The next management meeting of the partner universities of the EU-funded project RURD was held at Shota Meskhia State Teaching University, Zugdidi. 

The whole world is celebrating Erasmus Days on October 14^th, 15^th and 16^th. Meeting with Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University academic staff was dedicated to those days.  It was held on October 15^th, 2021 within the frames of the European Commission co-funded project “Learning Optimization and Academic  Inclusion Via Equitative  Distance Teaching  and  Learning” (LOVEDISTANCE).

On September 25-29, 2021, a meeting was held in Varna City, Bulgaria within the framework of the Black Sea Basin Project - “BSB831 HERIPRENEURSHIP” – “Establishing Long-Lasting Partnerships to Upgrade Heritage-Based Offers and Create New Investment Opportunities in Tourism and the Cultural and Creative Industries at UNESCO Designated Areas in The Black Sea Basin”. The meeting was attended by the project partner organizations and other interested parties from Bulgaria.

From October 4^th 2021 Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University is hosting Croatian professors from the Polytechnic of Požega. 

On September 28^th, 2021 Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University conducted meetings with the representatives of the local self-governance in the frames of European Commission funded project RURD.

On September 22^nd, 2021 Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University hosted the training for the university staff  in the frames of European Commission funded project RURD.

Within the framework of the European Commission funded project RURD (“Role of Universities in the Regional Development”) the Memorandums of Understanding have been signed among Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University, Telavi City Hall, Telavi Municipal Assembly and Administration of the State Attorney in Georgia’s Administrative-Territorial Units (Akhmeta, Gurjaani, Dedoplistskaro, Telavi, Lagodekhi, Sagarejo, Signagi, Kvareli municipals).  

The second online  consortium (June 30, 2021 - July 2) and the second national (July 27-29, 2021) meetings in the field of development were held within the framework of the European Union Erasmus+ project DITECH (Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs).

On July 30th Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University hosted UNICEF Representative in Georgia Dr. Ghassan Khalil.

Within the framework of the HERIPRENEURSHIP Project, the next consulting meeting was held with supporting organizations at Telavi State University. A report form, representing one of the considerable parts for successful implementation of the project, was reviewed during the meeting along with other interesting matters. A research should be done in order to find out capacities of interested parties and audiovisual sector circumstances.

On July 9, 2021, within the framework of the EC funded project “RURD”, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University vice-rector for scientific affairs Nunu Geldiashvili, on behalf of the university rector, signed the memorandum about the foundation of a standing conference for rectors of regional universities. The meeting was hosted by the project coordinator Akaki Tsereteli State University.

From June 27 to July 1, 2021, the next meeting under the RURD project was hosted by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, State Maritime Academy and Art Teaching University. 

On 22^nd of March, 2021 coaching of the second module – Microbiology – prepared within the framework of the European Commission funded project VITAGLOBAL, was arranged  for Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University staff. The name of the course is “New Tendencies in Microbiology, Wine Ageing and Wine Safety”.

On 5-7^th of May, 2021, within the framework of the European Commission funded project (RURD), Masaryk University (the Czech Republic) conducted a training for the project partner Georgian universities.

Telavi State University representatives took part in the second transnational meeting within the framework of the HERIPRENEURSHIP project. The meeting was held online on 12^th of May, 2021. It was a collaborative event that was hosted by one of the project partners UBBSLA.

On May 27-28, 2021, within the framework of the EC-funded Project RURD another meeting was held at Akhaltsikhe Samtskhe-Javakheti  State University. Regulation of regional rectors’ conference was discussed at the meeting. The partner universities presented their vision and made a draft of the whole document at the end of the meeting.

Under the Memorandum of Cooperation between G. Skovoroda  Kharkiv National Pedagogical University and Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University an international “Round Table” was held on May 17^th. TeSaU academic staff of the Faculty of Educational Sciences were among the participants of the event. It was dedicated to the scientific week taking place in Ukraine and organized in an online regime.

On March 25-30, 2021, within the framework of EC funded project (RURD), FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (Austria) conducted a training for the project partner Georgian universities concerning strategy development for the internationalization of universities. 

Today, within the framework of the project CISI, meeting with partner organizations, members of the faculty board of Educational Sciences, Telavi partner public schools and other interested parties was organized at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University. Presentation covered the activities and future work provided under the project.

On March 4-5, 2021 within the framework of the EC funded project (RURD), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) conducted a training for partner universities. The training was attended by the project working group members from Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University. 

The first international meeting of the EU Erasmus+ project “Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs – DITECH” was held online on February 25-27, 2021 through the Zoom platform.

On February 19^th, in connection with the International Day of Plagiarism Prevention, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University arranged an online informational meeting “Academic Integrity”.

The first national workshop of the Erasmus+ winner project “Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs – DITECH” was held online on February 10-11, 2021 through the Zoom platform.

The European partner of the EC funded project RURD - the University of Santiago de Compostela conducted online trainings for the project partner university representatives. The trainings were conducted  within the framework of the abovementioned international project on January 25, 26, 27 and February 4, 2021.

The workshop  “University - Industry Cooperation: Georgian Case Studies" was held within the framework of  Erasmus+ project VitaGLOBAL on December 15th. 

On December 21-22 the online meeting was held within the framework of the Black Sea Basin project BSB831 HERIPRENEURSHIP that was attended by the project partner organizations and parties interested in the project. During the meeting, the partners presented their organizations and the project coordinator made a presentation. The second meeting day covered the virtual tour around the UNESCO protected monument (Greece, Philip).

On December 1^st, an online meeting was arranged at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University concerning the scholarship programmes of Hungary.

The third quarter, virtual workshop was held on October 29th within the framework of the EC funded project – ERASMUS+ “LoveDistance – Learning Optimization and Academic Inclusion via Equitative Distance Teaching and Learning”.

The International Staff Week took place at Mendel University (Brno, the Czech Republic) - one of the partner universities of TeSaU - on October 20^th. Present-day challenges concerning Covid-19 and factors hindering international mobilities were discussed during the meeting.

Activities within the framework of  EC funded project – VITAGLOBAL – are proceeded at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University.

On October 8^th 2020, an online-meeting was arranged with the Erasmus+ international project “ESTA” (“Educating Science Teachers for All” (ESTA - 609719-EPP-1-2019-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP)) coordinator  (Silvija Markic – Ludwigsburg Pedagogical Institute).

Within the framework of European Commission co-funded project – “Academic Integrity for Quality Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Institutions in Georgia (INTEGRITY)”, - the final online meeting of the project management was held  on October 6-7. Georgian and European project partners took part in the meeting.

Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University will be involved in another project funded by the European Commission from January 2021.  The project  - “Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs – DITECH” - goal is to improve the quality of higher education at Georgian universities through the development and implementation of technology-enhanced teaching and learning.

Workshops under the project -  “Curriculum Innovation for Social Inclusion – CISI”  implemented with the support of  “Erasmus+” – were held at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University on August 25-27.

USAID Primary Education Program Supervisor Nancy Parks, Grants Manager Nikoloz Chachkhiani and University Collaborations Coordinator Ana Abuladze visited Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University on August 31.

Presentation of the projects being implemented at TeSaU in the field of tourism was held at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University.

On June 9, 2020, within the framework of the “INTEGRITY” project, an online meeting “Plagiarism and its Negative Impact” was conducted for Telavi State University students of the Teacher Training Educational Program.

Online meetings were arranged under the project VITAGLOBAL on June 22-23, 2020. On the first day of the meeting, participants discussed the situation around 6 modules worked out within the frames of the abovementioned project.