Georgia to Host Annual Plenary Session of the Global Forum

According to the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, the Annual Plenary Session of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will be held in Tbilisi on November 1-3, 2016.

Around three hundred delegates from member states of the Global Forum and officials of ten international organizations will take part in the Plenary Session, which is a keynote policy event of international magnitude, now to be hosted by Georgia.

According to the governmental decree, a special governmental Commission has been established which will ensure superior quality planning and hosting of the event.

The Commission is chaired by Nodar Khaduri, Minister of Finance of Georgia, responsible for logistics and organization issues.

The Government Commission had its first meeting on August 11, attended by officials of the engaged government agencies, whereby they discussed details of the preparation process and distributed specific instructions to the involved public institutions.

It was noted that the Global Forum Secretariat is actively engaged in the process, with its management team expected to visit Tbilisi in late August to oversee the necessary preparation works.

The previous Annual Plenary Session of OECD was held in Barbados in 2015. The event has also been hosted by Johannesburg, Paris and Mexico.

The OECD Session is a highly important event which will underline Georgia’s significant role on an international level.

Thea Morrison