Center for Civil Integration and Inter-Ethnic Relations - CCIIR

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The Center for Civil Integration and inter-Ethnic Relations was established in 2005 and since then has been implementing more than 70 projects (Georgian as a Second Language Teaching Projects; Teacher Education; Adult Education Projects; Multilingual/Multicultural Education Projects).

The objectives of the organization:

- To develop and implement projects and programs to facilitate the process of civil integration and inter-ethnic relations;
- To depend the rights of ethnic minorities;
- To spread information about the rights of ethnic minorities;
- To facilitate the process of formation of loyal attitude to Georgian state of representatives of ethnic minorities;
- To facilitate the process of formation of positive attitude toward ethnic minorities in the society;
- To Support educational reform and protect minority rights during this process;
- To facilitate the process of civic education in youth and adult population;
- To facilitate the process of repatriation, adaption and integration of deported population;
- To spread information and depend the rights of persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons, refugees and other vulnerable population;
-To facilitate the process of integration of vulnerable population.
- To facilitate the process of integration of youth in the society through educational projects;
- To develop and implement various educational projects;
- To facilitate the process of formation of language policy;
- To facilitate of the process of reforming non-Georgian schools and bilingual education;
- To develop and implement the programs and projects facilitating the strengthening of State Language teaching process;
- To facilitate the process of developing and protecting minority languages;
- To develop human resources of minorities and facilitation of participation of minorities in decision-making process;
- To facilitate the process of ethnic conflicts prevention and resolution;
- To facilitate inter-cultural dialogue;

CCIIR Programs and Priorities:

1. Multilingual Education
2. Teachers’ Education
3. Higher Education Programs
4. Youth Development
5. Literacy and bi-literacy
6. Policy study and analysis