On September 6, experts from the Levan Mikeladze Foundation Natalia Shatirishvili, Giorgi Mukhigulishvili, and Deputy Head of Energy Reforms and International Relations Departments Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Margalita Arabidze, went on a study visit to Bratislava, Slovakia. The study visit is carried out within the framework of the project "National Convention on the EU in Georgia."

The purpose of the trip is to familiarize them with the system of work and the experience of state bodies and institutions dealing with energy security issues.

On September 7, they visited Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA) and met with representatives of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. At the end of the day, they also visited a pilot project carried out by the Building Testing and Research Institute (TSUS) to overhaul an apartment building from the 1980s in Devínská Nová Ves.

The Levan Mikeladze Foundation, in cooperation with the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA), is implementing the project “National Convention of the European Union in Georgia.” The project is funded by SlovakAid and Friedrich Ebert Foundation.