On January 27, ISET students delivered yet another policy seminar. A presentation entitled “The Quality of Secondary Education” was delivered by Mariam Chachkhiani, Lika Goderdzishvili, Dika Khidesheli, and Tevos Matevosyan under the supervision of a senior research fellow in the Education and Social Policy Center at ISET-PI, Zurab Abramishvili.

On January 26, 2017, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) conducted its 13th Consultative Board Meeting, attended by the board members, Commission Chairs, ambassadors, bankers, and senior representatives of Georgian businesses. The Georgian government was represented by Mr. Giorgi Gakharia, the Minister of the Economy and Sustainable Development, and his deputy, Ms. Keti Bochorishvili.

23 დეკემბერს, ISET-ის კვლევითი ინსტიტუტის (ISET-PI) მკვლევარმა, გიგლა მიქაუტაძემ მონაწილეობა მიიღო EPAC-ის წევრებისთვის ორგანიზებულ შეხვედრაში, სადაც განიხილეს, რამდენად საჭიროა ქვეყანაში ანტიდემპინგური კანონის შემოღება. შეხვედრის ორგანიზატორი იყო საქართველოს ადვოკატები დამოუკიდებელი პროფესიისთვის, USAID-ის პროექტი „მმართველობა განვითარებისთვის“ (G4G) და თავისუფალ ინდივიდთა საზოგადოება.

On December 13-16, APRC's Davit Zhorzholiani participated in an Inter-Alliance Workshop in Yerevan organized by Oxfam in the South Caucasus. Approximately 50 people from Georgia, Armenia, Vietnam, Tajikistan, and Lebanon attended the workshop, which was rich with intensive training, presentations, panel discussions, group works, and more.

On December 15, 2016, Dr. Natalia Velikova, Associate Professor at Texas Tech University (TTU), held a lecture on Focus Group Discussions for the researchers of ISET-PI. Natalia is an Associate Director of the Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute. Currently, she is a Fulbright scholar in Tbilisi and works on the Development of Wine Marketing and Wine Tourism Strategies for Georgia.