The sitting of the Council for Protection and Integration of Persons with Disabilities was held at Kutaisi City Hall. The issues of adaptation of public spaces in the city were discussed at the meeting.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project "Promoting Decentralization and Good Governance at the Local Level in Georgia" (DGG), funded by the Danish government, plans to assist Kutaisi City Hall in adapting the needs of people with disabilities in the central / historic district of the city.
Assistance will include: in the central / historical district of Kutaisi, where most of the administrative buildings are located, the needs of the environment for people with disabilities are studied, recommendations for their solution are developed and these problems are mapped. Create a Universal Urban Design Guide, which will include instructions for arranging universal design throughout the city and relevant illustrations. In response to the needs identified as a result of UNDP DGG support, Kutaisi City Hall will allocate the necessary funds for the adaptation of the environment for persons with disabilities in next year's budget in accordance with the identified places and recommendations. At the same time, the creation of a universal urban design guide (guideline), which the municipality will consider in the future of street rehabilitation, will allow the City Hall to make the process more efficient.
The meeting also discussed the new program operating in 2019 in the Social Affairs Service of Kutaisi Municipality. Facilitate the start-up of micro and small enterprises by large families or the expansion-re-equipment of existing ones, financing / co-financing projects selected through a competition to strengthen large families and promote employment.
The meeting of the Council for Protection and Integration of Persons with Disabilities was attended by the Deputy Mayor of Kutaisi Nino Tvaltvadze, representatives of the UNDP DGG, architects, environmental adaptation experts for the needs of persons with disabilities and representatives of Standard Ltd.