Gender Training of Trainers

The seminar “Gender Training of Trainers” was officially opened at Davit Agmashenebeli National Defence Academy. The international seminar aims to prepare trainers who conduct courses for the military and civilian personnel of the Georgian Armed Forces.

The attendees will master in the methodology of planning, conducting and evaluation of the trainings on gender issues. The course includes the following main topics: gender issues in international operations – UN Security Council Resolutions (1325, 1820, 1888, 1989, 1960, 2106, 2022) in the issues of Women, Peace and Security, NATO Bi-SC Directive 40-1, sexual violence during the armed conflicts, take into account gender issues in peacekeeping operations and reforming process of security sector and etcetera. The training is held at Davit Agmashenebeli National Defence Academy under the guidance of the Defence Ministry of Georgia on September 16-24. The course is conducted within the bilateral cooperation plan with Sweden and carried out by the “Gender Scandinavian Center in Military Operations”. Norwegian, Finn and Swedish instructors lead the seminar. The experts from the Netherlands, UK, Macedonia and Montenegro also participate in the training. 14 representatives from Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania and Denmark participate in it.

The MoD employees working on gender equality issues also attend the training. At the end of the course the attendees will receive certificates.