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The presentation of the EU programme “Vocational Education, Retraining and Employment/Labor Market” was delivered at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Head of Department of Employment Programmes of the Labor, Health and Social Service Agency of the Refugees from the Occupied Territories of Georgia, Mariam Azarashvili introduced the employment services and programmes created with the support of the European Union to the students of the vocational education programmes. The event was attended by Prof. Merab Khalvashi, Rector of the University, Carl Hartzell, Ambassador of EU to Georgia, Zaal Mikeladze, Minister of Health and Social Care of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara and the University professor and teachers.

Leiden University professor Iorit Rippe gave a public lecture “Contemporary Trends of Migration and Safety in EU” at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The speaker introduced the current migration processes and the related problems in Europe to the students. At the end of the lecture, the presentation of the “Book on Migration”- published with the cooperation of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and the State Commission of Migration Issues in the frame of the project ENIGMMA- was held.

An information meeting with the BA, MA and PhD students at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University was aimed to introduce ERASMUS+exchange programme to the interested parties. Nana Kurshubadze- Deputy Head of the Department of Strategic Development and International Relations-spoke about the conditions of studying in International Higher Education Institutions as well as the required documentation, partner universities, duration and the available scholarships.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosts the first International Conference “Multicultural Space of the Eastern Europe”. The conference aims at outlining, analyzing and evaluating the research tendencies of the intercultural dialogue, mutual influence, language and linguistic policy, literature, translation, the past and the modern times of interrelations of cultures and other up-to-date interdisciplinary trends as well as sharing contemporary methods. The international session also envisages the development of the young researchers’ scope, encouragement of research of the contemporary directions and development of the professional relations. The conference will encourage carrying out interdisciplinary research in new directions in the field of language and culture, introduction to the research methods, sharing experiences, defining the potential of the joint research and the scientific-creative dialogues.

Prof. Manana Tandashvili, Head of the Department of Cucasiology at the University of Goethe Frankfurt has been awarded the status of the honorable Doctor by the Academic Board of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Prof. Manana Tandashvili contributed a lot for the development of BSU. Due to her input Summer School in Digital Humanities was established in BSU in 2012. Moreover, additional educational programme was created in the same direction in 2015, while in 2016 the Centre of Digital Humanities was established. The grant project “Lingvocultural Digital Archive” financed by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, is being implemented in BSU under the leadership of the famous linguist. The project aims at establishing Lingvocultural Digital Archive of the University as well as creating technological and methodological framework. Bilingual web-page DigiArchive has been already created in the frame of the project.