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As part of the USAID Education for the Future program, a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) workshop is being held at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Associate Professor Elizabeth Frias, Deputy Director of Arizona State University`s MLFTC Division, will discuss the key elements of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), differences in differentiated instruction, and the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework: Inclusion, Presentation, Action and expression with the BSU professors. BSU Rector Merab Khalvashi opened the meeting, welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of the USAID Education for the Future program.

We are happy to inform you that the book "Polarization, Shifting Borders and Liquid Governance: Studies on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region" was published on the order of the OSCE Academy and one of the chapters of the book is authored by Malkhaz Nakashidze, Professor and the Jean Monnet Chair of the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The title of this chapter is "Transformation of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine towards EU Membership", in which special attention is paid to the implementation of democratic reforms and recommendations of the European Union by candidate countries for EU integration.

At Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Head of the National Office of "Erasmus+" in Georgia, Mariam Sulashvili, members of the office and representatives of the European Union "Feasibility study of Georgia`s participation in the Erasmus+ program" - Sebastian Schweitzer, Israel Peralt and Nina Gogoladze, visited educational institutions operating in Batumi, "Erasmus+". program and its financing possibilities were introduced. As part of the information meeting, workshops were held covering the following educational sectors: higher education, vocational education, adult education, youth, sports and schools.

The international scientific electronic journal "Messenger of Oriental Studies" (E-ISSN 2720-8168; ISSN 2587-490X) of the Oriental Studies Department of the Faculty of Humanities of Shota Rustaveli State University of Batumi has been assigned an impact factor of 1.668 in the International Scientific Indexing database. (2023-2024). The international scientific journal "Messenger of Oriental Studies" was founded in 2018 at the Faculty of Humanities of BSU on the basis of the Department of Oriental Studies.

The process of selecting universities for long-term cooperation within the framework of the USAID Education for the Future program has been completed, and according to the decision of the commission, the project will be implemented with the involvement of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.In selected universities, including Shota Rustveli State University in Batumi, the USAID Education for the Future program with the technical assistance of Arizona State University will support the development of teacher training and educational sciences programs.