The Fourth Regional Summit and Seminars for Higher Educational Institutions
09.07.2010
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia together with the
National Centre for Education Accreditation continues a series of Regional
Academic Summits and trainings for higher educational institutions in the
framework of the Twinning/CEIBAL project.
The fourth
Regional Academic Summit on “Internationalization of High Education System” was held on July 7nd at the Tbilisi
Ivane Javakhishvili State University. The summit was opened by the Rector of
the Tbilisi State University Professor Giorgi Khubua and the Director of the
National Centre for Education Accreditation, Mr. David Kereselidze. The opening
speeches were followed by the presentations of Mr.Onise
Alpenidze, the director of International Relations of the Caucasus University and Ms. Tea Gergedava, the head of Foreign
Relations Department of the TSU.
After the Summit seminars on the same topic were delivered by Professor Astrid
Sebastian, the head of
International Office, Technical University Carolo Wilhelmina at
Brunswick/Germany. The guest
expert shared her German experiences on the topic. More than 30 participants
from different HEIs were registered for the seminars on July 7-9.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia is the first public
body in Georgia where the Twinning project is implemented. This Twinning
project is implemented in the framework of ENPI and aims to introduce European
Standards in the Higher Education System of Georgia. The project is implemented
together with Germany and France.