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Deputy Chairman of Parliament of Georgia Mr. Ilia Nakashidze, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Prof. Merab Khalvashi and Mr. Zaal Mikeladze, Minister of Health and Social Care paid an official visit to Rize Guberny. The members of the delegation were introduced to the specifics of work of the University Clinic of Rize; they also visited the Faculty of Medicine, the second with its size in Turkey Simulation Learning Centre and agreed on future cooperation. In the frame of the visit the members of the delegation also visited the Department of Georgian Language and Literature where they met the students and the professors and teachers in the direction of Georgian Language

A new dormitory of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University has been officially opened by the Rector of the University, Prof. Merab Khalvashi and the Chairman of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Tornike Rizhvadze. The opening ceremony has been attended by Inga Shamilishvili, the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport of Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Davit Gabaidze, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Lasha Komakhidze, Mayor of Batumi, Vladimer Mgaloblishvili, Chairman of the Commission of the Education, Culture and Sport Issues of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara and professors and teachers and the students. The four-story dormitory following the European standards that is envisaged for 200 tenants is located on 15 Leonidze Street, Batumi and fully complies with the modern requirements.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted a visit of the Rector of the Angel Kanchev University of Ruse (Bulgaria), Prof. Hristo Beloev, Prof. Stoyanka Smrikarova Coordinator of the Erasmus+exchange programme and Prof. Angel Smrikarov. The visit took place in the frame of the Erasmus+mobility programme in the frame of which the visitors met the Rector of BSU, Prof. Merab Khalvashi and Inga Shamilishvili, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara. The sides talked about the future plans, implementation of the joint projects and signed the Memorandum of Understanding.

In the context of the visit Bulgarian Professors conduced a public lecture “Innovative Technologies of Education-Virtual Environment of Education” for the students and professors of the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education. In parallel the meetings were held with the staff of the Department of Strategic Development and International Relations of BSU. Presentations on the educational and exchange programmes of the university were given too.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University has been paid a visit by the professors from the Angel KanchevUniversity of Ruse (Bulgaria) and the University of Alcala (Spain) in the frame of the ERASMUS+academic staff mobility programme. Professors Diana Zhelezova-Mindizova and Tsvetelina Harakchiyska carried out the working group meeting with the colleagues from the Department of European Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and conduced lectures during one week for the students of the English Philology. Spanish Professors Angel Luis Remon Clemente and Panufnik Marta Agnieszka gave lectures and practical activities, during one week, in the field of the Inclusive Sport with the support of the Department of the Student Career Development, Culture and Sport.

In the frame of the visit the meetings with the representatives of the Department of Strategic Development and International Relations were held. Moreover, the presentations on the existing educational and exchange programmes of the University were conducted.

In the frame of the EU grant „ERASMUS+ European Union“ project “Assisting Better Communication” (ABC) Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted the public lecture “Auditory Verbal Therapy (elaboration of the “listen” to be able “to speak” skill) by Isabel Monteiro da Costa, Lecturer of the School of Health at the University of Aveiro, Doctor of Medicine in the field of Psychology of Development. The students of the Educational Programmes of Education, Medicine and Psychology were exposed to following actual issues related to the speech and language therapy: what can we expect from a child born with hearing loss? What are the conditions for producing the actual language? Access to the sound, Meaningful interaction with those who use the language.

The aim of the project „Assisting Better Communication"- ABC) is to develop the profession of the Speech and Language Therapy in the project partner countries (Israel, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) through offering quality courses and programmes at various levels of the professional development. Besides Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University the project involves other partners from Georgia including: Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), Georgian Portage Association (GPA) and non-profitable Organization “Step Forward”. The project was launched on 15 October 2016 and will last until October 14 2019.

The public lecture was organized by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and one of the partners of the project “Step Forward”, non-profitable organization.