Public-Private Partnership for Vocational Education Moves to a New Stage

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia is working on a new vocational education management model based on a public-private partnership format. The concept of the new model was presented to the representatives of donor organizations by Deputy Minister Tamar Kitiashvili, together with Giorgi Pertaia, President of the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The online working meeting was attended by international organizations operating in the field of vocational education in Georgia and supporting the ongoing reform. Specifically, these included: the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia (EU), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Good Governance Fund (GGF), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), KfW Development Bank, the World Bank (WB), DVV International, the Millennium Challenge Fund Georgia (MCF), and the Embassy of Germany.

During the meeting, Tamar Kitiashvili answered questions regarding the concept and emphasized the importance of the support of international donor organizations in the process of developing the new vocational education management model. To this end, a future working meeting with the representatives of donor organizations was also planned.