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Consul General of the Republic of Turkey Makbule Kochak met Professor Merab Khalvashi, Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Professor Marine Giorgadze, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of BSU. Representatives of the University as well as the Diplomatic Corps talked about the jointly implemented activities and discussed the prospects of future cooperation. Moreover, it was planned to carry our new projects together with the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care. Following the agreement of the parties Fatma Seren Yazgan, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Georgia and Makbule Kochak, Consul General will deliver a public lecture for the students and share their experience in diplomacy.

On the basis of the Faculty of Technologies of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University “Centre of Innovation” has been opened in the frame of Erasmus+ grant project - „INNOCENS“ (Enhancing Innovation Competences and Entrepreneurial Skills in Engineering Education). The objective of the Centre is the establishment of modern Entrepreneurship approaches, development of innovative competences and startups and spin offs. The Centre of Innovation was opened by Mr. Israel Griol Bares, Business Manager, Professor at Polytechnic University of Valencia, together with the professors and the teachers of the Centre of Innovation. In the frame of the project the trainers from BSU have been taking training courses in 7 different countries for the last year. As a follow up they will share the European experience with other colleagues in the process of education.

President of “Tea grown in Europe“ Association Denis Mazerolle met the Deputy Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Natia Tsiklashvili, Scientific-research staff of the Research Institutes and the representatives of the Research Service. The objective of the meeting was to define the directions of the future cooperation with the research institutions. The parties also discussed the possibilities of cultivation of Georgian Tea varieties in Europe, the territory of Brittany, France.

The visit of the Authorization Experts at BSU is over. In May 22-24 International and Georgian experts met the BSU Administration, Management Bodies, different Service representatives, Academic and Research Staff as well as Employers, Georgian and International Students. The Experts will evaluate the HIE in accordance with the updated Authorization Standards and Procedures. The team of International Experts was led by Pol Milan, Professor at Masaryk University (Czech Republic), Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Oliver Westwood, Professor of Queen Mary University of London.

BSU went through the Pilot Authorization process in December 2017.

Cordula Shutze, Professor at the Institute of German Studies of the University of Muenster and ERASMUS+coordinator Albina Haas visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The visitors talked about the Institute of German Studies of the University of Muenster and discussed the possibility of integration of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University in the cooperation. Implementation of the joint educational programmes and signing the Memorandum of Understanding were also planned in the frame of the visit.