On January 31, USAID/Georgia publicly announced its ‘Supporting Youth and Women Entrepreneurship in Georgia’ (YES-Georgia) program at Fabrika in Tbilisi. At the event, USAID announced the expansion of its YES-Georgia program to support more women entrepreneurs in the country. The program launch kicked off with an exhibition and sale of products and services produced by...Read More

On May 14, 2019, The Annual Award Ceremony was held to honour outstanding supporters, partners and participants of the Parliamentary Public-Private Dialogue Platform. Eight representatives of the public and private sectors of Georgia were awarded by the UK-based International Association – Enterprise and Parliamentary Dialogue International (EPDI) in cooperation with Business and Economic Centre (BEC):...Read More

The three-day visit of MR. FABIAN HAMILTON, Member of the UK Parliament, Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament was organized by Business and Economic Centre (BEC) together with the UK-based International Association – Enterprise and Parliamentary Dialogue International (EPDI), and with support of Crystal Fund. The official meetings were held with: MR. GEORGE VOLSKI, Deputy...Read More

On August 10, 2018, The Annual Award Ceremony was held to honour outstanding supporters, partners and participants of the Parliamentary Public-Private Dialogue Platform. Seven representatives of the public and private sectors of Georgia were awarded by the UK-based International Association – Enterprise and Parliamentary Dialogue International (EPDI) in cooperation with Business and Economic Centre (BEC)...Read More

On June 14th, Crystal and Crystal Fund arranged a reception at the House of Commons in London. The main theme of the event was UK-Georgia technology, trade and investment cooperation. The reception was hosted by Mr. Fabian Hamilton MP, a Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament and supported by Georgia Embassy in the United Kingdom....Read More

Crystal Fund organized the meeting of the Coalition for Financial Literacy with Mr. Shaun Mundy, the British Expert of the World Bank and the Senior Vice-President of the international organization Financial Literacy Group. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the situation and perspectives of implementing the National Strategy for Financial Education in Georgia...Read More

on May 29, 2017, BEC initiated a new program – Economic Barometer for MPs, in cooperation with Sector Economy and Budget and Finance Committees and with support of Crystal Fund, to discuss the main macroeconomic trends and forecasts of Georgia in the public and private dialogue format. Welcome speeches were given by the: Chairman of...Read More

On March 7, 2017 the Launch Ceremony of the Parliamentary PPD Platform – established by BEC in 2016 with support of the USAID G4G – was held in the Parliament of Georgia. Welcome speeches were given by the Chairman of the Parliament Mr. Irakli Kobakhidze; the USAID Deputy Mission Director Mr. Thomas Morris; Chief of...Read More

Georgian-Estonian traffic prevention project – “Promotion of reflectors in the schools and preschools of Georgia, on Estonian example” was launched in November 2014. The Georgia Alliance for Safe Roads, in cooperation with the Estonian non-governmental organization TrafficProf, and together with the Crystal Fund and the representatives of Estonian Police and road safety experts have conducted...Read More

On April 2nd, in the Radisson Iveria Blue Hotel, Crystal Fund hosted a business meeting with Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, EU Special Adviser on Constitutional and Legal Reform and Human Rights in Georgia. The round-table brought together a group of business, key civil society leaders and lawyers to discuss the current state of affairs on property...Read More