4 Days Training Course in Ureki

On July 10-14, 2023, within the framework of the project Development of Local Employment Policy – Improvement of Disabled People Rights, a 4-day training course was held for members of the council working on the issues of persons with disabilities and the working group of municipalities created in the project, in Ureki.

On the first and second days of the training, participants received information on the following topics: Effectiveness factors of teamwork, challenges of teamwork; Process and content of teamwork; Group decision-making difficulties; Making difficult, values-related decisions; Development of decision-making criteria; Difficulties in reaching a consensus; Decision-making methods.

The trainers of "Partnerships Georgia" led the training.

On the 3rd and fourth days of the training in Ureki, the participants received information on the following topics: Changes in the understanding of the problems of People with Disabilities; the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of People with Disabilities; Rights of People with Disabilities in Georgian legislation; Development of policies on the needs of People with Disabilities at the local level; Comparative analysis of the policies of People with Disabilities in the EU member states; State programs and challenges of the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Defence of Georgia; Programs and challenges of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.

Simon Petridisi, advisor of the president on issues of persons with disabilities led the training: Represent the basis of the legal status of persons with disabilities.

 The project “Development of Local Employment Policy – Improvement of Disabled People Rights” is supported by the project "Advocacy for the Implementation of the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", which is implemented by the Coalition for Independent Living in cooperation with the European Foundation and the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley.