On September 1-3, Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) in partnership with the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) of Georgia held the ON Leadership Forum: The Future of Democratization: Lessons of Building a Modern State in 21st Century-Georgia.
The three day Leadership Forum was supported by Omidyar Network, Open Society Georgia Foundation, the Bank of Georgia and the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi.
The workshop gathered over 30 regional leaders drawn from Stanford University’s Omidyar Network Leadership Forum from the former Soviet Union together with Stanford faculty, Georgian policymakers and members of the business community to exchange lessons on modern state building.
Stanford University’s leading experts on state building and political reforms – Francis Fukuyama and Erik Jensen moderated the panels on the features of a modern state – including economic growth, rule of law, governance reforms, safety and security. The panels highlighted priority areas of reforms as Georgia moves forward to solidify its democratic gains.
On September 2 and 3, Fukuyama and Jensen gave public lectures at the Bank of Georgia University and Free University.
President of Georgia George Margvelashvili, the Prime Minister Irakli Gharibasvili and other distinguished policymakers and government representatives have honored the conference with their participation. They were also joined by other senior leaders in government, business, academia and civil society to discuss their experience and contributions to the state building efforts in Georgia.
The Forum provided a unique platform for its participants to share experience and best practices with democratic leaders in the region and from around the world.
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