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These events are made possible by generous support of the American people through USAIDs two projects GGI and ACCESS, the Ilia

State University, the UK Embassy in Tbilisi, the Open Society Georgia Foundation and the Omidyar Network.

Press Release

On January 18-22, 2016, Stanford Universitys Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)together with the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC), will host series of events in Tbilisi, Georgia:

Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) Georgia course;

Night Owl Sessions- In Search of Democracy;

Public Lecture at Ilia State University.

Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) Program Launching Event

When: January 18th, 09:00-09:15 Opening Ceremony (only the opening ceremony from 9:00-9:15 will beopen for the media)

Where: Rooms Hotel Tbilisi

Stanford Universitys Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Economic PolicyResearch Center (EPRC) are launching the first Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) workshop. The LADProgram in Georgia will be led by Professor Francis Fukuyama, Director of the Center on Democracy, Developmentand the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University and Professor Alan Trager, Director of Public Private Part-nerships Initiative at Johns Hopkins University. LAD program will have distinguished guest speakers Dr. Kathryn

Stoner, Faculty Director of Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies from Stanford University and Hon.David J. Kramer, Director for Human Rights and Democracy at the McCain Institute for International Leadership. Aone-week LAD Program The Role of Public Policy in Private Sector Development will be held in Tbilisi on January18-22, 2016.

The Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) is an executive-level training program which trains government of-ficials and business leaders from developing countries to help the private sector be a constructive force for economicgrowth and development. LAD teaches carefully selected participants how to be effective reform leaders, promotingsound public policies in complex and contentious settings. A driving principle of the LAD curriculum is that policyreform is not like engineering or other technical fields that have discrete skills and clear, optimal solutions. Instead,successful reformers must be nimble and weigh a broad range of factors that influence policy outcomes. They musthave a solid grasp of country-specific economic, financial, political and cultural realities. Most importantly, they

must have a sense of how to set priorities, sequence actions and build coalitions. LAD provides participants withan analytical framework to build these abilities and operate effectively under adverse conditions. LAD in Georgia issupported by Ilia State University.

30 participants were selected from Georgia and other developing countries, all of them holding outstanding civicrecords and occupying high-impact positions in policy, business and civil society sectors of their countries.

The course is closed for the media and wider public.

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These events are made possible by generous support of the American people through USAIDs two projects GGI and ACCESS, the Ilia

State University, the UK Embassy in Tbilisi, the Open Society Georgia Foundation and the Omidyar Network.

The Night Owl Sessions In Search of Democracy

When: Monday, January 18, at 19:30-20:30

and Tuesday, January 19, at 19:30-20:30

Where: Rooms Hotel Tbilisi

The sessions are open for the media

Stanford Universitys Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Economic Policy

Research Center (EPRC) will host evening debates - The Night Owl Sessions - In Search of Democracy. The Sessions

will take place on January 18-19, 2016 at the Rooms Hotel Tbilisi.

The panelists of the debate include Professor Francis Fukuyama and Dr. Kathryn Stoner from Stanford University,Professor Alan Trager from Johns Hopkins University, Hon. David J. Kramer of the McCain Institute for International

Leadership, H.E Alexandra Mary Hall Hall, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire-

land to Georgia and Mr. Nicholas Berliner, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Georgia.

The President of Georgia H.E Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili and US

Ambassador to Georgia Ian C. Kelly will make welcome speeches at the event on January 18. The Night Owl Sessions

will bring together Georgian government offi cials, members of the parliament, political party leaders, academia from

leading US and Georgian Universities, high level business, CSO and government offi cials from the world, Georgian

CSO leaders, Students and Journalists.

The Night Owls are organized within the scopes of the 2016 Tbilisi Leadership Forum by Stanford Universitys Center

on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC).

Public Lecture at Ilia State University

When: January 18, 15:00

Where: Ilia State University (#22 Chavchavadze avenue, auditorium 202)

The public lecture will be delivered by Hon. David J. Kramer of the McCain Institute for International Leadershipand Dr. Kathryn Stoner, Senior Fellow at FSI and CDDRL and Faculty Director, Ford Dorsey Program in Internation-

al Policy Studies at Stanford University.

The topic of the lecture - Putins Russia: Recent Domestic Developments and a Challenge to Regional Security. Therewill be a discussion on recent domestic - economic, political and social - developments in Russia as well as theirlinkage with the challenges to regional security: wars in Ukraine and Syria, intensified confrontation with NATO andthe West in general, obstacles on the way to Euro-Atlantic integration of neighboring countries. The Discussion willbe led by the Rector of Ilia State University, Professor Giga Zedania.

The lecture will be held within the framework of Leadership Academy for Development in Georgia implementedby Stanford Universitys Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and Economic PolicyResearch Center (EPRC). LAD in Georgia is supported by Ilia State University.