ISET Policy Institute is an active member of the CAREC Think Tank Network. This year, the fifth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum, held on November 23-24, gathered leaders from the CAREC Institute, Asian Development Bank, other international organizations, leading regional think tanks, experts, alongside various academics to discuss economic corridors as drivers of fiscal growth and regional integration. One of the core forum sessions, which mapped the role of think tanks and knowledge platforms in the development of these economic corridors, was moderated by Tamar Sulukhia, ISET Policy Institute Director. This meeting focused on examining knowledge exchanges and the development…

For the third year in a row, ISET BA economics students have won the prestigious “Fund Challenge” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The student competition is held worldwide and involves students in economics undergraduate programs from 35 countries. With ISET students having won the IMF competition for three consecutive years, we’re proud to note: "Our team is constantly committed to the professional development and success of students, and we are pleased with the results." The award-winning project came from Nino Sarishvili and Meri Julakidze, fourth year students in ISET’s economics BA program. Within the competition, they presented an analysis…

ISET Policy Institute, thanks to the financial support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is launching the series of training in Green Economy for Journalists and students. The main objective of this initiative is to increase the capacity of Georgian journalists to understand and discuss policy challenges associated with the development of a greener, circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as concrete energy and environmental policies adopted by the Georgian government. After the training, participants will have a greater understanding of the topics discussed, and an increased ability to effectively gather, process, and disseminate information about…

On Friday, 15 October, ISET and the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) jointly hosted an expert digital workshop on Implementing climate change-topics in higher education in Georgia: experiences, needs, and potential for future collaboration. Climate change has lately been attracting growing societal and political attention, but it has also been gaining traction as a topic within academic programs. For instance, several pilot programs implementing climate-related classes are already underway in Georgia, including the Climate Change Economics class in ISET's own BA program. However, many of these programs still lag far behind the potential and the country’s needs. Consequently, we…