Subject: FW: Georgia EPIC Application
From: "Wong, Lisa" <[email-masked]>
To: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>, Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>
Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>, Lela Akiashvili <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Nani Bendeliani <[email-masked]>, "Pozzan, Emanuela" <[email-masked]>, EPIC <[email-masked]>, "Sandhu, Gurchaten" <[email-masked]>, "Koulaeva, Olga" <[email-masked]>, "Sibbel, Lejo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:05:09 +0000

Dear Lika,

Dear Tamar,

We trust that you had a successful International Equal Pay Day celebration, and hope that you had an opportunity afterwards to connect
with the EPIC celebration.  If not, we have uploaded the video recording to the EPIC website, and you can now watch it at your convenience
here.

We are eager to start engaging with the Government of Georgia as an EPIC  member, and should be grateful if you would kindly acknowledge
receipt of our message of 16 September.  We also look forward to receiving the completed template and fully signed compliance form soonest.

With warmest regards

Lisa (on behalf of the EPIC secretariat)

Lisa Wong-Ramesar

Senior Specialist –Non Discrimination

FUNDAMENTALS

T: +41 22 799 6206

E:
[email-masked]

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CH-1211 Geneva 22

Switzerland

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From: Wong, Lisa

Sent: 16 September 2020 18:28

To: Lika Klimiashvili ; Tamar Barkalaia

Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia ; Lela Akiashvili ; [email-masked]; Nani Bendeliani ; Pozzan, Emanuela ; EPIC ; Koulaeva, Olga ;
Sibbel, Lejo ; Sandhu, Gurchaten

Subject: RE: Georgia EPIC Application

Dear Lika,

On behalf of the EPIC Secretariat, we are delighted to announce that your application for EPIC membership has been approved.

Kindly note, however, that this approval has been made on the understanding that the Government of Georgia does not currently comply with
required number of criteria but that it is committed to and actively working towards this goal. In accordance with the criteria for engagement, the Government of Georgia will be given a four-year period to align its laws, policies and practices with the required
criteria.  The EPIC Secretariat will be in touch periodically to ascertain progress, and remains available to provide technical assistance, as appropriate.

In the meantime, in order to complete the process and actively promote your membership on the EPIC website, we should be grateful if you
would kindly complete the two attached forms and return them to us at your earliest convenience.

We welcome you to the EPIC family and wish you every success in your event to mark International Equal Pay Day on Friday.  Following your
own event, we encourage you to please register here
for the EPIC event, which will have simultaneous interpretation into Russian.

With warmest regards,

Emanuela and Lisa (On behalf of the EPIC Secretariat).

From: Wong, Lisa <[email-masked]>

Sent: 08 September 2020 22:36

To: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>; Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>; EPIC <[email-masked]>; Pozzan, Emanuela
<[email-masked]>

Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>; Lela Akiashvili <[email-masked]>;
[email-masked]; Nani Bendeliani <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Georgia EPIC Application

Dear Lika,

Many thanks for sharing the revised application.  We hope to get back to you early next week.

With warmest regards,

Lisa (on behalf of the EPIC Secretariat)

From: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>

Sent: 08 September 2020 13:56

To: Wong, Lisa <[email-masked]>; Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>;
EPIC <[email-masked]>; Pozzan, Emanuela <[email-masked]>

Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>;
Lela Akiashvili <[email-masked]>;
[email-masked] <[email-masked]>;
Nani Bendeliani <[email-masked]>

Subject: Georgia EPIC Application

Dear Lisa,

On behalf of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia it
is my pleasure to resubmit the Georgia’s application to join the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC).

Attached please find the application and the following additional documents:

-
Draft amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia “Georgian Labour Code”;

-
Parliamentary Inquiry on Women’s Participation in State Economic Programs.

I thank you!

With best regards,

Lika

ლიკა  კლიმიაშვილი | Lika Klimiashvili

პოლიტიკის დეპარტამენტის
შრომისა
და
დასაქმების
პოლიტიკისა
და
კოლექტიური
შრომითი
დავების
სამმართველოს
უფროსი
|Head of Labour and Employment Policy and Collective Labour Disputes Division, Policy Department

საქართველოს
ოკუპირებული
ტერიტორიებიდან
დევნილთა,
შრომის,
ჯანმრთელობისა
და
სოციალური
დაცვის
სამინისტრო
| Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

აკ.
წერეთლის
გამზ. 144;
თბილისი 0119;
საქართველო | 144 Ak. Tsereteli Ave.; Tbilisi, 0119; Georgia

ოფისი:| Office: +995 (0322) 251 00 11 (1507)

მობ: |     Cell: +995 (595) 97 77 44

ელ.
ფოსტა:| E-mail:
[email-masked]

www.moh.gov.ge

From: Wong, Lisa <[email-masked]>

Sent: 31 August, 2020 12:52

To: Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>;
EPIC <[email-masked]>; Pozzan, Emanuela <[email-masked]>

Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>;
Lela Akiashvili <[email-masked]>;
[email-masked]; Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Georgia EPIC Application

Importance: High

Dear Ms. Barkalaia,

On behalf of the EPIC Secretariat, and as a follow-up to my earlier mail, I am reverting to you regarding the table which you have so kindly prepared in respect of
Georgia's application to join EPIC.

We have noted that your application only meets four criteria, and that you have indicated your Government's commitment to three additional
criteria as being considered,  and in respect of one other criteria as
being considered - yet under discussion.

As you will note from the attached EPIC criteria for engagement, Governments that may not yet comply with at least six criteria but are
committed to and actively working towards this goal may still be considered for engagement in EPIC, and that these governments will be given a four-yer period to align their laws, policies and practices with the required criteria. In light of
the foregoing, we should be grateful if you would kindly provide some further information/supporting materials about these additional criteria for further consideration by the Secretariat.  This will help us determine the level of commitment and work which
might be ongoing in this regard.

We look forward to receiving this information soonest.

With warmest regards,

Lisa (on behalf of the EPIC Secretariat)

Senior Specialist on non-discrimination

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch

ILO

From: Wong, Lisa <[email-masked]>

Sent: 10 August 2020 15:21

To: Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>;
EPIC <[email-masked]>; Pozzan, Emanuela <[email-masked]>

Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>;
Lela Akiashvili <[email-masked]>;
[email-masked] <[email-masked]>;
Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Georgia EPIC Application

Dear Ms. Barkalaia,

On behalf of the EPIC Secretariat, I would like to thank you for your kind e-mail expressing Georgia's interest in joining the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC).  We
acknowledge receipt of the information which you have shared in this regard.

The EPIC Secretariat, which includes colleagues from the ILO, UN Women and the OECD will have an opportunity to review the information shared.  We will revert to you
in case of questions.  Kindly note that this process may take up to six weeks.

With warmest regards,

Lisa

Lisa Marie Wong

Senior Specialist on non-discrimination

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch

ILO

From: Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>

Sent: 05 August 2020 11:22

To: EPIC <[email-masked]>; Wong, Lisa
<[email-masked]>; Pozzan, Emanuela <[email-masked]>

Cc: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>;
Lela Akiashvili <[email-masked]>;
[email-masked] <[email-masked]>;
Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>

Subject: Georgia EPIC Application

Dear EPIC committee members,

On behalf of the Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, it is my pleasure to submit the Georgia’s
application to join the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC).

Please, kindly note that out of compliance criteria, Georgia already meets four.  Namely:

Georgia has ratified ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100);

Georgia has ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, 1976;

Georgian National Statistics office collects sex-disaggregated data on monthly wages since 2001 however, hourly wage
data has been collected since 2017 through the improved Labour Force Survey;

Georgia offers in-kind support as contributions to key EPIC outputs.

In addition to the above, in the upcoming three years, the Government of Georgia will continuously work on complying with other EPIC criteria, including:

adherence to the recommendation of the 2013 OECD Council on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship
and the 2015 recommendation of the OECD Council on Gender Equality in Public Life;

encouragement of policies or practices for pay transparency;

enhancing further measures to ensure that equal pay laws and policies are in place and working towards adopting legislation
in line with ILO Convention No. 100.

It would be our pleasure to explore hosting the signing ceremony in September, 2020 with Dr. Durrer, of course considering the COVID-19 international
travel recommendations of both the Government of Switzerland and the Government of Georgia.

Sincerely,

Tamila Barkalaia

Deputy Minister

144 Tsereteli ave, Tbilisi, Georgia, 0159

+995 599 281 281

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