Since July 2020 Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) has started the new project “COVID-19: Civil Society Resilience and Sustainability” in partnership with French-based organization IREX Europe, funded by the European Union.

The overall objective of the project is to foster the resilience and sustainability of civil society in six eastern partnership countries, including Georgia, as well as to mitigate the immediate and long-term impacts of Covid-19. The project strengthens civil society in several areas, providing emergency grants, psychosocial and legal support, technical support grants to strengthen CSOs digitalization, capacity development, core support to independent media, media campaign, advocacy, and awareness-raising.

The project will run for four years from July 2020 until June 2024 and will achieve the following objectives:
CSOs build their sustainability and resilience to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
CSOs are better skilled and equipped to continue supporting their beneficiaries and protecting vulnerable communities.
CSOs and media counter disinformation and fake news and promote access to reliable information on the pandemic and its impact on communities.
On the first stage of the project, HRHT has announced the call for organizations to apply for grants in various directions.

Based on the competitive selection process, the following organizations were selected and awarded the grants:

Emergency grants for CSOs:
“Future Prosperity House”
Association “Toleranti”
“Hand in Hand”
“Tanaziari”
Education and Development Center “Toliskuri”
The Independent trade union of social workers “Social Workers’ Union”
“Welfare and Development Centre”
Ecological Association “DEA”
„Qedeli“
Democratic Development Center of Adjara
.„Mandala
“Social Enterprise of Freelancers
“Rights Georgia”
Psychosocial and legal support to the CSOs:
“Consent”
“Human Rights Center”
“Tetritskaro Youth Center”
Technical support grants to strengthen CSOs digitalization:   
Tetritskaro Youth Center
“Xenon”
“Helping Hand”
“Anika”
Cognitive Center
Education and Development Center “Toliskuri”
“Civic Hall”
Core support for independent media organizations:
Guria News
Guria TV
Indigo
My Kharagauli
Kvemo Kartli Media
Media Institute
Tok TV
Trialeti TV
Radio “Batumi”
ALIQ media