Ecotours Georgia is Tbilisi based company that was established by wildlife conservationists and nature lovers with aim to develop sustainable tourism in Georgia. ALCP Ajara facilitated Ecotours Georgia to expand its activities in Ajara and add nature tours to stimulate rural tourism that is viewed as an opportunity to diversify and improve the local economy. Promotion of this sector can play a significant role in the sustainable development of Ajara rural areas, it can motivate farmers to expand their activities, open up a new selling market of locally sourced products for SSLP’s and link the consumption of local products to their place of origin.
To promote and raise awareness on rural tourism in Ajara region, promotional video was filmed in Ajara protected areas, high mountainous pastures and Batumi Botanical Garden showing the beauty of the local nature, traditions, wildlife, etc.
Follow the link to visit company's official website www.ecotours.ge
DCED Global Seminar on Results Measurement was held in Bangkok from 14 to 16 March 2016. The presentations and discussions on the topics such as: measuring women's economic empowerment, assessing attribution, measuring job creation, and using results information to manage programmes - were included in the seminar, which is held in every two years by DCED. 130 participants from 38 countries, representing 52 organizations, field programmes and donor agencies - attended the event.
The ALCP presentation by Helen Bradbury (team leader) was named within the top three most appreciated seasons of DCED Global Seminar by the attended audience.
Continuing the series of videos, Mosavali is preparing video lessons on the beekeeping sector.
Here are the links:
What are the Benefits of Royal Jelly?
How to know that Honey is Ready to be Extracted?
How to Flee Bees out of the Beehive?
Honey Sourced by Honey Enterprise
Artificial Breeding of Queen Bee
How to Place Queen Bee in New Bee Colony
How to Choose Proper Location for Apiary
Programme initiated preparing of video lessons on the livestock sector to improve farmer livelihoods by using internet and mobile technology that will provide access to qualified peer advice on how to maximize income from farming. Mosavali, agro video producer, was financed to prepare 8 videos on the livestock sector, that was disseminated through social networks and is gaining viewers on the daily basis.
Here are topics and links for the videos:
Treatment for Brucellosis Disease
The Road – a beautifully shot documentary capturing the reality and dichotomies of the people who use the ancient transhumance route; the lifeline of livestock in Georgia
Produced by Eco Films http://ecofilms.ge/
Commissioned by ALCP
On August 28, 2015, the SEEP Network and UN Women have organized webinar on Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment in Market Systems. The webinar addressed questions such as: What are the main women's empowerment principles? What are the evaluation issues regarding women's economic empowerment (WEE)? How to make sure WEE is measured properly? in addition to providing practical advice for programmes attempting to measure WEE in the market systems effectively. Helen Bradbury (ALCP Team Leader), Elizabeth G. Dunn (Impact LLC President), Laraine Mills (UN Women) and Anna Falth (UN Women) shared their experience and perspectives on measuring WEE.
