Telavi State University Horizon Europe Grants Office Coordinator - Assoc. Professor Ketevan Shashviashvili, as a successful applicant of the “Qualification Enhancement Program Abroad 2023-2024” (funded by LEPL International Education Center of Georgia) participated in an intensive certification course “Denmark-Georgia Study Tour for Research Managers and Administrators (27May-1June 2024) organized by DARMA, a leading Danish association in the field of science management.

Within the study tour, Ketevan Shashviashvili had meetings with the representatives of the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, founders of DARMA and visited Denmark’s leading universities, such as, University of Copenhagen, IT University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Aalborg University, the University of Southern Denmark, and Copenhagen Business School.

The participants discussed the Danish model of science and research management, the challenges that the scientific ecosystem faces, funding sources, opportunities for international partnerships with special emphasis on the best experience of Danish universities regarding their participation in "Horizon Europe" programmes; Danish colleagues shared examples of the best practices in developing and managing research projects; future collaboration was planned.

Representatives of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Kutaisi International University, TECHINFORMI and Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine also participated in the qualification enhancement course.