May 11-14, 2023, the International Republican Institute (IRI) with the US State Department funding, hosted the third dialogue of BUILD Georgia

The event took place at Lopota Lake Resort. 80 participants from the following working groups: the Academia, Civil Society, Youth, Religious and Business organizations worked on sectoral recommendations. The general format of the event was to present the recommendations of the working groups on ways how to rebuild trust and reestablish integrity with the temporarily occupied regions and to support the process of intersectoral dialogue and mutual understanding.

For the next stage of the BUILD Georgia project, the given recommendations will be presented to the governmental authorities to reflect them into the governmental policies.

The overall goal of the project "BUILD Georgia" is to facilitate dialogue among established Georgian leaders and leading experts in order to devise collaborative responses to national challenges.