On 27 March 2018, the ISET Policy Institute in partnership with the World Bank and UNICEF hosted a high-level policy discussion, “Higher Education Reform in Georgia: Challenges and Opportunities”, which was the fourth in a series of education policy dialogues focused on higher education.

ISET was honored to host a third delegation representing the long-time partner, the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. A four-day program included anti-corruption seminars, public discussions, and site visits to relevant public institutions and businesses.

ISET would like to congratulate two of its resident faculty members, Karine Torosyan and Norberto Pignatti, together with our visiting faculty member Maksym Obrizan, on the publication of their new joint paper “Job market outcomes of IDPs: the case of Georgia”, in the IZA Discussion Paper Series from the Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn (the series is ranked 6th worldwide for economics by IDEAS/RePEc).

ნარკოპოლიტიკის რეფორმა საქართველოში ცხარე დებატების თემა გახდა. თავად საკითხის მნიშვნელობაზე რომ არაფერი ვთქვათ, დღემდე რაც კი დისკუსია მომისმენია, სამწუხაროდ, ძირითადად ფობიებსა და მითებზე უფროა დაფუძნებული, ვიდრე მტკიცებულებებზე. საზოგადოებას მოუწევს, გადაწყვიტოს, დაუჭიროს თუ არა მხარი რეფორმას და, შესაბამისად, აირჩიოს ერთმანეთისგან მკვეთრად განსხვავებული შედეგები.

ISET continues to challenge its BA students to think about economics and apply knowledge gained during their studies in everyday life. On October 19, 2017, Eric Livny, President of ISET and BA Program Director, conducted a very intriguing discussion on how to start a business in Georgia and what factors one has to initially take into account.