Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University is the winner of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet program. On behalf of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Malkhaz Nakashidze, professor of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences submitted the project of the Jean Monnet module "Political criteria for joining the European Union and the Europeanization of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine" at the international competition.
According to the decision of the European Commission, Malkhaz Nakashidze was awarded the status of Jean Monnet professor for the second time, and the project will be implemented at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University in the next 3 years.
Jean Monnet Activities funded by the European Commission are designed to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies worldwide. The first Jean Monnet Chair The European Union’s fundamental values: Democracy, Rule of Law and Protection of Human Rights” was established at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University in 2020 (see website http://jeanmonnetchair.edu.ge).
Within the framework of the new Jean Monnet module project, a new course on the political criteria for joining the European Union will be developed, a winter school, a summer school, a round table, public lectures will be held every year, research will be carried out, and international publications will be published on the issues of joining the European Union of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
The main beneficiaries of the project are students and professors of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, partner universities of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova, civil servants, civil society, media representatives and other interested persons. Professor of constitutional law, Vice-Rector of the Yaroslav Mudriy National Law University, Iurii Barabash will be involved in the implementation of the Jean Monnet module as key academic staff.
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