The Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) is a leading think tank in Georgia, striving to improve economic policy environment through evidence-based policy advice and guidance, capacity-building of key public institutions, and monitoring government actions and policy commitments. EPRC’s researchers and their analytical outputs serve as reliable sources of information on the state of Georgia’s economy for the national community of practitioners, various international organizations, students and the academia. EPRC’s policy products are widely cited in local and international printed and online media.EPRC has positioned itself as a civil society leader working on the issues of Georgia’s sustainable economic development through the lens of security and democracy dimension, good governance and euro-atlantic integration issues through ensuring equal participation of all key stakeholders.As part of its work EPRC engages and works closely with the following groups: government representatives, both on central and local levels, international donor organizations and diplomatic corps, civil society actors and business support organizations, private sector, with a particular focus on SMEs, teachers and students, ethnic minority groups, women entrepreneurs. EPRC has had strong international partnershipssince 2015; the Center is the founder of Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) executive training programme for government, civil society and private sector leaders together with the Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. EPRC’s input in the project will encompass analytical and advocacy support, fostering public-private dialogue format discussions for better policy-making efforts, engagement in informal education practices, capacity building and skills enhancement among various stakeholders.