EU, FAO, UNFPA to celebrate Int’l Day of Rural Women in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge
The EU supports rural development in Georgia through its ENPARD programme, launched in 2013 and utilising a budget of €179.5 million since then. The first phase of ENPARD focused on developing national agriculture potential, while the second and third phases concentrate on creating economic opportunities for the rural population that go beyond agricultural activities. Photo: wikipedia.org.
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The village of Sakobiano in north-eastern Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge will celebrate International Day of Rural Women on Thursday, with international organisations supporting a series of trainings and discussions in the locality.
Through the support of the European Union, under the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development, the planned trainings will raise awareness on family planning, breast and cervical cancer screening, domestic violence, harmful practices and the role of gender equality in business.
The discussions are a part of the Inform, Educate, Empower initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the United Nations Population Fund, the FAO said.
It also noted that working along with the United Nations Population Fund, it had already reached out to 294 rural women from different regions of Georgia involved in agriculture activities supported by the EU and FAO under the ENPARD programme.
The international date is celebrated on October 15, with the UN emphasising the importance of providing rural women with essential knowledge and skills to achieve substantial gender equality.
The EU supports rural development in Georgia through its ENPARD programme, launched in 2013 and utilising a budget of €179.5 million since then.
The first phase of ENPARD focused on developing national agriculture potential, while the second and third phases concentrate on creating economic opportunities for the rural population that go beyond agricultural activities.
Over 700 Georgian farmers participated in training programmes last year organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with the support of the European Union (EU), under the ENPARD programme.
The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have assisted Georgian eco-migrant Giorgi Abuladze to expand his broccoli farm.
A new European Union (EU) supported project worth €12 million will be launched in Georgia to help the country implement the agriculture development strategy for 2015-2020.
Food loss in Georgia is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recommendations the country’s government to adopt a national strategy to reduce the waste.
Pawel Herczynski, the ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, on Tuesday said the EU welcomed Georgia’s success in modernising and developing rural areas of the country over the past 10 years.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation on Saturday held a “multi-stakeholder” event marking the closing of the European Union-financed €12 million project under the ENPARD III programme and showcased the achieved results to the participants in Tbilisi, the FAO said.
Business leaders’ Federation Women For Tomorrow on Saturday announced that the public competition for girls to take a 6-week free computer science course had ended, with the Federation selecting the best 25 participants from 3,500 applicants.
Georgian Minister of Environmental Protection Otar Shamugia and Raimund Jehle of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Thursday signed a new project to support the low-emission and climate resilient development of the country’s agriculture sector.