Chairperson at Anaklia Sea Port Supervisory Board, Former Head of Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia, WISTA Georgia Member, UN/Nippon Foundation Fellow.
๐Exciting News for Georgia!๐
Jan De Nul, a leading Belgian marine company, won the tender to construct the Anaklia deep-water port!๐ข Selected among the "big four," they bring top-notch expertise.This project will boost Georgiaโs economy, create jobs, & connect Europe & Asia๐
Grateful to those ๐บ๐ณ Member States that voted in favor of the UNGA Resolution on ethnically cleansed IDPs from #Russia-occupied Abkhazia & Tskhinvali regions of #Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช & stressed their right to return to their homes.
EUCO granted candidate status to Georgia! ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ช๐บ
Historic decision! So proud of my country! Thank you Europe! Georgia in the EU is the ultimate matchmaker ! #StrongerTogether
Georgia is the country whose greatest thinker said a woman & man are equal back in the 12th Century. Therefore, it runs through our veins to strive for equality. Letโs encourage girls,raise awareness &support them to access talent tools to build safe,flexible& inclusive industry.
" There is still a significant gender imbalance in maritime. Times are changing โ but we need to accelerate that change. The benefits for the whole sector of improved diversity in the workforce is evident." said IMO SG. Full speech: https://t.co/oMbQXibvvD
#WomenInMaritimeDay
Empowering Women in Maritime shall continue to be the motto for decades, since attracting more gender-diverse workforce is a way to address the increasing talent deficit in the field,as a barrier-free working environment for women is imperative for the development of the industry
Happy International Day for Women in Maritime! Our second edition highlights the importance of collaboration and networking in achieving gender equality in the maritime sector.
Read all about it here: https://t.co/I111tf1Nyo
#WomenInMaritimeDay
Today our Executive Director Maja Markovฤiฤ Kostelac signed donation agreements for anti-pollution response equipment with Ms. Tamar Ioseliani, Director @MTA_Georgia and Mr. Andrii Kreitor, Deputy Head of the #Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority for operational activity
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Glad to meet @SenatorShaheen & @SenatorDurbin extended thanks to our strategic partners for https://t.co/tjdmIIWB5e. #BlackSea Security is high on the Agenda, thus Connectivity is key to regional trade security.Symbolic day @GovernmentGeo launched Anaklia Deep water port project.
We would like to officially state that Georgia does not have maritime passenger traffic with Russian ports. Additionally, Georgian side was not addressed by the Russian side, thus we are unaware of the negotiations that the Sochi port administration is referring to.
Anaklia Port will be built with co-participation of the State, whereby 51% will be owned by the State by our decision, while the rest will be tendered internationally and partners will be selected ๐ฌ๐ช - said Prime Minister of Georgia @GharibashviliGe@GovernmentGeo
Proud to see ๐ฌ๐ช in the first place out of all ๐ช๐บ Neighborhood States in application of ๐ช๐บreform driven #Twinning projects! Another testimony that ๐ฌ๐ช is a top reformer not only in #EaP, but also in entire ๐ช๐บ Neighborhood! ๐ฌ๐ชdeserves to be granted ๐ช๐บ Candidate Status๐ฌ๐ช๐ช๐บ
A deeper level of bilateral & multilateral relations in port sector, maritime edu,training &research has been explored & agreed w/Mr.Simao-General Director of DG for Natural Resources,Safety & Maritime Services of ๐ต๐น.Looking fwrd to working together for our mutual benefits๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐น
At yesterday's 1st steering committee meeting, the 2023 action plan for the @EMSA_EU Black & Caspian Sea II project was approved Over the years #EMSA has been instrumental in upgrading @MTA_Georgiaโs institutional capacities & paving the way for further integration of ๐ฌ๐ชin ๐ช๐บ
Ambassador lets explore new opportunities for ๐ฌ๐ช&๐ฉ๐ฐ maritime cooperation, to further develop ๐ฌ๐ชโs Maritime sector, an area of growing importance from economic & security standpoints. Investing in Education is important when it comes to increasing regional stability moving fwrd.
Thank you @MTA_Georgia @IvaneAbashidze for hosting us ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ช๐ฑ๐น๐ช๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช Very impressive to see the new Maritime Academy in #Poti. An excellent example of public-private partnership benefiting students, business and local community ๐๐ป
Thank you ambassador @UTidestrom for your interest & engagement on energizing maritime cooperation between ๐ฌ๐ช & ๐ธ๐ช. I am confident that your visit will bring more partnerships & initiatives for upholding Georgiaโs integration path into EUโs maritime domain. ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ค ๐ช๐บ
Poti Maritime Training Center is an impressive place. And great fun to test the state-of-the-art simulators. I failed in welding and didnโt do much better at steering a ship. Fellow ambassadors of ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐ฑ๐น clearly have better maritime skills. Thanks @MTA_Georgia for hosting us!
@MTA_Georgia & @BatumiState had very productive meetings w/@STCGroupNL@CSMART_Almere@Marin๐ณ๐ฑExperience sharing is vital to educate maritime &ocean professionals of today& tomorrow.GoG is working hard to enhance maritime governance& improve๐ฌ๐ชโs capacity for optimum Maritime Edu.
Together w/@IvaneAbashidze @GEOembassyNL & the๐ฌ๐ช team delighted to meet @AnnetKoster &discuss future areas of cooperation. Indeed it is a beginning of dynamic maritime relations between ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฑ@MTA_Georgia stands ready& is committed to support this partnership & our journey ahead.
๐ฌ๐ช seafarers have the opportunity to be employed under Dutch flag w/1200๐ข MoU launches dynamic relations & closer ties in maritime. Effective coop. w/the @EU_Commission &EU members, have transformed maritime ๐ฌ๐ช This successful outcome was facilitated by the @GEOembassyNL ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฑ
๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ชA MoU was signed between Georgia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the mutual recognition of seafarers' certificates.
๐ฌโI hope that this MoU will become the start of dynamic maritime relations between ๐ฌ๐ช and ๐ณ๐ฑโ - @Tamaraioss@GEOembassyNL
Good to meet Levan #Davitashvili,Vice PM & Minister of Economy & Sustainable Development of #Georgia,today in #Brussels.
Insightful discussions on #Georgia's progress on its #European path, the impact of the war in #Ukraine on๐ฌ๐ช & the country's post-pandemic #economic recovery.