We would like to inform you that The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy Tbilisi has announced the 2020 Book Translation Program. Through funding translation of key works into Georgian PAS aims to increase the accessibility and affordability of the latest research, analysis, and popular contemporary literature by American authors to the Georgian students, researchers
and the general public.

With the start of a new semester at Caucasus University, a new campaign has been launched to raise the students’ awareness about academic integrity, plagiarism and ways to eliminate it. In the frames of this campaign, flyers were created and later placed in many parts of the campus.

On February 3-6, the representatives (Christian Gerhardts, Katja Böttcher) of the European Project Center of Technical University of Dresden held work meeting for 4 days for the representatives of Georgian partner universities, in the framework of the Erasmus + Institutional Development Project “Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units - HERD".

On January 31, in the framework of the Erasmus + Institutional Development Project “Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units - HERD", the head researcher of Tallinn University of Technology School of Business and Governance Department of Law Archil Chochia and Director Tanel Kerikmäe held an information meeting with the representatives of partner universities. The meeting was attended by Nino Machurishvili, Director of Research Facilitation Department of Caucasus University.

On October 7-8, Nice Cote d'Azur University hosted a study visit in the framework of the Erasmus + Institutional Development Project “Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units - HERD" where the Director of Research Facilitation Department of Caucasus University, Nino Machurishvili, was one of the participants. The purpose of the meeting was to better understand university research and development strategy. The agenda included presentations and visits to various labs and research centers. Individual meetings were also held to deepen cooperation. Representatives of partner universities of Georgia also participated in the meetings.

On June 25-28, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted a work meeting in the framework of Erasmus + Institutional Development Project “Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units - HERD" where the Director of Research Facilitation Department of Caucasus University, Nino Machurishvili, was one of the participants

On February 27-28, in the framework of the Erasmus + Institutional Development Project "Raising Research Capacity of Georgian HEIs through Developing R&D Units – HERD", Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University hosted a meeting for the project ‘Kick Off’, which was attended by the Director of Caucasus University International Relations and Project Department, Irena Melua, Nino Machurishvili, the Director of Research Facilitation Department, heads of partner universities and representatives of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. During the meeting, a Project Steering Committee was set up, and representatives of partner universities shared their needs with each other.

On January 21-22, the third management meeting of the Erasmus + Institutional Development Project “Academic Integrity for Quality Learning and Teaching” was held in Batumi, hosted by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.

Caucasus University conference hall hosted the presentation of  Jean Monnet 2019 project “Triangle Effect of European Studies at schools” (TEESS).

კავკასიის უნივერსიტეტისა და მაასტრიხტის მენეჯმენტის სკოლის თანამშრომლობით კავკასიის უნივერსიტეტმა უმასპინძლა ნაუტ კუსტერსს, რომელმაც ჩაატარა ტრენინგი ტურიზმის სკოლის აკადემიური პერსონალისთვის თემაზე - „მდგრადობა ტუროპერატორებისა და ტურისტული აგენტებისათვის“.