Pro Bono Workshop, 2016

Pro bono provider: Alliance Group Holding

Beneficiary: The Employment Program (Employment Shuttle)

The Employment Shuttles are a component within the LIFE Georgia project, which is implemented by a consortium of local organizations led by ACF. It is based on the innovative Spanish methodology of ‘Vives Emplea’ and aims to promote social and labor inclusion of unemployed IDPs and vulnerable individuals in Georgia and take steps forward to improve their social skills, personal and professional competences for employability.

An employment shuttle consists of 20 proactive and motivated unemployed people, who with the help of a coach, work as a team in order to encourage the labor inclusion of all members of the team. The Employment Shuttle operates for five months, where the participants improve their work competences and social skills, in order to find employment.

Problem Description:

One of the important directions of the program is the mediation with companies and corporate volunteerism. Companies’ representatives are visiting participants in order to deliver the training sessions and workshops on specific topics that would contribute to the personal and professional skills’ development in participants and increase chances for their employment.

Services Delivered:

Two Alliance Group Holding members from HR and PR Departments have conducted the one-hour workshop for program beneficiaries; workshop was devoted to the final event of the first phase of the program, which took place in Tbilisi, on January 29.

Result of Pro Bono Mediation:

One hour Pro Bono workshop

Mediator:

Pro Bono consultation is mediated by the Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia.