USAID Assistant Administrator for Europe, Eurasia to feature in Tbilisi Silk Road Forum

Erin Elizabeth McKee, the United States Agency for International Development Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, will head the US delegation at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday. 

The US Embassy in Georgia on Wednesday said McKee would advance the US partnership with Georgia as the country “solidified itself” as a key Euro-Atlantic trade, transport, logistics, and energy hub. 

As part of her visit to Georgia, McKee will meet with Georgian Government officials to reaffirm the USAID’s three-decade-long “strategic partnership” with the state. 

While here, she will launch USAID’s new Educating the Future Programme, a new partnership between USAID and Georgia’s Ministry of Education and Science to strengthen teacher training. Assistant Administrator McKee will also meet with civil society leaders, journalists, educators, and members of the business community”, the Embassy said.

High-ranking representatives of the governments of European and Asian countries, vice-prime ministers and ministers of economic profile will participate in panel sessions of the Forum. Representatives of the diplomatic corps and international bodies, including financial and donor organisations, will also feature.

We are excited that representatives from nine U.S. companies are here to explore investment opportunities in Georgia. They will be participating in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum with a particular interest in infrastructure, technology, design and construction, and energy sectors.… pic.twitter.com/r8EcwRFUeY

— U.S. Embassy Tbilisi (@usingeo) October 25, 2023