Giorgi has just graduated from secondary school and will be studying International Relations at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Despite being 18, he has been extremely socially active in both Georgia and abroad. He has been to Germany, Denmark, Poland, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for exchange programmes, and volunteered a lot in the above-mentioned countries, as well as his hometown Gori in multiple NGOs, especially in the Civil Forum, Nakvalevi and Biliki. He has always been interested in Politics, History, English, French and Geography, which are directly linked to diplomacy, which happens to be his main area of interest. He also adores chess, horse racing and biking. He has …

Sopio holds a Bachelor of International Relations from the Free University of Tbilisi and is currently working in the NGO sector, focusing on disinformation issues. Analysing the information environment on social media platforms amidst elections amongst many other tasks. She is looking forward to being a part of the YEA initiative as she hopes it will help her develop her skills and provide her with new and challenging opportunities for her professional growth.

Nitsa graduated from secondary education in 2021 and is planning to study International Relations at university, as she has always been interested and passionate about the EU and the relationship between various nations and cultures. Nitsa has been involved in various social activities since she was young. She was the CEO of a company in ‘two business weeks’: the “Boleslawowo Business Week 2019” and “Virtual Washington Business Week 2020”. She is currently an International Intern at “Washington Business Week” and is looking forward to becoming a YEA ambassador. She also loves graphic design and spends her free time perfecting her design skills. She also loves playing guitar, singing, pai…

Mariam has graduated from the School of Governance of the Caucasus University in Tbilisi with a Bachelor of Public Administration. Between 2014 and 2019 she studied at two different universities as an exchange programme – the Uniwersytet Warszawski (Warsaw University) in Poland and Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (Radboud University of Nijmegen) in The Netherlands. In 2018 Mariam was appointed as a Young European Ambassador and has since been actively involved in promoting European values in the youth community. After a year, in 2019, she joined the “Mayors for Economic Growth” EU initiative as a Junior Expert and assisted the Local Authorities of Georgian Municipalities in elaborating the…

Soso is currently studying in Budapest, Hungary, and joined the YEAs network in 2018. Since 2021, he has held the role of Network Coordinator of the Georgian YEAs. Soso has a lot of experience working with different governmental and non-governmental organisations, organising, and managing local and international projects with them. He has taken part in, led, and organised up to 10 Erasmus+ youth exchanges, and is a certified peer educator and fact-checker as well. In 2019 he obtained a full scholarship for a Bachelor in International Relations at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE) (Eötvös Loránd University) in Hungary. He was selected by the Council of Europe as a participant in the “Y…

Luka studies Journalism and Mass Communications at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and has also studied at the Humanities/ Film and Television Director (state IV) Faculty of the same university. In addition, he has also successfully finished studying at the School of Governance, Law, and Society at Tallinna Ülikool (Tallinn University), Estonia. Apart from that, has work experience within the sphere of Mass Communications, and apart from being a practising journalist, he is currently working on an ESC project, namely E-VOLUTION MEDIA / Bulgaria. He believes that he has a great task and responsibility to be a part of the new generation of professionals, having implemented the…

Giorgi holds a Bachelor of International Relations from Ilia State University, and he held a scholarship from The Fund for American Studies. He graduated from the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems in Prague, Czech Republic with the partnership of Univerzita Karlova v Praze (Charles University in Prague). Since 2015 he has been doing voluntary work for various youth NGOs, he was the European Voluntary Service EVS (Now ESC) Coordinator’s Assistant at Children and Youth National Center and a staff member at Silk Road Forum which connects East and West. He was the organiser of Global Entrepreneurship Week Georgia in 2018 and 2019. He was also participating in several Erasm…

Daria is currently studying for a Bachelor of International Relations at Ilia State University. She is an active volunteer in her community and works hard to promote education and other opportunities to the Georgian youth. She has strong leadership, analytical, communication and negotiating skills, and as a member of an ethnic minority in Georgia, her mother tongue is Azerbaijani, but she also speaks Georgian, Turkish, English and a little bit of Russian. She is interested in gender equality, foreign languages and cultures, education, international relations, and business. She is involved in different activities outside her studies, including serving as President of ‘Girl Up Marneuli’ and…

Dachi graduated from secondary school with an EU-funded International Baccalaureate Diploma in June of 2020 and is currently a gap-year student. He has participated in multiple international camps (TUMO, ESSC, SSAB) and has volunteered for numerous educational fairs and different campaigns. Apart from his experience as a YEA, he also has an avid interest in Computer Science and Economics, which comes from multiple STEM Projects and internships he underwent at the International Economics Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in the Summer of 2019. In the future, he wants to combine all his areas of knowledge to further promote youth engagement with increased l…

Tsitsino holds a Bachelor in International Relations from Caucasus International University and has also studied Political Science at the Uniwersytet Łódzki (University of Lodz) in Poland, where she received a full scholarship from 2016-2017. In the summer of 2016, she received the Development Cooperation Scholarship from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and took part in a summer school at the Universities of Tartu/Parnu. She has extensive international experience, gained over 34 training courses, Model United Nations, Erasmus+ exchanges and projects in Europe and the Caucasus. She was also a co-founder of the ‘Georgian-Baltic Bridge’ NGO, and since 2017 has been working for the O…

Miranda graduated from the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree programme in Public Policy (European Public Policy track) from the Közép-Európai Egyetem (Central European University) in Hungary, Austria, and the University of York in the United Kingdom. She already holds a Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, specialising in Public Administration from Akaki Tsereteli State University (ATSU) in Georgia, and she hopes to gain her second Master’s degree in European Political and Governance Studies from the College of Europe in Belgium. During her Bachelor studies, she spent one academic term at the Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași (“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi) in Roma…