On May 6, 2016 the Levan Mikeladze Foundation held the second meeting of Agriculture and Regional Development Working Group on the topic - “Rural Development Strategy”. The meeting was organized in the framework of the project - “National Convention on the EU in Georgia”. The project is carried out in partnership with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) and with the financial support of the Slovak Aid and Europe Foundation.
The meeting took place in the National Library of Georgia. It was chaired by Mr. Lasha Inauri, Deputy Head of Euro Integration Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia and by Mr. Ilia Kvitaishvili, founder of Rural and Agricultural Policy and Development Institute.
On April 22nd, in the framework of the project "Capacity Development of Civil Society in the Regions Essentially Populated with Ethnic Minorities in Georgia" Levan Mikeladze Foundation organized the educative meetings at public schools (N 1,3) of Dmanisi for senior pupils. The meetings were conducted by Ekaterine Khositashvili (representative of MFA of Georgia) and Ekaterine Baramidze (The Development Program Director of LMF), who made presentations about EU, Visaliberalization, EU-Georgia relations and related topics. The pupils asked many questions, especially in the field of opportunities to study in EU. During the meetings short documentary film of Toma Chagelishvili, called "Travel in Europe" was shown to the audience, which raised hight interest. In the end of the meetings informative brochures were disseminated about EU-Georgia relations, EU values, and Visa Free Travel in EU. The brochures were translated into Russian, Azerbaijan, Armenian and Georgian languages.
The first WG meeting of Energy and Environment on Electricity Supply Reliability Rules took place on 1st of April, in the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Internal expert, Ms. Nino Maghradze and international expert Mr. Peter Marcan presented the recommendations which was consisted of the following issues:Commercial of Quality; Continuity of Supply;Voltage Quality; Mr. Giorgi Shengelia (Deputy Director of International Relations’ Department of Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission) and Mr. Giorgi Vashakmadze (Director of W-Stream Caspian Pipeline Company) were co-chairs of the meeting. In general, WG members were actively engaged in the discussion.
On March 29th, in the framework of the project "Capacity Development of Civil Society in the Regions Essentially Populated with Ethnic Minorities in Georgia", Levan Mikeladze Foundation organized the first discussion in Marneuli for representatives of Media, NGOs and local municipalities. The discussion took place at Marneuli municipality. The topics of discussion were Georgia-EU relations, Visaliberalisation, Association Agreement, opportunities of DCFTA and successful examples in this field. The goal of these meetings were to increase awareness of EU to the presented audience.
During the discussion Ekaterine khositashvili (representative of MFA of Georgia), Marika Liparteliani (regional coordinator of the information centre on NATO and EU) and Maiko Gabuldani (representative of "Europe for Georgia") made presentations about the above mentioned topics. During the discussion audience asked many interesting questions and interactive discussion took place. In the end of the meetings informative brochures were disseminated about EU-Georgia relations, EU values, and Visa Free Travel in EU. The brochures were translated into Russian, Azerbaijan, Armenian and Georgian languages.
On March 22, 2016 the Levan Mikeladze Foundation held the first meeting of Agriculture and Regional Development Working Group on the topic - “Smallholder Farmers and Agricultural Cooperation/Strengthening of target oriented investments”. The meeting was organized in the framework of the project - “National Convention on the EU in Georgia”. The project is carried out in partnership with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) and with the financial support of the Slovak Aid and Europe Foundation.
The meeting took place in the National Library of Georgia. It was chaired by Mr. Lasha Inauri, Deputy Head of Euro Integration Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia and by Mr. Ilia Kvitaishvili, founder of Rural and Agricultural Policy and Development Institute.
The working group was composed with representatives of government bodies, NGOs, diplomatic missions of various states and the Delegation of the European Union. In total, there were 23 organizations represented in the session.
