Lia Kiladze
December 2, 2024 2024-12-23 14:30Lia Kiladze
Lia Kiladze
Director, founder
Lia Kiladze is the founder and director of the Academy of International Education and Development. She has 26 years of experience working in the civil sector and has held various Executive Director and Chairperson of the Board positions in civil organizations, including the Center for Education Development and Employment and the Charitable Humanitarian Center “Abkhazia.”
In 2014, Lia Kiladze served as the Head of the Territorial Office of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories of Georgia in Imereti, Guria, Racha-Lechkhumi, and Kvemo Svaneti. From 2004 to 2006, she was actively involved in implementing the deinstitutionalization reform and was the Director of the Kutaisi Community Center for World Vision Georgia.
Education
Lia Kiladze graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with a Doctorate in Business Administration. She also holds Master’s degrees in Business Management and Engineering-Biotechnology from the Georgian State University of Subtropical Agriculture.
International experience and trainings
Lia Kiladze has participated in numerous international and local professional training and qualification improvement programs, including:
- Export Managers Certificate Course (2024);
- Social Enterprise Management Study Tour to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania (2011);
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) International Leadership Program (2013);
- EU Employment and Vocational Education Reform Project (Active Labor Market Policies, 2016);
- S/O "Business Professionals of America" (practical course on professional training and employment management issues, Ohio, USA, 2008);
- European Integration Program of the Foundation for Strategic Studies and International Education (2006);
- Enterprise Restructuring and Management Program (2004).
Publication
Lia Kiladze is the author and co-author of numerous professional and scientific publications, including:
– “Project Design and Management Guide” (2021);
– “Readings about Volunteering” (2020);
– “Time Bank” (2020).
Award
In 2014, Lia Kiladze was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia for her contribution to supporting displaced compatriots and restoring Georgian-Abkhazian relations.
