The third Summer Youth Olympic Games was closed in Buenos Aires, where approximately 206 athletes participated from all around the world. 

On October 17, an official event of the establishment of the “International Association of Graduates of Education” was held. The event was attended by the graduates of the International Center for Education in 2018 and the beneficiaries of the various educational scholarship programs of the Center.

The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and the Ministry of Human Resources of Hungary within the framework of the Council of Europe Sports Ministerial.

Georgia is hosting the Sports Ministerial, which was opened by the Prime Minister of Georgia - Mamuka Bakhtadze.

Memorandum on Cooperation between the Governments of Georgia and the Republic of Moldova was signed by the First Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia - Mikheil Giorgadze and State Secretary of Youth and Sport of Moldova - Radu Rebeya.

The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport - Mikheil Batiashvili together with the deputy ministers hosted the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe - Gabriela Battini-Dragoni.

Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport - Mikheil Batiashvili and Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to Georgia - Antonio Enrico Bartoli presented a new program "Italian as Second Language".

Georgia has passed the honorary guest status to Norway in 2019. According to the tradition, Medea Metreveli - the head of the National Book Center of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports handed a special scroll to her Norwegian counterpart. Presentation of the Norwegian Imagary collection was also held during the event.

At the UN General Assembly, Lika Tikorishvili, a representative of the Georgian youth in the UN, addressed the third committee meeting. She urged young people to join the world and to contribute towards improving the globe. The youth delegation also focused on the importance of peace building and the Georgian peacekeeping policy.

The Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport - Irina Abuladze hosted the Eastern Partnership Three-day Regional Conference, which aimed to share experience in working-on / dual education issues among partner countries. The conference was organized by the European Foundation for Educational Cooperation (ETF) and was attended by 50 delegates from 6 countries (Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, and Kazakhstan).

The 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair and the Pavilion of Georgia signifying the Honorary Guest Country was officially opened. Georgia was presented with the overall concept of Georgia - Made by Characters and it quickly grasped the focus of German audience.

On October 4-7, Georgia hosted the Marathon - RUNMAGEDDON. The special infrastructure for marathon was arranged in Kazbegi for the event.

 The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia - Mikheil Batiashvili held a special briefing regarding the personnel changes at the Ministry and presented the staff changes to the public and the heads of the LEPL selected by the competition on the coresponding vacant positions.