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SOCIETY
GEORGIA TODAY
NOVEMBER 23 - 26, 2018
Leading Georgian Travel Agencies Awarded at Starway 2018 by Coral Travel BY KETEVAN KVARATSKHELIYA
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he Starway awards was organized for the 16th time by the Coral Travel tour operator. Coral Travel is one of the biggest and most successful tour operators in Turkey, offering more than 30 travel destinations to its customers. The important and equally prestigious festival in the sphere of tourism was hosted by a number of the most luxurious hotels in Antalya, Turkey, from October 15-22.
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The event was held in order to reward the most successful partner agencies of Coral Travel operating in number of countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Georgia. Starway 2018 stood out for its scale, seeing up to 500 participants and a variety of events. The ongoing trend of the tourism development in Georgia was also reflected at the Starway 2018 awards and the four leading Georgian travel agencies gained success in two categories. Global Travel was labeled as “Perfect” and Toy Travel, Good Travel and Air Travel named as “Best”.
Geostat to Establish a Population Register with EU Support in line with international best practices. The mission is built on the foundation of several pieces of legislation – the Association Agreement between Georgia and the EU, the Action Plan: EUGeorgia Sub-Committee on Economic and Other Sector Cooperation, and a 2008 European Council Regulation on population and housing censuses. The European Commission’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX) organized the visit in cooperation with Geostat. TAIEX supports public administrations in EU member states and partner countries, including Georgia, to implement EU legislation and share best practices from Europe. TAIEX delivers workshops, sends expert missions, and organizes study visits. Currently, Geostat provides a business register, that lists Georgian businesses organized by type of economic activity, ownership type, legal status, region, and business demography indicators. For more information on Georgia’s population and demographics, visit the Geostat website.
BY SAMANTHA GUTHRIE
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ater this month, experts from Estonia will visit Georgia to meet with more than 20 representatives from the National Statistics Office (Geostat) and other relevant ministries and agencies. The mission aims to help the country establish a population register. Geostat has plans to establish a population register, and the expert mission will share experience and draft a report with recommendations towards that goal. The population register will be a list of every person in Georgia, with identifying information such as address, date of birth, sex, and personal identification number. Population registers in some cases include additional, more detailed information, such as place of birth, date and place of death, date of arrival/departure in the country, citizenship and marital status – even language, ethnicity, educational attainment, and occupation. UN Stats explains that a population register is generally a continuous process and must be updated constantly with changes to the characteristics recorded in the database in order to be useful. Comprehensive, detailed population registers can offer researchers and policy makers information on key factors of life in a country, such as internal and international migration and demographic distributions. A population register can make a national census easier. The most recent national census was conducted in 2014.
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The next census is scheduled for 2024. The EU mission has several goals for its visit to Georgia and subsequent report. First, the team will analyze the current legislative framework and the country’s institutional and technical capacity. They plan to provide two sets of recommendations: on the use of definitions and methodologies to establish and maintain the register, and on developing legislation, institutional, technical, financial, and human capacity to establish the register. Finally, they will advise relevant authorities on an implementation plan
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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Held in Tbilisi
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n November 18, the Georgia Alliance for Safe Roads, with partner organizations, marked the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on one of the “black spots” in Tbilisi, Khudadovi Street, where “illegal races” have been seen and cases of accidents with victims have been recorded. The goal of the event was to remind road users and the government that road accidents are preventable if the right measures are taken regarding safe infrastructure, safe transport and awareness of road users. Organizers, professional racers, residents living near Khudadovi Street and representatives of the civil sector participated in the event. An awarenessraising meeting between people and racers about the safety and risks on the roads was organized and trees were planted in honor of the deceased in the place of car accidents. The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims has been marked since 2005 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN). The slogan for this year was ‘Roads
have Stories.’ Roads and streets are more than connections from point A to point B. They tell stories, some of them tragic, that are worth remembering. 342 died and 6,754 were injured in the first nine months of 2018 in Georgia. Road accidents and the number of injured
increased by 8% compared to the previous year. The Georgian mortality rate for road accidents is three times higher than that of the EU. For more information, please visit: https:// worlddayofremembrance.org/