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Tamar Sulukhia (Georgian: თამარ სულუხია) (born 1968) –  an international practitioner of sustainable development, an urban planner, and the Executive Director of the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET) and the ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI)

Education:
Graduated from the Georgian Technical University Faculty of Architecture in 1990 and received a Candidate of Sciences degree in Urban Planning in 1997. In 1994, she became certified as an international marketing trainer within the framework of the year-long EU TACIS programme (Georgia and Germany). Throughout every stage of education, she received state grants from the US Government, including during her PHD studies in Urban Planning at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and Fulbright post-doc scholarship at the Institute of Public Policy at the George Washington University.

Professional Experience:
In the 1990s, she was employed at the US Foreign Building Operations (FBO) as an architect in Tbilisi; taught a marketing course at the Management School; lectured in Urban Sociology in the Georgian Technical University; worked as a Development Specialist in the Economic Development Division of USAID/Caucasus (1995-2001), engaging in programmes in both Georgia and Azerbaijan. In 2002-2004 she established and headed the Centre for Local Governance and a graduate programme at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) in Tbilisi; and between 2002-2007 taught a course on Urban Policy and Management. Concurrently, she acted as a consultant to numerous international projects, held several research grants, and acted as a member and chair of the board of directors for various NGOs, including those outside Georgia. Furthermore, she authored the book Urban Sociology of Western Countries (2001), as well as numerous publications in both Georgian and foreign journals, as well as co-authoring the book Managing City. In 2004, she served as the Minister of Infrastructure and Development of Georgia (for five months) within Zurab Zhvania’s cabinet.

In 2004, she joined the World Bank, and entered its international staff in 2010-2016, based in Kiev, Ukraine (covering Belarus and Moldova); subsequently serving in Ankara, Turkey between 2016-2019, where she headed a World Bank multi-billion USD sustainable development and infrastructure programme. In 2019, she returned to Georgia to assume the position of Executive Director of the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET) and the ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI).

She is fluent in English and Russian.