
On September 11, ISET Policy Institute's Agriculture and Rural Policy Research Center (APRC) presented the main results of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the High Mountainous Region Designation of Energy Development and Access to the project's stakeholders.

ISET-ის კვლევითი ინსტიტუტის სოფლის მეურნეობისა და სოფლის განვითარების კვლევითი ცენტრის გუნდი აგროტურიზმის შესახებ კანონპროექტის რეგულირების ზეგავლენის შეფასებას (RIA) ატარებს. კვლევის შედეგების საფუძველზე, RIA-ის გუნდი წარმოადგენს რეგულაციის ინკლუზიური და მდგრადი განხორციელებისთვის საჭირო პოლიტიკის ვარიანტებს.

From July 31 to August 2, the APRC attended a workshop on Agritourism Development, an event organized by the Agrarian Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and UN Women. The APRC has been commissioned to conduct a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the Draft Law on Agritourism.

In a first for Georgia's education sector, the ISET MA Class of 2020 underwent its graduation ceremony entirely online. Guest speakers – including Minister of Education Mikheil Chkenkeli, ISET Governing Board Director Jean-Frederic Paulsen, and Deputy Swedish Ambassador Erik Illes – appeared over Zoom, followed by members of the Class of 2020 itself, and finishing with an address by Valedictorian Guram Lobzhanidze.

The Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) has proved to be an effective policy-making tool and has been integrated into policy and legislative processes in an increasing number of countries. Over the last few years, the Government of Georgia has embarked on the process of institutionalizing RIA as an integral part of policy-making.