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ACT portfolio leads have participated in the high-level World Urban Forum 2024 #WUF12 held in #Cairo, Egypt, from November 4-8, 2024.
Event brought together over 25’000 urban professionals, policymakers, and community leaders from 182 countries to Cairo – making it the largest World Urban Forum in history. This year’s Forum underscored the central role of local actions in addressing the challenges of sustainable urban development “It All Starts at Home: Local Actions for Sustainable Cities and Communities”.
Our team engaged in key sessions exploring diverse approaches to urban sustainability, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Networking sessions enabled delegates to discuss possibilities for collaboration and knowledge exchange.
One impactful example was the Green Crisis of Cairo, where a film highlighted the city’s diminishing green spaces, sparking discussions on the environmental and social impact of this crisis - a vital reflection point for other cities facing similar challenges.
Session Unlocking the Potential of Local Data to Foster Sustainable and Livable Cities presented the new data-driven strategies and the new OECD Local Data Portal, empowering consulting companies and involved stakeholders with data insights from 234,000 municipalities worldwide, including 100 indicators. This enables involved stakeholders in making informed decisions, community-centered policy options and deliver higher quality evidence-based consultancy.
Likewise, My Neighbourhood session offered a holistic approach to urban planning, connecting global policies to local design with a focus on compact, connected, inclusive, vibrant, and resilient neighborhoods.
ACT is currently undertaking a consultancy within a GIZ project in the Batumi and Zugdidi municipalities. In collaboration, we are developing and implementing an observation methodology to assess how the Urban Labs format can enhance municipal capacity for designing and implementing high-quality, citizen-oriented, and climate-friendly urban projects.
Sessions within the World Urban Forum have deepened our commitment to further apply practical, evidence-based strategies in our urban projects across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, fostering livable and sustainable cities.
The World Bank is launching its Business Ready (B-READY) report, evaluating the business and investment climate across the globe.
We're proud to share that ACT has played a pivotal role in this global effort will be providing key evidence for seven countries across Europe and Asia. Data for two economies out of 50 that are already published was collected by our international teams.
B-READY delivers an extensive dataset highlighting the factors that strengthen the private sector, advancing not only individual businesses but also the interests of workers, consumers, future enterprises, and the environment.
Special recognition goes to our outstanding Development Consulting Unite, led by Sopho Chachanidze, for their dedication and contribution in this global endeavour.
This report marks the first in a series, with future editions expanding in geographical scope and refining methodologies to continue supporting reform advocacy, policy guidance, and global research and analysis.
Together, we are Empowering The Change of the future of business environments worldwide.
Check the link for the report:
https://shorturl.at/Uokzb
The project of the ACT company “Automation of transcripts using artificial intelligence” won the grant competition within the framework of the digital transformation project of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA) and received a grant of 25,000 GEL.
The winners of the first stage of the grant program within the digital transformation project were also:
IBCCS taxi – development of an e-commerce platform that will automate the planning of the delivery of documents with an apostille and the receipt of notary services.
Densi – digitalization of the workspace of a dental laboratory (creation of a digital workspace for technicians and management)
Bluberrу – creation of an application that ensures the correct recording of the assembly in the daily slot for a specific assembler, as well as automatic weight accounting.
Chirifruit - data digitization, search/implementation of their effective analysis and corresponding response tools
The project is implemented on the basis of the agreement provided for in the treaty signed between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of Georgia on December 12, 2022.
The GITA initiative is supported by the project "Digital Transformation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Eastern Partnership Countries" (DT4SME), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ).
On June 27, ACT held an event titled "HR Insights: New Horizons in Organizational Development," where innovative research products developed by the ACT team in the field of human capital management and organizational development were presented.
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The event was attended by leading HR and OD professionals from the Georgian market. During the event, they had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with four analytical models developed by the ACT team, which are based on the company's many years of research and consulting practice in both local and international markets and reflect the current challenges faced by Georgian organizations:
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"The international research industry is very dynamic and constantly offers clients digital and innovative solutions. It is crucial that Georgia keeps pace with this trend. Accordingly, technological development and digital products are a current priority for our team. The ACT team has developed innovative and highly interesting products aimed at HR professionals. We genuinely believe that these products can, on the one hand, empower specialists in this field by providing them with information and insights, and on the other hand, contribute to the overall development of the research industry," said Nino Kerkadze, Head of ACT's Research Portfolio.
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The goal of the event was to provide the attending professionals with:
Nino Kemularia, Executive Director of ACT Research, has been named the winner in the Finance category of 30 UNDER 30 • Forbes Georgia 2024. Nino joined the ACT team in 2019, where her career journey began as a financial manager for the ACT group. She then moved on to the position of Chief Financial Officer and participated in important strategic decisions alongside managerial functions.
Since 2023, Nino has served as the Chief Operating Officer of ACT and has taken significant steps toward the company's digitalization and process automation. As of 2024, Nino Kemularia became the Executive Director of ACT Research and is leading the development of "ACT Research" using modern technologies.
By profession, she is a finance specialist. After earning her bachelor's degree at Caucasus University, she obtained an MBA from Grenoble School of Management in France. In parallel with her leadership at ACT Research, Nino is an associate professor at Caucasus University and shares her expertise with business school students.
