Title: NUGZAR MELADZE YES Country Network Georgia
1NUGZAR MELADZEYES Country NetworkGeorgia
- YES, Alexandria, Egypt, 7-11 September 2002
- E-mail meladzen_at_yahoo.com
2Countries Of The Caucasus Region And Their
Geographical And Economic Characteristics
- Countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and
Southern part of Russia - Main characteristics Mountains, arid highlands,
wooded hills, fertile valleys and plains, rivers
and lakes, sea-costs, uninhabitable territories,
sparsely populated areas, population
concentration in the cities. - Livelihood Agriculture, cattle-breeding, mineral
resources, industry, trade, tourism.
3Problems In The Youth Employment
- Georgia as post-soviet country has some problems
- Migrating process is very high from district in
city - Young people after graduating college or high
schools are without jobs - Poor Training programs after graduation
4Problems In The Youth Employment
- Lack of
- Supportive Government policies and legislation
- Education,
- Access to suitable financing,
- Employment opportunities,
- Information about employment possibilities,
- Technologies (in production, marketing,
transportation, storage) - Entrepreneurial skills,
- Energy, electricity, water,
- Other factors,
5THE CHALLENGE OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- To generate productive and remunerative work
opportunities for young people (ages 15-29) to
address and solve the above-mentioned problems
and - To reduce unemployment and its harmful results,
e.g. youth leaving the rural areas, population
concentration in the cities, deteriorating
standards of living, social tensions among youth,
drug addiction, crime and other handicaps to
youth development
6YES Country Network Georgia
- On May 30, 2002 at Office of Association for
Farmers Rights Defense, AFRD it was held the
meeting of Georgian Non-Governmental
Organizations 30 NGOs participated in the
meeting. The participant NGOs considered the
issue of broadening the Youth Employment Network
in Georgia. It was considered the problems of
Youth Employment and the interests of young
people.
7YES Country Network Georgia
- YES Country Network Georgia unite 47
organizations and more than 100 youth - In our workshops and seminars participated
150-185 youth - In Ganja (Azerbaijan) organized joint seminar on
Employment aspects with Azerbaijan partners,
where participated 68 participants from
Government, NGO and Refugees - The next step of our activities will be to
prepare special MEMORANDUM of co-operation and
will sign Azerbaijan and Georgian - policy
makers, head of departments, NGOs and Refugees,
this meeting will be in Kobuleti (Georgia, Bleak
Sea), end of October
8Co-operation
- Ministry of Health, Labor and
- Social Affairs
- Youth Department of Georgia
- Georgia Employment Department
- NGOs
- Students Unions In Universities
- Ministry of Culture
- Private Business Organizations
- Parliament
- Ministry of Fuel and Energy
9Proposed Action In The Caucasus Region For The
Decade Campaign 2002-2012
- Establishment of
- A YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT (YES ) HOUSE
- For promoting youth employment and development in
the Caucasus region. - It is proposed to locate the YES House in
Tbilisi, - Georgia. Its tasks would be to initiate and
manage - cooperative activities in the four countries of
the - Caucasus region as a contribution to the aims and
- activities of the YES Decade Campaign 2002-2012
10ACTIVITIES OF THE YES HOUSE
- Training of trainers,
- Putting together and training of youth self-help
groups - Lobbing with governmental and non-governmental
organizations - Organizing seminars for youth and workshops
- Coordinating the work of volunteers who will turn
existing village into eco-village, thereby
establishing showcase and good practices for
imitation
11Proposed Funding of The YES House Activities
- National Counterpart Contributions
- Of the Governments and other sources in the 4
countries of the Caucasus region - 20
- Contributions By Collaborating Institutions In
The YES Decade Campaign 2002-2012 - in the form of donations, grants, aid and other
concessionary funds, in cash and in kind (e.g.
experts, equipment, supplies) - 80
12Proposed Project Budget
- For YES House Activities
- During The YES Decade Campaign 2002-2012
- Year 2002 US
- Establishment of YES House 5,000
- Start-up activities 5,000
- Equipment and supplies 10,000
- TOTAL 20,000
13Proposed Project Budget
- For YES House Activities
- During The YES Decade Campaign 2002-2012
- Years 2007-2012 (per year) US
- Management of YES House activities 5,000
- Implementation of YES House activities
- Project personnel 15,000
- Group training and meetings
- (trainers, experts, support personnel,
- travel) 35,000
- Equipment and supplies 5,000
- Miscellaneous 3,000
- TOTAL 58,000
14Proposed Project Budget
- For YES House Activities
- During The YES Decade Campaign 2002-2012
- Years 2003-2007 (per year) US
- Management of YES House activities 5,000
- Implementation of YES House activities
- Project personnel 15,000
- Group training and meetings
- (trainers, experts, support personnel,
- travel) 25,000
- Equipment and supplies 10,000
- Miscellaneous 3,000
- TOTAL 58,000
15Nugzar MeladzeYES Country Network Georgia
- We believe that YES will made many and very
important changes for youth in our countries - We need to be together, find same language and
youth of the world will solve most important
problems (e.g. peace, environmental protection,
migration and other)