On February 20, 2020 Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Lia Miller, alongside the Governor of Tavush Province, Hayk Chobanyan, and Country Director of Project Harmony International Armenia Office, Mariam Martirosyan, officially opened the American Library and Training Center – a new learning hub in Ijevan supported by the U.S. Embassy and housed at the Ijevan Branch of Yerevan State University.

Students from different public schools of Shida Kartli, Kvem Kartli, Imereti, Kakheti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Adjara and Guria regions within USAID civic education program “Momavlis Taoba” presented the results of their civics projects.

During the period of 2-7 of February 2020 the MLSP staff together with six members of the Program Advisory Committee/Curriculum Development Team representing the Police General Inspectorate and Ministry of Education, Culture and Research have visited Georgia for studying the best practices and experiences of implementation of legal socialization and community policing programs.

Civics club students of the Anaga village public school decided to improve the water problem in the community. The students conducted a survey that showed that the school and kindergarten had water shortages and the village clinic had no water supply at all and that this was the most important problem to be addressed in the village.

Students of the public school of the Gantiadi village in the Tsalka municipality decided to improve road safety for the school community, as the school is located near the central road, and students often crossed this road.
Students wrote a letter to the local authorities requesting support for painting zebra crossings and installing road signs in front of the school.

The students of the Levghva village public school in the Kobuleti municipality decided to take care of the endangered Buxus Colchica, the unique evergreen shrub commonly known as Boxwood.

PH International Moldova signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the General Police Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova (December 19, 2019) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research (January 3, 2020) regarding implementation of the Legal Socialization Program in Moldovan schools (MLSP).

Specifics of the Court system, the work of Judge and juvenile justice were the topics discussed at the meeting of school-based civics club students from Rustavi, Tsalka and Marneuli municipalities with Judge Tamar Chikhladze. The Judge spoke about her profession and shared her work experience.

Questions asked by civics club students to the representatives of Public Defender Office of Georgia Maia Gedevanishvili and Gvantsa Ckhaidze during an online conference mostly addressed the current situation in Georgia in terms of protection of human and children’s rights. Juveniles’ justice, protection of victims of domestic violence, bullying, protection of children’s labor rights and the steps taken by the Public Defender's Office to protect them were the issues interesting for students.