Dear Deputy Minister, dear Tamila:

Aware of the challenging times, I would like to kindly inquire, if there would be a possibility to organize the meeting with the Minister concerning cooperation with and support provided by UN Women and discussed next steps.

There are several issues we wish to get feedback on, in particular, a follow up of Participatory Gender Audit findings and possible UN Women technical support, and possibility of Georgia to join EPIC, a joint ILO-UN Women-OECD initiative in support of closing the pay gap between men and women. We still plan to hold the international conference on EPIC on December 12^th , and therefore the position of the Ministry would be crucial to know.

I would like to thank you gain you again for your kind support for Progress report launch. As you know, there are possibilities to explore cooperation between the Ministry, UN Women and ILO around costing the package of family-friendly services and transfers, that may inform further work of the Ministry in this area.

I am very much looking forward to possible dates of the meeting with Minister as well as with you.

Sincerely,

Erika Kvapilova