Georgia

Implementation

It was decided to carry out a pilot launch of REACT on the basis of the city of Tbilisi with a further expansion plan to other regions in mid-2020. By the end of 2021, the REACT base was expanded to 9 more cities: Batumi, Poti, Zugdidi, Telavi, Kutaisi, Samtredia, Gori, Ozurgeti, Rustavi, Tbilisi. REAct in Georgia worked closely with the Tiberious Project, funded under the RADIAN EJAF program. In 2022, the REAct system was transferred to national funding under a grant from the Global Fund.

REActors

39 REActors document cases, one for each organization. It was decided to carry out the pilot launch of REAct on the basis of the city of Tbilisi with a planned further expansion to other regions in the middle of 2020. By the end of 2021, REAct project to 9 more cities: Kutaisi, Samtredia, Gori, Poti, Zugdidi, Telavi, Ozergeti, Batumi, Rustavi, Tbilisi.

The REActor in Georgia is an outreach worker, case manager, social worker of an NGO providing services to key groups. Some REActors are lawyers or paralegals, cases that require more professional legal assistance may be referred to them. Information about incidents is communicated to the REActors directly by clients during the receipt of various services (testing for HIV, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, syphilis; syringe exchange; condom distribution; medical services; PrEP; legal services, etc.).