The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), founded in 1996 in Germany, is an international organization
working in the field of minority governance and conflict resolution. Through action-oriented projects, practice and policy-oriented
research, information gathering and documentation, and advisory services, ECMI advances majority-minority relations throughout Europe
and its neighbourhood. With its headquarters in Flensburg, Germany – together with its currently two regional offices based in
Tbilisi, Georgia and Priština, Kosovo – ECMI contributes to the strengthening of legislation and best practices in minority
governance. Correspondingly, ECMI enhances the capacity of civil society and governments to encourage constructive relations between
minorities and states.
ECMI has been operating a Caucasus office based in Tbilisi since 2003 where it works towards building stable and
inclusive democracies throughout the region, particularly in Georgia. ECMI Caucasus works to improve the competencies
of minority organizations and assists governments in building institutional capacities to develop and implement
policies on national minority issues. In particular, ECMI Caucasus works closely with Georgian state agencies –
such as the Public Defender, the State Minister for Reintegration, and the Administration of the President –
as well as with international organizations and national NGOs to ensure the involvement of national minorities in
consultations on state policies affecting minority communities.
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