
ISET – International School of Economics at TSU (ISET) is pleased to offer a unique training opportunity in economics for evolving professionals...
Read moreThe ISET Policy Institute recently participated in a discussion of the draft law on agritourism in the Parliament of Georgia. On the 25th of January,...
Read moreOn November 26, the Agricultural and Rural Policy Research Center (APRC) of the ISET Policy Institute conducted a third stakeholder working meeting un...
Read moreOn November 8, ISET was visited by Mr. Juha Kahkonen, Deputy Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the IMF, who gave a presentati...
Read moreOn October 25th, ISET was visited by Dr. Robert A. Lawson of the Fraser Institute. In a highly entertaining and often humorous lecture, Dr. Lawson dis...
Read moreISET’s Policy Institute is proud to announce the unveiling of its Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Manual. The ISET Director, Tamar Sulukhia, ...
Read moreISET would like to heartily congratulate resident faculty members Norberto Pignatti and Karine Torosyan on the publication of a new article, “Pa...
Read moreParliamentary elections are just around the corner. A well informed and empowered citizen is central to the outcome of elections that will be in the b...
Read moreOn July 21, ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI) held an online presentation 'Development of Indirect Impact Assessment Methodology and Multipliers'. The ...
Read moreIn early February, Dr Leruth gave a presentation to the G20's Task Force on Multilateralism and Global Governance. His address, entitled "Identifying ...
Read moreISET is proud to welcome Mr. Luc Leruth, a professional of considerable academic experience who has worked for many years in financial institutions, t...
Read moreThe APRC has been established at the ISET Policy Institute in July 2014 with a 3-year grant from USAID. The Center’s model is based on the synergy between policy research, professional training, and teaching activities, capitalizing on the institutional strengths of ISET and ISET-PI.
The goal of the center is to be a leading player in agricultural policy research in the region, promoting evidence-based policymaking in the agricultural sector.
Policy research and training. APRC conducts and communicates policy research focusing on issues of investment and productivity, trade in agricultural goods, value chain analysis, commercialization of smallholder agriculture and farmer cooperation. It also delivers on-demand research, training, and policy consulting services, thus contributing to ISET-PI's impact and sustainability.
Teaching. The APRC functions in conjunction with the Agricultural Economics Concentration in the ISET MA program. The purpose of the concentration is to educate the next generation of policy leaders in Georgia who understand the complexities, challenges and tradeoffs behind policy decisions in the agricultural sector.
Staffing. USAID grant is funding three research assistants and one senior agricultural economics faculty (Pati Mamardashvili, PhD ETH Zurich). One of the three research assistants acts as a communications manager in charge of designing and implementing a media and outreach strategy for the center and other branches of PI.
Prof. Mamardashvili leads the Center’s policy research and training activities while at the same time teaching MA-level courses in ISET's Agricultural Economics concentration.
On the 13th of November, ISET was visited by Joey Cherdarchuk of Darkhorse Analytics, a Canadian company specializing in data science and information design. The firm is dedicated to helping organizations and individuals present their data in a clear...
Read moreSeptember 17-18 2018, the APRC’s Rati Kochlamazashvili and Pati Mamardashvili conducted a training exercise for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) running Social Enterprises (SE) in value chain analysis and development. In the recent years, SE ...
Read moreGeorgia committed to harmonize its electricity market legislation with EU Third Energy Package and liberalize it according to the accession protocol with the Energy Community. These structural changes are expected to contribute to a more efficient fu...
Read moreISET Policy Institute collaborated with Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) starts a training course about integrating ecosystem services into local development planning. Integrating Ecosystem Services into Local Development Pl...
Read moreISET-PI trains Competition Agency of Georgia Staff in the basics of econometrics and STATA. The objective of the training is to strengthen the capacity of the Competition Agency staff to use STATA to conduct independent data analysis, run OLS regress...
Read moreISET is implementing a new training program, "Economics, Finance and Banking," with VTB Bank. The aim of the program is to introduce VTB Bank's employees to the major principles of economics, finance and banking. The training program is now being co...
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