On 21 November, Davit Keshelava, deputy practice lead of ISET Policy Institute’s Macroeconomic Policy Research Center (MPRC), took part in a Georgian-Austrian Business Forum that was organized by Advantage Austria Tbilisi (while acting as part of the Trade Mission in Georgia and Azerbaijan).

In November, ISET Policy Institute conducted a training series for civil society organizations (CSO) and private sector associations (PSA). This course was one part of the “Develop the advocacy capacity of civil society organizations and private sector associations” project, supported by the USAID Economic Governance Program.

During a meeting held at Rooms Hotel Tbilisi on 2 November, Mariam Katsadze and Giorgi Papava from a research team at ISET Policy Institute presented the results from the latest assessment of the economic dimensions within local creative industries.

On 28 October, Giorgi Papava, lead economist at ISET’s Policy Institute, took part in an event organized by the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), the main topic of which was the 2023 budget project.

On 17-19 October, Davit Keshelava and Mariam Lobjanidze of the ISET Policy Institute’s research team were part of the international experts’ team that conducted a training session that aimed at strengthening the capacity of public servants on Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) as part of the UN Women’s training cycle on Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) institutionalization.