A round table on bilateral labor agreements took place in the CIPDD conference room on June 1.  The policy paper on labour migration, produced by CIPDD, was presented to the audience. The event was organized within the project Intergovernmental Agreements on Labor Migration: Policy Research and Recommendations.

CIPDD organized discussions on two recent policy papers: Administrative arrangement of Local Self-Govenrment: Public View and Georgia’s Forest Resources. The discussions took place on May 5 in Marriott Hotel of Tbilisi.

On April 3, 2009 Ilia Chavchavadze State University in cooperation with CIPDD organized presentation of the joint initiative – the International School for Caucasus Studies (ISCS).

Recent global processes in the world have led politicians and experts to speculate about a likely change of the world order and the paradigm of international relations. CIPDD and Ilia Chavchavadze State University organized a joint discussion on the global changes and their impact on Georgia  on March 30.

On March 21-22, 2009 CIPDD organized a strategy planning working meeting. Representatives of the executive council gathered to review and revise the CIPDD strategy for the coming years, its thematic and organizational development priorities.

On February 7-8, 2009 CIPDD organized the first meeting of the Advisory Committee within the framework of its latest initiative CIVICUS-Civil Society Index. Some 12 members of the AC gathered to (1) invite feedback, validation and make decisions on research activities (2) construct a Perception Diamond. The project is implemented with the financial support of the OSGF. The meeting was held in Bazaleti Lake Hotel.