In order to enhance knowledge and skills of partners in developing, implementing and monitoring gender sensitive livelihood support programmes, UN Women organized a three-day intensive training from 23-26 September, 2016 on “Enhancing IDP Women’s Sustainable Livelihoods – approaches, tools and interventions” for the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia (MRA), its IDP Livelihood Agency (Livelihoods LEPL) and CSO members.  

The training was organized in the framework of the EU funded project “Gender sensitive socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable IDPs” implemented by UN Women and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The project is contributing to the achievement of the IDP IV programme objective - support the socio-economic integration of IDPs and their host communities with a particularity to support the most vulnerable IDPs in accessing and improving their livelihoods.

At the end of the three days partners, such as MRA and its LEPL, together with CSOs gained an enhance understanding of what sustainability is and what makes livelihoods sustainable; an increased comfort level with gendered perspectives of sustainable livelihoods, improved practical experience in assessing IDP livelihoods with a gender lens and familiar with innovative ways to strengthening livelihoods in IDP communities and thus be in a position to contribute to improving economic capacity of the most vulnerable IDPs, especially women and girls.