Group discussions: summary of very first results

Just a snapshot of ideas coming from group discussions!

• Strengthen internal communication in order to achieve best results ("Four corners");
• Involve volunteers, such as EVS volunteers;
• WVA should develop guidelines for ADPs based on best practices;
• Find partners for sponsorship;
• Employees should have a right to invest time in areas of WVA activities other than their own field;
• Annual award for the best practice in a certain community and replicate this in other communities;
• Flash-mobs, fairs at national level with participation of communities;
• Engage volunteers and rotate them from ADP to ADP;
• Central coordination of volunteers at the national WVA level;
• For urgent cases, create a mechanism for local fundraising;
• There should be a requirement request 10% of the investment, not relevant to extremely poor persons;
• Recycling culture within the office, efficient paper handling, refusal from plastic bags;
• Mediate that banks provide preferential loans to business persons/communities;
• Reduce meetings, seminars, trainings and replace by online or distance technologies (skype, webex);
• Create a blog where kids from communities share their innovative ideas, which we can further develop and implement;
• Create a network of local (Marz and community level) sponsors;
• ADPs should have their own statutes and should be able to engage financial resources,  80% of which will be directed towards charity;
• Establish framework agreements with local media;
• Create a Christmas gift catalogue, where most needy children will write letters to santa and forward it to companies for financing;
• Share project ideas at the annual forums of international organizations;
• Shift to electronic filing system, use electronic signatures;
• Use new marketing strategies, advertise companies at the community level in return for their financial investments;
• Include the issues of migration into WVA strategic tasks;
• Develop GIK idea among the local producers, for example shoe makers, they will also be exempt from taxes;
• Create commercial ties with Georgia, sell products in the Georgian market, use the resources of WV Georgia;
• ADPs have skills and knowledge that can  be used instead of inviting experts from abroad.