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Created: 05 June 2015

On Friday, June 5th ISET hosted Loredana Sorg, Mercator Fellow of International Affairs, who gave a presentation titled "The Georgian Hazelnut Value Chain and the Potential of Cooperatives". The objective of the study was to understand how and at which level value is added, to identify critical elements for a competitive hazelnut production in Georgia and to reflect the potential of cooperatives for the development of the value chain and in particular for organic fair-trade hazelnuts.
According to the study Georgian hazelnut sector has gained both national and international attention over the last years. Different private, public and non-governmental actors have started initiatives to upgrade the Georgian hazelnut value chain for export or development goals. This talk summarized the particularities of the Georgian hazelnut value chain and findings from discussions with ETH students at a workshop at FAO in April, 2015.

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Created: 03 June 2015

From September, 2014 ISET Policy Institute has been cooperating with German Economic Team (GET). In May,2015 this cooperation has reached its peak and researchers of ISET Policy Institute are working with economists from GET on forming policy briefings for Georgia’s industrial development. This policy briefings will both support further research in industrial policy of Georgia, as well as provide the guideline for the government to form its policy and develop sectors were country potentially has comparative advantage.
German Economic Team is a consulting group providing advisory services to Georgian government on economic policy with support of German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.