On May 16-18, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University "Erasmus +" funded the institutional capacity development project "Development of Quality and Compliance of the Third Mission in Georgian Universities - SQUARE" consortium meeting was held, in which the head of the Research Development and Support Center, Tamta Kobakhidze took part. The training "T2.2 Strategic Planning" was conducted by Finnish and Portuguese experts. About 36 representatives from 8 Georgian universities, LEPL - National Center for Quality Development in Education and the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia participated in the three-day training.
The project aims at improving the importance and quality of the third mission in Georgian higher education institutions with the involvement of top management and structural units, providing methodologies and guidelines for higher education for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the third mission.