Bristol Tbilisi Association (BTA) hosts an exciting range of activities which promote friendship and mutual understanding between the peoples of both cities. BTA promotes diverse initiatives in order to:
- Engage like-minded people in both cities in communicating with each other
- Encourage relationships and exchanges between the professions, those engaged in cultural activity, business, technology, schools and universities
- Create opportunities for economic development
BTA co-operates and supports Bristol City Council in twinning with Tbilisi.
Please consider joining us in our Association if you would like to help or join in these activities.
“Twin cities reaching out in friendship”
The beginnings of the relationship between Bristol and Tbilisi stemmed from the early 1980s when the late Paul Garland started to lobby Bristol City Council. A twinning agreement was signed on 12th July 1988 and later that year the Bristol Tbilisi Association (BTA) was formed with Paul as its founder chairman. This twinning agreement includes co-operation in the fields of culture, the economy and public life, and exchanges in such fields as science, technology, arts, tourism, youth and sports.