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LEAD: supporting Leadership, Equality, Advocacy and Democracy in Georgia

summary

The LEAD initiative supports institutional, legislative, and societal changes that safeguard minority rights, combat discrimination that shadows Georgia’s society and create a collaboration platform for public agencies, civil society organizations and international partners. The three-year-long project (2022-2025) draws on US$4 million in funding from Norway.

what we do

The LEAD project implements a three-fold approach to protecting the human rights of vulnerable communities in Georgia:

  • Empowering Minorities. We work with ethnic and religious minorities and LGBTQI+ communities strengthening and promoting human rights protection and combating discrimination.
  • Working on the most challenging human rights issues. Through evidence-based campaigns, we boost social transformation and advocate for the protection of minority rights.
  • Supporting state institutions and civil society organizations. We work with civil society and state institutions to accelerate the structural transformation toward institutional democracy by enhancing citizen- and human rights-centric governance systems.

Contact information

Project address

4 I. Abashidze Street
Tbilisi 0179 Georgia

Contact persons

Lela Akiashvili
Project Manager
lela.akiashvili@undp.org

Gigi Bregadze
Democratic Governance Team Leader 
gigi.bregadze@undp.org
 

Impact

START DATE

September 2022

END DATE

August 2025

STATUS

Ongoing

PROJECT OFFICE

Georgia

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

United Nations Development Programme

DONORS

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$2,773,012

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2022$0

2023$1,164,295

2024$123,939

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