This policy brief summarizes the main findings of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the possible ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156).

On February 2, the ISET Policy Institute Director, Tamar Sulukhia, introduced the EaP Regional Road Safety Observatory to various civil society organizations from the Eastern Partnership region – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. This regional road safety workshop was organized by the World Bank, supported by the European Commission.

ISET Policy Institute hosted the first Public-Private Dialogue on Insolvency Reform under our “ReforMeter” project. The PPD was attended by various stakeholders engaged in or affected by the reform. Attendees included reform implementing agencies – the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the Training Center of Justice (TCJ), the National Bureau of Enforcement (NBE), the Business Rehabilitation and Insolvency Practitioners Association (BRIPA) – as well as representatives from other donor organization, business associations, and consulting groups.

On December 16, 2021, at Radisson Blue Iveria Hotel, ISET Policy Institute, Internews Georgia, and the USAID Economic Governance Program held a hybrid event introducing MediaTOR, a platform for supporting fact-based economic journalism. The aim of the project is to increase the role and participatory power of media in the economic reform implementation process in Georgia.

On 18 November, ISET’s Agricultural Policy Research Center presented the findings of its Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the draft law on agritourism and thereafter discussed the associated socio-economic benefits and the costs.