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Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Professor Merab Khalvashi and Head of the German International Institute for Hospitality Gerald Witzel signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. Under the agreement, each year, up to 100 students of the Faculty of Tourism will undergo a three-month paid internship in high-class hotels in Germany and will get acquainted with the operation of the main structural unit of the hotel.
The memorandum also envisages the implementation of educational-scientific projects together with the Faculty of Tourism, the launch of an exchange program for professors-researchers and researchers, the holding of joint conferences, summer schools and seminars, educational, scientific and methodological literature and educational research.

Antoine Ertle, Vice-President for International Relations at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne, Head of the Master`s Program "Teaching Eastern European Countries" - Olga Gil-Belova, University and Nastasia Domps, University and Scientific Attaché of the French Embassy, visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.
The members of the delegation met Tamar Siradze, Deputy Rector of BSU and professors and the teaching staff. At the meeting, the prospects of cooperation between the two universities in the humanitarian and tourism fields were discussed. It was planned to launch international credit mobility and implement joint scientific projects within the framework of the Erasmus + program.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University has launched the project "Sharing the Bulgarian Experience at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University" funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. Within the frame of the project it is planned to carry out various teaching/learning and working activities to strengthen the Master’s programme “Digital Media and Innovations.”
Within the framework of the project, on May 6-18 of this year, Associate Professors of the Faculty of Humanities Inga Shamilishvili and Natia Katamadze and Doctor of Philology Mariam Korinteli paid a working visit to Sofia Kliment Ohridski State University. During the visit, meetings were held with the Dean of the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication of Sofia University, Professor Veselina Valkanova, and the academic staff. At the meeting, the parties discussed the existing approaches to teaching journalism, got acquainted with the curriculums and the process of practical training in the existing studios.

On May 16-18, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, hosts consortium members of the “Third Mission Quality Development and Compliance in Georgian Universities-SQUARE” funded by the Erasmus + Institutional Capacity Building Project as part of the training course “T2.2 Strategic Planning” conducted by Finnish and Portuguese experts. The training was opened by the Rector of BSU, Professor Merab Khalvashi and the Head of the Quality Assurance Service of TSU, Project Coordinator Irma Grdzelidze.
Up to 36 representatives from 8 Georgian universities, LEPL - National Center for Quality Development in Education and the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia are participating in the three-day training.
During the meeting, participants will learn about the Strategic Planning Methodology, tools and specific instructions for the activities of the Third Mission, which will be further used in the development of internal institutional strategies.

Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Professor Merab Khalvashi, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism Irakli Kordzaia and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Humanities Emzar Kakhidze paid a visit to Ardahan University. During the visit, a meeting was held with the Rector of Ardahan University Mehmet Bieber, Vice-Chancellor Mustafa Yildiz, Deans of Faculties and representatives of the administration. At the meeting, Rector Merab Khalvashi spoke about the scientific and cultural relations between the two countries and stressed the importance of joint research.