The first meeting of the group of experts working on external communication in Georgia was held on December 16 within the framework of the project "National Convention on the European Union in Georgia".
The Levan Mikeladze Foundation, in cooperation with the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA), is implementing the project "National Convention on the European Union in Georgia" with financial support from SlovakAid and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Within the framework of the project, on December 16, the first meeting of the group of experts working on the issue of external communications was held at the Hilton Garden Inn Tbilisi Chavchavadze. It was attended by experts and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
The document on the external communication issues prepared by local and Slovak experts was discussed at the meeting. Georgian expert Dimitri Tskitishvili discussed the Concept of Georgia's Foreign Communication Strategy. Slovak expert Ondrej Gazovic spoke on National Branding and Strategic Communication of the Slovak Republic. After the presentations, a discussion took place.
The meeting was moderated by Marine Narchemashvili, Director of the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Ivane Chkhikvadze, Open Society Georgia Foundation, European Integration Program Manager.
At the following meetings, the working group will continue to work on the concept of Georgia's external communication strategy.