Visionest Institute in Georgia

🚀 What does it take to become the Grand Winner of the Export Consultant Mastery Program 2025-2026?

For the team behind Horizon Export Agency, the journey was much more than completing assignments and attending training sessions. It was nine months of learning, collaboration, resilience, and continuous growth.

One quote from the interview perfectly captures the experience:

💬 "It is a marathon made up of seven demanding sprints. Once you step into the boat, you have to keep rowing." - Iryna Pyrih, Certified Export Consultant & International Trade Expert

Throughout the programme, the team navigated challenges, shared expertise, supported one another, and transformed knowledge into practical results. Their dedication ultimately led them to become the Grand Winners of the Export Consultant Mastery Program 2025-2026.

👏 Congratulations to the entire Horizon Export Agency team on this outstanding achievement.

Their story is a powerful reminder that meaningful growth happens when expertise, perseverance, and teamwork come together.

📖 Read the full interview and discover the journey behind their success:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/06/05/success-story-horizon-export-agency-grand-winner-of-the-export-consultant-mastery-program-2025-2026/

Estonian Centre for International Development
Visionest Institute
Visionest Institute in Georgia
Visionest Institute in Ukraine
Anu-Mall Naarits Krista Kulderknup Tatia Paradashvili

🚀 Estonia became a real-life learning experience for Georgian creative professionals during an international study visit in Tallinn.

As part of the Creative Services Export Programme, participants explored how Estonia combines digital governance, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation to build globally competitive businesses and services.

🎯 Throughout the study visit, participants engaged with leading organisations and industry representatives, including:
📍 e-Estonia Briefing Centre
📍 Trinidad Wiseman (TWN)
📍 Tradehouse
📍 Põhjala Brewery
📍 Tanel Veenre
📍 Digital Logistics Center

✨ From branding and customer experience to digital transformation, creative entrepreneurship, and international positioning, the programme offered participants practical insight into how Estonian organisations successfully grow, innovate, and compete in international markets.

More importantly, the experience created space for meaningful discussions, knowledge exchange, professional networking, and new perspectives on the future of creative service exports and cross-border collaboration.

🌍 A valuable example of how immersive learning and international cooperation can strengthen creative industries, empower professionals, and build stronger connections between Georgia and Europe.

👉 Read the full story here:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/05/04/study-visit-from-tbilisi-to-europe-strengthening-creative-service-exports-through-estonias-digital-governance-and-creative-industry-practices/

🚀 32 participants from Georgia, Ukraine, and Estonia successfully explored Estonia’s export and innovation success stories during an international study visit in Tallinn, Estonia.

As part of the 9-month Export Consultants Mastery (ECM) Programme 2025-2026, participants took part in immersive study visits across Estonia - gaining valuable first-hand insight into international trade, logistics, manufacturing, retail, and digital innovation through direct engagement with some of Estonia’s leading companies and institutions.

🎯 During the study journey, participants explored the operations and business models of:

📍 Muuga Harbour
📍 Tradehouse
📍 Kaupmees Group
📍 Büroomaailm
📍 Põhjala Brewery
📍 e-Estonia Briefing Centre

✨ From export development and supply chain management to branding, digitalisation, and international market expansion, the visits provided a practical, real-world perspective on how Estonian companies successfully compete and scale in global markets.

More importantly, the experience became a strong celebration of international collaboration, professional growth, and practice-based learning - bringing together participants from three countries in a dynamic environment focused on innovation, export excellence, and hands-on business exposure.

🌍 A meaningful milestone within the ECM Programme and a powerful example of how international cooperation and immersive learning create lasting professional impact.

👉 Read the full story here:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/05/01/export-consultants-mastery-2025-2026-immersive-study-visits-in-estonia/

Estonian Centre for International Development
Visionest Institute
Anu-Mall Naarits Krista Kulderknup Tatia Paradashvili

🚀 5 Georgian creative agencies. One immersive journey into Finland’s world-class creative industry.

🎯 From Tbilisi to Helsinki, representatives of Georgia’s creative sector had a unique opportunity to explore how one of the Nordic region’s most innovative creative markets operates from the inside.

📖 During the study visit in Finland, participants met with leading creative professionals, visited agencies and innovation-driven organisations, and gained first-hand insight into the strategies behind internationally successful Nordic creative businesses.

🔍 Helsinki became a learning ground for exploring how Finland combines creativity, technology, branding, design thinking, and business strategy to build globally competitive creative companies and internationally recognised ideas.

The programme opened direct conversations around:
✅ creative entrepreneurship
✅ agency growth and internationalisation
✅ branding and storytelling
✅ innovation and collaboration
✅ future partnerships between Georgia and Finland

More importantly, the visit created meaningful connections between professionals working across different creative markets - allowing Georgian agencies to exchange ideas, discover new approaches, and better understand how creative businesses expand internationally.

For the participants, this was far more than a study visit. It was an inside look into a country globally recognised for innovation, forward-thinking business culture, and creative excellence.

🌍 Experiences like this play an important role in strengthening the international outlook of Georgia’s creative industries and opening new pathways for collaboration with the Nordic market.

👉 Read the full story here:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/05/04/study-visit-from-tbilisi-to-the-nordic-creative-market-georgian-agencies-explore-finlands-creative-business-models/

European Union in Georgia
UNDP Georgia
Estonian Centre for International Development
Visionest Institute
Visionest Institute • ვიჟენესტ ინსტიტუტი
Anu-Mall Naarits Krista Kulderknup Tatia Paradashvili

Tallink Eesti Superson Ravogen

🚀 9 months. 1st international cohort. A graduation in Tallinn that marks the next generation of export consulting excellence.

The Export Consultants Mastery (ECM) Programme 2025-2026 has reached its culmination - bringing together an international cohort of professionals who went through an intensive, practice-driven and highly competitive 9-month journey in export consulting at an international level.

🎯 It was a structured transformation process combining real business cases, cross-border collaboration, expert mentorship, and applied export strategy development - designed to build consultants capable of operating in global markets.

🏆 The graduation ceremony in Tallinn also recognized outstanding participants through awards, highlighting excellence, consistency, and real impact achieved throughout the programme.

Beyond the ceremony, ECM concluded with a powerful networking environment where alumni, mentors, current participants, and business representatives connected to explore future cooperation and international export opportunities.

🌍 The full story captures the scale, energy, and significance of this milestone - from the programme’s structure to its outcomes and the people behind it.

👉 Read the full article here:

https://visionest.institute/en/2026/05/04/export-consultants-mastery-2025-2026-1st-international-cohort-marks-grand-graduation-in-tallinn/

🚀 From Tbilisi to Europe: Georgia’s Creative Agencies Actively Expand Abroad.

🎯Georgia’s creative agencies are proving they are ready for international markets - and the results are already visible.

This March, more than ten marketing and design agencies from across Georgia, representing around 20 professionals, successfully completed the Creative Services Export workshop organised and delivered by Visionest Institute in Tbilisi.

Delivered through an online session on 10 March and intensive onsite workshops on 16-17 March, the programme equipped agencies with practical tools to position themselves competitively in European markets and strengthen their ability to secure clients abroad.

🎯 Over three focused days, participants achieved tangible outcomes:

📌 Clarified and refined their international value propositions
📌 Improved websites, portfolios, and LinkedIn profiles to better reflect export readiness
📌 Identified and researched real prospective clients in target markets
📌 Developed structured approaches to pricing, communication, and project delivery for cross-border work

The sessions were led by experienced international mentors who brought hands-on expertise in global market entry and creative business scaling:

✅Anu-Mall Naarits, CEO of Visionest Institute and internationalisation expert
✅Artem Daniliants, growth marketing and international business development specialist

Their guidance helped participants move beyond theory and directly apply tools for AI-assisted outreach, partner search, and export strategy - enabling agencies to leave the workshop with concrete leads, refined positioning, and clearer international growth plans.

🏅 The programme concluded with a graduation ceremony recognising participants’ commitment and the practical competencies they developed throughout the training - marking an important milestone in the international development of Georgia’s creative sector.

This initiative, funded by the European Union and implemented by Visionest Institute in partnership with UNDP Georgia and the Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV), demonstrates how targeted, practice-oriented support can accelerate the global competitiveness of Georgian creative businesses.

📖 Read the full story:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/03/31/from-tbilisi-to-europe-georgias-creative-agencies-actively-expand-abroad/

We Support Georgia’s Journey toward the EU!

European Union in Georgia
UNDP Georgia
Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV)

📸 UNDP Georgia / Nino Zedgenidze

🚀 Education Elevator has officially propelled Georgia’s education sector toward international markets: a powerful leap fueled by ambition, expertise, and hands-on learning.

This March in Tbilisi, the Georgia Education Services Export Programme: Education Elevator, organised and delivered by Visionest Institute, brought together:

🏫 15 education and training organisations
👥 Around 30 education professionals
📅 3 days of training - 1 online session and 2 intensive onsite days

Participants represented universities, vocational colleges, and private training providers, working together on practical steps toward internationalisation and education export.

But this was more than a training programme.

🔎 Over three days, organisations worked on real challenges - assessing export readiness, identifying priority EU markets, refining international value propositions, and adapting their learning services for global audiences.

🔎 The programme also focused on digital strategies, including LinkedIn optimisation, AI-supported research, and building international lead pipelines, alongside designing scalable remote delivery models using LMS platforms and online collaboration tools.

The training was led by international experts, including Anu-Mall Naarits, CEO of Visionest Institute, and Artem Daniliants, growth marketing and education export expert, who guided participants through hands-on exercises and practical case discussions.

🎯 The initiative continues beyond the training phase:
✨ 7 organisations have been selected for in-depth international mentorship
🌍 A fully funded study visit to Estonia and Finland in Q4 2026 will provide first-hand exposure to European education systems and partnership practices

Funded by the European Union and implemented by Visionest Institute in partnership with UNDP Georgia and the Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV), the programme supports the long-term international development of Georgia’s education sector.

🎓 The programme concluded with a graduation ceremony recognising participants’ commitment and the practical competencies developed throughout the training.

📖 Read the full article to learn how Georgian education organisations are preparing for international growth:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/03/27/education-elevator-georgias-education-services-make-the-global-move/

We Support Georgia’s Journey toward the EU!

European Union in Georgia
UNDP Georgia
Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV)

📸 UNDP Georgia / Nino Zedgenidze

📣გრძელდება რეგისტრაცია კომუნიკაციისა და მარკეტინგული სააგენტოებისთვის 9 მარტის ჩათვლით, 17:00.

🔗 სარეგისტრაციო ლინკი: https://forms.gle/eaBjqGWycW9ZBSHYA

გისურვებთ წარმატებებს!

#მარკეტინგულისააგენტო #კომუნიკაციისსააგენტო #სარეკლამოკომპანია #ექსპორტი #დაფინანსებულიპროგრამა

🚀 Registration Now Open: Georgia Education Services Export Program

Are you an education or training organisation in Georgia ready to take your services beyond borders?

🎯 Applications are now open for the Georgian Education Services Export Program - a structured internationalisation programme supporting organisations that want to export learning solutions, programmes, and education services and build long-term international partnerships.

✅ Program Highlights:
All stages are free of charge (training sessions, materials, lunches, and coffee breaks included).

🎯 Stage I: 3-Day Education Sector Training
📅 11 March 2026 (online)
📅 16-17 March 2026 (onsite, Tbilisi)
📍 Venue: University of Georgia
🎓 Trainers: Anu-Mall Naarits & Artem Daniliants

Participants will work on export readiness, international positioning, digital delivery, and develop a practical Education Export Plan.

🔔 Full participation in all three days is required for selection to the next stages.

🎯 Stage II: Mentoring
📅 25 March & 1 April 2026
🎓 Mentors: Sigrid Laineveer, Anu-Mall Naarits, Agu Remmelg & Artem Daniliants
👥 Mentoring will be provided to 7 selected organisations based on participation and approved export plans.

🎯 Stage III: Study Visit
📅 Q4 2026
📍 Estonia & Finland
👥 Participants: 7 selected organisations

🔍 Who should apply?
The programme is open to education and training organisations from Georgia, including private schools, vocational and professional training institutions, and private training providers offering short-term and long-term programmes for adult learners.

📌 Eligible participants include:
- Owners, founders & CEOs aiming for international positioning and export growth
- Academic directors, programme managers & curriculum developers
- Marketing & communication managers managing international recruitment, partnerships, and educational materials
- Project managers & EdTech leads building scalable digital education delivery models

📝 Registration Deadlines:
🔗 Programme Registration: 5 March 2026 (23:59)
https://forms.gle/uYhRqvEeJbk26jg8A
🔗 Info Day Registration: 25 February 2026 (18:00)
Info Day (online): 26 February 2026
https://forms.gle/sYUUnmfVMBGkJAXo9
📖 More information:
https://visionest.institute/en/2026/01/29/registration-now-open-georgian-education-services-export-program/

This project is financed and supported by the European Union. This program is organized and implemented by Visionesti Institute (EST), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Georgia, and the Estonia Centre of International Development (ESTDEV).

🌍 Turn your local education expertise into internationally competitive services.

European Union in Georgia
UNDP Georgia
Estonian Centre for International Development
Visionest Institute


#განათლება
#საგანმანათლებლოექსპორტი #შესაძლებლობა

🚀 Registration Now Open: Georgia Marketing & Design Agency Export Programme!

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the Creative Services Export Programme, a unique development initiative designed for Georgian marketing, branding, digital, and creative agencies ready to expand internationally.

📅 Program Highlights (All Stages Free of Charge: Training sessions, materials, lunches, and coffee breaks included):

🎯 Stage I - 3‑Day Workshop:
10 March (online) | 16-17 March (Tbilisi, University of Georgia)
Venue: The University of Georgia
Trainers: Artem Daniliants & Anu-Mall Naarits
📄 Participants completing Stage I will receive an official certificate
🔔 Completion of Stage I is required for participation in the next stages.
🎯 Stage II - Mentoring: 25 & 31 March 2026
Trainers: Nils Kajander, Dan Mikkin Service , Artem Daniliants, Anu-Mall Naarits
🎯 Stage III - Study Visit: 22-25 April 2026 (Estonia & Finland)

Who should apply?

- Agency owners & CEOs aiming for international positioning
- Agency marketing & communication managers ready to strengthen global outreach
- Agency project managers & operations leads scaling digital workflows for international clients

Registration Deadlines:

🔗 Programme Registration - 5 March 2026 (23:59): https://forms.gle/eaBjqGWycW9ZBSHYA
🔗 Info Day Registration - 25 February 2026 (18:00): https://forms.gle/Bgdj1miXqhwihRoM7

📖 For more information, please visit Visionest Institute’s main webpage:
👉 https://visionest.institute/en/2026/01/29/registration-now-open-georgia-marketing-design-agency-export-programme/

This project is financed and supported by the European Union. This program is organized and implemented by Visionesti Institute (EST), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Georgia, and the Estonia Centre of International Development (ESTDEV).

Don’t miss this opportunity to take your agency global! 🌍

European Union in Georgia
UNDP Georgia
Estonian Centre for International Development
Visionest Institute

#მარკეტინგი
#ექსპორტი #შესაძლებლობა