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Dear Ms Gabunia,

 

Many thanks indeed for your positive and encouraging reply amidst all of the crisis-related pressures you must be under.

 

In terms of immediate next steps, my colleagues Ketevan Tikanashvili and Marko Stermsek will liaise directly with Ms Goginashvili and Ms Gamgabeli to agree the finer details of our engagement through a formal Memorandum of Understanding. This will establish a more concrete basis for the initiative and facilitate a consensus around how best to progress in the months ahead. We will be in close touch at the beginning of May with a concrete draft for agreement.

 

Very much looking forward to progressing in this work together with your team.

 

Best regards,

 

Catarina

 

 

Catarina Bjorlin Hansen

Regional Director, Caucasus
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Merani Business Centre, 31a Griboedov Street, Tbilisi
Tel: +995322447400
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Dear Ms Bjorlin 

 

Many thanks for reaching me out with this proposal aimed at strengthening professional standards for nurses in Georgia. I apologize for delayed response, it is quite hard to follow on other activities beside COVID related tasks. The importance of strengthening nursing care standards is well understood by the ministry and of course, it would be a great opportunity for us to receiving EBRD support on all activities outlined in the proposal (listed below for easy reference)

A.      EBRD can support the Government to establish core governance principles and institutional standards for the planned professional licencing scheme for nurses (and midwives), delivering research to establish learning from other countries’ successful models and international best practices in rolling out and sustainably implementing such schemes.

B.      EBRD can support the Government to develop detailed knowledge criteria, exam standards and a test-bank aligned to the new professional licencing curriculum alongside core principles for its governance and maintenance in line with international best practices.This work would draw closely on our local partners’ extensive experience and successful role in developing nursing and midwifery skills standards through the benchmarking process with EQE.

C.      EBRD can work with the Government to create and pilot a short-term continuous learning programme designed to refresh incumbent nurses’ knowledge and skills in preparation for the new licencing requirements.The principles established under this pilot could form the starting-point for the planned formal system of continuous professional development.

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I am cc-ing designated staff members Ketevan Goginashvili and Lika Gamgabeli (seconded to the ministry from EC project for TA) for providing technical input and addressing additional questions you may have during the project design. 

With kind regards

Tamar Gabunia