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Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is hosting an international summer school: ‘Manifesting Europeanization in the South Caucasus and Black Sea Region – through the of Economic, Legal and Social Spectrums’. The summer school was opened by the honorary guests: Archil Karaulashvili, First Deputy State Minister of Integration into the European and Euro-Atlantic Structures, BSU Vice Rector Inga Shanilishvili, Zaza Vashakmadze, Chairperson of the State Agency of the Religious Issues, Giorgi Ermakov, Batumi City Mayor. The International summer school has been organized through the EU program Jean Monet Network “Developing European Studies in the Caucasus” and the Erasmus + study module “European Law in the South Caucasus”.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Rector Merab Khalvashi and Valencia Polytechnic University (Spain) Vice Rector Prof. Juan Miguel Matinez Rubio signed Memorandum of Understanding.
The Memorandum of Understanding foresees sharing of experience, exchange of the academic staff and expansion of the research cooperation in various areas of common interest.
The Memorandum also includes agreement on the students exchange, participation in the academic and research projects, and collaboration in the training development and implementation activities.
Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (BSU) have been developing partnership and cooperation since 2013 through various Erasmus projects, e.g. Erasmus Mundus Action 2, EuroEast, Electra, and TEMPUS and other projects. BSU students and academic staff participated in various educational and research projects at Valencia Polytechnic University through the Erasmus projects.
Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) was founded in 1968 and the number of the students turnout reaches 36.000.

A delegation from Cork (Ireland) visited Shota Rustaveli State University. Rector Merab Khalvashi met Cork County Mayor John Paul O `Shea, Executive Director of the Cork County Council Tim Lucy, and Executive Officer of the Cork County Corporate Services Sean o`Kalahens. At the introductory meeting, the parties exchanged information. Rector Merab Khalvashi talked about the educational programs and the International Relations of BSU. The delegation from Ireland and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Rector mapped out the priority directions and discussed prospects for future cooperation between BSU and higher education institutions in Ireland.

The international summer school “Media and Nationalism” finished at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University with the award ceremony: Vice Rector Inga Shamilishvili, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Kate Beridze, Head of the International Relations Department Nana Kurshubadze certified the participants. The 5-day workshops, which covered urgent issues of the mass media, was initiated by the ’Broader Perspective’’ from Paris Institute of Political Institute (Sciences Po). The young participants, both international and BSU students, discussed the current media issues, and role of the media and propaganda.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted the 8th session of the Special Working Group of the European environment and health process. The forum was organized jointly by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, Adjara Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, L. Sakvarelidze National Center for Disease Control and Public Health Public Health Center for the Adjara Autonomous Republic under the auspices of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO / Euro). The Forum was dedicated to the preliminaries of the 6th high-level session of the European Environment and Health Care Ministerial 2017. Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Acting Rector Merab Khalvashi welcomed the Forum participants, introduced the University and suggested holding of the Ministerial 2017 at the premises of BSU.