Vano Chkhikvadze works as an EU Integration Programme Manager at Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF). He focuses on EU-Georgian relations and runs the projects promoting Georgia’s integration into the European structures. He was country analyst of the European Stability Initiative for two years. Before, Vano Chkhikvadze worked for the Eurasia Partnership Foundation and prior to joining the Foundation, he served at the Office of the State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, where he assisted in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of EU programmes in the field of economic integration, public awareness, capacity building, education and trafficking. He also supervised the implementation of EU projects related to regional cooperation. Vano Chkhikvadze holds a Master's Degree from the College of Europe in European Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and  from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Policy Analysis.