State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia

History

Organization

Main activities

European Integration Coordination

• Coordination of the cooperation within the EU's Eastern Partnership and EU-Georgia Mobility Partnership frameworks;
• Coordination of the implementation of EU-Georgia Association Agreement;
• Providing information on the EU integration related issues to the interested clusters of society and wider public.
• Coordination of the EU assistance.

  NATO Integration Coordination

• Elaboration and coordination of implementation of Annual National Program;
• Cooperation with NATO under the framework of NATO-Georgia Commission;
• Informing NATO member states about the events in Georgia;
• Assisting with NATO information center activities.

  Departments

European Integration Coordination

• Coordination of the European integration related activities of the Government of Georgia;
• Coordination of the approximation of Georgian legislation with that of EU;
• Performing the functions of the secretariat of the Governmental Commission on Georgia's European Integration;
• Coordination of activities of the Government of Georgia for the effective participation of the country in the EU's Eastern Partnership format;
• Coordination of activities of the Government of Georgia in the Mobility Partnership framework;
• Coordination of the implementation of reforms and activities foreseen in the EU-Georgia Association Agreement and the Association Agenda;
• Participation in the implementation of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan ;
• Cooperation with the EU Institutions ;
• Facilitation of the cooperation between Georgian and EU political, business and non-governmental circles;
• Implementation of Georgia's EU Integration Communication and Information Strategy for 2014-2017.

  NATO Integration Coordination

• Coordination and monitoring of the Government's executive branch activities with regard to Euro-Atlantic integration;
• Coordination and monitoring of the Annual National Program implementation;
• Coordination and monitoring of the functioning of NATO-Georgia Commission
• Executing secretarial functions for the state commissions on Euro-Atlantic integration;
• Cooperation with the respective offices of the NATO member states in the process of Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration;
• Studying and analyzing the experience of the Eastern European and new member states;
• Cooperation with international and non-governmental and scientific-research centers with the goal of public information.

  EU Assistance Coordination

• Coordination of preparation and agreement of the Strategic Support Framework Programme and priority directions with the Government of Georgia and the European Commission;
• Coordination of preparation and agreement of the Annual Action Plans priority directions under the SSF;
• Coordination of preparation and signature of the relevant financing agreements of the AAP priority directions;
• Coordination of Georgia's participation in the EU bilateral assistance related projects, Regional, Cross Border Cooperation and Thematic programmes and the EU Programmes and Agencies.
• Consultancy and awareness raising activities, through workshops and meetings for the Governmental and Non-Governmental Institutions eligible for the EU Assistance absorption.
• Coordination of the EU and the EU Member States Assistance.

  Administration

• Conducts office and Human Resource management
• Implements organizational and administrative tasks; supervises task implementation by senior staff; conducts records management; drafts State Minister's Agenda/Schedule and proceeds with its management
• Conducts official correspondence and presents it to the State Minister; supervises the implementation of staff tasks
• In line with the Civil Service Code, prepares orders for staff appointments, their dismissal, disciplinary measures as well as encouragement/motivation, vacations, business trips and manages schedule of rotation for business trips
• Conducts competitions/tests for civil servants as well as regulates procedures for internships
• Elaborates and implements public information strategy on implemented activities within the scope of the office

  Public Relations

• Highlighting the course of Euro-Atlantic integration process intensively;
• Cooperation with representatives of mass media, non-governmental sector and academia, including:
• Organizing trainings for journalists;
• Organizing Press-Conferences for Journalists;
• Organizing conferences, discussions, seminars and round table talks for media, government and non-governmental sector;
• Organizing lectures, seminars and competitions about the EU and NATO affairs at the educational establishments:
• Assisting to functioning of the Information Center on NATO and EU;
• Organizing cooperation and meetings with the Public Advisory Councils under the Office of State Minister on the EU and NATO affairs;
• Information support to the European digest;
• elaborates and implements the strategy on providing the information to citizens about the activities carried out by the Office;
• Within its competence prepares and disseminates informational-analytical materials on Georgia-NATO and Georgia-EU cooperation;
• Ensures functioning of the official website of the Office and official webpages within social networks.

Ministers

• Tamar Beruchashvili, February 17, 2004 – December 27, 2004
• Giorgi Baramidze, December 27, 2004 – August 24, 2012
• Tornike Gordadze, August 24, 2012 – October 25, 2012
• Aleksi Petriashvili, October 25, 2012 – November 4, 2014
• Davit Bakradze, November 15, 2014 - November 27, 2016
• Victor Dolidze, November 27, 2016 - December 22, 2017