
The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
– Aleksandre Jejelava held a meeting with the head of the Fullbright program
European Bureau – Michaella Iovin. The meeting was also attended by the US
Embassy Cultural Attaché – Damien Wampler, the head of the International
Education Center – Nino Chelidze, and the head of the government Administration
– Nino Kobakidze. The further memorandum cooperation with Fullbright was signed
by the Prime Minister of the International Education Center, thus expanding the
Fullbright program.
The sides discussed the successful cooperation within
the Fulbright framework, in conjunction with identifying the future needs.
“A cooperation between the government of Georgia
and the United States in the field of education”, signed a memorandum of
cooperation on April 15, 2013, which aims at strengthening the research,
science and education field, within the scope of the “Fullbright” academic
exchange program. Moreover, the memorandum also entails, the sides funding and
providing a scholarship for the Georgian Master’s students.