Profiles

Irina Mikava

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
Irina is a civic education teacher, Equality Ambassador of a Council of Europe Office in Georgia, a team member of the youth NGO ProActive Group Georgia and now a Young European Ambassador/a member of EU4 Youth Alumni Network. She studied in the International Relations Bachelor’s Program at the Technical University of Georgia. In 2020-2022, on the international Master’s Program and GSAC training program ‘National security and media communications’. As a Young European Ambassador, she is planning to support diverse projects with proactive, change-oriented young people so that more people understand the values and possibilities of the European Union. As a young person/citizen, Irina consid…

Ilia Abuladze

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Khulo
He’s Ilia Abuladze, from Georgia, 19 years old. He’s learning at Shota Rustaveli’s state university, faculty of law and social science, his speciality is European Studies. He’s one of the active members of the university and is active also in another project. In his free time, he’s walking or watches movies or anime. His hobby is voice acting and several sports.

Ilia Jakhaia

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia
Ilia Jakhaia fourth-year student of the Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Georgian Technical University. In 2021, with the support of the Erasmus+, he studied at the University of Tartu. He is a Member of the Youth Peace Network, 16-th element of UN SDG. From 2021 is a Member of the Youth Advisory Council of the Youth Agency of Georgia under the Ministry Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth, working on the youth policy document ‘Youth Strategy 2025’. From 2020 member of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association of Georgia.

Giorgi Pachuashvili

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
Giorgi Pachuashvili is a Co-Founder and President of the Civil Movement “Question Mark”, which spreads liberal values in Georgia. He has been ardently involved in volunteering since 2016 and civil activism since 2019. Giorgi studies International Relations at Tbilisi State University and is a graduate of SAYP Academy at Linköping University. His main motivation is Georgia’s full membership in the European Union.

Giorgi Meskhia

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tsalenjikha
Giorgi Meskhia is a 12th-grade student at the Private School Qiachi of Tsalenjikha. He has participated in numerous educational and environmental activities. Giorgi is a European Summer School Camp alumni. He has taken part in both national and international projects such as Erasmus+ or non-formal educational activities and he continues to do so, as he is actively involved in manifold events and also working to establish a youth organisation in his hometown. Giorgi sees himself in technology as he is willing to study Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology).

Giorgi Khachidze

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
He is a fourth-year student of International Relations at Tbilisi State University. I have been actively involved in volunteering since 2015. Currently, Giorgi is studying at Comenius University in Bratislava as an Erasmus student. Outside the university, he is a youth worker at the non-formal education youth centre “Sunny House” and he works with young people to change his environment for the better.

Eranui Yandyan

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Akhalkalaki, Georgia
Eranui Yandyan studies at the Ilia State University in Tbilisi. She is curious and believes that we can be changemakers in our own lives. She was an exchange student in the USA. She loves learning new things and helping people. She is a volunteer in the Ukrainian program “Helping to leave”.

Elene Gureshidze

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
Elene Gureshidze is an international relations student at the Free University of Tbilisi. She is an ardent volunteer and a passionate activist who is willing to make drastic changes in the Georgian community. Elene has worked with non-governmental organizations to protect democracy and gender equality. She has also participated in many local and international youth exchange projects funded by Erasmus+. As a young leader, Elene is motivated to initiate numerous projects focused on promoting European values to ensure Georgia’s successful Euro-Integration.

Daviti Khojenashvili

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Kutaisi
Davit Khojenashvili is a third-year law student. This year, he also graduated from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Political Academy. Daviti is a member of the debate club at the law clinic, and he is actively involved in civic life. He believes that the most important points to pay attention to now are the development of education, critical thinking in people and mutual relations. These are the reasons why he decided to join the Young European Ambassadors initiative.

Dachi Chikhashvili

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Dresden, Germany
Dachi is currently a student and young professional from Tbilisi, Georgia. He began his studies at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, before attending the Erasmus Plus Exchange program at the University of Saarland in Germany. Now, Dachi is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Economical Science at Technische Universität Dresden. While studying, Dachi interns with DaMOst, an organisation focused on connecting migrants from Eastern Europe with resources at the federal level. He has a vested interest in the economic and political development of Eastern Europe along with its involvement in the EU and its allies.

Avtandil Svianadze

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Gori
Avtandil Svianadze is a fourth-year bachelor’s student from Georgia involved in building a better future for Europe and contributing to sustainability. Avtandil has completed a number of research projects on sustainable development in Europe and neighbouring countries. He is studying EU sustainable development policy with professors from Poland and Serbia and working on applying it to the ENP-East region. He obtained valuable knowledge and hands-on experience while studying in Poland as an Erasmus+ exchange student at the Rzeszów University of Technology and being a part of the Eastern European Center for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD Democracy School). Moreover, Avtandil has studied at fi…

Ani Gogokhia

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Zugdidi
Ani is in the eleventh grade at the second public school in Zugdidi. She is passionate about learning political theory and international relations. Ani takes online courses from Belgian universities on these topics. At the age of 15, she started writing a sociological paper about the correlation between the political elite, civic society and passive citizens. Ani is a follower of classical liberalism and thinks that these ideas should be cultivated in Georgia. She believes that accession of her country to the European Union is vital.

Anastasia Tsalugelashvili

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
Anastasia Tsalugelashvili has recently graduated from Tbilisi State University with honours and now holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations. During her studies, she successfully participated in a bilateral exchange program and spent one semester at Charles University. Anastasia is a young professional with an interest in disinformation and propaganda, in 2022 she got 2nd place in the most media literate youngster competition. Afterwards, got an internship at Myth Detector, and published a few fact-checking articles on disinformation issues. Besides media literacy, her interests include civic activism, European studies, NGO sector. foreign affairs, etc.

Anastasia Gvazava

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
Anastasia Gvazava is currently pursuing Law at Tbilisi State University. Her fields of interest include law, international law, diplomacy and economy. In 2020, she was selected as a FLEX finalist and spent a 2021-2022 academic year in the USA. This had a great impact on her sense of tolerance and responsibility. As she says, It mostly helped her realize, that “if you want to change the world for the better, it is crucial to start from yourself”. She is also very fond of competitive debates, which is why Anastasia often participates in projects funded by Non-governmental organizations, such as the “Tbilisi Model United Nations”. She enjoys volunteering, which is why this year Anastasia be…

Ana Putkaradze

  • Country of origin: Georgia
  • Current residence: Georgia, Tbilisi
Ana Putkaradze is a third-year student majoring in international relations at Batumi Shota Rustaveli University. Ana studied in the United States of America at West Liberty University as part of an exchange program. She has been actively involved in informal activities since childhood and has many years of volunteering experience in various international and local organizations. Currently, she is the coordinator of European solidarity corps projects in Georgia. Ana, together with motivated young people, is actively trying to promote the importance of European values in Georgia.

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