In addition
to its core research programs, PSI is engaged a number of action-oriented
projects through its affiliated organizations:
Georgian Collegiate Consortium
(GCC)
A joint
endeavor of PSI and two other Georgian educational organizations—the Caucasus
Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) and Chavchavadze State
University—GCC aims to develop in a liberal arts undergraduate program
in
Georgia,
as a model for reform of higher education.
Alliance for Business
Environment Development in Georgia (ABED)
ABED
brings together over
70
business and professional organizations, and businesses, dedicated to
advancing, implementing, and mobilizing policy necessary for the betterment of
the business environment. ABED has is focusing on developing strategies
to reducing the level of the extralegal economy in Georgia by
identifying the barriers that prevent businesses from entering the formal
sphere and develop recommendations for legislative and administrative changes
that can promote legalization of the businesses. ABED taken the leading role
in the public participation in the preparation of the Poverty Reduction
and Economic Growth Program (PREGP), and as a result, securing the
highest level of non-governmental involvement in decision making in Georgian
history.
Liberal Education Society (LES)
PSI is
using the successful model of coalition-based advocacy it developed with ABED
to bring together a wide-ranging alliance of organization dedicated to the
advancement of educational reform in
Georgia
by advocating for and educated the society about the benefits of liberal
education.
