George Sharvashidze

Date and Place of Birth

April 25, 1963, Tbilisi, Georgia

Professional Experience

2023 - Present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia

2022 – Present – Associated Professor of the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tbilisi State University 

2016 – 2022 –  Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2013 – 2016 – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia

2015 – 2016 – Director of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement

2016 – 2022 – Tbilisi State University; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences; Master’s degree program Higher Education Policy; Invited Professor

2004 – 2013 – Open Society Institute; Academic Foundation Program (AFP), Budapest, Hungary, Director

2003 – 2004 – Open Society Institute; Higher Education Support Program (HESP), Budapest, Hungary, senior program manager

2000 – 2003 – President of the International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM)

2001 – 2003 – Higher Education Reform Project (COE, OSI); International Task Force, Leader

1996 – 2000 – First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia

1994 – 1996 – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia

1991 – 1994 – Head of Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

1990  – South Milwaukee High School WI, USA, exchange lecturer

1990 – 1991 – Senior Research Fellow at Tbilisi State University

1989 – 1990 – Assistant to the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia

1988 – 1989 – Chief Inspector at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

1984 – 1993 – 6th Gymnasium Tbilisi, Teacher

Education

2006 – Sulkhan Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University; degree: Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences

2003 – Salzburg Global Seminar; Salzburg, Austria, professional training

2003 – Wilton Park , Great Britain, professional training

2002 – The World Bank Institute, professional training

2001 – IIEP UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning, Paris, France, professional training

1999 – SIPU/ the Swedish Institute for Public Administration, professional training

1984 – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Philologist

Involvement in Public Activities

2022 – 2023 – European University Association, EUA, Committee Member, Brussels, EU

2019 – present – Black Sea University Network, BSUN, Executive Board, Member, Thessaloniki, Greece

2018 – present – International Association of University Presidents, Executive Committee, Member, NY, USA

2018 – present – Member of the “ESF College of Expert Reviewers”; European Science Foundation

2019 – 2022 – Georgian Standing Conference of Rectors, Chairman

2017 – present  –  Elected Member; Academia Europae, Academy of Europe (London, UK)

2015 – 2016 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation; Co- Chairman of the International Supervisory Board

2015  – Member of the Research and Innovation Council of Georgia

2015 – Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG), Strasbourg; Co-chairman of the working group on monitoring

2015 – 2019 – Higher Education Reform Expert (HEREs) , EU

2015 – 2022 – San Diego State University Georgia, member of the Advisory Board

2000  – Director of Human Resource Development Center in Georgia (UNDP/ETF)

1996 – 2000 – Council of Europe’s Education Committee, Strasbourg; Head of the Georgian Delegation

1995 – 2000 – European Training Foundation (ETF), Turin, member of Advisory Forum

1999 – 2000  – European Training Foundation (ETF), Turin; subgroup of CIS and Mongolia, Chairman

1998 – UNESCO, member of the National Commission of Georgia

1993 – 1996 – WWF Bulletin; member of the editorial board

1995  – Facts for Life (UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, WWF), Georgian edition; member of the editorial board

1993 – 1996  – World Wildlife Fund, WWF, Georgia, Chief Adviser

Accomplishments 

2022 – Order of Excellence

George Sharvashidze is the author of monography and research publications

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary