Tamar Kitiashvili Participated in the World Economic Forum Summit "New Trends in the Labor Market"

To create fundamentally new approaches to the labor market amidst the COVID-19 pandemic through public-private cooperation, the World Economic Forum’s Jobs Reset Summit was held. The four-day forum was conducted in an online format and was attended by Tamar Kitiashvili, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, alongside world leaders from business, media, and civil society.

The Deputy Minister addressed the participants of the forum and emphasized the challenges existing in the country in terms of labor skills. According to her, in accordance with the demands of the labor market, the country's educational system pays greater attention to the development of entrepreneurial skills. More opportunities are being created for the younger generation to develop more startups and foster innovation-oriented entrepreneurial thinking.

Tamar Kitiashvili also introduced the participants of the forum to the concept of the new agency for professional skills – “The Skills Agency of Georgia”. The purpose of its creation is to develop vocational education in cooperation with the private sector, introduce new programs in accordance with labor market demands, support innovative teaching, create inclusive and accessible vocational education opportunities throughout Georgia, and internationalize vocational education.

The summit was also attended by Allen Blue, Vice President of LinkedIn Corporation, Leena Nair, Chief Human Resources Officer of Unilever, and senior managers of other corporations.