The seasonal school “Methodology, Approaches and Practice of Teaching Children’s Rights in University Educational Programmes” concluded at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (BSU) on 18 September 2026. The school was supported by the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and co-organised by BSU and UNICEF Georgia.

Over five days, participants took an active part in interactive and online lectures and seminars, workshops, and discussions.

Sessions were led by Anne Rurka, Associate Professor at Paris Nanterre University; Gilles Séraphin, Professor of Education and Training at Paris Nanterre University; Urszula Markowska-Manista, Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw and a children’s rights specialist affiliated with universities in Germany and Warsaw; and UNICEF representatives Mariana Khundzakishvili, Education Officer, Teona Kuchava, Head of Child Protection Programmes, and Nana Chaphidze and Nona Tsikhelashvili, Child Protection Officers. Speakers also included Giorgi Katamadze, Associate Professor and Vice-Rector for Academic and Research Affairs at BSU, and Lela Turmanidze,  professor at BSU and Nino Modebadze, professor at Telavi State University and academic coordinators of the joint Master’s programme in Children’s Rights.

Certificates were awarded to 50 participants, including teachers from public and private schools, academic staff from BSU, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University and Akaki Tsereteli State University, and BSU students.