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The editorial board of the leading international scientific publishing house - ELSEVIER, within the Open Access Week 2022, presented a certificate to Izolda Machutadze, a lifelong scientist of the Institute of Phytopathology and Biodiversity of BSU, for her contribution to open science. The scientist`s success in terms of publications in open access Elsevier journals in 2019-2021 is special, the scientific publication: "Mapping Asia plants: Current status on floristic information in Southwest Asia" received a great response. The scientific article addresses the world`s greatest challenge, the UN Sustainable Development Goals. About 3,000 researchers from different countries of the world are interested in the scientific work of the scientist Izolda Machutadze. Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University congratulates the scientist Izolda Machutadze on the most important victory and wishes her success.

The graduates of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Educatonal Programme of Medical Doctor instructed in English successfully passed the FMG exam (Foreign Medical Graduates Examination) in India. FMGE is conducted in India every 6 months. Students take the exam in 20 different subjects and the exam ticket consists of 300 multiple-choice questions. The exam is considered passed if the graduate passes the 150-point threshold.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Child Rights Center hosted the training for students and schoolchildren on the topic: "We have the right". The representative of the United Nations Children`s Fund in Georgia, honorary doctor of BSU Ghassan Khalili, Deputy Rector of BSU Anzor Beridze and Head of Administration Nika Chkhartishvili welcomed the training participants, spoke about the importance of the child rights center and handed over certificates.

The representative of UNICEF in Georgia, Ghassan Khalil, and the Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Lela Turmanidze, opened a training center for inclusive education and children`s rights in Makhinjauri public school. The United Nations Children`s Fund, together with the Children`s Rights Center operating in BSU, gave technical equipment and books to the Makhinjauri public school, which the public educational institution will use to promote inclusive education.

Within the framework of the VIII Odessa International Literary Festival, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted a translation master class of Katia Wolters, a translator, for the students of the faculty of humanities. The master class was on the topic: "Loss and Acquisition in Translation.” The event was opened by Professor Marine Giorgadze, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of BSU who also spoke about the importance of holding the literary festival. At an interactive event, translator Katya Wolters spoke to young people about the creative process of translation, shared her own experience and answered their questions. The master class was moderated by Mariam Corinteli, assistant professor of the Faculty of Humanities of BSU.