
ISET has again affirmed its position among think-tanks on the world stage by having the ISET Policy Institute listed once more on the Global Go To Thi...
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 moreChristopher Hitchens, one of the greatest public intellectuals of the last four decades, famously said 'The only way for any country to get out of pov...
Read moreStarting from October 26, the ISET Policy Institute team, in cooperation with the USAID Economic Governance Program, started an online training course...
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 moreISET-PI is working on a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the Draft Law of Georgia on Biodiversity. This project will emphasize the consideration of Sustainable Development Goals in the RIA approach.
The biodiversity of the South Caucasus is of global importance, and Georgia is committed to meeting the goal of reducing negative factors directly affecting threatened natural habitats through the sustainable management of these habitats. National biodiversity law integrating these global demands was drafted by the Government of Georgia with the support of international community in order to improve the regulatory framework of the country.
The goal of the project is to conduct a RIA on the Draft Law of Georgia on Biodiversity through measuring economic, social, environmental, labor market and other possible consequences of the draft law using qualitative and quantitative analysis tools. The methods such as Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness and Multi-criteria analysis will be applied. We will compare and recommend preferred options for legal solutions in accordance with the concept of environmental liabilities, seeking synergies of the draft law and liability regulations.
The project will also build the capacity of the staff of the MoEPNR regarding best practices for implementing RIAs. For this, tailored training materials will be elaborated and several training sessions will be conducted within the framework of this project. Training material will be based on existing guidelines (e.g., OECD) but will be presented in an easy-to-use format. Training will use an interactive learning approach. The standard lecture approach will also be used for some rather difficult topics.
Salome Gelashvili
Pati Mamardashvili
Davit Zhorzholiani
Ia Katsia
Salome Deisadze
Norberto Pignatti
GIZ Office South Caucasus
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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