Dr. David Tarkhnishvili from Ilia State University and Ms. Natalia Bakhtadze Engländer from Ecotourism Association, were elected as co-chairs of National Initiative Group of Georgia (NIG Georgia) for two years. The Group is looking forward to the working under their leadership.

NIG Georgia is an alliance comprised of scientific, civil and private organizations interested and working among others in the fields of Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Mountain Development.
NIG Georgia is responsible for advocacy of the science-policy interface strengthening. It selects topic for the next years’ work for the spatial planning concept sophistication and integrated balanced regional development in Georgia.