On March 13, the hotel “Radisson Blu” in Batumi, “German International Cooperation Society” (GIZ) and “Infrastructure Construction Companies’ Association” organized a cooperation forum – “Professional skills for construction – construction for professional skills”.
The main topics of the forum were: trends and policies in the construction sector, construction sector for professional skills, as well as work and health care in the construction sector.
The forum was attended by representatives of government, non-governmental, educational and private sectors. The forum is being held for the second time and its main goal is to unite the representatives of different fields that will discuss and work for the development of vocational education in the country.
Participants of the Forum: Inga Shamilishvili – Adjara A. Minister of Education, Culture and Sport; Ilia Verdzadze, Chairman of the majority fraction of the Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Adjara; Elza Jgerenaia – Head of the Labor and Employment Policy Department of the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia; Natia Sulava – Head of Administrative Department of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia; Aslan Lortkipanidze, Adjara A. Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman of the Association of Small and Medium Businessmen of Ajara; Archil Chikovani – Adjara A. Head of the Department of Roads and Melioration Systems Management of the Government Sub-department; Temur Kakhidze, Adjara A. Director of Employment Agency; Beka Peradze – Labor Inspection Department, Ministry of Health of Georgia; Gizo Partskhaladze, professor of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University; Irina Intskirveli, deputy head of the Professional Training Center of Batumi State Maritime Academy; Lasha Khakhutaishvili, Director of the Public College “New Wave”; Tamar Tedoradze, LEPL Public College “New Wave” Training-Manufacturing Practitioner Manager; Maia Toidze, deputy director of LEPL professional college “Black Sea”; Vakhtang Balavadze, professor at Georgian Technical University, Head of Building Management Bachelor Program, Katja Kamerer – GIZ, Director of Private Sector and Technical Vocational Education in South Caucasus; Executive Director of the Infrastructure Companies’ Association Ana Sabakhtarishvili; Board members of the Infrastructure Construction Companies‘ Association, Paata Trapaidze (Caucasus Road Project) and Levan Dvali (Sakenergoremonti); Association member companies: Paata Rusadze (“Geoturian”), Dimitri Mkheidze (“Association of Accredited Persons for Construction Inspection” – Chairman of the Board; Expert Institution “Optimale Group +” Commercial Director).