From: KOCHISHVILI Nika (EEAS-TBILISI)
Sent: 25 May, 2020 16:30
To: Moller, Claus Nue ; George Gamkrelidze ; Handley, David ; Tamar Kitiashvili ; Irina Tserodze ; Tamar Barkalaia ; Lika Klimiashvili ; Nino Veltauri ; Ekaterine Mikabadze ; Tsisnami Sabadze ; kristina kapanadze ; Kartlos Karumidze ; r.charkviani@gmail.com
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Subject: RE: URGENT - Request for a special Project Steering Committee meeting of the TA component of the Skills4Jobs program

From: Moller, Claus Nue <ClausNue.Moller@gopa.de>
Sent: 25 May 2020 16:25
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Subject: Re: URGENT - Request for a special Project Steering Committee meeting of the TA component of the Skills4Jobs program

Dear David,

I am updating on behalf of MOESD that we are available on May 29 and preferable time is in afternoon at 15:00.

Yours sincerely,

George Gamkrelidze

From: Handley, David <David.Handley@gopa.de>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 2:44:58 PM
To: Tamar Kitiashvili; Irina Tserodze; Tamar Barkalaia; Lika Klimiashvili; Nino Veltauri; Ekaterine Mikabadze; Tsisnami Sabadze; George Gamkrelidze; kristina kapanadze; Kartlos Karumidze; r.charkviani@gmail.com
Cc: KOCHISHVILI Nika (EEAS-TBILISI); Duffner, Heinrich; Moller, Claus Nue; Ana Diakonidze; 'Kitiashvili Ani (kitiashvili@yahoo.com)'; Sapundzhiev, Nikolay; Khutsianidze, Irakli; Tabatadze, Gvantsa; Kutateladze, Nino
Subject: URGENT - Request for a special Project Steering Committee meeting of the TA component of the Skills4Jobs program

Dear Deputy Ministers, colleagues

During the period of the Covid-19 pandemic the TA team has been endeavoring to implement as many of the activities as we could under lockdown conditions. The EU Delegation has proposed that there should be a Special Meeting of the Project Steering Committee before the end of this month to receive information on our progress during the lockdown period, discuss issues relevant to project implementation, and consider any necessary changes to project planning and activity scheduling necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In my previous email of 19the May, I suggested that a Steering Committee meeting could be held on either 28^th or 29^th May. At the online meeting we will deliver PowerPoint presentations on the activities carried out since the First Steering Committee Meeting in February, and on the proposed revisions to implementation planning and scheduling of activities that have been drawn up following recent consultations with beneficiaries.

I should now be grateful for confirmation as to whether it will be convenient for the meeting to take place on Friday, 29^th May 2020, either in the morning or afternoon. I should be grateful if you would kindly respond by return indicating your possible availability for a meeting on that day. The meeting should last no more than 1.5 hours.

Please note that there is no six-monthly progress report due for be formal presentation at this special  meeting of the Steering Committee. Although the de facto starting date of the project was 3^rd October 2019 and the TA team had assumed that a first six-monthly progress report would be due for presentation to the Steering Committee in April, we were advised that, because the contract date was 27^th August 2019, the first six-monthly period is considered to have ended on 29^th February, just two weeks after the first steering committee meeting. Accordingly, we are considered to be only half way through the second six-monthly period (1^st March to 31^st August) and the six-monthly progress report will therefore be due for formal presentation to the Steering Committee in September.

Once again, I  thank you for your understanding, and hope that sufficient members of the Steering Committee may be available to enable the special meeting of the committee to take place on 29^th May.

With thanks, and best regards

David Handley

DAVID HANDLEY

Team Leader

and Skills Development Expert

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Technical Assistance to Skills Development for Matching Labour Market Needs in Georgia

An EU-funded project under the Skills4Jobs Programme, Phase 2

Implemented by a Consortium led by GOPA Worldwide Consultants

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport

4 Sanapiro Str. 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia

Cellphone: +995 595 400 371 (Georgia), +44 (0) 77 6880 7787 (UK)

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