Subject: Invitation: ADB's Program Design Online Workshop/Modern Skills for Better Jobs/June 25th @15:00
From: Rusudan Chanturia <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], [email-masked], Nino Veltauri <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked]
Cc: Herman Sonneveld <[email-masked]>, thea siprashvili <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:49:44 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

This
is to inform you that a Pre Fact-finding Mission for the ADB
proposed Modern Skills for Better Jobs Sector Development Program (the
program) in Georgia is taking place from 23−30 June 2020. The Mission will be conducted remotely given restrictions entailed
by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The
objectives of the Pre Fact-finding Mission are to (i) meet with Government of
Georgia officials, including the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and
Sport; Ministry of Finance to discuss the draft design of the proposed program
and all aspects of program administration, including policy matrix, selected
schools and VET colleges, concept notes for all major directions, project
arrangements and overall implementation plan; (ii) review and agree with
Government of Georgia on key milestones and timelines for program preparation;
(iii) meet with development partners as well as private sector representatives
to outline the draft design of the program; (iv) meet the representatives of
the selected vocational education and training institutes; and (v) discuss the
proposed program with the Country Director and staff of the Georgia Resident
Mission.

Mission
members will be Mr. Norman LaRocque, Principal Education Specialist/Mission
Leader, Social Sector Division (CWSS), Central and West Asia Department (CWRD),
Mr. Thomas Robinson, Procurement Specialist, CWRD, Ma. Isabel Martin, Project
Officer, CWSS, and Ms. Tamar Tsiklauri, Project Analyst, ADB Georgia Resident
Mission.

We
would like to invite you to an Online Workshop where the Mission
Team will present the program design (including major directions, program
implementation arrangements) with the representatives of the State Agencies - Ministry
of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of
Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons
from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs, Education and
Scientific Infrastructure Development Agency (ESIDA) under the MOESCS,
Enterprise Georgia, and Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency.

The workshop
will be organized on June 25th
at 15:00-17:00  (Tbilisi time) in a distance mode.

We will
be sharing a link of the online meeting later once we get a confirmation of
your attendance.

Sincerely,

--

Rusudan Chanturia
National VET Program Specialist - Deputy Team Leader

Modern Skills for Better Jobs - Sector Development Program - TRTA

Asian Development Bank - ADB/AARC

Cell: +995 577175543; E-mail: [email-masked]