ISET representative attends economic meeting in Tajikistan
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On November 28-29, Deputy Head of the APRC Salome Gelashvili attended the annual "Dushanbe Economic Meeting 2019" conference in Tajikistan. The conference was organized in the framework of the "Towards Rural Inclusive Growth and Economic Resilience" project (implemented by) GIZ and was devoted to the topic of developing the competitiveness of the agro-industrial complex in Tajikistan.
Ms Gelashvili discussed the development of EU-funded agricultural cooperatives in Georgia and shared the country’s experience regarding its cooperation with the European Union. She began by presenting the legislative framework of the country and tax concessions given to cooperatives, as well as other forms of state support, before explaining the results of annual surveys conducted by ISET-PI in order to assess the progress of the cooperatives. She concluded her presentation with the lessons learned and a number of recommendations for the future, including more of a focus on service cooperatives and the application of a bottom-up rather than top-down approach during the development of cooperatives.
ISET MA students visit Stockholm, visit National Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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ISET students visiting Stockholm have returned to Georgia after spending a week in Sweden as guests of the Stockholm School of Economics. While the students attended several lectures at a number of different universities, their time was not limited to studying alongside their Swedish counterparts: instead of a solely academic trip, the students were also taken to visit the Swedish Central Bank and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, which allowed them to compare the inner workings of one of Europe’s leading economies with their own country.
In addition, the visiting ISETers took part in a number of meetings focused on students’ professional and academic opportunities, wherein they were also introduced to Stockholm’s history. Arguably more importantly, however, was the opportunity to simply wander around Stockholm and experience Sweden’s culture first-hand. The students have enthusiastically reported their universally positive impressions of Sweden’s capital city and its people; most poignantly, they highlighted the importance of Georgia continuing its progress so that it may one day take its place as a full member of the European family.
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