Giorgi Vashadze

Giorgi Vashadze
გიორგი ვაშაძე
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
Assumed office
21 October 2012
Personal details
Born (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981
Alma mater Tbilisi State University
Georgian Technical University
Harvard Business School

Giorgi Vashadze (Georgian: გიორგი ვაშაძე) (born 8 July 1981) is a Georgian politician and a member of the Parliament of Georgia elected on a party list of the United National Movement (UNM) in October, 2012. He was also a member of the United National Movement fraction, deputy chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, member of the Education, Science and Culture Committee, member of the Commission on Implementation of Quality and Internal Control Procedures of Audit, Financial and Economic, Legal and Organizational Activities of the State Audit Service.[1] He left the UNM on 5 May 2016, criticizing it for "closed style of governance by a narrow circle of leadership".[2]

Education

Studied at Harvard Business School and has degrees in public administration from Georgian Technical University and a law degree at Tbilisi State University.[3]

Career

Giorgi Vashadze has an outstanding track record in initiation, planning and management of fundamental reforms. Since 2005 he was actively involved in the programs of Ministry of Justice of Georgia and successfully implemented number of projects. As the head of the Civil Registry Agency (Georgia, 2006-2010) Giorgi Vashadze initiated and accomplished implementation of biometric passports, ID cards, digital signature, personal portal www.my.gov.ge, development of the Unified Demographic Registry, visual recognition, accelerated services, remote services (online, call at home), Baby Book project etc. All these programs and projects were crucial for improvement of the services, as well as effectively eliminating corruption and raising Georgia’s international standing.[4]

Giorgi Vashadze being a Deputy Minister of Justice was in charge of establishment of Public Service Hall (2011). The concept was based on the principle of Everything in One Place. The project of Public Service Halls was recognized as the most successful Georgian reform of 2011. Over the past years, Georgia took the leading places in rankings of the World Bank,[5] the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Transparency International (TI).[6]

There are several outstanding initiatives of Giorgi Vashadze that were or are being successfully implemented. eHealth project (2011) aimed to develop a system that would facilitate easy and comfortable delivery of healthcare services. eLocal Governance (2011) initiative aimed to develop a solution that would pilot the electronic governance system in the local government authorities. The goal of the Village House program (2012) was to develop a solution that would facilitate easy and comfortable delivery of healthcare services. Establishment of the Computer Literacy Foundation was one of the most successful activities of Giorgi Vashadze. The project aimed to establish centers equipped with basic technological infrastructure and led by trained staff in order to ensure educational and cultural environment for the rural population of Georgia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Giorgi Vashadze
  2. ↑ "MP Quits UNM Opposition Party". Civil Georgia. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ (in Georgian) გიორგი ვაშაძე Parliament of Georgia
  4. ↑ http://psh.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=2 Houses of Justice were recognized as the most successful Georgian reform of 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/georgia/ 8th place In Ease of Doing Business
  6. ↑ http://psh.gov.ge/files/685x633xee_1.png.pagespeed.ic.-QIGnvLDlr.png Georgia took the leading places in rankings of the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Transparency International (TI).
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkUySR-nzRs 10.05.2012 Signing Computer Literacy foundation founding document
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