"The trade union is our house, that we are building ourselves, sometimes we find difficulties in the process of building, after the overcoming these difficulties comes victory ... Engaging in trade union’s activities we are acquiring knowledge on how to protect our colleagues and rights of our colleagues" – with these words addressed the delegates of the conference the head of ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization Ineza Elisashvili. Primary organizations are functioning in 31 public schools and 15 kindergartens in Khashuri regional organization of ESFTUG. Reporting-election conference of ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization was held on June 27, which was chaired by Giorgi Shubitidze, teacher of Khashuri public school. The conference was attended by ESFTUG’s president Maia Kobakhidze, executive vice-president Mari Alugishvili, head of ESFTUG’s Kharagauli branch organization Lali Sebiskveradze. Among the invited guests were: Member of Parliament, Khashuri Majoritarian MP Simon Nozadze, Khashuri Mayor Giorgi Guraspashvili, Chairperson of Khashuri Municipality Sakrebulo Mikheil Janashvili, Head of Khashuri Educational Resource Center Zviad Goguadze, Director of Khashuri kindergartens’ union Davit Nozadze, Public Schools’ principals and kindergartens’ managers. In the presentation of the report of four-year work implemented by the Khashuri branch organization, Ineza Elisashvili highlighted the importance of a fair and difficult mission of teachers and educators in the process of forming a democratic state in order to encourage future generation of Georgia to overcome the new challenges of the world and do not get lost in a vast space of globalization. "In Georgia, a new socio-economic and political life is going on, and therefore, the ESFTUG and its structural units as never before need the search for ways to fight the rights of workers and the improvement of social conditions on the basis of deep analysis of the processes. Such work will bring us closer to the main goal – upbringing a decent future generation for Georgia. They should serve by the stable, mature, educated, professionally trained teachers ..." - said the head of theESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization. Ineza Elisashvili emphasized the principles of ESFTUG’s President Maia Kobakhidze, as the principle of the leader, her high professionalism, the dignity of and the bold steps taken with the respect of human dignity and with the use of the rights enunciated by law. "To restore the organization from ashes, introduce a lot of novelties is possible only with love to the work and with the selfless work. It gives us the best example and strengthens us to be oriented on novelties in our daily activities of regional organizations, to better care for the well-being of teachers," - she said. The leader of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization called on the members: "Primary organizations should create a strong chain because if you will be a weak link, then the unity can not be sustained, our work can not be strengthened and we can not achieve the main goal - to increase the authority of the teacher in society". Ineza Elisashvili said that she cares on the past, but with the respect of the past, with the support of the members, she is trying to respond to all the challenges of modernity and with the only united effort it will be possible to continue with more interesting, intensive and active activities. The head of the Khashuri branch organization focused on the successful activities of the head of the ESFTUG’s Legal Department. She noted that during the reporting period, as a result of high professionalism of the ESFTUG’s Legal Department’s head Grigol Bakuradze, the court decided to resume the illegal dismissed employees of the Khashuri municipality: Natalia Sandukhadze, principal of the 13th Public School, Liana Sabanadze, manager of the kindergarten #7, employee of the kindergarten #3 Nanuli Chitadze, Bondo Gelashvili, teacher of village Gomi public school. In addition, union's members regularly received legal advice they need, with the constructive negotiations and collaboration with employers were solved teachers' working hours’ issues, remarks expressed by parents, to prevent conflicts, joint work was done with the representatives of resource center and schools’ principals. Head of the Khashuri branch organization expressed gratitude to the employers and the head of educational resource center for close cooperation, the result of this cooperation the problems are regulated in frames of existing legislation. The leader of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization presented detailed information about the activities carried out in the professional development of the members. During the reporting period, 14 professional development training courses were held for the public schools’ employees of Khashuri region, including seminars with regard to professional needs of school librarians and principals. In total 500 staff is retrained. Public Schools of Khashuri municipality participated in the pilot project of "Teacher's House" implemented by ESFTUG’s "Professional Development Center for Employees", where 112 teachers participated. All the teachers participating in the training were granted 1.5 credits and received certificates. Ineza Elisashvili thanked the ESFTUG’s president for the selfless work that has been undertaken in the process of reviewing the draft law on "Early and Pre-school Education". She stressed the importance of the norm added to the law of “early and pre-school education” by the initiative of the trade union, according to which the role of trade union doubled and the ESFTUG will more actively cooperate with municipalities in order to develop more flexible contracts for kindergartens’ workers. During the reporting period, the head of Khashuri regional organization cared about the requirements of the members, on the basis of which the intensive, effective cooperation was held with the decision makers of Khashuri municipality. She thanked Irina Gelashvili, deputy governor of Khashuri, during the reviewing process of Khashuri municipality’s budget she supported the four and more children’s mothers’ supporting program. In the frames of this project, women with many children will be given one hundred GEL per child on women's and mother’s day. The rapporteur named the results obtained in cooperation with Khashuri municipality: travel is free for public schools’ teachers from buffer zone and the kindergartens’ employees enjoy travel benefits. After the gratitude, the Khashuri organization leader raised problematic issues, including the demands of education workers from high-level zone. Within the reporting period of 2013-2018, various creative events were organized by the head of the Khashuri branch organization: Inaza Elisashvili, together with the "Readers' Club" of Khashuri Library established the tradition to invite teachers and students. Leader of ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization dedicated a special event to the four students who won the National Competition "How to care on Georgian language". Successful pupils and their teachers were invited to the event. The pupils presented their essays to the Khashuri teachers' community and invited guests. After interesting discussion about care and protection issues of Georgian language, Mrs. Ineza Elisashvili awarded the winners and their teachers with diplomas and symbolic gifts. Poetry evening was held on the 250th anniversary of Shota Rustaveli, where participants were awarded with books and diplomas. Events dedicated to Georgian Language Day were held in schools and kindergartens in Khashuri region. The leader of the Khashuri branch organization supports and helps the members of the Club "Medea" of the village Gomi public school, who conduct ecological researches to support the improvement of nature. On the initiative of the Khashuri branch organization, beneficiaries of small family-type houses, teachers and the Civic Education Club of Kvishkhevi Public School became friends and held a joint event "Premature Marriage, Problems, Refusing Alcohol and Narcotics". Under the joint initiative of the Khashuri branch organization and the NGO "Women's Association", the Khashuri municipality managed to set up a holiday garden for disabled people. The wheelchairs were purchased and the exhibition of the day-center’s teachers and children was organized. The ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization and non-governmental organization "Women's Association" traditionally converted the joint charity concerts. The received funds are transferred to socially vulnerable and children with need of expensive operations. In the New Year's days, the event was organized by the ESFTUG’s Khashuri organization, Khashuri Cultural Service, Educational Resource Center and Women's Association, to "Make New Year more beautiful for Socially Vulnerable people". The charity action has received a wide range of people, including the population of Khashuri. ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization organizes evenings for honored teachers. In the summer of 2017, 30 pupils of socially vulnerable families were sent to Ureki, in Self-Government Leader’s School for one week. The Khashuri branch organization organized a meeting on the occasion of Human Rights Day, the topic of the meeting was ”the Human Rights Protection, Constitutional Reform and Rule of Law ". “Only trade union can bring our problems to the government and solve them". Ineza Elisashvili proudly stated that two active members of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri organization are nominated in the Teacher’s National Award 2018. In 2017, the students’ theater of village Gomi received the third place in the school-theater competition, the school teachers Mzago Gogatishvili and Nana Donadze were the directors of the performance "Darispan's Tribulation" presented at the festival. Ineza Elisashvili thanked the President of the ESFTUG for rewarding the students with diplomas and cash prizes. She noted that the performance prepared by teachers was presented at the events of the region, and the ESFTUG's Khashuri branch organization awarded the teachers and small actors and delivered the video record of the performance to the school. All activities carried out by the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization are often published in the local newspaper "Khashuri’s Moambe". Ineza Elisashvili thanked the newspaper "Khashuri’s Moambe" for intensive cooperation. The report presented at the conference included the implementation of preferential health care programs for members of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization. Specifically, members of Khashuri branch organization use services in dentistry, eye and other clinics with discounted prices. The activities carried out by the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization are diverse. Ms. Ineza Elisashvili thanked ESFTUG’s president Maia Kobakhidze for interesting proposals and initiatives, which is effectively implemented at the regional level, in favor of the members. Leader of Khashuri branch organization talked about the problems of employed in educational institutions, including the necessity of increasing the salaries of public schools’ principals and technical personnel. The rapporteur thanked the mayor and chairperson of the Khashuri municipality for the positive attitude towards the increase of salaries of preschool institutions’ staff from the next year. Ms. Ineza Elisashvili thanked all the participants of the conference and said that it is responsible for her to be a part of the 100-year organization. It is funny and proud to present a report on the activities carried out in Khashuri before voters and invited guests and decision of the ESFTUG’s president to present the four years activities’ report before the delegates is very important. "Everything is done with love, mutual respect and mutual understanding ... The trade union is the mechanism for the protection of the rights of workers and their interests at different levels of government ... power is in unity" – ended her speech leader of the Khashuri branch organization. The heads of the mandate and control-revision commissions presented their reports to The Delegates of the Conference. Village Gomi’s public school’s teacher Bondo Gelashvili expressed gratitude towards the activities of ESFTUG and said: "We called Mrs. Ineza - protector of teachers, she did not stop working at the hardest time, even during the crisis of the organization and worked in a frozen room." "Khashuri organization is the source of sympathy, compassion, virtue, tolerance, charity. It combines the love, which soul is Inseza Elisashvili. Are you looking for justice? Mrs. Zizi is with you! Do you have birthday? She never misses! Are you sick? She is beside you! Do you have success? She congratulates, celebrates and informs the community! – noted delegates thankfully during their speeches, assessing activities of the organization. The ESFTUG’s president presented a four-year report of the organization's activities and focused on the problems of employed people, ways of their rectification and the future priorities of the trade union. In the question-answer format, demands and proposals set by the delegates laid the foundation for the new initiatives of the ESFTUG. The delegates positively evaluated the activities carried out during 4 years and Ineza Elisashvili was elected unanimously to head of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization for the next four years. The conference approved the leaders of 46 primary organizations of the Khashuri regional organization’s council and chose 8 delegates of the ESFTUG’s IX reporting-election congress. Zviad Goguadze, head of the Khashuri Educational Resource Center addressed the conference delegates: "First of all I congratulate Mrs Zizi. It is known to everyone that the competition-certification commission of the Resource Center is represented by Trade Union and Ms. Ineza Elisashvili is a member of the Commission for fair and democratic selection of public servants. Assessment of trade union activities at regional level can not be accomplished with implemented activities, neither by the collaboration of Ministry of Education and Science and Trade Union. How many schools and how many teachers are involved in trade union activities are essential for the success of trade union. It is noteworthy that 31 public schools from Khashuri municipality's 32 public schools are members of the Trade Union. As for our cooperation - educational resource center is the territorial body of the Ministry of Education and Science and the main task of the Resource Center is to implement the policy of Ministry. It is obvious that not the willingness of the Ministry of Education and Science to cooperate with the trade union, our cooperation can not be held at the regional level, despite the personal good relations. Another one, we see that the Ministry of Education enters the requirements of the Trade Union and the Ministry of Education expresses its readiness to improve the conditions of the employees, which ultimately serves the future of our country." In the final part of the conference, ESFTUG’s president Maia Kobakhidze awarded six teachers of public schools and one technical personnel, four kindergartens’ teachers and one manager with diplomas and gifts. Head of the Khashuri Educational Resource Center and other Social Partners of ESFTUG were awarded with the diplomas for "protection of democratic values and effective social partnership”. The head of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization did not leave without attention the honorary delegates. She awarded ESFTUG's Khashuri primary organization’s former leaders Meri Lursmanashvili and Tamara Makhatadze with cash prizes. Reporting-election conference of ESFTUG's Khashuri branch organization
"The trade union is our house, that we are building ourselves, sometimes we find difficulties in the process of building, after the overcoming these difficulties comes victory ... Engaging in trade union’s activities we are acquiring knowledge on how to protect our colleagues and rights of our colleagues" – with these words addressed the delegates of the conference the head of ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization Ineza Elisashvili. Primary organizations are functioning in 31 public schools and 15 kindergartens in Khashuri regional organization of ESFTUG. Reporting-election conference of ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization was held on June 27, which was chaired by Giorgi Shubitidze, teacher of Khashuri public school. The conference was attended by ESFTUG’s president Maia Kobakhidze, executive vice-president Mari Alugishvili, head of ESFTUG’s Kharagauli branch organization Lali Sebiskveradze. Among the invited guests were: Member of Parliament, Khashuri Majoritarian MP Simon Nozadze, Khashuri Mayor Giorgi Guraspashvili, Chairperson of Khashuri Municipality Sakrebulo Mikheil Janashvili, Head of Khashuri Educational Resource Center Zviad Goguadze, Director of Khashuri kindergartens’ union Davit Nozadze, Public Schools’ principals and kindergartens’ managers. In the presentation of the report of four-year work implemented by the Khashuri branch organization, Ineza Elisashvili highlighted the importance of a fair and difficult mission of teachers and educators in the process of forming a democratic state in order to encourage future generation of Georgia to overcome the new challenges of the world and do not get lost in a vast space of globalization. "In Georgia, a new socio-economic and political life is going on, and therefore, the ESFTUG and its structural units as never before need the search for ways to fight the rights of workers and the improvement of social conditions on the basis of deep analysis of the processes. Such work will bring us closer to the main goal – upbringing a decent future generation for Georgia. They should serve by the stable, mature, educated, professionally trained teachers ..." - said the head of theESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization. Ineza Elisashvili emphasized the principles of ESFTUG’s President Maia Kobakhidze, as the principle of the leader, her high professionalism, the dignity of and the bold steps taken with the respect of human dignity and with the use of the rights enunciated by law. "To restore the organization from ashes, introduce a lot of novelties is possible only with love to the work and with the selfless work. It gives us the best example and strengthens us to be oriented on novelties in our daily activities of regional organizations, to better care for the well-being of teachers," - she said. The leader of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization called on the members: "Primary organizations should create a strong chain because if you will be a weak link, then the unity can not be sustained, our work can not be strengthened and we can not achieve the main goal - to increase the authority of the teacher in society". Ineza Elisashvili said that she cares on the past, but with the respect of the past, with the support of the members, she is trying to respond to all the challenges of modernity and with the only united effort it will be possible to continue with more interesting, intensive and active activities. The head of the Khashuri branch organization focused on the successful activities of the head of the ESFTUG’s Legal Department. She noted that during the reporting period, as a result of high professionalism of the ESFTUG’s Legal Department’s head Grigol Bakuradze, the court decided to resume the illegal dismissed employees of the Khashuri municipality: Natalia Sandukhadze, principal of the 13th Public School, Liana Sabanadze, manager of the kindergarten #7, employee of the kindergarten #3 Nanuli Chitadze, Bondo Gelashvili, teacher of village Gomi public school. In addition, union's members regularly received legal advice they need, with the constructive negotiations and collaboration with employers were solved teachers' working hours’ issues, remarks expressed by parents, to prevent conflicts, joint work was done with the representatives of resource center and schools’ principals. Head of the Khashuri branch organization expressed gratitude to the employers and the head of educational resource center for close cooperation, the result of this cooperation the problems are regulated in frames of existing legislation. The leader of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization presented detailed information about the activities carried out in the professional development of the members. During the reporting period, 14 professional development training courses were held for the public schools’ employees of Khashuri region, including seminars with regard to professional needs of school librarians and principals. In total 500 staff is retrained. Public Schools of Khashuri municipality participated in the pilot project of "Teacher's House" implemented by ESFTUG’s "Professional Development Center for Employees", where 112 teachers participated. All the teachers participating in the training were granted 1.5 credits and received certificates. Ineza Elisashvili thanked the ESFTUG’s president for the selfless work that has been undertaken in the process of reviewing the draft law on "Early and Pre-school Education". She stressed the importance of the norm added to the law of “early and pre-school education” by the initiative of the trade union, according to which the role of trade union doubled and the ESFTUG will more actively cooperate with municipalities in order to develop more flexible contracts for kindergartens’ workers. During the reporting period, the head of Khashuri regional organization cared about the requirements of the members, on the basis of which the intensive, effective cooperation was held with the decision makers of Khashuri municipality. She thanked Irina Gelashvili, deputy governor of Khashuri, during the reviewing process of Khashuri municipality’s budget she supported the four and more children’s mothers’ supporting program. In the frames of this project, women with many children will be given one hundred GEL per child on women's and mother’s day. The rapporteur named the results obtained in cooperation with Khashuri municipality: travel is free for public schools’ teachers from buffer zone and the kindergartens’ employees enjoy travel benefits. After the gratitude, the Khashuri organization leader raised problematic issues, including the demands of education workers from high-level zone. Within the reporting period of 2013-2018, various creative events were organized by the head of the Khashuri branch organization: Inaza Elisashvili, together with the "Readers' Club" of Khashuri Library established the tradition to invite teachers and students. Leader of ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization dedicated a special event to the four students who won the National Competition "How to care on Georgian language". Successful pupils and their teachers were invited to the event. The pupils presented their essays to the Khashuri teachers' community and invited guests. After interesting discussion about care and protection issues of Georgian language, Mrs. Ineza Elisashvili awarded the winners and their teachers with diplomas and symbolic gifts. Poetry evening was held on the 250th anniversary of Shota Rustaveli, where participants were awarded with books and diplomas. Events dedicated to Georgian Language Day were held in schools and kindergartens in Khashuri region. The leader of the Khashuri branch organization supports and helps the members of the Club "Medea" of the village Gomi public school, who conduct ecological researches to support the improvement of nature. On the initiative of the Khashuri branch organization, beneficiaries of small family-type houses, teachers and the Civic Education Club of Kvishkhevi Public School became friends and held a joint event "Premature Marriage, Problems, Refusing Alcohol and Narcotics". Under the joint initiative of the Khashuri branch organization and the NGO "Women's Association", the Khashuri municipality managed to set up a holiday garden for disabled people. The wheelchairs were purchased and the exhibition of the day-center’s teachers and children was organized. The ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization and non-governmental organization "Women's Association" traditionally converted the joint charity concerts. The received funds are transferred to socially vulnerable and children with need of expensive operations. In the New Year's days, the event was organized by the ESFTUG’s Khashuri organization, Khashuri Cultural Service, Educational Resource Center and Women's Association, to "Make New Year more beautiful for Socially Vulnerable people". The charity action has received a wide range of people, including the population of Khashuri. ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization organizes evenings for honored teachers. In the summer of 2017, 30 pupils of socially vulnerable families were sent to Ureki, in Self-Government Leader’s School for one week. The Khashuri branch organization organized a meeting on the occasion of Human Rights Day, the topic of the meeting was ”the Human Rights Protection, Constitutional Reform and Rule of Law ". “Only trade union can bring our problems to the government and solve them". Ineza Elisashvili proudly stated that two active members of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri organization are nominated in the Teacher’s National Award 2018. In 2017, the students’ theater of village Gomi received the third place in the school-theater competition, the school teachers Mzago Gogatishvili and Nana Donadze were the directors of the performance "Darispan's Tribulation" presented at the festival. Ineza Elisashvili thanked the President of the ESFTUG for rewarding the students with diplomas and cash prizes. She noted that the performance prepared by teachers was presented at the events of the region, and the ESFTUG's Khashuri branch organization awarded the teachers and small actors and delivered the video record of the performance to the school. All activities carried out by the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization are often published in the local newspaper "Khashuri’s Moambe". Ineza Elisashvili thanked the newspaper "Khashuri’s Moambe" for intensive cooperation. The report presented at the conference included the implementation of preferential health care programs for members of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization. Specifically, members of Khashuri branch organization use services in dentistry, eye and other clinics with discounted prices. The activities carried out by the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization are diverse. Ms. Ineza Elisashvili thanked ESFTUG’s president Maia Kobakhidze for interesting proposals and initiatives, which is effectively implemented at the regional level, in favor of the members. Leader of Khashuri branch organization talked about the problems of employed in educational institutions, including the necessity of increasing the salaries of public schools’ principals and technical personnel. The rapporteur thanked the mayor and chairperson of the Khashuri municipality for the positive attitude towards the increase of salaries of preschool institutions’ staff from the next year. Ms. Ineza Elisashvili thanked all the participants of the conference and said that it is responsible for her to be a part of the 100-year organization. It is funny and proud to present a report on the activities carried out in Khashuri before voters and invited guests and decision of the ESFTUG’s president to present the four years activities’ report before the delegates is very important. "Everything is done with love, mutual respect and mutual understanding ... The trade union is the mechanism for the protection of the rights of workers and their interests at different levels of government ... power is in unity" – ended her speech leader of the Khashuri branch organization. The heads of the mandate and control-revision commissions presented their reports to The Delegates of the Conference. Village Gomi’s public school’s teacher Bondo Gelashvili expressed gratitude towards the activities of ESFTUG and said: "We called Mrs. Ineza - protector of teachers, she did not stop working at the hardest time, even during the crisis of the organization and worked in a frozen room." "Khashuri organization is the source of sympathy, compassion, virtue, tolerance, charity. It combines the love, which soul is Inseza Elisashvili. Are you looking for justice? Mrs. Zizi is with you! Do you have birthday? She never misses! Are you sick? She is beside you! Do you have success? She congratulates, celebrates and informs the community! – noted delegates thankfully during their speeches, assessing activities of the organization. The ESFTUG’s president presented a four-year report of the organization's activities and focused on the problems of employed people, ways of their rectification and the future priorities of the trade union. In the question-answer format, demands and proposals set by the delegates laid the foundation for the new initiatives of the ESFTUG. The delegates positively evaluated the activities carried out during 4 years and Ineza Elisashvili was elected unanimously to head of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization for the next four years. The conference approved the leaders of 46 primary organizations of the Khashuri regional organization’s council and chose 8 delegates of the ESFTUG’s IX reporting-election congress. Zviad Goguadze, head of the Khashuri Educational Resource Center addressed the conference delegates: "First of all I congratulate Mrs Zizi. It is known to everyone that the competition-certification commission of the Resource Center is represented by Trade Union and Ms. Ineza Elisashvili is a member of the Commission for fair and democratic selection of public servants. Assessment of trade union activities at regional level can not be accomplished with implemented activities, neither by the collaboration of Ministry of Education and Science and Trade Union. How many schools and how many teachers are involved in trade union activities are essential for the success of trade union. It is noteworthy that 31 public schools from Khashuri municipality's 32 public schools are members of the Trade Union. As for our cooperation - educational resource center is the territorial body of the Ministry of Education and Science and the main task of the Resource Center is to implement the policy of Ministry. It is obvious that not the willingness of the Ministry of Education and Science to cooperate with the trade union, our cooperation can not be held at the regional level, despite the personal good relations. Another one, we see that the Ministry of Education enters the requirements of the Trade Union and the Ministry of Education expresses its readiness to improve the conditions of the employees, which ultimately serves the future of our country." In the final part of the conference, ESFTUG’s president Maia Kobakhidze awarded six teachers of public schools and one technical personnel, four kindergartens’ teachers and one manager with diplomas and gifts. Head of the Khashuri Educational Resource Center and other Social Partners of ESFTUG were awarded with the diplomas for "protection of democratic values and effective social partnership”. The head of the ESFTUG’s Khashuri branch organization did not leave without attention the honorary delegates. She awarded ESFTUG's Khashuri primary organization’s former leaders Meri Lursmanashvili and Tamara Makhatadze with cash prizes.