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✨NEW FRIDAYTALK ALERT!✨ PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME: 19:30 📍 Where? The Apollo Cinema, 135 Aghmashenebeli Avenue ⏰ When? Friday 14 October at 19:30 GMT +4 📺 Can't join us in person? The lecture will be made available on replay on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj3lSHtg1YLbHOlPnzOYIrg 💸 Donations welcome - all profits go to Helping to Leave See our FB event for more details: https://fb.me/e/4b0xwOaSv Navigating a small NGO in times of polarization and geopolitical shifts Giorgi Arziani, founder of the Tbilisi School for Social Research, will talk about the obstacles and challenges of running a small Georgian think-tank against a backdrop of polarization, democratic backsliding and regional war. The Tbilisi School is a grass-roots organization which focuses on evidence-based policy solutions for developing Georgia with a particular focus on the de-occupation and unification. During his talk, Giorgi will tell us about the origins of the Tbilisi School in the context of current affairs. He will also dissect the contradictory narratives on these conflicts and recent history. Giorgi Arziani is a refugee from occupied Abkhazia. He is a consultant for the Swedish National Financial Management Authority, which assists the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in strengthening the financial management and control system in the public sector. All profits go to the Helping to Leave project. Our streams and lecture recordings also support Helping to Leave. Find out more about the project on their website, https://helpingtoleave.org/en