Embracing Diversity

LEAD: Supporting Leadership, Equality, Advocacy, 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

NOR - MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$3,100,575

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2022$0

2023$1,164,295

2024$1,126,759

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