Programme News: Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia
One Land, Many Voices – the Council of Europe Marks the Equality Week 2025 and the Closure of the Project
The Council of Europe Office in Georgia marks the Equality Week each year by implementing public activities to combat discrimination and hatred. Since its launch in 2024, the Project ”Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” has organised a variety of in-person and online awareness...
Resource Officers and Social Workers Strengthen Their Capacity to Multiply Human Rights Education at Georgian Public Schools
The Council of Europe in Georgia has strengthened its co-operation and built stronger partnership with the Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions to build safer and more inclusive schools. By empowering resource officers and social workers with the skills and tools they need to...
Supporting the Georgian healthcare private sector, to enhance equality by strengthening responses to discrimination and harassment
When it comes to the equality domain, one of the objectives of the cooperation activities of the Council of Europe in Georgia is to support the private sector companies in addressing discrimination. On 28 May, the project “Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia”, in co-operation...
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights at the Tbilisi Open Air Festival
On 24-25 May, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia once again set up its Human Rights Corner at the Tbilisi Open Air festival’s “Freedom Village,” marking its fifth consecutive year of collaboration. Within the vibrant atmosphere of the region’s largest music festival, the Council of Europe...
Strengthening the capacity of Georgian media to deal with hatred and discrimination
A tailor-made training on hate speech and discrimination was organised for 33 Georgian journalists coming from several regions of the country, including Tbilisi, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Guria and Adjara. The training, held in co-operation with the Georgian civil society organisation “Rule of Law...
Call for tender: local-level activities on combating hate speech - deadline extended
The Council of Europe is currently implementing projects "Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia" and "Combating Hate Speech in Georgia" in Georgia. The Council of Europe Office in Georgia is actively seeking providers to establish a pool of organisations for implementing the...
The Council of Europe empowers Georgian civil society and community-based organisations to promote equality and fight discrimination
On 24-25 July 2024 the Council of Europe, together with the Coalition for Equality and in cooperation with the ‘’Rule of Law Center’’ organised a training session for Georgian civil society and community-based organisations aimed at strengthening equality and combat discrimination. The event got...
Resource officers, psychologists and social workers are prepared to spread knowledge on human rights education at schools
The Council of Europe continues its cooperation with the Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions, supporting the implementation of a six-day training course on Human Rights Education. This year social workers and psychologists joined the resource officers, to advance their...
Promoting diversity and equality at the workplace – Council of Europe collaborates with SPAR Georgia
To foster equal and inclusive work environment in private companies and ensure effective responses in tackling discrimination, the Council of Europe organised a training on the implementation of the Equality Policy with SPAR Georgia on 19 July 2024. The event focused on various forms of...
Young Equality Ambassadors, representatives from civil society and state institutions becoming multipliers of human rights education
Throughout the week of 1 July 2024, representatives from various CSOs and community-based organisations, Equality Ambassadors, officers from the Public Defender’s Office (PDO), from the Labour Inspection Office, and from other state institutions gathered for a Training of Trainers on Human Rights...
Judiciary and law enforcement strengthen co-operation to combat discrimination and hate crimes in Georgia more effectively
To ensure effective responses in combating discrimination, hate crimes and related incidents, on 27-28 June 2024, the Council of Europe gathered the representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, its Special Investigation Service, the Supreme Court, and...
Celebrating 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe at Tbilisi Open Air festival
On 21-23 June the Council of Europe and Tbilisi Open Air will team up for the fourth time, in their effort to create a space where hundreds of visitors regardless of their age, gender, religious beliefs, and ethnic background can celebrate diversity and equality, discuss human rights, and of...
Empowering Georgian media to combat discrimination and promote equality
On 15-16 June 2024 Council of Europe and the United Nations Development Programme together with the Kingdom of Norway and in collaboration with the “Rule of Law Center” organised the training session aimed at enhancing media capacity to fight discrimination and promote equality. TV media...
Marking the International Children’s Day: addressing equality with Schoolchildren in Batumi and Ozurgeti
In view of celebrating the International Day for the Protection of Children, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, in cooperation with the Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions, organised a series of intellectual activities for school students in the Guria and Adjara regions....
Promoting European values with the Young European Ambassadors and Equality Ambassadors in Georgia
Representatives from the Council of Europe Office in Georgia and the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia co-hosted a meeting with Georgian Young European Ambassadors (YEAs). These YEAs had recently completed a series of online and in-person regional training sessions on promoting equality...
Call for Tender - Elaborating Behavioural Change Strategies for Discrimination Prevention - DEADLINE EXTENDED
The Council of Europe projects ”Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” and ”Combating Hate Speech in Georgia” have launched a call to establish a pool of consultants on elaborating Behavioural Change Strategies for Discrimination Prevention. For detailed information about the...
Council of Europe continues Enhancing Equality and Non-discrimination in Georgia
The Council of Europe Office in Georgia has launched the new project “Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” to improve protection from and effective redress of discrimination and hate crime for people from diverse ethnic, religious groups and LGBTI people. On 14th of March 2024,...
Tender Announcement - Human Rights Training & Monitoring and Evaluation
The Council of Europe projects "Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia" and "Combating Hate Speech in Georgia" have launched a call to establish a pool of consultants for two purposes: 1) human rights training and 2) monitoring and evaluation on issues of equality and...
Call for tender: Legal Professionals and Psychologists
The Council of Europe projects "Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia" and "Combating Hate Speech in Georgia" have launched a call to establish a pool of consultants for Legal Professionals and Psychologists. These consultants will be tasked with implementing activities addressing...
Call for tender: Developing Communication/Visibility Materials
The Council of Europe projects ”Enhancing Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” and ”Combating Hate Speech in Georgia” have launched a call to establish a pool of consultants for developing communication/visibility materials to support awareness-raising and outreach activities associated...
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