NINO ELIZBARASHVILI
Ms. Nino Elizbarashvili, the founder and the
President of the Georgian Association Women In Business. In 1998 she
established the first Business Incubator in
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Nationality: Georgian
Marital Status: Married, mother of two children
President of the Association “Women
in Business”, Founder of the First Business Incubator
in
Contact: 1 Shanidze str.,
E-mail:wbus@caucasus.net and wbus@ip.osgf.ge
Web-site:www.gawb.ge
Tel: (+99532)
221356/913466 Mob(+99577)419557
Fax: (+99532)221356/
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1993- up to
present President of the Association
"Women in Business"
1995 -
1996 Parliament of Georgia, Cultural
Commission, Member
1987 -
1995 Trade Union of
1980 -
1987 Georgian Publishing House, Georgian
Communist Party Organization,
Secretary
1971 – 1979 Young Communist Party Organization
in Mtashminda region of
EDUCATION
Graduated
in Department of Economic History,
Bachelor’s degree in Economic Engineering at the Moscow Institute of Electric
Communication in 1997/2005
Business
Internship Program,
Business Training Course /
PARTICIPATION
10/2007 5th MENA inc Workshop
“Shaping the Future through Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
Middle and
03/2007 Conference on” Balkan women
coalition” ,
05/2006 Participation in the Business Programme
”SME ’s development and macro credit” ,UNECE organized in
11/2005 Participation in the “ Incubation Development Regional Workshop” (
05/2005 Participation in Business Internship Program
held in
03/2005 World Business Women Symposium in
01/2005 Workshop on” Business Incubator
development in Transition Economies”
World Bank, GZJ
12/2004 Participation in the UNECE Regional
Preparatory Meeting ”
08/2004 Participation in the Program Women’s
Leadership Development and Coalition Building
in Georgia, Women’s Leadership Summer School, ODIHR/OSEC, Georgia
06/2004 Conference on “Adult Education and
Lifelong Learning in South Caucasus: status
quo and perspectives for further development in the region”/IIZ/DVV,
05/2004 Executive Forum on ”Competing in a
Changing Europe”,
01/2004 Participation in the Regional
Symposium on “Mainstreaming Gender into Economic Policies”,
12/2003 Participation in the Workshop on” SME
Development in South Caucasian Transition Economies”,
05/2003 Participation in the Mountain regions
meeting in the Pyrenees,
10/2002 2nd
Regional UNECE Forum of
women-entrepreneurs,
09/2002 Participation in the United Nations department of
information The 55th Annual Conference on ”Rebuilding societies emerging from conflict: A shared responsibility”,
UN Headquarters,
03/2002 Mountain regions meeting in “Auronzo
Di Cadore” ,Italia
10/2001 FIRST UNECE Forum of Women Entrepreneurs,
06/2000 Participation in the United Nations General Assembly
Special Session on "Women 2000: Gender - Equality, Development and
Place for the 21st Century,-
10/1999 Participation in the Business Round Table
on” Information Technology Magistral”,
USAID
03/1999 Participation in Strengthening the
NGO sector in Georgia- Study Tour - IPPF
European Network,
02/1999 Regional
10/1998 Caucasus Women’s Leadership
Conference and Training Program - USAID/AED,
Georgia
09/1998 "Promoting Trade and Democracy
in the Black Sea region" - a multi- regional strategy meeting for CEE,
03/1998 "Women in 21st Century" Women International conference
– Winrock International,
10/1997 Business Training Courses for Women
Entrepreneurs - Counterpart International Georgia,
10/1997 Conference on “Civil society and Development ALFA-TV” ,
09/1997 Strengthening Women’s Business
Organizations - CIPE Conference, Washington D.C,
08/1997 Business Training Course , Business
Internship Program,
06/1997 Georgian Women Leadership
Seminar - The
Service ,Georgia
05/1997 Conference
on “Democratic Change/Partners, conflict management and negotiation techniques”, Russia
05/1996 Cconference on “Civil society and Development ALFA-TV”,
MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the International
Foundation for Cooperation, Board of Trustees, ALFA-TV
- Member of the Parliament
Commission on Women's Rights protection
- Member of Network of East-West
Women
- Member of USA-NIS Women
Consortium
- Member of the Global
Development Network (The economic development Institute of the World Bank)
- International
Fellow of International Federation of Business and Professional Women (FCEM)
- Member of Women’s NGO-s
Coalition in Georgia of OSCE/ODIHR
- Member Associated
of UN DPI/NGO
- Member of the President Council
of small and medium business development in
- From 2002 Member of the UNECE Team of Specialists
on Women’s Entrepreneurship (
AWARD
12/2000 Award of Honour for Promotion and
Development of Small Entrepreneurship in
PUBLICATIONS
”Women in
small Business”-Magazine ”Business Heard”,
Georgia-1998
“Women in the transitional Country”-book, Moscow, Russia-1999
“Women and
Information Technology”-Magazine
”Economic Reform Today”-
1999,
2000, 2002
“Women’s
Business Associations”-magazine” Economic Reform To day ”,
“Georgian Association ”Women in
Business” –brochure, UNECE,2002,
“Woman and Economy”-brochure of
Coalition women ,s NGO/Georgia 2003
“Women in Small Business, Barriers
and Opportunities of Gender Integration
Development in
“How to Start Own Business” - brochure,2005
“Women Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation in
“Promoting
business incubation as an effective tool in tourism
development”
magazine” Georgian Times” 2008
Skills
Computer proficient in MS
Office(Word and Excel),Norton Commander and Windows
LANGUAGES
Georgian (mother tongue)
Russian Fluent
English Good