We are EGI!
Where experience and creativity creates proffesionalism.
The Europe-Georgia Institute (EGI) is the leading independent hybrid civil society organization based in Georgia.
Our mission is to advance democracy, rule of law and free markets in Georgia and the Caucasus and empower a new generation of leaders to find solutions that are essential for Georgia’s development and for successful common future of the Caucasus.
Our mission is to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world.
Peace
We believe that sustainable future is possible only when peace is achieved – that is the main reason we aim to advance dialogue and policy for sustainable development and peace.
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Youth
We believe that Youth is a vast source of innovation, ideas and solutions, and we strive to support the Youth by creating engagement frameworks and using non-formal education.
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Development
We believe that true democracy starts at the municipal, regional and local level and we strive to foster open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government.
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Important
0EGI joins the European Liberal Forum
The Europe-Georgia Institute was elected as an affiliate member of the European Liberal Forum during the forum’s General Assembly session in Prague, Czech Republic. A Georgian organization joins a European-level foundation forRead More...
0Your Voice – Our Future
Your Voice – Our Future (YVOF) is an unprecedented project in Georgian history in terms of the scale of coverage, feedbacks, and results. Being the largest ever cooperation project between governmental andRead More...
0Memorandum of Understanding
On 8th of November, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Europe-Georgia Institute and Presidential Administration. The aim of the document is to increase youth involvement in civic activities. With theRead More...
Recent news
0Young Georgian Politicians’ Platform
We believe that participation of youth in political processes is of utmost importance. Youth is the segment of society that has the most tremendous potential of innovation. The Future itself belongs toRead More...
0EGI: Letter from the President, 2020
Dear Friends, 2020 was a very difficult and tragic year. Many of us suffered terrible, irreplaceable losses. This year was a horrible, tragic push to revisit our values and rethink what isRead More...
0Joint project with FNF & Wikimedia UG-Georgia
The Europe-Georgia Institute, in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation – for Freedom South Caucasus, and Wikimedia Community User Georgia launched a project aiming to develop content related to the topic ofRead More...
What is Social Audit?
Social audit is a form of citizen participation that focuses on government performance and accountability. It is qualitatively different from other forms of audit and citizen participation, whose main purpose is toRead More...
Girchi: Policy Document – Legal System
Free and fair legal system is essential for democratic state. As Georgia is a young democracy, with a harsh soviet past, the creation of a free judicial system has always been aRead More...
03.) Liberation of peasants
Ilia Chavchavadze can safely be named as the most important person in the history of Georgia in 19th century. Chavchavadze was a writer, publicist, manager and most importantly he was a civilRead More...
Blog
0Disinformation and Propaganda in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Disinformation and Propaganda in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Dr. Ahmad Shahidov Head of Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Introduction The ongoing conflict in in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the South Caucasus region startedRead More...
0How Ukrainian media fell asleep at the switch of the president Zelenskyi
How Ukrainian media fell asleep at the switch of the president Zelenskyi Galyna Petrenko, Director, NGO “Detector Media” (Kyiv, Ukraine) In 2019, TV comedian, producer, and co-owner of production company “Kvartal 95”Read More...
0Post-revolutionary Armenia, as a Target of Propaganda: Key Messages and Myths
Post-revolutionary Armenia, as a Target of Propaganda: Key Messages and Myths Narine Khachatryan Executive Director, Media Education Center, Armenia Part 2, August 2019 After the Velvet revolution when the Armenian public foundRead More...