Seexeba tradiciul saqmianobas, anu grante-

bis gacemasa da Ria konkursebs, is unda gaxdes

ufro fokusirebuli konkretul amocanebze.

kerZod, moewyoba arasamTavrobo organizaciebisa

da sainformacio saSualebebis SesaZleblobebis

gazrdisTvis gamiznuli konkursebi.

konkursebi mimarTuli iqneba adamianis uflebebis

dacvis, ndobis mSeneblobis, antikorufciuli

saqmianobisa da sxva sazogadoebisaTvis mtkivneu-

li problemebisken. daviT darGiaSvilis TqmiT,

grantis gacemasa da operatiulad gansaxor-

cielebel saqmianobaSi axali balansia mosa-

Zebni.

ganaxlebuli struqtura

aqamde arsebuli 9 erovnuli programis, erTi

qseluri programis (“aRmosavleTi-aRmosavleTi”)

da studentTa saerTaSoriso saganmanaTleblo

centris (ISAC) nacvlad fondSi imuSavebs 6

erovnuli programa. ganaxlebuli struqtura

fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” aRmasru-

lebelma sabWom 5 seqtembers daamtkica. axlo

Dialogue is essential in every field, including reformsto law enforcement bodies and public administration,transparency of the budget, conflict resolution andEuropean integration.

Future StrategyAssisting civil society does not mean helping NGOsalone, rather it means more result-focused involve-ment in state governance system reforms, statesOSGF’s new strategy. The document was given itsfinal shape in late July.

As for traditional activities – awarding grants andopen competitions, OSGF considers they shouldbe increasingly focused on specific tasks. In partic-ular, competitions will be held in order to increasepossibilities of non-governmental organizations andthe media. They will be focused on human rights,confidence-building, counter corruption measuresand other painful problems the public is facing.David Darchiashvili says a new balance should befound between grant-awarding and everydayactivities.

OSGF’s Renewed StructureThe Open Society - Georgia Foundation will have sixnational programs rather than current nine nationalprograms, one network program (East-East) andthe International Student Advising Center. The newstructure was approved by OSGF’s executive boardon September 5 and is expected to be approvedshortly by the Open Society Institute.

OSGF will run three main programs focused on thepolicy development in their fields:

�� Supremacy of law and public administrationprogram;

�� Integration and civil education program;�� General civil society support program.

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fondi "Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelo"

samoqalaqo sazogadoebis da mediis mxardaWeris

zogadi programa

kanonis uzenaesobis da sajaro

administraciis programa

integraciisa da samoqalaqo ganaTlebis programa

ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programa

sazogadoebrivi janmrTelobis programa

qalTa programa

Open Society - Georgia Foundation

General Civil Society and Media SupportProgramSupremacy of Law and Public Administration Program

Integration and Civil Education Program

Economic Development Program

Public Health Program

Women's Program

momavalSi ki mosalodnelia misi damtkiceba Ria

sazogadoebis institutis (OSI) mier.

fondSi sami ZiriTadi programa imuSavebs:

�� kanonis uzenaesobisa da sajaro adminis-

traciis programa;

�� integraciisa da samoqalaqo ganaTlebis

programa;

�� samoqalaqo sazogadoebis da mediis mxar-

daWeris zogadi programa.

kanonis uzenaesobisa da sajaro adminis-

traciis programa orientirebuli iqneba

sasamarTlo da samarTaldamcavi organoebis

reformasa da mmarTvelobisa da gamWvirvalobis

xelSewyobaze. gansakuTrebuli yuradReba daeT-

moba saxelmwifo Semosavlebisa da biujetis

gamWvirvalobis sakiTxebs.

integraciisa da samoqalaqo ganaTlebis

programis mizania Semwynareblobis, libera-

lizmisa da multikulturalizmis ideebis xelSe-

wyoba.

samoqalaqo sazogadoebis da mediis mxar-

daWeris zogadi programa mimarTuli iqneba

warmatebuli da aqtiuri arasamTavrobo organi-

zaciebisa da mediis mxardaWerisken. programa

GarTuli iqneba amJamad dausaqmebel, yofil sax-

elmwifo moxeleTa, samarTaldamcavi organoe-

bis yofil oficerTa da samxedro pirTa reso-

cializacia- reabilitaciaSi.

fondis struqturaSi, aseve, darGeba kidev sami

warmatebuli erovnuli programa:

�� sazogadoebrivi janmrTvelobis programa;

�� qalTa programa;

�� ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programa.

amave dros, fondidan gamoyofili samecniero-

saganmanaTleblo kompiuteruli qselebis aso-

ciacia (GRENA) da arasamTavrobo organizacia

e-Riders, romlebic sainformacio programis

bazaze 2004 wels Seiqmna, gaagrZeleben sainforma-

cio programis rig saqmianobebs. isini OpenSource-s xelSewyobasa da ganaTlebisa da mec-

nierebis saministros iniciativis, “irmis nax-

tomis”, mxardaWeras SeiTavseben.

studentTa saerTaSoriso-saganmanaTleblo

centri ki gamoiyofa fondidan, rogorc

damoukidebeli arasamTavrobo organizacia.

The Supremacy of Law and Public AdministrationProgram will focus on reforms to the legal systemand law enforcement bodies, good governance andfostering transparency. State revenues and budg-et transparency will be devoted special attention.

The Integration and Public Education Programwill promote the concepts of tolerance, liberalism andmulticulturalism.

General Civil Society and Media SupportProgram will aim to support successful and activenon-governmental organizations and the media.The program will be engaged in the resocialization-rehabilitation of currently unemployed former stateofficials, former officers of law enforcement bodiesand the military.

OSGF will still run three more national programs,which have been rather successful in their fields ofactivities:

�� Public Health Program;�� Women’s Program;�� Economic Development Program.

Separated from OSGF, GRENA, the GeorgianResearch and Educational Network Association ande-Riders, a non-governmental organization, whichwere set up at the Information Program in 2004 willgo ahead with a number of activities of theInformation Program. They will also contribute to theintroduction of Open Source as well as theEducation and Science Ministry’s project Deer’sLeap.

The International Student Advising Center willdetach from OSGF as an independent non-govern-mental organization.

For Democracy EnforcementGeorge Soros, a financier and Maecenas, has con-tributed to the establishment of tens of open socie-ty foundations and the Open Society Institute inorder to support transition from various types of dic-tatorship, or close society to liberal democracy, oropen society. The Open Society – GeorgiaFoundation has served the goals for 10 years.

However, lately some forces have tried to hamperdemocratic processes and get in the way of OSGF’sactivities. But, it is Georgian society, the Georgianpeople, who will decide which civilization and

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demokratiis gansamtkiceblad

jorj sorosma, finansistma da mecenatma, Ria

sazogadoebis aTeulobiT erovnuli fondebisa

da Ria sazogadoebis institutis daarsebas erTi

mizniT Seuwyo xeli - daxmareboda qveynebs aTas-

gvari formis diqtaturebidan, anu daxuruli

sazogadoebebidan, liberalur demokratiaze, anu

Ria sazogadoebis formaze gadasvlaSi. am amo-

canebs ukve 10 welia fondi “Ria sazogadoeba -

saqarTveloc” emsaxureba.

Tumca, bolo dros saqarTveloSi Tavi iGines

Zalebma, romlebic cdiloben, Seaferxon demo-

kratizaciis procesi da xeli SeuSalon fondis

saqmianobas. “gadawyvetileba imis Sesaxeb, Tu

romeli civilizacia da ra RirebulebaTa sis-

tema gaimarjvebs saqarTveloSi, Tavad qar-

Tulma sazogadoebam, saqarTvelos xalxma unda

miiRos”, - xazs usvams fond “Ria sazogadoeba -

saqarTvelos” aRmasrulebeli direqtori, daviT

darGiaSvili. mis mosazrebebs am Temaze vrclad

SegiZliaT gaeqcnoT statiaSi “civilizaciaTa

Sexla saqarTveloSi”, romelic gazeT “24 saaTis”

5 seqtembris nomerSi daibeWda.

arasamTavroboTa wvlili evrointegraciis saqmeSi

evropul struqturebSi integracia saqarTvelos

umTavresi miswrafebaa. imisaTvis rom es miswrafe-

ba mxolod ocnebad ar darGes, saWiroa ara marto

saxelmwifo struqturebis, aramed mTeli sazoga-

doebis GarTva am rTuli gzis gasavlelad saWiro

saqmianobaSi.

rogorc cnobilia, 2004 wlis ivnisSi saqarTvelo,

somxeTsa da azerbaijanTan erTad, evropis same-

zoblo politikis (ENP) monawile gaxda.

arasamTavrobo organizaciaTa jgufma gadawyvita,

xeli Seuwyos evrokavSirsa da saqarTvelos

mTavrobas Soris, saqarTvelosaTvis ENP-s

farglebSi, samoqmedo gegmis SemuSavebis process.

am saqmianobas fondma ”Ria sazogadoeba -

saqarTvelom” fond ”evraziasa” da hainrix bio-

lis fondTan erTad aqtiurad dauWira mxari.

ivnisidan 30-mde arasamTavrobo organizacia

Seudga muSaobas fond ”Ria sazogadoeba - saqar-

Tvelos” integraciis programis Sesabamisi proeq-

tis farglebSi. maT Soris iyvnen axalgazrda

iuristTa asociaciis, mSvidobis, demokratiisa

da ganviTarebis kavkasiuri institutis, samoqala-

qo sazogadoebis institutis, kavkasiis garemos

system of values will succeed in Georgia, stress-es OSGF’s executive director. You can see his viewson the issue in detail in the article, “The Clash ofCivilizations in Georgia”, published in the 5September issue of the 24 Hours, a newspaper.

NGO’S CONTRIBUTION TO EUROPEANINTEGRATION

Georgia’s primary aspiration is to integrate withEuropean institutions. To meet this aspiration thepublic should be involved in the process along withgovernment agencies to get to the end of this roughpath.

As is known, in June 2004, Georgia became aEuropean Neighborhood Program (ENP) membertogether with Armenia and Azerbaijan. A group ofnon-governmental organizations has decided tocontribute to the development of the action planunder the ENP between the Georgian governmentand the European Union. The Open Society –Georgia Foundation jointly with the EurasiaFoundation and Heinrich Böll Foundation hasactively supported the move.

Around 30 NGOs launched operations under theproject of OSGF’s Integration Program. Among theNGOs involved in the process are the Young LawyersAssociation, the Caucasian Institute of Peace,Democracy and Development, the Civil SocietyInstitute, the Caucasian Environment NGOs Network(CENN) and other organizations. Apackage recom-mendation was “born” as a result of multiple meet-ings, hot debates and exchange of views. The pres-entation of the document was held in the OSGF officeon September 15.

“The document itself may raise debates or questions,but this is a joint creation of tens of non-governmen-tal organizations”, David Darchiashvili, the OSGFexecutive director, said in his speech at the presen-tation. He added not many other samples of sucha joint work were available.

Indeed, the document reflects how NGOs’ view thepossible schemes of the integration to Europe. Itskey principles are setting up a dialogue, launchingmutually beneficial cooperation, as well as comple-tion, which means completing and contributing tospeeding up the process. The recommendationshave been made in five directions:

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dacvis arasamTavrobo organizaciebis qselisa da

sxva organizaciaTa warmomadgenlebi. mravali

Sexvedris, kamaTisa da azrTa Sejerebis Sedegad,

”daibada” rekomendaciaTa paketi. am dokumentis

prezentacia farTo sazogadoebisaTvis fond ”Ria

sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” ofisSi 15 seqtem-

bers moewyo.

rogorc fondis aRmasrulebelma direqtorma,

daviT darGiaSvilma, prezentaciaze gamosvlisas

aRniSna, TviTon dokumenti SeiZleba iwvevdes

kamaTs an kiTxvebs, magram gasaTvaliswinebelia is

garemoeba, rom es aris aTeulobiT arasamTavrobo

organizaciis erToblivi muSaobis sinTezi, rom-

lis msgavsi bevri ar moiZebneba.

dokumenti, marTlac, aris arasamTavrobo

organizaciaTa pozicia evrointegraciis samoqme-

do gegmis SesaZlo meqanizmebis Taobaze. misi

ZiriTadi principebia dialogisa da urTierT-

sasargeblo TanamSromlobis damyareba da srul-

yofa, rac gulisxmobs procesis Sevsebisa da

daGqarebis xelSewyobas. rekomendaciebi xuTi

mimarTulebiT SemuSavda:

�� kanonis uzenaesobis ganmtkiceba, adamianis

uflebebis dacvis uzrunvelyofa da plu-

ralizmis ganmtkiceba;

�� siRaribis Semcireba da mdgradi

ganviTareba;

�� korufciis winaaRmdeg brZola da gamWvir-

valeoba, maT Soris, saprivatizacio pro-

cesis;

�� biznes-garemos gaumjobeseba, sagadasaxa-

do da sabaJo sistemebis reforma da libe-

ralizacia;

�� konfliqtebis mogvareba da regionaluri

TanamSromloba.

prezentacias evropul da evroatlantikur

struqturebSi integraciis sakiTxebSi saxelmwifo

ministri, giorgi baramiZe, eswreboda. igi

miesalma arasamTavrobo seqtoris gadawyvitile-

bas, rom ufro Rrmad da aqtiurad GaerTos samo-

qmedo gegmis SemuSavebis procesSi. ”mTavro-

bisaTvis Zalian faseulia arasamTavrobo

seqtorTan TanamSromloba,” - aRniSna man da

SesTavaza rekomendaciaTa avtorebs, monawileoba

miiRon seqtembris bolos dagegmil konferenci-

is muSaobaSi, romelic evrointegraciis

Tematikisadmia miZRvnili.

evrokavSirs momzadebuli aqvs samoqmedo gegmis

sakuTari proeqti da saqarTvelos mTavrobas -

Tavisi varianti. miuxedavad amisa, saxelmwifo

�� Enforcement of supremacy of law, human rights,and pluralism enforcement;

�� Poverty reduction and stable development;�� Fighting corruption and providing transparency,

including the privatization process;�� Improving a business environment, tax and cus-

toms system reforms and liberalization;�� Conflict resolution and regional cooperation.

The presentation was attended by the State Ministerfor European and Euroatlantic Integration IssuesGiorgi Baramidze. He welcomed the determinationof the non-governmental sector to be more activelyinvolved in the action plan development. “Thecooperation with the non-governmental sector israther valuable to the government”, he said andoffered the authors of the recommendations to par-ticipate in the conference on European integrationto take place in late September.

Despite the fact that the European Union and theGeorgian government each already have their draftaction plan, the State Minister suggests that the“regular exchange of views and adjustments areessential” for the development of the document thatwill fully consider the interests of both sides.

David Bakradze, the chairman of Parliament’sCommittee for European Integration, has expressedwillingness to cooperate with the non-governmentalsector. He evaluated the package recommendationas a well-grounded and thought-out document. “Thisis a valuable point, over which debating is possible”,said the MP and added: “In order to make it clearwhat the public expects from the integration toEurope, the involvement of NGOs in the process isessential”. Bakradze proposed to place the packagebefore the committee for consideration.

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ministrs miaGnia, rom saWiroa mudmivi azrTa

gacvla da koreqtivebi, raTa orive mxaris intere-

sebis amsaxveli srulyofili dokumenti Seiqmnas.

arasamTavrobo seqtorTan TanamSromlobis mzad-

yofna evropasTan integraciis saparlamento

komitetis Tavmjdomarem, daviT baqraZemac, ga-

moTqva. rekomendaciaTa paketi man Seafasa,

rogorc safuZvliani da kargad gaazrebuli doku-

menti. ”es aris is Rirebuli wertili, romlis ir-

gvliv SesaZlebelia kamaTi, - aRniSna parlamentar-

ma da dasZina, - imisaTvis, rom naTlad gvesmodes,

ras elis sazogadoeba evrointegraciisagan, auci-

lebelia am procesSi arasamTavroboTa mona-

wileoba”. daviT baqraZem mizanSewonilad GaTvala

rekomendaciaTa paketis sakomiteto mosmenaze

gatana.

momzadebuli dokumentis mniSvnelobas xazi gaus-

va saqarTvelosa da somxeTSi evrokomisiis de-

legaciis warmomadgenelma, adriana longonim.

”GvenTvis yovelTvis sainteresoa arasamTavrobo

organizaciebis azri, - ganacxada man, - Gven

moxaruli viqnebiT, rom ufro meti samoqalaqo

sazogadoebis warmomadgeneli iyos GarTuli ENP-s

samoqmedo gegmis SemuSavebis procesSi”. misi

TqmiT, evrointegracia aris is momavali, romelic

gansazRvravs yoveldRiur cxovrebas.

rekomendaciaTa avtorebi elian, rom saqarTve-

los mTavroba saTanado yuradRebas miaqcevs am

dokuments da gaiTvaliswinebs evrokavSirisaTvis

warsadgeni samoqmedo gegmis proeqtSi.

”arasamTavrobo organizaciebi mzad arian,

samoqmedo gegmis SemuSavebas yvela etapze

Seuwyon xeli da, sakuTari xedvisa da

Sexedulebebis gaTvaliswinebiT, aqtiurad

iTanamSromlon saqarTvelos mTavrobasa da

evrokavSirTan”, - aRniSna fond ”Ria sazogadoe-

ba - saqarTvelos” integraciis programis koor-

dinatorma, mixeil mirziaSvilma.

ase rom, proeqti warmatebiT dasrulda, magram es

ar niSnavs arasamTavroboTa Zalisxmevis dasrule-

bas - evrointegraciis kuTxiT muSaoba kvlav

grZeldeba.

siRaribis daZlevas yvelam erTad undaSevuwyoT xeli

amerikis SeerTebulma Statebma, aTaswleulis

gamowvevis korporaciis (MCC) meSveobiT, saqar-

Tvelos $295.3 milioni gamouyo.

Adriana Longoni, the representative of theEuropean Union delegation to Georgia and Armenia,highlighted the importance of the document. “To us,the opinion of NGOs is always interesting”, she said.“We wish more and more civil society people beinvolved in the process”. The European Integration,she says “is the future that will impact on everydaylife”.

The authors of the recommendation expect that theGeorgian government will devote due attention to thedocument, and will take it into consideration in theaction plan to be presented to the European Union.“NGOs are willing to contribute to every stage ofthe action plan development, and consideringtheir own stance and views, to actively cooper-ate with the Georgian government and theEuropean Union”, says Mikheil Mirziashvili, thecoordinator of OSGF’s Integration Program.

Therefore, the scheme has proved a success, butthis does not mean NGOs have completed theirwork in this direction. They are going ahead with theefforts aimed to contribute to European integration.

WE SHOULD MAKE JOINT EFFORTS TOCONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY REDUCTION

The United States has disbursed $295.3 million toGeorgia through the Millennium ChallengeCorporation (MCC).

This historical decision was preceded by intensivetalks and visits of MCC officials to Georgia. Tbilisi

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Compact

RegionalInfrastructureRehabilitation

EnterpriseDevelopment

Samtskhe-JavakhetiRoad Rehabilitation

$102.2 million

Georgia RegionalDevelopment Fund

$32.5 million

Regional InfrastructureDevelopment Facility

$60.0 million

AgribusinessDevelopmentAssistance

$15.0 million

Energy Rehabilitation$49.5 million

am istoriul gadawyvetilebas win uZRoda mola-

parakebebis intensiuri procesi da MCC-s warmo-

madgenelTa vizitebi saqarTveloSi. agvistoSi

Tbiliss aSS-s kongresis moxeleebi, pol ost-

burg-sanzi da metiu maklini da MCC-s sabWos

wevri da kaTolikuri daxmarebis samsaxuris

(CRS) prezidenti, kenet haketi, ewvivnen.

hakets, romelic samoqalaqo sazogodoebis warmo-

madgenelia MCC-s sabWoSi, gansakuTrebiT ain-

teresebda, ramdenad aqtiurad iqneba GarTuli

arasamTavrobo seqtori kompaqtis, anu aTaswle-

ulis gamowvevis SeTanxmebisa da ganxorcielebis

procesSi.

donorebsa da arasamTavrobo seqtorTan Sexved-

ras fondma “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelom”

umaspinZla. msjeloba ZiriTadad gaimarTa imaze,

Tu ramdenad sworad iqna SerGeuli kompaqtis

mimarTulebebi da ramdenad Seuwyobs igi xels

siRaribis daZlevas; ra meqanizmebs flobs sazoga-

doeba, raTa kontroli gauwios Tanxebis mizno-

brivad aTvisebas. aRiniSna donorTa Soris koor-

dinirebis sisuste. arasamTavroboebma kompaqtis

proeqtebis msvlelobis Sesaxeb calke angariSis

momzadebis survili gamoTqves.

unda aRiniSnos, rom fond “Ria sazogadoeba - sa-

qarTvelos” ekonomikuri ganviTarebis programa

konstruqciulad TanamSromlobs fond “aTas-

wleulis gamowveva saqarTvelosTan” (MCG),

romelic koordinirebas uwevs kompaqts. “Gven

mzad varT yvela proeqtis mudmivi monitoringi

ganvaxorcieloT, gansakuTrebiT samcxe-javaxeTis

regionSi, sadac didi xania warmatebulad vmuSa-

obT”, - ganacxada ekonomikuri ganviTarebis

programis koordinatorma, mixeil kervali-

Svilma.

was visited by the Congressional Delegation from theHouse Committee on International Relations:Matthew McLean, Chief Staffer for RepublicanCongressman Henry Hyde, Paul Oostburg-Sanz,Democratic Deputy Chief Counsel, Press OfficerSamuel Stratman and Kenneth Hackett, an MCCboard member and the president of the CatholicRelief Services.

Hackett, who represents civil society in the MCCboard, was especially keen to know about the levelof the involvement of the non-governmental sectorin the Millennium Challenge Compact implementa-tion.

The meeting with donors and the non-governmen-tal sector was hosted by the Open Society – GeorgiaFoundation. Discussions mainly focused on whetherCompact priorities are the right ones, and how it willfoster poverty reduction, which are the tools thepublic holds to control spending under the Compact.Meeting participants noted the need for better coor-dination among donors. NGOs showed willingnessto produce a separate report on ongoing projectsunder the Compact.

OSGF’s Economic Development Program is close-ly cooperating with the Millennium Challenge GeorgiaFoundation (MCG), which coordinates the compact.“We are ready to provide regular monitoring of allprojects, especially in the Samtskhe-Javakhetiregion, where we have worked successfully for long”,says Mikheil Kervalishvili, the EconomicDevelopment Program coordinator.

Currently, MCG’s eight-member board is beingstaffed. Among its members, three will be from thenon-governmental sector. OSGF has already intro-duced its candidate.

However, Mikheil Kervalishvili says the programconsiders more reasonable to conduct an independ-ent monitoring. “At the same time we wish to havea partner’s rather than controller’s role”, he says,adding: “At the stage our key recommendation is thatinformation campaign should be conducted inregions in order to explain compact’s goals andways of implementation in the language the localpopulation can understand”.

The Millennium Development Compact aims toreduce poverty and spur economic growth inGeorgia’s regions, where over 50% of rural house-holds live below the poverty line. The program has

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kompaqti

regionaluli

infrastruqturis

reabilitacia

sawarmoTa

ganviTareba

samcxe-javaxeTis gzebis

reabilitacia

$102.2 milioni

saqarTvelos regio-

naluri ganviTarebis

fondi $32.5 milioni

regionuli infrastruq-

turis ganviTareba

$60.0 milioni

agrobiznesis ganviTarebis

daxmareba $15.0 milioni

energetikis

reabilitacia

$49.5 milioni

amJamad dakompleqtebis stadiaSia MCG-is 8

wevrisagan Semdgari sakonsultacio sabWo,

romelSic sami arasamTavrobo seqtoris warmo-

madgeneli unda iyos. sabWoSi fondma “Ria sazo-

gadoeba - saqarTvelom” Tavisi kandidatura

waradgina.

Tumca mixeil kervaliSvilis TqmiT, programa

ufro mizanSewonilad miiGnevs damoukidebeli

monitoringis Gatarebas. “amasTan, Gven gvinda

gvqondes ara makontrolebeli funqcia, aramed

ufro partnioruli urTierTobebi “, - aRniSnavs

igi da dasZens, - am etapze Gveni mTavari rekomen-

daciaa, Gatardes specialuri sainformacio

kampania regionebSi, raTa adgilobrivi

mosaxleobisaTvis gasageb enaze iqnas ganmar-

tebuli kompaqtis miznebi da ganxorcielebis

gzebi”.

aTaswleulis gamowvevis SeTanxmeba (kom-

paqti) miznad isaxavs siRaribis Semcirebasa da

ekonomikuri zrdis stimulirebas saqarTve-

los regionebSi, sadac soflis mosaxleobis

50%-ze metis cxovrobis done siRaribis

zRvarze dablaa. prioritetuladaa miGneuli

ori sfero: regionuli infrastruqturis

aRdgena, maT Soris, samcxe-javaxeTis gzebisa

da magistraluri gazsadenis reabilitacia,

da strategiuli seqtorebis (soflis meur-

neoba da turizmi) ganviTareba.

aTaswleulis gamowvevis SeTanxmebas xeli a.w. 12

seqtembers moewera, gamoyofili Tanxebis aTviseba

ki momavali wlis gazafxulidan unda daiwyos.

kompaqtis xelmoweris ceremonialze vaSingtonSi

Garlz seTnesma, MCC-is vice prezidentma, gana-

cxada: “msurs mivuloco saqarTvelos xalxs da

saqarTvelos mTavrobas es didi miRweva...

aTaswleulis gamowvevis korporacias (MCC)

eamayeba, rom saqarTvelos partnioria regionebSi

arsebuli siRaribis daZlevis procesSi”.

demokratia skolidan iwyeba

maTTvis, visi Svilebic dRes skolaSi swavloben an

emzadebian skolaSi wasasvlelad, yvelaze sain-

tereso da mniSvnelovani, swored, zogadi gana-

Tlebis sferoSi mimdinare procesebia.

ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis saministros mier

gamoqveynebul “zogadi ganaTlebis erovnuli

two focuses: regional infrastructure rehabilitation,including repairing roads and restoring the maingas pipeline in Samtskhe-Javakheti, and the devel-opment of strategic sectors (agriculture and tourism).

The Millennium Challenge Compact was signed onSeptember 12, while spending the funds disbursedunder the program will commence in spring 2006.

At the Compact signing ceremony in WashingtonD.C. Charles Sethness, the MCC Vice President,said: “Congratulations to the people and Governmentof Georgia for this great achievement… MCC isproud to be Georgia’s partner in its efforts to reducepoverty in the regions outside of Tbilisi”.

SCHOOL – STARTING POINT OF DEMOCRACY

Those getting ready for school or having school-agechildren will be most interested in ongoing process-es in the public education sector.

According to the “National Purposes of PublicEducation” released by the Ministry of Education andScience, “favorable conditions for developing a per-son with free, national and universal values” shouldbe created in Georgia.

The project, supported by the Open SocietyInstitute (OSI), the Open Society – GeorgiaFoundation, the United States InternationalDevelopment Agency (USAID) and the BritishCouncil, serves these very goals.

Two non-governmental organizations, the LibertyInstitute and the Institute of Education Policy,Planning and Management (EPPM), have run theproject since 2005.

“Our project aims to introduce an efficient managingsystem in public schools”, says project director KetiChachkhiani, of the Liberty Institute. “It is for the firsttime trustee boards have been created in Georgiaand they are in special need of getting familiar wit theexperience of other countries, but Georgian realityshould be also considered”, she says.

As part of the project, experts in education manage-ment from Oklahoma Trustee Board Association(the US) ran a training course for 20 Georgian spe-

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miznebis” mixedviT, saqarTveloSi unda Seiq-

mnas “xelsayreli pirobebi Tavisufali, erov-

nuli da zogadsakacobrio Rirebulebebis

matarebeli pirovnebis Gamosayalibeblad”.

swored am miznebs emsaxureba proeqti, romel-

sac mxardaWeras Ria sazogadoebis instituti

(OSI), fondi “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelo”,

amerikis saerTaSoriso ganviTarebis saagento

(USAID) da britaneTis sabWo (British Council)uweven.

proeqts ori arasamTavrobo organizacia -

Tavisuflebis instituti da ganaTlebis poli-

tikis, dagegmvisa da marTvis instituti (EPPM)

2005 wlis ianvridan axorcielebs.

“Gveni proeqti miznad isaxavs zogadsaganmanaT-

leblo skolebSi efeqturi marTvis sistemis

Seqmnas”, - ambobs proeqtis direqtori, qeTi GaG-

xiani, romelic Tavisuflebis instituts war-

moadgens. “saqarTveloSi pirvelad iqmneba sko-

lebSi sameurveo sabWoebi da maTTvis gansakuT-

rebiT mniSmnelovania sxva qveynebis gamocdilebis

gaziareba, Tumca aucilebelia qarTuli realo-

bis gaTvaliswinebac”, - aRniSnavs igi.

proeqtis farglebSi, ganaTlebis marTvis eqsper-

tebma oklahomas sameurveo sabWoebis asociaci-

idan (aSS) 22-28 seqtembers 20 qarTveli speci-

alistisaTvis Gaatares treningi Semdeg Temebze:

�� sameurveo sabWosa da direqtoris uflebe-

bi da movaleobebi;

�� finansuri da adamianuri resursebis

marTva;

�� strategiuli dagegmva;

�� profesiuli unar-Gvevebis ganviTareba da

sxva.

“am treningis Sedegad, Seiqmna unikaluri masala -

skolis marTvis saxelmZRvanelo (School Guide)”,

- xazs usvams ganaTlebis politikis, dagegmvisa

da marTvis institutis (EPPM) direqtori,

giorgi maGabeli. “ar aris SemTxveviTi, rom

proeqtSi aSS-sa da didi britaneTis eqspertebi

monawileoben - es ori qveyana lideria demokra-

tiuli marTvis principebSi, maT Soris, skolis

doneze”, - aRniSnavs igi.

eqspertebis mier SemuSavebul masalebze dayrdno-

biT, 20 qarTveli specialisti 80 treners

moamzadebs, romlebic mogvianebiT marTvis

cialists on September 22-28 on the following topics:

�� Rights and responsibilities of the trustee boardand principal;

�� Financial and human resource management;�� Strategic planning;�� Development of professional skills and so on.

As a result of the training, a unique material – SchoolGuide - has been written, stresses GiorgiMachabeli, the director of EPPM. “Experts fromthe United States and Britain are not taking part inthe projects at random” – the two countries are lead-ers in democratic management, including at theschool level”, he says.

Twenty Georgian trainers will train 80 more trainers.Ultimately, 100 trainers will conduct training cours-es in school management for trustee boards and prin-cipals in 1,000 schools all over Georgia.

“Trustee boards take great responsibility – they caneither turn a school into a real one or destroy it”, saysGogi Kvantaliani, one of trainees, who has a 15-year experience of working as a teacher, and adds:“Therefore, I apply to all those who want their chil-dren to study in good schools, to take active part inreform efforts”.

At a closing ceremony of the training course held inTbilisi on September 28, the Deputy Minister ofEducation and Science, Bela Tsipuria “blessed”Kvantaliani and his colleagues. She said that the lawon “Public Education” was a real step forward andnow Georgian specialists should put it into practiceand make efficient changes in the education system.

“Wide-scale reforms are still underway, however, theresults have been already seen, said David

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sferoSi treningebs Gautareben 1,000 skolis

sameurveo sabWos wevrebsa da direqtorebs.

“sameurveo sabWoebs didi pasuxismgebloba ekis-

rebaT - maT SeuZliaT skola an namdvil skolad

aqcion, an daaqcion, - ambobs treningis erT-er-

Ti monawile, gogi kvantaliani, romelsac pe-

dagogiuri moRvaweobis 15-wliani staJi aqvs, da

dasZens - amitom mivmarTav yvelas, visac unda,

rom misma Svilma karg skolaSi iswavlos, aqtiurad

unda miiRos monawileoba reformirebis proces-

Si”.

28 seqtembers TbilisSi treningis daxurvis ce-

remoniaze ganaTlebisa da mecnierebis ministris

moadgilem, bela wifuriam, “gza dauloca” gogi

kvantaliansa da mis kolegebs. man aRniSna, rom

“zogadi ganaTlebis Sesaxeb” kanonis miReba, nam-

dvilad, wingadadgmuli nabijia. jeri qarTvel

specialistebzea, romlebmac am kanonis “xorcSes-

xma” da saganmanaTleblo sistemaSi Sinaarsobrivi

cvlilebebis ganxorcieleba unda SeZlon.

“masStaburi reforma jer kidev mimdimareobs,

Tumca ukve TvalnaTelia Sedegebi, - ganacxada

RonisZiebaze fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqar-

Tvelos” direqtorma, daviT darGiaSvilma,

romelic am warmatebuli proeqtiT kmayofilebas

ver malavda. “garda imisa, rom skolebSi marTvis

procesi ufro gamWvirvale xdeba, iqmneba niada-

gi realuri TviTmmarTvelobisa da demokratiza-

ciisaTvis, xeli ewyoba axali liderebis aRzrdas”,

- dasZina man.

media-sabWo yvela media-organizaciasTanTanamSromlobisaTvis mzadaa

Semdgari proeqti

media-sabWos Seqmnis idea ramodenime wels

iTvlis, magram misi dafuZneba mxolod a.w.

ivlisSi moxerxda. am struqturis ZiriTadi

miznebia profesiul standartebsa da eTikis

normebze zrunva; mediis urTierTobebis

daregulireba rogorc xelisuflebasTan,

aseve mTel sazogadoebasTan; JurnalistTa

uflebebis dacva. amitom media-sabWos kari

yvelasaTvis Ria iqneba.

sabWos damfuZneblebi arian telekompaniebi:

“rusTavi-2”, “mze”, “imedi”, “202” da “sazogado-

ebrivi televizia”, agreTve, gazeTebi: “24 saaTi”

Darchiashvili, the director of the Open Society –Georgia Foundation, who could not hide his con-tentment for a project success. “Apart from the factthat school management process will become moretransparent, the way is paved for real self-gover-nance and democratization, growing up new lead-ers is fostered”, he said.

MEDIA COUNCIL WILLING TO COOPERATEWITH ALL MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS

Project Proves a SuccessAlthough the idea of setting up the Media Council hadmatured for several years, it was not set up until July2005. The body is mainly concerned with profession-al standards and ethics, regulation of the mediarelations with both the government and the public,as well as journalist rights. Therefore, the door of theMedia Council will be open for everyone.

The Media Council was set up by TV companiesRustavi-2, Mze, Imedi, 202 and Public Television,as well as papers the 24 Hours, the Messenger,and over 10 regional media organizations, includingmagazines, Batumelebi, P.S. from Kutaisi andSpectrum from the Kakheti region.

Among the founders of the Media Council are non-governmental organizations – the Liberty Institute,the Young Lawyers Association, the CaucasianInstitute of Peace, Democracy and Development.The 11-member board of the Media Council hasbeen already set up.

The Open Society – Georgia Foundation providedsupport to the establishment of the Media Councilthrough its inner project for media support. It can besaid the project proved a success, says IrakliTsertsvadze, the program coordinator, and adds:“The Media Council has been launched, and I hopeit will meet public expectations”.

Meeting of the TwoThe responsibility imposed on the Media Councilraised in the OSGF executive board special interestin its plans. The Media Council and the OSGF exec-utive board met in the foundation’s office inSeptember.

Eka Kvesitadze, head of the Media Council proj-ect, reported briefly to attendants on the work that

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da “mesinjeri”, 10-ze meti regionuli media-

organizaciebi, maT Soris, gazeTebi: “baTu-

melebi”, “p.s.” quTaisidan da “speqtri” kaxeTis

regionidan.

damfuZnebelTa Soris arian cnobili arasamTav-

robo organizaciebic: Tavisuflebis instituti,

axalgazrda iuristTa asociacia da mSvidobis,

demokratiisa da ganviTarebis kavkasiuri

instituti. ukve SerGeulia media-sabWos 11-

wevriani xelmZRvanelobac.

media-sabWos Seqmnas xeli Seuwyo fondma “Ria

sazogadoeba - saqarTvelom”, mediis mxardaWeris

programis Sida proeqtis saxiT. “SeiZleba iTqvas,

rom proeqti Sedga, - aRniSnavs programis koor-

dinatori, irakli cercvaZe, da dasZens, - media-

sabWom starti aiRo da, imedi maqvs, sazogadoebis

molodins gaamarTlebs”.

ori sabWos Sexvedra

media-sabWoze dakisrebulma pasuxismgeblobam

ganapiroba fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos”

aRmasrulebeli sabWos gansakuTrebuli interesi

misi gegmebis mimarT. seqtemberSi fondis ofisSi

ori sabWos Sexvedra moewyo.

media-sabWos proeqtis xelmZRvanelma, eka

kvesitaZem, mokled uambo damswreebs gaweul

saqmianobaze: media-subieqtebTan molaparakebe-

bis rTul da xangrZliv procesze; sabWos

reglamentis momzadebaze; eTikis normebisa da

profesiuli standartebis Taobaze regionis

JurnalistebisaTvis Gatarebul treningebze da

sxv. “amJamad, pirvel rigSi, saWiroa organizaci-

uli sakiTxebis gadawyveta da televiziiT media-

sabWos Sesaxeb socialuri reklamis Gvenebis

uzrunvelyofa”, - aRniSna man.

Tumca, fondis aRmasrulebeli sabWos wevrebi

amiT ar dakmayofildnen da moiTxoves rogorc

ukve gaweuli muSaobis detaluri angariSi, aseve

momavali saqmianobis ufro konkretuli gegma.

miT umetes, rom media-sabWoSi reagirebisaTvis

ukve pirveli gancxadeba Semovida.

aRmasrulebeli sabWos erT-erTi wevri cnobili

xelovnebaTmcodne da telewamyvani, gogi gvaxa-

ria, aRniSnavs: “me ara var kmayofili mediis

dRevandeli mdgomareobiT - iseTi STabeWdileba

meqmneba, rom aq absoluturi qaosia, amitom mxari

davuWire media-sabWos Seqmnas.” misi azriT, sabWom

unda Seiswavlos, ra xdeba mediaSi da daare-

had been done – about long and tough negotiationswith media organizations, the preparation of theregulation for the body, professional ethics and stan-dards, training courses run for journalists fromregions and so on. Currently, organizational issuesshould be solved in the first place and social com-mercials about the Media Council broadcast by tel-evision, she said.

However, members of the OSGF executive boardhave not limited themselves to the work and requireda detailed report on the work performed and a morespecific plan of future activities, the more so that theMedia Council has already received the first appli-cation to consider.

Gogi Gvakharia, one of members of the executiveboard, a prominent arts critic and TV program host,says: “I am not satisfied with the current situation inthe media – I am under the impression that it is inabsolute mess, therefore I supported setting up theMedia Council”. The council is to find out what isgoing on in the media, and regulate the public atti-tude to it.

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guliros sazogadoebis damokidebuleba medias-

Tan.

amave dros, gogi gvaxaria survils gamoTqvams,

rom media-sabWoSi rac SeiZleba meti “axali saxe”

gamoGndes. “Tu media-sabWo moderatoris fun-

qcias ikisrebs da ara yvelafris mcodnisa da

zedamxedvelis, Tu Seva dialogSi yvelasTan, maSin

optimisturad vuyureb mis momavals”, xazs usvams

igi.

sabolood, fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTve-

los” aRmasrulebelma sabWom moiwona erT-erTi

wevris, Jurnalist rezo sayevariSvilis, inicia-

tiva - media-sabWos mimarTebaSi Seiqmnas konkuren-

tuli garemo. fondi, obieqturobisa da gamWir-

valobis principidan gamomdimare, ar apirebs

“sakuTari pirmSosTvis” privilegirebuli piro-

bebis Seqmnas da sTavazobs mas Tanabari uflebebiT

im konkursebSi monawileobis miRebas, romelsac

mediis mxardasaWerad gamoacxadebs.

Tavmjdomaris kredo

media-sabWos warmatebuli muSaobis sawindrad

SeiZleba GaiTvalos misi axlad arGeuli Tavmjdo-

mare, cnobili politologi gia nodia. SekiT-

xvaze, Tu ratom itvirTa man damatebiTi seri-

ozuli pasuxismgebloba isedac daZabuli saqmi-

anobis fonze, man upasuxa: “gamiWirda uaris Tqma,

radgan media sazogadoebis Zalian mniSvnelovani

nawilia da mTeli wlebis ganmavlobaSi sazogado-

ebaSi aris wuxili mediaSi eTikis normebsa da

dabal profesiul standartebze.”

albaT, ndobis deficitiTaa ganpirobebuli

media-sabWos mimarT araerTgvarovani damokide-

buleba TviT mediaSic.

“subieqtur faqtorebTan erTad am SemTxvevaSi im

garemoebamac iTamaSa didi roli, rom yovel-

gvari standartebis SemoReba da dacva

sazogadoebaSi gaigivebulia cenzurasTan da Gven

es unda davZlioT”, - ambobs media-sabWos

Tavmjdomare.

At the same time, Gvakharia hopes for more inno-vations in the Media Council and stresses: “If theMedia Council plays the role of a mediator rather thanknow-all and supervisor, and is open to a dialoguewith everyone, than I’ll feel upbeat about its future”.

Finally, the OSGF executive board approved theinitiative of one of its members Rezo Sakevarishvilito create a competitive environment for the MediaCouncil. OSGF considering the principles of trans-parency and impartiality is not going to give its off-spring privileges, and proposes it to take part alongwith others in competitions announced for media sup-port on equal terms.

Chairman’s CredoGia Nodia, a prominent political scientist andrecently elected chairman of the Media Council, canbe considered as a prerequisite to a Media Councilsuccess. Asked why he agreed to shoulder this seri-ous responsibility being rather busy without that, hesaid: “I could not refuse, as the media is very impor-tant part of society and for years the public has beenconcerned about ethics and low professional stan-dards in the media”.

Perhaps it is the credibility gap, which conditions var-ious attitudes to the Medical Council within the mediaitself.

“Along with subjective factors the fact that introduc-ing and observing any standards is seen in societyas censorship also plaid a role, and we should getover it”, says the chairman of the Media Council.

STRONG ARMY NEEDS STRONG CIVILCONTROL

A strong army is a prerequisite to a strong state, thenew government has declared and launched eager-ly building the sector. However, radical reforms inthe armed forces have raised many questions in thepublic, which has felt the need for more informationin the military sector. This has prompted the idea to

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“Gven GamovayalibeT sabWo im imediT, rom

Seiqmnas saqmis realurad keTebis precedenti da

am struqturam Tavisi qmedebiTa da sando

SefasebebiT ndoba da avtoriteti moipovos, -

xazs usvams gia nodia da dasZens, - sazogadoebaSi

xom yvelaze didi socialuri deficiti, swored,

ndobaa.”

“We have set up the council, hoping to establisha precedent of doing real business, and this bodywith its activities and reliable assessments will gaintrust and reputation”, he stressed and added: “It isthe credibility that presents the widest social gapin society”.

Zlier jars Zlieri samoqalaqo kontrolic sWirdeba

Zlieri jari Zlieri qveynis sawindaria - am

deviziT Seudga axali xelisufleba samxedro

aRmSeneblobas. Tumca SeiaraRebuli Zalebis

sakmaod radikalurma reformirebam bevri

kiTxva warmoSva sazogadoebaSi, romelmac

samxedro sferoSi ufro meti informirebu-

lobis saWiroeba irgZno. ase daibada

Tavdacvisa da usafrTxoebis sakiTxebSi

samoqalaqo sabWos Seqmnis idea.

samxedro-samoqalaqo dialogisaTvis

Tavdacvisa da usafrTxoebis sakiTxebSi samo-

qalaqo sabWos Seqmnis iniciativiT oTxi

arasamTavrobo organizacia gamovida: fondi

“Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelo”, romelic,

proeqtis ZiriTadi damfinansebelia,

mSvidobis, demokratiisa da ganviTarebis kavka-

siuri instituti, Tavisuflebis instituti da

axalgazrda iuristTa asociacia.

proeqti miznad isaxavs Tavdacvisa da usafrT-

xoebis sakiTxebze momuSave arasamTavrobo orga-

nizaciebsa da samTavrobo struqturebs Soris

(Tavdacvis saministro, sagareo saqmeTa samin-

istro, erovnuli uSiSroebis sabWo, parlamenti)

dialogis damyarebas, samxedro reformirebis

procesis monitoringsa da saeqperto mxardaWeras.

rogorc proeqtis direqtori, irakli mWedli-

Svili, aRniSnavs, Tavdacvisa da usafrTxoebis

sakiTxebSi samoqalaqo sabWo ufro damoukidebe-

lia, vidre Sinagan saqmeTa da iusticiis

saministroebTan arsebuli analogiuri struq-

turebi da mrGevelTa sabWoebi. garkveulwilad, es

vardebis revoluciis Semdgom periodSi

Tavdacvis saministros xelmZRvanelobis xSiri

cvliT aris ganpirobebuli.

samarTlebrivi bazis srulyofisaTvis

sabWo regularulad awyobs Sexvedrebs samTav-

robo struqturebis, qarTuli arasamTavrobo

organizaciebisa da ucxoeli eqspertebis aqtiuri

monawileobiT.

am Sexvedrebis Sedegad gadawyda, rom SeiaraRe-

bul ZalebTan dakavSirebuli kanonmdeblobis

srulyofisaTvis gacilebiT ufro efeqturi

saqmianobaa saWiro. “am mizniT, ivnisSi Gven ganvi-

xileT saqarTvelos SeiaraRebuli Zalebis sadis-

ciplino kodeqsis proeqti”, - ambobs irakli

mWedliSvili.

set up the Civil Council on Defense and Security.

For Military-Civil DialogueFour non-governmental organizations havecome up with the initiative to set up the CivilCouncil on Defense and Security: The OpenSociety – Georgia Foundation, which also pro-vides bulk of funding to the project, theCaucasian Institute of Peace, Democracy andDevelopment, the Liberty Institute and the YoungLawyers Association.

The project aims to establish a dialogue betweenNGOs working at defense and security issues andgovernment agencies (the Defense Ministry, theForeign Affairs Ministry, the National Security Council,Parliament) as well as to monitor reforms in the mil-itary sector and provide experts’ advice.

Irakli Mchedlishvili, the project director, says theCivil Council on Defense and Security enjoys morefreedom, than similar bodies within the InteriorMinistry and the Justice Ministry – advisory boards.Partly, this has been the result of frequent changesof the leadership of the Defense Ministry in the post-revolution period.

For Improving LegislationThe council arranges regular meetings and round-table talks, in which government agencies, GeorgianNGOs and foreign experts take part.

Meeting participants have arrived at a decision itwould be more useful and efficient to make effortsto improve legislation. Irakli Mchedlishvili says, forexample, that they considered in June the draftDisciplinary Code of the Georgian armed forced.

Simultaneously, human rights have beenwatched in the armed forces. The council willcome up with first reports on the issue as wellas activities regarding legislation in October.

For Improving National Military StrategyIt is for the first time the national military strategyhas been set up in the history of Georgia’s independ-ent army. At the request of the Defense Ministry, thedocument is being examined by experts.

According to the Civil Council on Defense andSecurity, overall, the document reflects well thecountry’s view on the military strategy, but someprovisions should be improved.

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paralelurad xorcieldeba jariskacTa uf-

lebebis monitoringi da oqtomberSi sabWo am

da sakanonmdeblo sferoebSi saqmianobis

pirvel angariSebs waradgens.

samxedro strategiis dasaxvewad

saqarTvelos damoukidebeli jaris arsebobis

istoriaSi erovnuli samxedro strategia

pirvelad iqmneba. Tavdacvis saministros

TxovniT am dokumentis eqspertuli Sefaseba xor-

cieldeba.

rogorc Tavdacvisa da usafrTxoebis sakiTxebSi

samoqalaqo sabWoSi aRniSnaven, dokumentSi

mTlianobaSi naTladaa gadmocemuli qveynis

samxedro strategiuli xedva, Tumca

dasaxvewia da sistemaSia mosayvani dokumentis

calkeuli debulebebi.

fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” aRmas-

rulebeli direqtori, daviT darGiaSvili,

romelic, eqspertia samxedro sferoSi, aRniSnavs

strategiis droulobas, mis argumentirebu-

lobasa da adekvaturobas dasaxul amocanasTan.

“amave dros, mimaGnia, rom teqsti aRZravs ramo-

denime upasuxo kiTxvas da iTxovs rigi mosazrebe-

bis dakonkretebas, magaliTad, safrTxeebis

Sefasebis kuTxiT”, - ambobs is.

irakli mWedliSvili ki yuradRebas amaxvilebs

iseT sakiTxebze, rogoricaa saqarTvelos Seiara-

Rebuli Zalebis saerTo ricxvi (romelic

reformis Semdeg unda darGes) da zogadi struq-

tura - ZiriTadi erTeulebis raodenoba da a.S.

“es met konkretulobas SesZenda dokuments da

gazrdida mis mniSvnelobas, - aRniSnavs is da

dasZens, - jari unda iyos profesiuli da

Seesabamebodes NATO-sa da saerTaSoriso stan-

dartebs”.

rogorc amerikeli mklevari semuel hanting-

toni Tavis cnobil wignSi “jariskaci da sa-

xelmwifo” wers, samxedro pirTa roli

sazogadoebaSi xSirad gamxdara gansjis sagani

“samoqalaqo kontrolis” konteqstSi. “marti-

vad, es kontroli samxedro Zalauflebis mi-

nimizaciisa da samoqalaqo Zalauflebis

maqsimizaciis tolfasia, Tumca amasTanave

obieqturi samoqalaqo kontroli samxedro

profesionalizmis aRiarebacaa”, - Tvlis

amerikeli mkvlevari.

David Darchiashvili, the executive director ofthe Open Society – Georgia Foundation, who isalso a military expert, says the strategy has cometimely, is based on strong arguments and meets setgoals. “At the same time, I think the text raises someunanswered questions and some areas should bespecified, for example, from the angle of risk assess-ment”, he says.

Irakli Mchedlishvili, on the other hand, focuses on theissues like the overall number of Georgian armedforces (to stay after the reform) and the generalstructure – the number of main units and so on. Thiswould make the document more specific andincrease its importance, he suggests and adds thatthe army is to be professional and meet NATO andinternational standards.

The role of the military in public life has oftenappeared in the limelight in the contex of the “civil-ian control”, states “the Soldier and the State”, a bookby Samuel Huntington, a professor of internationalrelations at Harvard University. Simply, this controlis tantamount to the minimization of military andmaximization of civil power, however, at the sametime the objective civilian control is the recognitionof military professionalism, says Samuel Huntington.

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rogor vxarjoT milionobi yairaTianad

sayovelTaod cnobilia, rom saqarTvelos sim-

didre, mineralur resursebTan erTad, misi

geografiuli mdebareobaa. saqarTvelo aRmosav-

leT-dasavleTis energoderefnis ganuyofeli na-

wilia, romelic kaspiis regionis gazsa da navTobs

dasavleTis energobazrebs awvdis.

eqspertTa SefasebiT, mompovebeli mrewvelobidan

da satranzito funqciis gamoyenebidan Semosuli

Tanxebi saqarTvelos saxelmwifo biujetis daax-

loebiT 35-40 procents Seadgens. Tumca es

mxolod savaraudo ricxvia, radgan zusti monace-

mebi ar arsebobs, erTi mxriv, aRricxvis dabali

donisa da, meore mxriv, ganzrax gasaidumloebu-

li informaciis gamo.

saqarTveloSi am sferoSi gamWvirvalobisa da

sazogadoebrivi meTvalyureobis donis asamaR-

leblad, fondma “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelom”

wels saqarTvelos Semosavlebis meTval-

yureobis programis (Georgia Revenue Watch)

iniciativa wamoayena. unda aRiniSnos, rom aseTi

programebi ukve ramodenime welia Ria sazogadoe-

bis institutis iniciativis (OSI) safuZvelze xor-

cieldeba azerbaijanSi, yazaxeTsa da yirgizeTSi.

saqarTvelos Semosavlebis meTvalyureobis pro-

gramam Semdegi miznebi dasaxa:

Semosavlebis gamWvirvalobis ganviTareba;

samoqalaqo sazogadoebis monitoringSi

GarTvis xelSewyoba;

mTavrobis pasuxismgeblobis amaRleba.

“Gveni qveynis unikaluri mdebareoba, adgilo-

brivi wiaRiseulis mopovebis zrdis potencial-

Tan erTad, mniSvnelovan ekonomikur sargebels

hpirdeba Gvens sazogadoebas, - aRniSna programis

koordinatorma, irakli xodelma, da dasZina -

Tumca, am sargeblis, romelic xalxis sakuTrebaa,

mizanmimarTuli da efeqturi gamoyeneba, swored,

Semosavlebis gamWvirvalobazea damokidebuli”.

qveynebs, romlebic gamWvirvalobisa da sazoga-

doebrivi monitoringis naklebobas ganicdian

emarTebaT e.w. “holandiuri daavadeba”. am ter-

mins eqspertebi im SemTxvevaSi xmaroben, roca

sasargeblo wiaRiseulis aRmoGena da mopoveba

HOW TO SPEND MILLIONS EFFICIENTLY

As is known, Georgia’s wealth is in its mineralresources along with the geo-political location.Georgia is a vital part of the East-West energy cor-ridor, through which gas and oil from the Caspianbasin goes to the Western energy market.

According to experts’ estimates, revenue earnedfrom the mining industry and the transit of energyresources accounts for around 35-40% of Georgia’sbudget. However, this figure may not be precise, asthere are no accurate data available due to poorrecord keeping on the one hand and withholdinginformation intentionally on the other.

In order to increase transparency and public controlin the field in Georgia, the Open Society – GeorgiaFoundation has initiated the Georgia RevenueWatch (GWR) program. The similar programs havebeen run in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstanfor several years by the initiative of the Open SocietyInstitute (OSI).

GRW has set the following goals:

Promoting transparency of revenues;Facilitating civil involvement in revenue monitoring;Strengthening government’s accountability.

“The excellent location of our country along with anincreasing potential of local mineral extraction prom-ises important economic benefits to our public”, saysIrakli Khodeli, the program coordinator.“However, the reasonable and efficient use of thebenefits, which belong to the people, depends on thevery transparency of revenues”, he stresses.

Do you know what happens with the states that lacktransparency and civil monitoring? They fall ill withthe so-called “Dutch disease”. This term is used byexperts when discovering and extracting mineralsbecomes a hindrance to economic growth. “Wehave to avoid such countries’ bitter experience ofwasting revenues”, says Irakli Khodeli.

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saqarTvelos Semosavlebis meTvalyureobis

programis miznebi:

� Semosavlebis gamWvirvalobis ganviTareba;

� samoqalaqo sazogadoebis monitoringSi GarTvis

xelSewyoba;

�mTavrobis pasuxismgeblobis amaRleba

GRW has set the following goals:

� Promoting transparency of revenues;

� acilitating civil involvement in revenue monitoring;

� Strengthening government's accountability.

ekonomikuri zrdis xelisSemSleli faqtori

xdeba. “Gven Tavidan unda aviciloT aseTi

qveynebis mier Semosavlebis flangvis mware

gamocdileba”, - ambobs irakli xodeli.

programis farglebSi, maisSi ukve daiwyo navTo-

bisa da gazis mopovebis da satranzito mrewvelo-

bis gamWvirvalobis donis Zirfesviani analizi.

oqtomberSi unda Seiqmnas am sakiTxebze

momuSave arasamTavrobo organizaciaTa koali-

cia. warmatebis SemTxvevaSi, programa oqros mo-

povebis, mineraluri wylebisa da sxva wiaRiseulis

aTvisebis SemosavlebiTac dainteresdeba.

pirdapiri reportaJebi warsulidan(mesxeTi da mesxebi, 1918-1944 ww.)

marine beriZis wignSi “pirdapiri reporta-

Jebi warsulidan” - mesxeTis mkvidrTa ram-

denime Taobis xmebi gaismis. “gviambeT Tqvens

cxovrebaze”, - ase iwyebs maTTan saubars wignis

avtori, romelic Tavadac mesxia.

wignis teqstebi Tematurad mravalferovania da

didad sagulisxmoa ara marto istoriuli, aramed

folklorisa, da, gansakuTrebiT, dialeqtologi-

is TvalsazrisiT. ZiriTad nawils enaTmecnieri

avtoris mier sxvadasxva wlebSi Gawerili teqs-

tobrivi masala warmoadgens, mocemuls im saxiT,

rogoric is xmis Gamwerma teqnikam asaxa.

“es iyo Zalian seriozuli da mZime

samuSao, daZabuli da emociurad

damuxtuli... am istoriebis

GawerasTan erTad TiTqos qveynis

majiscemas vusmendi”, - ixsenebs marine

beriZe wignze muSaobis periods.

“zepir istoriebSic” asaxulia

movlenebi, romlebic mTxrobelTa si-

cocxlis manZilze xdeboda. amdenad,

maTi xnovaneba 7-8 aTwleuliT ganisaz-

Rvreba. “istoriaTa “dasabami” maTi

bavSvobis periodia, daaxloebiT,

gasuli saukunis 10-20-iani wlebi, zeda

qronoligiuri done ki - gasuli sauku-

nis 80-90-iani wlebi da Gveni saukunis

dasawyisia”, - aRniSnavs wignis redaqtori, giorgi

cocaniZe, enaTmecnieri, eTnografi da mwerali.

wignis uaRresad mniSvnelovani nawilia gamokvle-

va, romelic mas Sesavlad uZRvis. gamokvlevis

Temaa “migraciebi XX saukunis I naxevaris sa-

mcxe-javaxeTSi”. giorgi cocaniZis SefasebiT,

wignis avtori am masalebis mowodebisas maqsi-

As part of the program, an analysis of the level oftransparency in oil and gas extraction and the tran-sit industry commenced in May. In October, a coali-tion of NGOs working on this issue will be cre-ated. If the program proves a success, it will extendto revenues from gold extraction, mineral waters andthe utilization of other minerals.

LIVE REPORTS FROM THE PAST(MESKHETI AND MESKHS, 1918-1944)

“Live Reports from the Past”, a book by MarineBeridze, echoes voices of several generations ofMeskheti residents. “Tell us about your life”, thiswas the question with which the author of the book,who is Meskh herself, used to start conversation withher respondents.

The stories in the book are diverse and interestingnot only from the point of view of history but also folk-lore and especially dialectology. The stories record-ed by the author in different years make up the bulkof the book. They exactly follow the recorded mate-rial.

“This was rather serious and complicated work,strained and emotionally loaded … It seemed tome, I was feeling the pulse of the nation while I wasrecording the stories”, Marine Beridze recalls the peri-od of working on the book.

“Oral stories” reflect the developments taking placeduring the lives of storey-tellers, who are at the ageof 70-80. The stories start with their childhood,around the 1910s and 1920s, while the upper chrono-logical level is the 80-90s of the past century and thebeginning of our century, says the editor of the

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malurad neitraluria, Tavs ikavebs gansjisa da

subieqturi daskvnebisgan.

“mkiTxvels aq warmodgenili movlenebi religiur

saburvelSi gaxveul eTnokonfliqtebad SeiZleba

moeGvenos, - ambobs giorgi cocaniZe, - magram

gvianSuasaukuneebis saqarTvelosa da, kerZod,

misi erTi mniSvnelovani provinciis, samcxe-

javaxeTis, istoriaSi ramdenadme Gaxeduli piri

advilad dainaxavs, rom aq saqme gvaqvs istoriis

siRrmiseul SreebSi mimdinare faruli dinebe-

bisa da, agreTve, faruli neli moqmedebis naRmebis

drodadro gaaqtiurebis konkretul gamovli-

nebebTan”. wignis redaqtori xazs usvams, rom am

naRmebis amoqmedebas advilad axerxebdnen da

axerxeben farul dinebaTa aRmZvreli Tu

naRmebis Gamdebi Zalebi maTTvis xelsayrel

yvela saWiro momentSi.

es ukve meoTxe wignia seriidan “qalTa mexsiereba”,

romelsac fondis qalTa programa 2004 wlidan

gamoscems. “pirdapiri reportaJebi warsul-

idan” momzadda qalTa programis mier 2003 wels

gacemuli grantis farglebSi. marine beriZem ukve

Tavmoyril masalas specialurad am proeqtisTvis

Gawerili axali istoriebi da vrceli kvleva

daurTo.

wigni “pirdapiri reportaJebi warsuli-

dan” xelmisawvdomia fondis qalTa pro-

gramaSi.

“vimedovnebT, rom es wigni, romelSic ase uxvad da,

rac mTavria, miukerZoeblad aris naGvenebi war-

sulis mware gakveTilebi, swored, iseT ganwyobas

Seqmnis, rac am problemis mosagvarebladaa

saWiro, - aRniSnvs programis koordinatori,

marina TabukaSvili, - da dasZens - momavalze

orientirebuli azrovneba warsulis gamocdile-

bas pozitiurad unda iyenebdes”.

es ar aris erTaderTi aqtivoba, romelsac qalTa

programa axorcielebs mesxTa problemasTan

dakavSirebiT. “Gven, aseve, gvaqvs ori sxvadasxva

proeqti or sofelSi, sadac repatriirebuli

mesxebi cxovroben (guria, sof. nasakirali da

imereTi, sof. ianeTi), - ambobs marina TabukaSvili,

- erTi maTgani saganmanaTleblo saqmianobas

gulisxmobs, meore ki - sofel ianeTSi axalgazr-

da mesx qalTa gaaqtiurebas repatriirebul mesxTa

socialuri integraciis xarisxis asamaRleblad”.

book, Giorgi Tsotsanidze, a linguist, ethnograph-er and writer.

The survey that prefaces the book is rather impor-tant. The research topic is “Migrations in Samtskhe-

Javakheti in the First Half of the 20th Century”.Giorgi Tsotsanidze says the author is maximallyneutral while giving the material to her readers; sherefrains from making judgments and personal con-clusions.

“The reader might see the developments (in thebook) as an ethnic conflict bundled up in religiouswraps, says Giorgi Tsotsanidze, but those who havesome understanding of history of Georgia of thelate Middle Ages, in particular, of one of its importantprovinces – Samtskhe Javakheti, will easily see thatthis is about hidden streams in the deep layers of his-tory and also specific consequences of activatingtime bombs from time to time”. The bombs havebeen easily activated by the forces that cause hid-den streams or plant bombs at every suitable forthem time, he stresses.

This has been the fourth book from series “Women’sMemories”, which has been published by OSGF’sWomen’s Program since 2004. “Live Reports fromthe Past” was prepared as part of the grant provid-ed by the Women’s Program in 2003. Marine Beridzehas attached new stories recorded specially for theproject and a large survey to already collected mate-rial.

The book “Live Reports from the Past” isavailable from OSGF’s Women’s Program.

“We hope that this book, which shows so abundant-ly, but most importantly, impartially bitter experienceof the past, will produce the attitude essential for theproblem solution”, says Marina Tabukashvili, theprogram coordinator, and adds: “Future-focusedthinking should positively use past experience”.

So far this has been the only work the Women’sProgram has dedicated to the problem of theMeskhs. “We also have two other projects in two vil-lages resided by repatriate Meskhs (the Nasakiralivillage of the Guria region and the Ianeti village ofthe Imereti region), says Marina Tabukashvili. Oneof them calls for educational activities, while theother aims to make young Meskh women in theIaneti village more active in an effort to increase thesocial integration of the repatriated.

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paliatiuri mzrunvelobis humanuri misia

Tanamedrove medicinis ganviTarebis donisa da

didi SesaZleblobebis miuxedavad, arsebobs

daavedebebi, romelTa gankurneba amJamad SeuZle-

belia. am SemTxvevaSi wina planze gamodis pali-

atiuri mzrunveloba. es sistema moicavs rogorc

samedicino (ganukurnebeli seniT Sepryobil

pacientTa tkivilis Semsubuqeba, mtanjvel sim-

ptomTa marTva), aseve fsiqologiur da sulier

daxmarebas.

paliatiuri mzrunvelobis sistemis Seqmnaze fiqri

saqarTveloSi 1999 wlidan daiwyo fond “Ria

sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” xelSewyobiT. fondis

mier dafinansebuli proeqtebis daxmarebiT,

SesaZlebeli gaxda pirveli informaciebis moZieba,

ucxoel eqspertebTan kontaqtebis damyareba,

meToduri literaturis Targmna da gamocema,

specialistebis momzadeba da sxv.

fondis sazogadoebrivi jandacvis programa

dResac agrZelebs paliatiuri mzrunvelobis da,

zogadad, paliatiuri medicinis damkvidrebisa

da ganviTarebis xelSewyobas.

“amJamad dRis wesrigSi dgas sakanonmdeblo-nor-

matiul bazaSi im cvlilebebis Setanis xelSewyoba,

romelic uzrunvelyofs pacientTa optimalur

momsaxurebasa da evropul standarTebTan harmo-

nizacias”, - ambobs programis koordinatori,

laSa zaaliSvili. “vmuSaobT, agreTve, umaRles

da saSualo samedicino ganaTlebis programebSi

“paliatiuri mzrunvelobis”, rogorc discipli-

nis GarTvis xelSewyobis mimarTulebiT”, -

aRniSnavs igi.

sazogadoebrivi jandacvis programis im kompo-

nentis farglebSi, romelic “paliatiur mzrun-

velobas” exeba, gansakuTrebiT aqtiurad muSaoben

arasamTavrobo organizacia “onkoprevenciis

centri” da paliatiuri mzrunvelobis asociacia

“humanistTa kavSiri”.

“humanistTa kavSiris” proeqtis direq-

toris, profesor dimitri korZaias, Rrma

rwmeniT, paliatiuri mzrunvelobis sis-

temis Gamoyalibeba qveynisa da sazogadoe-

bis zneobriv-eTikuri ganviTarebis kri-

teriumia.

dRes TbilisSi paliatiuri mzrunveloba orive

formiT xorcieldeba: “onkoprevenciis centris”

ZalisxmeviT, onkologiuri centris bazaze Seiqmna

da efeqturad funqcionirebs “hospisi” (TavSesa-

HUMANE MISSION OF PALLIATIVE CARE

Despite high-level development of modern medicineand its great capabilities, still there are diseases thatcannot be cured. In such cases, palliative carecomes to the fore. The aim of the palliative careis to improve the quality of life of the patients illwith incurable diseases. The system encompass-es meeting medical (relieving pain, pain control), psy-chological and spiritual needs.

Thinking about setting up the palliative care systemstarted in Georgia in 1999 with the support of theOpen Society – Georgia Foundation. Through theOSGF-funded project, it has become possible tosearch information, establish contacts with foreignexperts, translate and publish methodological liter-ature, train experts and so on.

OSGF’s Public Health Program goes ahead with fos-tering the establishment and development of pallia-tive care.

“Currently, contribution to making legislative amend-ments calling for the optimal service of patients, andtherefore harmonization with European standards,is on the agenda”, says Lasha Zaalishvili, the pro-gram coordinator. “We are also working to con-tribute to the introduction of “Palliative Care” into thecurriculum of secondary schools and higher educa-tional institutions as a discipline”, he says.

The Onco-preventive Center, a non-governmen-tal organization, and the Union of Humanists, theassociation of palliative care, are especially active-ly engaged in the palliation component of the PublicHealth Program.Professor Dimitri Kordzaia (the Union ofHumanist), is deeply confident, setting up the pal-liative care system is a criterion of the ethical andmoral development of the country and society.

Palliative care takes place in Tbilisi today in twoways: through the efforts of the Onco-preventiveCenter, a hospice has been set up and successful-ly operated at the Oncological Center for the patientsin a final stage of disease. This is the only such cen-ter in the whole south Caucasus.

Moreover, the mobile team of the Union of Humanistshas provided palliative care services in houses. The

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fari) daavadebis bolo stadiaSi myof pacientTa-

Tvis. es dawesebuleba erTaderTi aseTi struqtu-

raa mTel samxreT kavkasiis regionSi.

asociacia “humanistTa kavSiris” mobiluri gundi

ki ukve erTi welia paliatiur mzrunvelobas

axorcielebs binaze. am samuSaos finansuri uzrun-

velyofa ganaxorciela saqarTvelos pirveli qal-

batonis - sandra rulovsis - mier dafuZne-

bulma saqvelmoqmedo-humanitarulma fond-

ma “SOCO”-m.

fond “Ria sazogadoeba - saqarTvelos” mier dafi-

nansebuli proeqtis farglebSi, sazogadoebisaT-

vis paliatiuri medicinis arsis ukeT gacnobis

mizniT, “humanistTa kavSirma”, uSualod pacien-

tTa monawileobiT, Seqmna 5 videorgoli, romel-

ic socialuri reklamis saxiT gadis telekompa-

nia “imedis” da sazogadoebrivi televiziis eTerSi;

gazeTebSi ibeWdeba werilebis seria, xorcielde-

ba ucxoel specialistTa mowveva qarTveli

kolegebisaTvis gamocdilebis gaziarebis mizniT.

am proeqtis koodinatori, axalgazrda eqimi,

Tea surmava aRniSnavs: “Tavidan gamiWirda - Za-

lian mZime avadmyofebTan da socialurad

Zalian gaWirvebul ojaxebTan gviwevda

urTierToba, magram rodesac vxedavT, rogor

Svebas aZlevs maT Gveni mzrunveloba, muSa-

obis didi stimuli gviGndeba”.

yvela GamoTvlil RonisZiebaTa Sedegad, 2005

wels saqarTvelos Sromis, janmrTelobisa da

socialuri dacvis saministrom da socialuri

dazRvevis erTianma saxelmwifo fondma moaxdina

hospisuri da binaze ganxorcielebuli pali-

atiuri mzrunvelobis modelebis piloturi

dafinanseba, rac dargis ganviTarebis axal etapad

SeiZleba GaiTvalos.

profesor dimitri korZaias cnobiT, jandacvis

msoflio organizacias ganzraxuli aqvs xeli

Seuwyos paliatiuri medicinis ganviTarebas

saqarTveloSi. amis Taobaze gacxadda “Ria sazo-

gadoebis institutis” (OSI) mier ungreTSi orga-

nizebul paliatiuri mzrunvelobis mesveurTa da

eqspertTa saerTaSoriso Sexvedraze (4-7 seqtem-

beri, budapeSti), romelSic qarTvelma speci-

alistebmac miiRes monawileoba.

msoflios bevr qveyanaSi 8 oqtomberi pali-

atiuri mzrunvelobis dRed aRiniSneba. wels

pirvelad am RonisZiebas saqarTveloc

SeuerTda. SeiZleba iTqvas, rom Gvenma qveyanam

ukve moipova amis moraluri ufleba.

efforts have been funded by the charitable andhumanitarian foundation – SOCO - founded byGeorgia’s first lady, Sandra Rulovs.

In order to make society better aware of palliativecare, as part of the OSGF-funded project, the Unionof Humanists has made five social commercials, inwhich patients themselves participate. The commer-cials are being broadcast by TV company Imedi andthe Public Television. A series of letters has beenpublished in the newspapers, foreign experts havebeen invited to Georgia to share experience withGeorgian colleagues.

Tea Surmava, a young doctor and the projectcoordinator, says: “At the beginning I found it ratherdifficult – we had to communicate with the serious-ly ill and extremely needy families, but seeing howyour care brings them relief gives you a great incen-tive to work”.

As a result of the listed efforts, in 2005 the GeorgianMinistry of Labor, Health and Social Welfare provid-ed pilot funding for the hospice and home models,which may be considered as a new stage in thedevelopment of the field.

Professor Dimitri Kordzaia says the World HealthOrganization intends to contribute to the develop-ment of palliation in Georgia. The statement wasmade at an international meeting of palliation careprofessionals and experts held in Hungary onSeptember 4-7. The meeting was organized by theOpen Society Institute (OSI).

The world marks the palliative care day on October8. Georgia has marked the day for the first time thisyear. We can say Georgia has already gained amoral right to do so.

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cxovrebis jansaRi wesi

rogorc daZabul samuSao dReebs mosdevs SabaT-

kvira, gantvirTvisa da dasvenebis dro, aseve Gveni

biuletenis dasasruls gadavwyviteT, odnav

gagaxalisoT da fond “Ria sazogadoeba -

saqarTvelos” dacvis TanamSromlebis erT sain-

tereso wamowyebaze giambobT.

a.w. seqtemberSi, fondis dacvis TanamSromlebis,

paata kikaGeiSvilisa da giga giorgobianis,

iniciativiT, Seiqmna janmrTeli cxovrebis moy-

varulTa liga. masSi velosipediT mogzaurobiTa

da turizmiT dainteresebuli 80-mde pirovneba

gaerTianda.

albaT, TviTon fondis axali iniciativebiTa da

proeqtebiT gajerebulma auram ubiZga am axal-

gazrdebs gaaqtiurebisken, Tumca amjerad mxolod

sakuTari Zalebis imediT.

“cxovrebis jansaRi wesis damkvidrebis mizniT,

Gven ukve movawyveT aqcia TbilisSi, gaviareT

rusTavelis prospeqti velosipedebiT, axla ki

qalaqgareTa marSrutebs vamuSavebT”, - ambobs

giga giorgobiani. igi darwmunebulia, bunebaSi

velosipediT seirnobis siamovnebas Znelad Tu

raime Seedreba, rom araferi vTqvaT sxeulis

gajansaRebasa da gaZlierebaze.

ar aris gasakviri, rom axalgazrdebi daukavSir-

dnen iseT cnobil pirovnebas, rogoricaa jumber

leJava, romlis cxovreba maTTvis samagaliToa.

man velosipediT msoflios Svidi kontinentis

234 qveyana uwyvetad, 3,573 dRis ganmavlobaSi,

moiara da mravali dabrkoleba gadalaxa.

evropis bevr qveyanaSi velosipedi, yvelaze mar-

tivi da ekologiurad sufTa saSualeba, avtomo-

bilze aranakleb popularulia: velosipediT

seirnoben, dadian yvelgan - samsaxurebSi,

maRaziebSi... “GvenTan ki, qalaqebSi bilekebic araa

gaTvaliswinebuli velosipedistebisTvis, arada

TiTqos evropisken miviltviT”, - ambobs giga

giorgobiani. Tumca igi imedovnebs, rom momavalSi

saqarTveloSic damkvidrdeba evropelTa es kargi

tradicia da axladSeqmnili liga mravalricxo-

vani gaxdeba.

janmrTeli cxovrebis wesebis moyvarulT

vurGevT, SeuerTdnen am ligas. Gvenma istoriam

ki Tu gagaxalisaT da dagainteresaT, momavalSic

vecdebiT, giamboT fond “Ria sazogadoeba -

saqarTvelos” TanamSromlebis “araprogramul”

aqtivobaze.

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

We have decided to end our newsletter with morerelaxing information and tell you about an initiativelaunched by the security staff of the Open Society -Georgia Foundation.

Perhaps, the aura of the foundation, full of initiativesand schemes, has pushed the young to more activelifestyle. But this time, they have done that on theirown, without getting help from others. This is howthe Healthy Lifestyle League appeared thisSeptember by the initiative of security staff membersPaata Kikacheishvili and Giga Giorgobiani.Around 80 people interested in cycling and tourismhave joined the league.

“We have already arranged a trip in Tbilisi and cycledthrough Rustaveli Avenue, while now we are devel-oping routes out of the city”, says Giga Giorgobianiand adds: Cycling in the nature is a lot of fun, let alonephysical fitness.

It does not come as a surprise that the young peo-ple got in touch with and invited such a prominent per-son as Jumber Lezhava, whose life is an exampleto them. This person cycled through 234 states ofthe world’s seven continents in 3,573 days, gettingover a lot of difficulties.

In many countries of Europe, the bicycle is the sim-plest and most ecologically pure means of transporta-tion – it is no less popular than an automobile.People ride bicycles everywhere – to jobs, stores orjust for fun. “We are striving for Europe, whereasthere are not even special paths for bicycles intowns”, says Giga Giorgobiani. However, he ishopeful that Georgia will become like Europe inthese matters and the newly created league willconsiderably increase in number.

We would advise those enjoying healthy lifestyle tojoin the league. If our story raises interest in the pub-lic, we will try to further tell you about “non-program”activities of the OSGF staff.

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