On June 6-7, a seminar was held in Borjomi for representatives of vocational schools within the framework of the project "Strengthening of Knowledge and Skills Development Networks and Platforms" (LINKS). The project is implemented with the support of the European Union and it is implemented by the United Nations Association Foundation and the Open Society Foundation of Georgia. The personnel of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Vocational Program Management and Continuing Education Center and vocational education teachers participated in the seminar

The closing event of the project - "Support to the institutional development of vocational education institutions by improving the quality of organizational and HR systems" was held.
The meeting was dedicated to the presentation of the project results, the HR & OD expert platform and the consulting service. The project was implemented by the HR Professionals` Association | HRPA • Georgia in cooperation with Institutional and Capacity Development Center and with the support of Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia and United Nations Development Program | UNDP Georgia. The project partners are the College of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and the Human and Institutional Capacities Center Development Center | HICDC.

The meeting “The Influence of COVID -19 Pandemic on Vocational Education Institutions and Implementation of Employment-based Teaching” in the frame of the (UNDP) United Nations Development Programme “Establishment of Vocational Training and Modern Extension Systems in Georgian Agriculture” took place at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.Daniel Meoul, Regional Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in the South Caucasus, and Anna Chernishova, UNDP Permanent Representative in Georgia paid an official visit to BSU. In the frame of the event, the meeting with the students, professors and teaching staff of the vocational educational programme as well as the workshop on the topic “the Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vocational Education Institutions and Implementation of the Employment-based Teaching” were held.

On February 25-27 the international kick-off meeting in the frame of the project „DITECH - Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs” was held on the zoom platform. The meeting was opened and the participants were welcomed by Prof. Andres Jõesaar, Vice-Rector of Tallinn University who spoke about the importance and role of the electronic teaching in the era of digital technologies, in particular, under the current pandemic circumstances.

The new campus of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is already the host of the Technopark opened by Natia Turnava, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and Tornike Rijvadze, Chairman of Ajara AR Government together with Maia Khajishvili, the Minister of Education of AR of Ajara, Merab Khalvashi, the BSU Rector and Avtandil Kasradze, Chairman of the Agency of Innovations and Technologies of Georgia.