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UNICEF representative in Georgia Ghasan Khalili and the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Maia Khajishvili visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. In October 2021, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University will host an international conference dedicated to the inclusion of children’s rights in university educational programs and curricula. During the meeting with the Rector of BSU Merab Khalvashi, the parties discusses the organizational issues of the international conference dedicated to the inclusion of children’s rights in university educational programs and curricula and the details of the establishment of the Scientific Council.

Viktoria Horvath, the Ambassador of Hungary to Georgia and Csaba Gyuricza, Rector of the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences had a meeting with Merab Khalvashi, the Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The sides talked about the exchange programmes for the students and professors in the fields of Agrarian Studies, Tourism and Economics; implementation of teaching-scientific projects, putting scholarships into operation and conducting joint public lectures. It was also planned to conclude a memorandum of cooperation between the educational institutions.

In the frame of the Europe Day 2021, in the online format, Desislava Ivanova, Ambassador of Bulgaria to Georgia, met the students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.
The online meeting, attended by Approximately 100 students, was moderated by Tamara Tsuleiskiri, Director of the Information Centre of NATO and EU who spoke about the activities of the Information Centre and the process of the Europe Days.

To celebrate the Europe Day, the new Study and Research Space –Jean Monnet Chair was established within the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The Jean Monnet Chair aims at popularization of the European values in the region as well as support the development of research and teaching on the European Union; establishment of the three new study courses, organization of academic activities, engagement of the youth and implementation of the research. The research space will house the literature and information on the European Union.