On November 20-23, four-day trainings - "Effective social and service skills" - were held at the Public Service Hall in Zugdidi, in which 25 former convicts and probationers took part. At the next level, some participants will take two months of additional courses in some specialties and will be able to receive a grant of 400 EUR to start a business; some of the participants after passing business training will be have an opportunity to receive a grant of 1200 or 3 000 EUR to start and develop their own business.
 
The trainings were conducted within the framework of the campaign #intothesociety, which is carried out by CHCA together with the Arbitrator-Samariter-Bund Georgia and the Center for Strategic Researches and Developments of Georgia with the financial support of the EU. The project is being implemented in the regions of Kakheti, Shida Kartli, Imereti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and in Tbilisi.