The aim of the project is to make Georgian regional HEIs more relevant to the communities and regions they are located and to serve as a basis for regional development.
Objectives of the project are:
- to develop mission, vision, and strategic development plans for regional universities based on SWOT analysis and local needs analysis in cooperation with local authorities and social partners
- to increase cooperation between Universities and Local Government Authorities to increase their capacity and enhance the specification of each region
- to improve and modernize the management structures in universities of Georgia and make their administrative structures compatible with those of the European universities by gathering and sharing best practices from EU Partners
In this project VMU assists to Batumi State Maritime Academy on project dissemination and exploitation. VMU joins working teams and participates in preparatory work for network plan, monitors the process, develops quality and monitoring plan, is involved in the creation of training kits, providing training, organizing, and hosting workshops and meetings for the regional universities of Georgia.
More about project: http://rurd.atsu.edu.ge/
