Tamar Ghlonti
Contact address: 4 Rustaveli St.,⚫ Ozurgeti, 3500 Georgia ⚫ Phone: - ⚫-PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Institute for Change and Innovation
2002 - 2025
Founder, Director
• Manage overall organization structure and daily activities
• Develop organization’s programs, services, and projects
• Coordinate fundraising efforts - project design and networking with donors and partners
• Undertake overal management of international donor-funded projects on business
development, education and democracy development.
Project management experience at the Institute for Change and Innovation -:
• USAID/ PH International - Civic Education Programmes -
• European Union - "Skills for Employment and Cooperation - Perspectives for the Regions of
Georgia" (SECTORs) - September 1, 2021- August 30, 2023
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) - "Empowering Rural Women
to Increase the Resilience of Climate Change-oriented Agriculture and Promote Economic
Integration"- November 1, 2023- July 1, 2024
• United Nations Development Program/ Switzerland for Development and Cooperation
Agency (SDC) - "Modernization of the Professional Educational Systems in the Field of
Agriculture in Georgia"- September 1, 2020- August 22, 2022
• National Democratic Institute (NDI) - “Innovative Mechanisms for Civic Engagement and
Local Government Transparency”- January 1, 2022- February 28, 2022
• NDI - "Initiative for the Facilitation of Citizens Participating in Local Self-government “October 1, 2018- February 1, 2019
• Robert Bosch Foundation/ Black Sea Trust Fund - "Art for Peace and Reconciliation"
September 1, 2017- June 30, 2018
• European Union - "Project for Promoting Educational and Business Activities of Former and
Potential Migrants"- July 1, 2015- June 30, 2017
• UNDP-SGS - "Implementation of Innovative Mechanisms of Effective Governance and Citizen
Engagement in Ozurgeti Municipality" - December 22, 2015- October 20, 2016
• European
Foundation
-"Govern
from
Home"July 1, 2015- December 30, 2017
• U.S. Embassy in Georgia, Alumni Grant - "What can I do for my community"
September-December 2010
• Small Grants Program of the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia - "My Community Votes for
Women" - February 1- June 1, 2014
• Commission for Democracy Small Grants Program, US Embassy in Georgia - "Get Kids
Moving" - September 1, 2014- August 1, 2015
• European
Fund
"Where
Does
My
Money
Go?"September 1, 2009- June 1, 2010
• AOL Peace Pack (via Peace Corps) - "Establishment of the First Satellite Internet Center in
Ozurgeti, the region of Georgia"- September 1, 2002- August 1, 2004
• Democracy Commission Small Grants Program, U.S. Embassy in Georgia - "Democracy Must
be Learned by All Generations"- September 1, 2004- May 31, 2005
Other Works Experience:
Young Scientists’ Club of Ozurgeti (CSO)- Ozurgeti, Georgia
December 1998 - December 2001
Public Relations Officer
• Managed publicity and community outreach activities of organization services and projects;
publishing monthly newsletter; networking with various partner organizations and donors.
Guria Agribusiness Center - Ozurgeti, Georgia
October 2000-May 2002
The Business Consultant
• Conducted business consulting services for local farmers and agribusiness representatives
• Established contacts with various donor agencies and service providers to support expansion of
local businesses
• Support the ongoing capacity building of local business representatives
European Union TACIS Agribusiness Centers’ Project
January 1999 – October 2000
Project Assistant
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Implemented business management and finance training for local specialists
Assisted with the establishment of the agribusiness center in Guria
Assisted directly an international expert working in the Guria region
Interpreted and translated for training programs
Provided logistic support for the program
Languages:
Georgian – Native
English – Fluent (C 1 level)
EDUCATION:
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University – Faculty of Linguistics
September 1992-June 1998
Diploma (equivalent to current masters’) in honors.
EU TACIS Program – Training Programme in Business Management and Financing
January 1999 – June 1999
Certificate in Business Management and Financing
California San Marcos University – Introduction to Non-profit Management - IREX DL Course
February – March 2005
Certificate for Successful Completion (100% final exam score)
California San Marcos University – Fundamentals of Supervision and
Management - IREX DL Course
March– May 2005
Certificate for Ssuccessful Completion (100% final exam score)
Caucasus School of Business and Georgia State University, Atlanta, U.S. –
Women Leadership Program
March-April 2004
Certificate for Successful Completion
Foreign Internship Experience (the list is not full):
• Community Connections Business Program Fellowship in the United States administered by
Project Harmony– 2002
• Innovations' Learning Group Workshop for Care International - Atlanta, Georgia - November
2006
• Black Sea NGO Network Workshops in Bulgaria – 2002, 2003, 2006
• Conference to involve disadvantaged/disabled youth in community – Norway, 2005
• Roundtable of Non-profit organizations – Turkey, 2002, 2004
• September 2016 - Workshop in Jordan on Early marriage issues (funded by CARE
International)
• March 2016 –Personal Democracy Forum PL-CEE 2016, Poland, Gdansk organized by ePanstwo Foundation.
• OGP Local Forum in Rome – October 2022
• STRENGTHENING CIVIL SOCIETY IN EAP COUNTRIES/Kick-off and networking event in
Berlin, German organized and supported by GIZ– December 2022
• Open Government Partnership Programme (OGP) flagship program, “The Open Government
Leadership Collaborative” (OGLC) - October 2023 - March 2024.
• People Powered – Online training in Digital Participation – October-December 2023
