Elene Toidze
Elene Toidze is an experienced policy professional with a demonstrated history of working in public policy. For the last five years, she has been actively involved in the development and implementation of strategic frameworks in the cultural and creative industries, firstly within the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Protection of Georgia – where she worked on the first ever Culture Strategy of Georgia, and now as a member of the Creative Georgia team.
For kick-starting and developing creative industries endeavor in Georgia, she has initiated and managed different capacity building and research projects, actively contributing to developing organizational strategies, international and local partnerships, etc.
While analyzing specific best practices in creative business development, she is working to shape models and schemes for fostering creative entrepreneurship in Georgia – introducing training modules, incubation programmes, consulting services, etc. Through her strong research and analytical skills, international experience and by cooperating with local stakeholders, Elene works on establishing research mechanisms for the creative industries, tailoring policy measures to actual needs of the sector within the country.
Elene Toidze owns an MA degree in Policy Analysis from Tbilisi State University. For her MA thesis, she conducted research on the reformation policy of the Georgian public sector and its compliance with New Public Management principles.
She organizes and actively participates in different local and international events about the creative economy, digital cultural capital, and creative business development among other things, and gives presentations, public lectures and trainings.