Based on a report prepared by international auditors, DQS GmbH issued a three-year quality management Certificate of Conformity with ISO 9001:2015 standard requirements, which focus on improving business management and system performance. ISO 9001:2015 requirements for a quality management system include 1) An organization needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and 2) an organization needs to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. As DQS GmbH is a certification body and full member of the International Quality Network (IQNet), the GSE has also become a holder of the IQNet Certificate.
ISET Policy Institute’s executive director, Lasha Labadze, attended the Vision Europe Summit (VES) "WINNERS AND LOSERS OF GLOBALISATION" which took place on 14 and 15 November 2017 in Turin. Launched in January 2015, Vision Europe is a joint project of leading European foundations and think tanks, who work together to investigate and debate matters, with the aim of informing and influencing policy makers and public opinion on some of the most pressing public policy challenges Europe faces today. For the first time, this year the summit invited think tanks from EaP countries, including the ISET Policy Institute from Georgia.
The summit concluded by compiling a declaration – a set of recommendations based on sound scientific analysis. The summit offers stakeholders from politics, business, civil society and academia the opportunity to discuss recommendations of this kind. In addition, this time the conference declaration, which listed principles and proposals to make open societies and open economies sustainable, was finalized after presentations and discussions of the conference publication, which deals with the all-encompassing question of winners and losers of globalization.