The role of civil society in Georgia - with Nino Kalandadze

What is the role of civil society training and engagement in a country where institutions are captured by anti-democratic and anti-liberal governments? In the latest episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Amb. Nino Kalandadze, founder and executive director of the Chavchavadze Center, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia who led the EU-Georgia Talks in 2008. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum is responsible for the content or for any use that is made of. Show notes This podcast, as well as previous episodes, is available on SoundCloud, Apple Podcast, Stitcher and Spotify. You can learn more about Nino here and follow her on LinkedIn. Get to know the work done by the Chavchavadze Center, the first civil society organisation in Georgia modelled after European political foundations, here. You can also follow them on X/Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. -- You can learn more about the Black Sea Security Conference here and here. You can follow the work done by our colleagues at The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, South Caucasus, here, the Europe-Georgia Institute here, and The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Regional Programme Political Dialogue South Caucasus, here. Also, a big thank you to our friends at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty which provides uncensored, trusted news to audiences in 23 countries where a free press is under threat, and with a number of award-winning journalists in its team, the Georgian service of RFE/RL, Tavisupleba [meanin "Freedom" in Georgian], provides politically and financially independent journalism.

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