Giorgi Chitadze, is a public servant and currently working at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable development of Georgia as a head of division for Trade Negotiations and Coordination of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade area between the EU and Georgia. His job is very broad and complex, which covers management and coordination not only inside of the ministry but also, with other public institutions involved in these processes. Due to its complexity, Giorgi\u2019s job is extremely interesting and allows him to realize himself fully. Successful coordination and management of the work allowed the team to conclude free trade negotiations between China and Georgia in 7 months, even faster than negotiations on free trade agreement between Georgia and EFTA countries, which were concluded in 1 year.<\/p>\n
The first significant step towards advancing Mr. Chitadze\u2019s career was continuation of studies for a master degree at the GIPA (Georgian Institute of Public Affairs). After the graduation from the master\u2019s program, in 2007, he started working at the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. From 2009, he was honored to participate in EU \u2013 Georgia\u2019s pre negotiation process on FTA, later as a member of the delegation, he participated in negotiations on DCFTA, which entered into force from 2014. Giorgi\u2019s experience as a manager in public sector started from 2011 when he was appointed as a Director of Standards Department, challenged to create EU shape organization from a soviet style institution and continues currently as a head of DCFTA coordination division which also includes coordination of DCFTA advisory group – one of the first public-private dialogue platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14089,"template":"","years_alumni":[253],"class_list":["post-14088","alumni_post_type","type-alumni_post_type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","years_alumni-253"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n