Promotion of Civic Integration of National Minorities
The Zurab Zhvania School of Public Administration, which promotes the civic integration of ethnic minorities through special educational programs, held a presentation of its activities. The Director of the School briefed the audience on future plans and discussed the two main directions, which involve the professional retraining of civil servants working in self-governing bodies and teaching the state language to representatives of national minorities.
The presentation was attended by Minister of Education and Science Mikheil Chkhenkeli, State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees Sozar Subari, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Kakha Guledani, Chairman of the State Language Department Giorgi Alibegashvili, newly elected mayors of municipalities, members of Sakrebulo (assembly), and representatives of potential donor organizations.
The Zurab Zhvania School of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has been operating since 2005. To date, it has retrained 1,498 civil servants and provided free state language instruction to 9,136 representatives of national minorities. The Zhvania School operates in 11 regional centers and 93 villages across the country.
The goal of the School is, on the one hand, to contribute to the empowerment of civil servants in self-governing bodies and, on the other hand, to support the integration of national minorities into the unified state space.
The Zurab Zhvania School of Public Administration, which promotes the civic integration of ethnic minorities through special educational programs, held a presentation of its activities. The Director of the School briefed the audience on future plans and discussed the two main directions, which involve the professional retraining of civil servants working in self-governing bodies and teaching the state language to representatives of national minorities.
The presentation was attended by Minister of Education and Science Mikheil Chkhenkeli, State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees Sozar Subari, Deputy
Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Kakha Guledani, Chairman of the State Language Department Giorgi
Alibegashvili, newly elected mayors of municipalities, members of Sakrebulo, and representatives of potential donor organizations.
The Zurab Zhvania School of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia has been operating since 2005. To date, it has retrained 1,498 civil servants and provided free state language instruction to 9,136 representatives of national minorities. The Zhvania School operates in 11 regional centers and 93 villages across the country.
The goal of the School is, on the one hand, to contribute to the empowerment of civil servants in self-governing bodies and, on the other hand, to support the integration of national minorities into the unified state space.
