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An International School of Gerontology and Geriatrics has been opened at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The objective of the event is to get introduced to and popularize the available contemporary achievements in the field of the processes and mechanisms of ageing. Four-day School envisages teaching/learning new methods of treatment of the diseases associated with ageing and sharing the relevant experience. Researchers in Biology, medicine, social sciences and the field of the service and care of the ageing people as well as the experts and the students will be introduced to the fundamental concepts of Gerontology, the issues of the social conditions of the old people from various countries and the social packages. The teaching/learning process will be led by the leading experts and researchers of the field from Georgia, Austria and Malta. In the frame of the seasonal school, a Charitable Medical Action will be arranged in the Hospital in Khulo (one of the mountainous regions of Ajara) on October 25.

Rosaria Puglisi, Head of the NATO Liaison Office in Georgia held a meeting with the students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The representative of the international organization and the students discussed the actual issues such as: NATO-Georgia relations and the dynamics, Black Sea Security, practical involvement of NATO in Georgia and the current projects and the outcomes of the NATO Summit in Brussels. At the end of the event Rosaria Puglisi answered the questions of the students.

Prof. Merab Khalvashi, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Prof. Andriy Krysovatiy, Rector of Ternopil National Economic University signed the Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement foresees implementation of joint study and research projects. The Memorandum also envisages the exchange programmes for the students and professors and teachers as well as implementation of scientific conferences, summer schools, training sessions and seminars. The parties also agreed to plan and work on the joint PhD education programmes.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted the presentation of the exchange programmes of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). DAAD representative Max Bornman introduced the German Exchange Programmes and the conditions of participation to the students of different levels of the education programme, the professors as well as the researchers. Those interested in learning in Germany were also introduced to the Higher Education System of Germany and the programmes delivered in English as we as the scholarships.

The presentation of the EU programme “Vocational Education, Retraining and Employment/Labor Market” was delivered at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Head of Department of Employment Programmes of the Labor, Health and Social Service Agency of the Refugees from the Occupied Territories of Georgia, Mariam Azarashvili introduced the employment services and programmes created with the support of the European Union to the students of the vocational education programmes. The event was attended by Prof. Merab Khalvashi, Rector of the University, Carl Hartzell, Ambassador of EU to Georgia, Zaal Mikeladze, Minister of Health and Social Care of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara and the University professor and teachers.