Engagement of private sector and integration of sectoral knowledge for enhanced quality of vocational education in the artisan sector in Georgia

Within the framework of The USAID Industry-led Skills Development Program - "Engagement of private sector and integration of sectoral knowledge for enhanced quality of vocational education in the artisan sector in Georgia" - a new sectoral skills organization "Artisan Duo" was established. 

The main goal of creating Artisan SSO is to improve professional education in the artisanal sector in Georgia. The artisanal sector covers such areas as wood, stone, glass, metal, textiles (weaving, embroidery, felting, etc.), artistic processing of leather, carpentry, ceramics, enamel, jewelry, restoration-conservation crafts, and others.

The founding members of Artisan SSO are the Georgian Craft Association, Georgian Woodworkers and Furniture Manufacturers Association - Mamuka Khoshtaria, Abkhazia Woodworkers and Wooden Furniture Manufacturers Association - Akaki Gurgenidze, ICOMOS Georgia, Georgian Furniture Cluster, International Association of Handicraft.

The activity is supported by The USAID Industry-led Skills Development Program in the framework of the project "Engagement of private sector and integration of sectoral knowledge for enhanced quality of vocational education in the artisan sector in Georgia".