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Center for Social Sciences, a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity, was founded as a spin-off of Social Sciences Support Program (SSSP, 2000-2003) at Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) in November 2003 [registration number № 5/9-804]. The main objective of the center is to develop academic and applied research in Social Sciences in Georgia, to ensure the integration of Georgian scientists into the international academic networks, to establish professional and ethic standards in Social Sciences and support the evidence-based research and teaching. The activities of the center include:


 * Academic, applied and organizational scientific research in social sciences;
 * Conferences and integration into the international academic network;
 * Educational programs, certifying trainings and professional programs in social sciences;
 * Publishing activities which include publishing of academic scientific literature and periodicals, educational and popular, informative literature;
 * Translation activities;
 * Creation of electronic data-base for the researchers and specialists working in the field of social sciences;
 * Conducting of interdisciplinary research and assistance to the new academic fields of study;
 * Granting scholarships and stipends to the students involved in the studies of social sciences and to the specialists and researchers working on the development of the academic, applied and interdisciplinary research, teaching and studies.

The mission of the center is to support the development of a creative, evidence-based research in Social Sciences in Georgia that would be useful for society

The objectives of the center are:


 * To provide rigorous and accurate analysis in the Social Sciences in Georgia;
 * To provide robust findings that foster the sustainable economic, social and political development of Georgia;
 * To ensure the integration of Georgian Social Science into the global community of social scientists.