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Nancy Parks, „USAID Basic Education Program Manager” and Manana Ratiaani0, Director of the Teacher Training Program, paid a working visit to BSU. Nika Chkhartishvili, Head of the BSU Administration, Vladimer Glonti, Head of the Quality Assurance Service, and Ekaterine Shainidze, Head of the Finance and Economics Department, participated in the meeting with the USAID Basic Education Program trainers. The program works in several areas, and one of them is to support the development of an integrated undergraduate-master’s teacher training program in general education and to assist in the preparation for accreditation

The 14th Public School Project "Bridge of the Future" is the winner of the “Ideator of the Year" of the Ideators’ Club" the project of the BSU USAID Basic Education Program. At the final event held at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, the jury reviewed the projects of six public school students in Batumi and revealed the author of the idea of the outstanding work, the "Ideator of the Year" of the club. The fifth form students of the 14th public school: Tatia Diasamidze, Nitsa Kontselidze, Mari Bakuridze, Lika Beridze, Sara Gurgenidze and Mari Shonia worked on the project of the "Future Bridge" for two months. The jury, along with "Ideator of the Year", also identified the most "innovative", "practical", "sustainable", "creative" and "creative" projects.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is hosting the first international conference "Early Education and Care". The aim of the conference is to facilitate an academic discussion on quality, accessibility and inclusion in early education and care, and to share knowledge in line with local and international practices. The event was opened and the participants were welcomed by Davit Gabaidze, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Ghasan Khalil, UN Representative in Georgia, Giorgi Amilakhvari and Eliso Bolkvadze, Members of Parliament, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Merab Khalvashi and Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Maia Khajishvili.

On May 22-28, 2022, within the framework of the EU „Erasmus +“ project DITECH (Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs), the first training of trainers was held for the representatives of the academic staff of the Georgian universities participating in the project and the representatives of the National Center for Teacher Professional Development.

A public lecture and discussion on the topic "Georgia and Europe: Historical Ties and Modernity" was held at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, organized by the Jean Monnet Department. Sulkhan Saladze, a lawyer, Chairman of the Georgian Young Lawyers` Association (2018-2020), a collector of old European maps and engravings, presented a report: "Georgia on Old European Maps, Parallels of the Past and Modernity"; Malkhaz Nakashidze, Professor of the BSU Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Head of the Department of Jean Monnet presented a report: "Birth of the European Constitution of Georgia on February 21, 1921, Batumi and European Values."
The purpose of the event was to popularize European values, to introduce the relations between Europe and Georgia to the general public.