Irakli Absandze

Community Development Association (CDA)

EDUCATION University Education (Major) 1992 until 1997 2002 until 2007 Majored in Journalism with regard to Television and Radio at the Shota Rustaveli State Institute of Theatre and Film, Tbilisi. State Exam. Graduation Majored in Modern History and Political Science at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br., Germany. 1992 until 1997 1996 until 1999 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Since December 2009 Since 2009 PARTICIPATION in NGOs Since February 2010 Since December 2010 SCHOLARSHIP Freelance journalist under Deutsche Presse Agentur, receives regular orders from Deutchlandfunk Director of NGO NINA (Nabada Improvement Neighborhood Association) Normal and night-time on-call service in the Club of Building Social Psychiatry (REHA, www.reha-verein.de), Freiburg, Germany. Newscaster and parliament correspondent for the television sender TV-7, Tbilisi. Senior Specialist in the Press Office of the Georgian Parliament Elected member of the Charter's Council under the "Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics" World Yong Leaders Network member (BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt; www.bmw-stiftung.de) • 2nd European Young Leaders Forum, June 4-7 2009, Lisbon Social Cohesion Beyond the Nation-State – Our Answers for a Secure and Globally Responsible Europe • 2nd World Young Leaders Forum, November 26-29, 2009, Mumbai Social Cohesion - How can a new fair global economic order be shaped?