The kick-off meeting of the project “Responsible Conduct of Research – Research Integrity and Ethics in Georgian Universities (ETHICS)” took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from May 2 to May 5, 2023. The event was hosted by the 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University (CUNI) in Prague. Representatives of EU partner institutions, representatives of Georgian universities and also non-university partners participated in the meeting. As a project partner university David Tvildiani Medical University was represented at the meeting by Prof. Sergo Tabagari, Vice Rector in Strategic Management and Development, Prof. Guram Sanadiradze, Vice Rector in Research, Prof. Nino Tabagari, Dean of the Faculty and Paata Tsagareishvili, Vice Dean in Medical Education.

The four-day working programme consisted of project meetings, lectures and study visit. Project objectives, work packages, timeline, financial management and other topics were introduced to all partners during the following project meetings. Best practices and recommendations in academic integrity and research ethics were presented by researchers and academics from Charles University, Masaryk University, Netherlands REsearch Integrity, VUmc and ENAI within the study visit programme.

For detail information about the project please visit https://ethics.iliauni.edu.ge