Mr. Vazha Salamadzeis founding director of CSI. He has 26 year experience in public sector, from which18 yearshe dedicated to developmentof civil society and promoting enabling environment for CSOs.Mr. Salamadze has sound experience in policy analysis, crafting policy papers, drafting laws  and lobbing at national and international levels. He also teaches policy analysis at several universities of  Georgia.

Mr. Salamadze works internationally.He served as a Co-Chair of Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness from 2010 to 2012. He is member of Global Council of CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness. Prior establishingCSI, Mr. Salamadze worked for Government of Georgia at various administrative positions.

He holds a Master in Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri Saint Louis, USA, a Diploma in Law from the Institute of Economics and Law, Tbilisi, Georgia and Diploma with distinction in Economics from Tbilisi State University.