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.
Gigla Mikautadze, the manager of ISET’s “ReforMeter” project, was invited by the International Monetary Fund to the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF which took a place in Washington D.C. October 9-14. The participants of the event discussed the current trends in the global economy, government policies, and strategies for poverty reduction.
Based at the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), the ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI) is one of the first university-based think tanks in the South Caucasus. ISET-PI complements the educational mission of ISET by delivering training, conducting research and analysis, expressing views on policy, and providing a professional platform for policy discussions and debates.
On 24-25 August 2017, the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET) with the support of the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, the Tbilisi State University, and the Italian Embassy in Tbilisi (Georgia) are organizing a Workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The objective is to bring together researchers active in the field and to create an opportunity to generate discussion and interaction between local academics and policymakers and international researchers.