Nata Goderdzishvili is the legal expert of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV). With around 20 years of leadership experience across multiple sectors, she has consistently supported institutional reform, service modernisation, digital transformation initiatives and cross-border legal alignment.
Nata Goderdzishvili is the legal expert of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV). With around 20 years of leadership experience across multipls sectors, she has consistently supported institutional reform, service modernisation, digital transformation initiatives and cross-border legal alignment.
Nata has led legal and policy workstreams across a wide range of international and national projects, including advisory and capacity-building initiatives. Nata has been engaged in multiple digital governance consultancy and advisory projects at the national and international levels and numerous bilateral partnerships with the governments of multiple countries, including those from Indo-Pacific region, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Albania, supporting public sector reform, digital governance initiatives, and international cooperation efforts.
Nata has extensive professional experience collaborating with international organisations, government institutions, academic bodies, and multi-stakeholder consortia. Nata has substantial professional experience working with international donors and organisations, including EU-funded programmes (as a short-term expert and within Twinning projects), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the European Union and the Council of Europe, OSCE and UNDP.
Nata has wide experience in organising and contributing to dozens of international trainings, seminars, study visits, and conferences in the fields of innovation, technology, and law. She actively engages in professional networks related to digital governance, innovation, and women’s leadership in technology. Nata is a co-founder of the ICT Business Council, annually organising major ICT and innovation conferences, fostering dialogue between public institutions, the private sector, and international partners. She is also a co-founder and strategic leader of the Women in Cyber initiative, where she acts as a role model and advocate for encouraging young girls and women to pursue careers in the digital and technology fields through mentorship, visibility, and capacity-building activities. Nata regularly shares her expertise on digital governance with senior specialists, decision-makers, politicians, and civil society organisations from various countries.
Nata holds a LL.M. in Law (2009) and SANS Institute’s Global Information Assurance Certificate in Legal Issues in Information Technology & Security (2013-2021)