CURRICULUM VITAE - AVTANDIL OTINASHVILI
Date of Birth: February 11th 1962
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Georgian
Language Skills: Native Georgian Speaker
Speaking Reading Writing
French Fluent Fluent Fluent
English Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory
Russia Fluent Fluent Fluent
Present Position & Company.
1996 - up to present CAUCASUS PRESS news agency, Editor of Department Foreign Relation, and Journalist.
Profession: JOURNALIST
Education: 1983 - 89 Tbilisi State University. 1991-96 Tbilisi Institute of Foreign Languages.
Professional Experience Record:
1996-up to present CAUCASUS PRESS news agency Executive Director and Journalist.
1996 -up to present Contribution to the newspaper “Rezonancy” and “Svobodnaia Gruzia”.
1991-96 Editor of the Georgian Department, Vice-President of the independent news agency "Iprinda". Contribution to the first independent newspaper "Iveria-Express".
1988-91 N138 Secondary School Teacher of history.
1983-88 "Agregat" factory Engine fitter.
1982-83 Tbilisi State University, Watchman.
Additional Information:
1991-96 Participation in mass media workshops and conferences organised by local and international organisations. Contribution with "Le Monde" in Abkhazia during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
1994 - February, Visit to France in official delegation accompanying President of Georgia Edward. Shevardnadze.
1996 - March, Participation in skill-improvement courses in Paris on the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France and on recommendation of the French Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Georgia.
1997 - June, Participation in skill-improvement courses in Berlin, Hamburg, and Bonn on the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany and German Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Georgia.
1999 - July, Three weeks on-the-job at "Le Monde"- France and Belgium (Lovanium International Management Centre) within TACIS - Work Attachment Program focused on open-market economy management systems.
27 April - 4 May 2000 - trained in Austria and France on the OSCE program of independent media support and development.
April - June, 2001 – Attended six two-hour training seminars in Tbilisi, on the European Union Activities in Georgia in the following fields: European Union - Georgia Relations; European Union – TACIS Programme; Democracy, Human Rights and Anti-corruption; Energy, Transport and Environment; Rehabilitation of Territories Affected by Conflicts and Assistance to Border Guards; Food Security and Agriculture, Food and Humanitarian Aid.
April - 2005 - trained in Strasbourg on the Council of Europe.
18 - 24 septembre 2006, Bucarest, Roumanie - participation in 38e Assises de la presse francophone.
Participation in the Kyiv InitiativeRegional Programme will be launched on 15 December 2006 at a ministerial conference hosted by the Romanian government in Bucharest.
13-14 September 2007 Participation in the European Meeting on the a pan-European conference on the Ethical dimensions of the information society: Ethics and Human rights in the information society , organized in conjunction with UNESCO and the French Commission for UNESCO.
5-6 November 2007 Participation in the Regional European Meeting of the World Programme for Human rights Education on the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Signature: A. Otinashvili
Date: 08. 05. 2009