Civics club students of Gardabani public school #1 found out that local kindergarten has no facilities for showing cartoons for kids. Club members decided to organize cartoon session at kindergarten by using the office equipment which school civic club received from ACETT program as part of the technical equipment competition
> MoreIn Chiatura “Civic Clubs Park” was launched by the decision of local municipality. Initiative started from the school based civics club students who often organized different civics activities on the territory of park. Establishing of the park was initiated at the Youth Forum as a part of environment protection project, in April 2013.
> More50 civics club students and civics teachers from various partner schools of the ACETT program gathered to visit several organizations in one day where students could get information about structure and functions of the governmental and business organizations.
> MoreGetting involved in the Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training offers many advantages as teachers and students alike become passionate about new approaches to learning. Recently Martvili civics teacher Ms. Pasha Gulordava was selected to become Head of the Martvili Regional Education Resource Center.
> MoreIn the framework of GE CALLS Community Initiatives, a new project named Together for Safe Future of Youth started in Khashuri. The project is implemented by Civic Engagement Development Center Co-Participatory.
The project staff made presentations at 5 partner schools in Khashuri. 30 participants of the project were selected to form a youth club. Selection was made based on the application forms filled in by interested students
> MoreThrough November 22-30, 2013 Youth Forums were held in seven regions of Georgia,
> MoreOn November 22, 2013 Mr. Roy Plucknett, USAID Deputy Mission Director visited Batumi public school # 2 to meet with the civics club students from different partner schools of the ACETT program in Adjara region.
> MoreOn November 27, 2013 Mr. David Stonehill, USAID Democracy and Governance Office Deputy Director visited Akhaltsikhe to participate in the final event of the Civics Integration Camp.
> MoreOn December 6-9, special training were organized for the civic education teachers and local police officers involved in GE Calls program, in order to prepare them for delivering 9th grade Legal culture lessons in the respective schools.
During the first part of the workshop the trainers and participants discussed important aspects of juvenile psychological; the second part was dedicated to the issues of legal culture and specifics of juvenile justice. Participants also received step-by- step recommendations on techniques of team-teaching and about modern teaching methods.
> MoreFirst trainings were held for members of Youth Legal Club in by Samtskhe-Javakheti Democrat Women Association in Akhaltsikhe. The Club was formed in the framework of the GE CALLS-funded project Law Protects You.
The topic of the training was domestic violence. 20 members of the Club plan activities based on information acquired during the training.
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