Since her arrival last year as Belgium’s consul general to the Southeast, Geneviève Verbeek has been traveling to learn more about the region’s commercial, cultural and educational relations with Belgium.

Meanwhile, she also has been laying the groundwork for several educational and cultural events that are to take place this year and next in Georgia.

These include TomorrowWorld, a disc jockey and dance festival, which is based on the highly successful event of the same name held annually in Belgium, and Africa Atlanta 2014, which recently had ...