On October 1, 2010, program staff from the Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training Program (ACETT) met with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs to provide information about ACETT and discuss priorities and activities of the program.
On September 25, 2010, PH International organized a review of the draft national civic education curriculum in the framework of the USAID-funded Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training Program. The event was held in Tbilisi, attended by experts from professional associations, local and international organizations, academics, civics teachers and school directors.
On August 12-13, 2010, a start-up conference for the ACETT program was organized by PH International with the aim of introducing the program goal, objectives and planned activities.
GLSP launched a new “Social Media at School” (SMS) component in June 2010. The new component aims at building the capacities of the youth in using Social Media means for increased /improved civic participation and juvenile crime prevention. 100 students from GLSP participant schools in four cities of Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi and Batumi will be chosen to participate in the SMS based on the applications submitted.
Based on the Armenia Based Professional Exchange outputs, the GLSP organized a Youth Board Training Workshop for the schools enrolled in the program in Georgia.
GLSP organized a professional exchange to the US between January 28 and February 11, 2010. Six Georgian professionals participated in the exchange: Giorgi Gakheladze, GLSP Expert/ Civic Education Expert at the Ministry of Education and Sciences; Lia Giagauri, Director of the GLSP Public School #165; Natalia Zazashvili, Psychologist/ Director of “Saphari” NGO; Zurab Tvauri, Chief of the District Inspectors Division in Tbilisi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia; Ramaz Gavarjaladze, Deputy Head of Adjara Police, and Nana Ioseliani, GLSP Coordinator.
GLSP organized a professional exchange to Armenia on March 22-25. Among the exchange participants were Lia Giagauri, Director of the Public School #165; Zurab Tvauri, Chief of the District Inspectors Division in Tbilisi; Ramaz Gavarjaladze, Deputy Head of Adjara Police, and Nana Ioseliani, GLSP Coordinator. The purpose of the exchange was to observe Community Justice Centers and school based Youth Boards in Armenia, which are ZANG models that could be replicated in Georgia.
On March 13-14, GLSP organized a training workshop for the school-based Disciplinary Committees. The workshop was attended by representatives from six Disciplinary Committees from Tbilisi and Rustavi public schools. The US exchange participants designed a training module based on their observations in Vermont. Giorgi Gakheladze, GLSP Expert/ Civic Education Expert at the Ministry of Education and Sciences; Lia Giagauri, Director of the GLSP Public School #165 and Natalia Zazashvili, Psychologist/ Director of “Saphari” NGO served as trainers and facilitators of the workshop.
On October 6-9, 2009, GLSP organized two-day trainings in Kutaisi and Batumi for local teachers and police officers participating in the program this year. Eight teachers and ten police officers were trained in Kutaisi and eleven teachers and eight police officers attended the workshop in Batumi.
