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Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University opened International Summer School "Towards a Euro-Atlantic Strategy in the Black Sea Region”. The opening ceremony of the summer school was attended by the BSU Deputy Rector Inga Shamilishvili, First Deputy State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Archil Karaulashvili, Acting Director of the NATO and EU Information Center George Pareshishvili, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Romania in Georgia Mr. Radu Gorncioi, Marie-France Perdigon, Director of the Summer University Programme at the International Centre of European Education.

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.