2014 ON Leadership Forum: Tbilisi, Georgia
On September 1-3, 2014, CDDRL's Omidyar Network Leadership Forum, a Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program alumni network and the Economic Policy Research Center hosted a three-day conference in Tbilisi entitled, “Building a Modern State in 21st Century Georgia.” 29 alumni from the Draper Hills Summer Fellows program and members of the Omidyar Network Leadership Forum attended the conference, representing 13 countries in the region along with China, Egypt and Zimbabwe. The conference brought heads of state, policy-makers and civil society together to discuss Georgia’s successful civil society reforms.
Following the 2013 regional network conference in Kyiv, Ukraine that drew together alumni from the Former Soviet Union, this conference enabled participating fellows to discuss some of the specific issues and challenges related to advancing democracy, development, and the rule of law in the FSU using Georgia as an example for building a modern state.
The workshop was made possible by the support from the Omidyar Network, Economic Policy Research Center, Bank of Georgia, the US Embassy in Georgia and the Open Society Georgia Foundation.
Agenda
Resources
World Bank's publication titled: Chronicling Georgia’s Reforms
Lectures
Watch lecture at Ilia State University
Watch lecture at Free University
Conference Videos
Welcome Speeches
Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia
Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia
David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
Presentations and Panel Discussions:
Presentation by Francis Fukuyama
Panel Discussion I: State Building in Georgia
Panel Discussion III - Democracy and Economic Development
Panel Discussion VI - Rule of Law, Human Rights and Judicial Reform
Panel Discussion V - Role of Education, Science and Civil Society in the Development of the Country
Media Coverage
Prime Minister’s speech on the Leadership Forum
Newspaper Resonance article – Interview with Francis Fukuyama (in Georgian)
Francis Fukuyama’s Interview – (in English)
Francis Fukuyama’s Interview Radio Free Liberty – (In English)
Francis Fukuyama’s Interview Tabula TV (will soon be available in English)
Prime Minister’s Reception – a Video
Pictures from the President’s Reception
Chairman of the Parliament – Speech and Video
Agenda.ge article about the Forum
News (All in Georgian)
TV Imedi
News _ 11.05 – 11.09
Georgian Public Broadcaster
09.03 starts live from the Forum
News 20.16 – 20.21 (Interview)
Rustavi 2
News 09.04 – 09.35
Maestro
News 09.15 -09.20
Tabula
News 19.05 -08
TV Kavkasia
News 20.58 – 21.03
