Date and Place of Birth
April 25, 1963, Tbilisi, Georgia
Professional Experience
2023 – Present – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia
2022 – Present – Associated Professor of the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tbilisi State University
2016 – 2022 – Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
2013 – 2016 – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
2015 – 2016 – Director of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement
2016 – 2022 – Tbilisi State University; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences; Master’s degree program Higher Education Policy; Invited Professor
2004 – 2013 – Open Society Institute; Academic Foundation Program (AFP), Budapest, Hungary, Director
2003 – 2004 – Open Society Institute; Higher Education Support Program (HESP), Budapest, Hungary, senior program manager
2000 – 2003 – President of the International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM)
2001 – 2003 – Higher Education Reform Project (COE, OSI); International Task Force, Leader
1996 – 2000 – First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
1994 – 1996 – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
1991 – 1994 – Head of Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
1990 – South Milwaukee High School WI, USA, exchange lecturer
1990 – 1991 – Senior Research Fellow at Tbilisi State University
1989 – 1990 – Assistant to the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
1988 – 1989 – Chief Inspector at the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
1984 – 1993 – 6th Gymnasium Tbilisi, Teacher
Education
2006 – Sulkhan Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University; degree: Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences
2003 – Salzburg Global Seminar; Salzburg, Austria, professional training
2003 – Wilton Park , Great Britain, professional training
2002 – The World Bank Institute, professional training
2001 – IIEP UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning, Paris, France, professional training
1999 – SIPU/ the Swedish Institute for Public Administration, professional training
1984 – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Philologist
Involvement in Public Activities
2022 – 2023 – European University Association, EUA, Committee Member, Brussels, EU
2019 – present – Black Sea University Network, BSUN, Executive Board, Member, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 – present – International Association of University Presidents, Executive Committee, Member, NY, USA
2018 – present – Member of the “ESF College of Expert Reviewers”; European Science Foundation
2019 – 2022 – Georgian Standing Conference of Rectors, Chairman
2017 – present – Elected Member; Academia Europae, Academy of Europe (London, UK)
2015 – 2016 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation; Co- Chairman of the International Supervisory Board
2015 – Member of the Research and Innovation Council of Georgia
2015 – Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG), Strasbourg; Co-chairman of the working group on monitoring
2015 – 2019 – Higher Education Reform Expert (HEREs) , EU
2015 – 2022 – San Diego State University Georgia, member of the Advisory Board
2000 – Director of Human Resource Development Center in Georgia (UNDP/ETF)
1996 – 2000 – Council of Europe’s Education Committee, Strasbourg; Head of the Georgian Delegation
1995 – 2000 – European Training Foundation (ETF), Turin, member of Advisory Forum
1999 – 2000 – European Training Foundation (ETF), Turin; subgroup of CIS and Mongolia, Chairman
1998 – UNESCO, member of the National Commission of Georgia
1993 – 1996 – WWF Bulletin; member of the editorial board
1995 – Facts for Life (UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, WWF), Georgian edition; member of the editorial board
1993 – 1996 – World Wildlife Fund, WWF, Georgia, Chief Adviser
Accomplishments
2022 – Order of Excellence
George Sharvashidze is the author of monography and research publications
Diplomatic Rank
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary