Georgia
Thanks for your kind comments ![]()
regarding professional network: I have extensive contacts in media, so it would be easy for me to bring attention to the project, also via NGOs it would be possible to discover stories of Georgians who have initiated projects in their communities (without the help of these NGOs) which haven’t been covered by media yet.
And Georgian innovaters, people/projects which spring to mind right now are:
- Guerilla gardening group (Data Lapauri and Nika Davitashvili, they were also the main organizers of the Vake Park protest)
- People active in the ACCT Collective
- The organizers of psychedlic festivals
- Zura, a man who single handedly tagged all the stray dogs in Vera Park so they wouldn't be killed off by the municipality
- Tomma Chaladze and Wato Tsereteli, they set up CUMBO group several years ago, and now organize music festivals and art exhibitions.
- The organizers, e.g. Tinitin Asatiani, Shota Lishtota, of the protests against the homophobic outrage (may 2013)
- The organizers of the Feminist March on March 8th 2014
These are the people who come to mind now, but there are many more. And, it would not be difficult for me to reach out to others as well. As I had already mentioned to Noemi before, Georgia has a culture where there exist very tightly knit circles. So, I know the people in my circles, but there are many more circles where people are active in their own communities. But, because of my extensive network, I could spread the word easily and find more interesting people for this project.