Ms. Ia Gabunia is a Project Manager at CSI. Her professional experience counts more than 14 years in the management and coordination of programs both with civil society organizations and the private sector. Since 2005 Ia leads Civil Society Enhancement (CSD) and Economic Development programs (ED) at CSI. She is in charge of all program management related issues, ensuring quality performance and project management standards. Within the program boundaries she is responsible for ensuring personnel management, crafting operational action plans, supervising the implementation phase, meeting deadlines and project alignment, monitoring project outcomes; On the operational side, she is in charge of market analysis and market linkages issues.
Ia’s practical experience, which she gained by working through different organizations and projects is supported with a solid academic background. Mrs. Gabunia holds professional degrees from the Free University of Tbilisi, ESM Business School – MBA and the State Institute of Foreign Languages and Culture, Department of English Language & Literature, diploma with honor. Mrs. Gabunia has undertaken additional studies in Result Based Management and Evaluation, Result Oriented PME, HICD Performance Assessment Methodology, HR Management and etc.