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Georgian Media Partnership Program (GMPP) has launched the first partnership visit in Gurjaani TV, Gurjaani, Georgia.  General Manager and the Head of the News Department of the WDRB (Fox41) Kentucky, Louisville, Bill Lamb and Barry Falmer spent a week in Grujaani TV to conduct intensive consultations and trainings.  On March 23 the US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Kent Logsdon visited Gurjaani TV to tour the station, meet with staff and consultants.
Gurjaani TV was partnered with the WDRB (Fox41) within the framework of GMPP to form strong collegial …

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Tbilisi, Georgia, March 28, 2011—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is joining the Georgian government, judiciary, academia, and private sector to promote mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution. Mediation enables would-be litigants, aided by trained mediators, to resolve disputes amicably, thereby helping businesses save time and legal costs, and improving the business environment.
IFC in partnership with Tbilisi State University and the EU-funded Project Capacity Building in Support of Rule of Law in Georgia, hosted a conference on mediation on March 28. The conference brought …

Tbilisi, March 22, 2011—A conference organized by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, brought together government and private sector leaders to discuss the development of Georgia’s agricultural sector and to share IFC’s global experience in supporting agribusiness.
The aim of the conference was to build a broad coalition of stakeholders who will work together to maximize Georgia’s agribusiness potential. Georgian government representatives, including the Minister of Agriculture, joined IFC experts at the conference, along with banking and insurance industry executives.  Expanding access to finance, improving food safety, and developing …

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March 16, 2011, Kiev, Ukraine – The rise of new HIV infections and the decrease of prevention programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, put at risk the achievements of the countries’ commitments to Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. This demands immediate and joint actions by Governments, civil society and international organizations.
Representatives from governments and civil society from around 30 countries across Europe and Central Asia have converged in Ukraine to discuss the gaps in the region’s response to HIV and identify key …

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The World Bank and IFC gathered more than 300 senior financial infrastructure representatives from over 90 countries to promote the security and stability of financial systems that can mitigate future financial crises and increase access to financial services for households and businesses.
Financial Infrastructure Week 2011, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began the week-long program to address three essential areas of financial infrastructure—payment systems and remittances, credit reporting, and secured transactions—and what national authorities, the private sector, and other stakeholders need to do to develop this financial-market infrastructure.
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