On October 10th, 2017 in the framework of the project “Train the Messenger” the Levan Mikeladze Foundation held a workshop for  religious minorities of Samtskhe-Javakheti region in Akhaltsikhe. The meeting was attended by the Latin and Armenian Catholic religious leaders, from Samtskhe-Javakheti region, as well as by the orthodox priests of Armenian Apostolic church and their parishes.

During the conference the invited project experts:  Mikheil Mirziashvili (Chairman of the Board and Board Member of Center For Development and Democracy), Zurab Modebadze (the expert of analytical portal www.eugeorgia.info), and Tamta Mikeladze (Civil and Political Rights Program Director/Human Rights Lawyer) made the presentations. 

The workshop discussed the essence and the benefits of DCFTA, 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.

Since May 15, 2017, the Levan Mikeladze Foundation implements the project “Train the Messenger ” with financial support of Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia.