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On February 18, 2014 ISET hosted the Israeli Ambassador to Georgia, H.E. Yuval Fuchs. The ambassador gave a great presentation about the miracle of Israel as a start-up nation.
At the beginning of his presentation the Ambassador showed a video reflecting some products from Israel’s hi-tech industry. He then began his speech by presenting figures from the Israeli economy and comparing them to Georgia’s economy. The figures indicated that today Israel’s high-tech industry is the world leader. For example, in only one year Israeli hi-tech businesses had 7.6 billion dollars’ worth of exit.However, as Ambassador Fuchs pointed out, high technology was not Israel’s niche at the beginning of 1960s.
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On February 12, 2014, ISET hosted the Italian Ambassador to Georgia, H.E. Federica Favi. The Ambassador gave a presentation about the historical challenges and choices that Italy faced following World War II.
Ambassador Favi began her presentation from 1945, a point when Italy lay ruins after the war. According to her, after WWII Italy faced three main challenges: the restoration of democracy, rebuilding its economy and finding its place in the world. These challenges were further exacerbated by the issues of the status of ethnic minorities residing near the borders of Italy, the turbulent internal political situation and the onset of the Cold War.
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