05/10/2026
💭 A policy can be implemented correctly and still fail the people it was meant to support.
That thought stayed at the center of The Cost of Policies on People panel. Led by Tamar Julakidze, the discussion brought together Erik Prieels, Victoria Aydinyan, Aleksandr Shaghikyan, Nazareth Seferian , and Varoujan Avedikian - perspectives from government, business, law, HR and social impact.
The conversation moved through some uncomfortable gaps: between compliance and fairness, retention and real commitment, productivity and trust, asking for feedback and actually making it safe for people to speak.
A few thoughts worth taking back to our organizations:
🔹 Implementation is not impact. Measure whether the policy creates the change it was designed for.
🔹 Not every people problem needs another policy. Sometimes the real issue is leadership or culture.
🔹 Involve people before the policy is written, while they can still influence the solution.
🔹 Some costs never appear in financial reports — declining trust, silence, disengagement, capabilities left unused.
🔹 And perhaps most importantly: a policy should not survive simply because it has always been there. If it no longer works, change it.
🤝 Organized in partnership with CIPE, the panel brought together government, business, legal, HR and social-impact perspectives - and left us with a question worth asking: Which of our policies still serve their purpose, and which are we simply used to having?
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🔰 This program is funded by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) under the Europe & Eurasia Regional Support Program – Advancing Economic Freedom and Resilience Supplement.