The second international meeting and study tour of the consortium, co-organized by Ilia State University, took place on 9-11 April within the framework of the project “Responsible Conduct of Research – Research Integrity and Ethics in Georgian Universities (ETHICS)” funded by the European Commission. The meeting took place in Amsterdam, hosted by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

The meeting was attended by representatives of ten Georgian higher education institutions, three European universities and European non-university partner organizations of the project consortium. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, the Shota Rustaveli Foundation and the National Centre for Education Quality Development.

The aim of the meeting was to share key developments from the consortium members, who came together to share progress updates. The Georgian partners provided an insight into the in-house training conducted at Georgian universities as a continuation of the Kutaisi Training of Trainers (ToT) programme for Research Support Officers (11-13 October, year 2023). Foreign partners presented the results of their working groups: Research Integrity Module, Standards of PH.D. Programmes and other important topics.

Briefly about the project

The main goal of the project is to improve existing mechanisms, procedures and services in the direction of research ethics and integrity at the university level.

Project coordinator

• Ilia state university

European partners of the consortium:

• Free University of Amsterdam
• Charles University
• Masaryk University
• European Network/Association for Academic Integrity

Georgian universities:

• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
• Caucasus University
• of David Tvildian
• Medical University
• named after Shota Rustaveli
• Batumi State University
• Kutaisi State University named after Akaki Tsereteli
• Samtskhe-Javakheti State University
• Jacob Gogebashvili Telavi State University
• Institute of Public Affairs of Georgia
• Tbilisi State Art Academy

Non-university partners:

• Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
• National Center for Education Quality Development
• Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia

For more information about the project, see the link:  https://ethics.iliauni.edu.ge/

2024