Nino Zotikishvili is an independent researcher and thinker with five years of working experience at local government in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nino specializes in public policy and management and holds MA in development studies
from ISS_Erasmus University Rotterdam and MA in translation studies from Tbilisi State University. Her Master’s thesis focuses on decentralization policy and specifically, devolution of political powers to local self-government bodies, local policy making, discretion and accountability mechanisms. Nino’s interest area also includes EU policies in the Eastern Neighborhood and the South Caucasus region. She believes in critical thinking and a well thought out solution.