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 About Curatio International Consulting, Ltd
"Curatio International Consulting" Ltd. (CIC) is a consultative arm of the Curatio International Foundation (CIF), which is a not-for profit, non-governmental organization founded in the Republic of Georgia in 1994, with a mandate to support reforms in health, social and education sectors. Later Curatio International Foundation established "Curatio International Consulting" Ltd (CIC) for the provision of consulting services abroad and in the CIS specifically.
We have a long track record of providing real-world consulting services with tangible benefits for our clients. The success of our firm can be attributed to the continued success of our clients. With this in mind, our work is guaranteed. We utilize the necessary mix of skills and expertise to ensure that each client is completely satisfied.

CIC provides multi-disciplinary teams taking responsibility for all technical and administrative aspects of project management in countries working alongside with national counterpart staff. CIC operates a database of national, regional and international consultants, which is growing fast and offers potential for identifying the best suited national/regional consultant for a given task.

We have made significant contributions to health sector reform processes in many CIS countries.?Our consultants also work to ensure health priorities remain on the agenda in the rapidly evolving context of new aid instruments and national policy frameworks (such as Sector Wide Approaches, Direct Budget Support and Poverty Reduction Strategies).

CIC values
  • Service to Our Clients
  • Quality of deliverables
  • Competency
  • Teamwork
  • Collaboration
  • Transparency
  • Intellectual Rigor
  • Trust and Respect


CIC expertise
 What makes CIC special?
  • Our experience is grounded in grassroots programming and quality service delivery.
  • We are mission focused. We reinvest surpluses from our work in our health mission.
  • We are a pro-active, learning organization. We invest our own resources in developing innovative health technologies that make a difference to the problems we address.
  • We focus on quality and results, building partnerships with clients and stakeholders that achieve sustainable outcomes.
  • Our approach, which combines strategic thinking and field experience, favors operational, concrete, and fast results.
 CIC Clients
We work in partnership with multi and bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations, governments, and private clients.
 Principle Services
CIC provides technical assistance at all levels of governments and stakeholders from senior ministerial staff and policy decision makers through to increasing capacity in training provision and administration. In all our work, we emphasize building the capacity of both individuals and institutions, thus achieving long-term sustainable solutions. We deliver high quality services that are responsive and flexible. We combine research and operational expertise in national and international health policy and health systems development. CIC is known for a combination of high technical standards and pragmatism.

Our experts assist private investors and health care organizations in anticipating and meeting the challenges of the changing health business environment. Our team of seasoned professionals assists our clients with strategic planning, market analysis, management re-engineering, financial forecasting, overhead cost control, managed care contracting, compensation plan development, mergers, and network development.
Our Group offers services in the following areas:

  • Long and short-term technical assistance
  • Program development and implementation management
  • Identification, design and appraisal of health projects and program
  • Needs assessment and feasibility studies
  • Policy analysis
  • Training and sustainable capacity building
  • Market Analysis/Research
  • Strategic Consulting to private sector
 CIC team of experts
Our team brings extensive experience in health program design and implementation, organizational management and development, civil society strengthening, health policy and management, financial management and training on planning, resource mobilization, HIV/AIDS and HAI response system strengthening, etc. Our team of experts can easily take into account the diversity of health care systems in the region. They are highly experienced and skilled individuals and offer overlapping expertise with each other.

In addition to a vibrant and ongoing consultancy serving the Health Care arena, CIC staff is active on the national level, serving on boards and committees and lecturing frequently at conferences and regional events. CIC staff regularly attends workshops and conferences, often with clients, to stay current on the latest in technical and health care policy trends and developments.

Dr. David Gzirishvili is a specialist in health care policy, system reform and financing. He has over 10 years? consultancy experience in Georgia and Central Asia with USAID, UNDP, DFID and The World Bank. Recently, he was responsible for the development of financial estimates of different options for the Basic Benefit Package in Azerbaijan. For the World Bank, David conducted the financial analysis of the operation of ambulance services in major cities in Georgia. He has participated in the development of health care financing options in Georgia, coordinated the preparation of the Second Georgia Health Project and the Human Resource subcomponent (Hospital Optimization Component) of the Georgia Structural Reform Project. As Organization Development Team Leader, David delivered on-job training to key technical staff of the Georgian Ministry of Health. Within the last few years, Dr. Gzirishvili worked on public health and policy development related issues in Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia assisting the countries with the development of national financial sustainability plans for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization and the Bill Gates Foundation Vaccine Fund. Throughout his career Dr. Gzirishvili have conducted participatory appraisals, development of programmatic strategies and facilitated numerous time policy dialogues between national governmental, donor communities, international, local and non-governmental representatives on social and health care issues.

Dr. Akaki Zoidze's fifteen year professional experience draws on: (i) public sector work for more than seven years, out of which three years I held key positions in social and health sectors of Georgia and the last two years served as the Deputy State (Prime) Minister of Georgia, during which he led public policy development, high level policy dialogue and number of major reform efforts in health and social sectors; (ii) five years of senior level project management experience in health sector of transition countries with international organizations where he managed multi-national teams; (iii) more than ten years of consulting experience with the World Bank, UN agencies, USAID, EC, DFID and other international organizations, which allowed him to enrich the knowledge of health systems and health reform initiatives throughout the region and contribute to health policy development and capacity building in transition countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan and Russia.

Dr. George (Gegi) Mataradze brings over 12 years of experience in health and social program management in South Caucasus, with 10 years at senior management level. Specifically in the following areas: health care reform (at macro and institutional levels), health system strengthening, policy analysis and development, strategic planning; organization & project management; policy analyses, health care planning and administration. During his professional career at USAID/Caucasus, Dr. Mataradze managed comprehensive health system reform support activities, operated effectively as a manager with the ability to motivate and guide institutional contractors and grantees. His experience of managing multi-million dollar projects in complex emergencies, gives him an ability to be instrumental in resolving financial or implementation bottlenecks. Besides managerial skills, Dr. Mataradze brings significant experience of management, working at the policy level with host governments and diplomatic missions and development oriented organizations as well as grassroots institutions.

We are looking for professionals in all technical areas relating to health, but we are especially interested in hearing from consultants who have strong skills in communication, capacity building, facilitation and team leadership. In return, we pride ourselves on offering a high level of professional but friendly support to consultants, including clear briefing, efficient contracting and logistical arrangements, and a high level backstopping when overseas.

 Guiding Principles
We are keen to share the wide array of field experiences gained in various countries and our knowledge of up-to-date health and development technologies and the latest research findings. Indeed, all of our interventions share one objective: to endow public or private, national or international institutions with the capacities to effectively steer health systems in a direction to enhance health outcomes. Noteworthy is the particular emphasis placed on the participation of national stakeholders.

Through careful, detailed analysis, our experienced consultants are able to formulate plans and implement realistic, effective strategies. We engage fully with client organizations to understand the larger organizational, political and financial frames within which they work and develop long-term relationships to achieve more efficient and informed partnerships for sustained high-quality outcomes. In return, we pride ourselves on offering a high level of professional but friendly support to consultants, including clear briefing, efficient contracting and logistical arrangements, and a high level backstopping when overseas.
 Quality Assurance
Our company developed and institutionalized a Quality Assurance (QA) system that promotes consultancy services as the best value and lowest risk, and contributes to high quality of services offered by the selected consultants through CIC. The quality of our services is the priority of our experts and our team. The client is the only judge for quality. This is why we make sure that our clients? needs have been understood and fully satisfied. We also ask for feedback from the client and we use it for improving our performance.
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