On November 7th,  2016 in the framework of the project “Train the Messenger - EU, Human Rights and Family Values” the Levan Mikeladze Foundation held the fifth workshop for  religious Muslim leaders of Kvemo Kartli region. 

The meeting was attended by Ramin Igidov, Sheikh of all Georgia and head of the administration of Muslims of Georgia, Iasin Aliev - Mufti of the East Georgia, Muslim religous leaders of Kvemo Kartli and Muslim students of Georgia. 

During the meeting the invited project experts: Mikheil Mirziashvili (Chairman of the Board and Board Member of Center For Development and Democracy), Vano Chkhikvadze (EU Integration Programme Manager at Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF), and Vakhushti Menabde  (Associate Professor Law Major at Ilia State University),  made the presentations.

The workshop discussed the essence and the benefits of the Association Agreement with EU, rights of religious minorities in EU and Georgia, the European models of relationship between religion and state and the challenges of secularism in Georgia and EU. The discussion was moderated by Irakli Tabliashvili. 

The Levan Mikeladze Foundation implements the project “Train the Messenger ” with financial support of Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia.