Within the framework of the International Conference of University Presidents of Vienna, the solemn reception – Georgian evening was held at the Hofburg Palace, where the conference participants, the representatives of the Georgian and Austrian governments were invited. The dance group of the Georgian National University danced the Georgian national dances at the event to present the Georgian culture.

Subsequent working meeting of the National Vocational Education Council (NVETC) was held. The meeting, headed by Minister of Education and Science - Aleksandre Jejelava, was attended by the social partners and the representatives of colleague ministries.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the German International Cooperation Society (GIZ) organized a seminar for vocational education teachers and students, involved in piloting of the Winemaker’s Educational Program with the dual approach. Within the framework of the event, participants got acquainted with the functions of the National Wine Agency, wine sector development strategy, important statistical data of the field, Georgian wine marketing plan, field regulation issues and export requirements.

The Memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and Organization “Save the Children International” in order to promote inclusive education.

Petre Melikishvili Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry of LEPL Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Mikheil Nodia Institute of Geophysics of LEPL Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Institute of Earth Sciences of LEPL Ilia State University, Membrane Technologies Engineering Institute of Georgian Technical University and V. Chavchanidze Institute of Cybernetics are planning to purchase different types of special technique and equipment.

The Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava, CEO of Millennium Challenge Account Magda Maghradze and General Manager of BP Georgia Chris Shliter visited Georgian Technical University (GTU), where they viewed the modern laboratory arranged within the framework of the Georgian Technical Training Center and got acquainted with the training process of teachers.

The military base in village Manavi, Sagarejo, is one of the locations that will host 1056 students in July-September of 2017 (132 students per stream). The camp is carried out together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, Ministry of Defense of Georgia, LEPL Children and Youth Center of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia.

Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava, Executive Director of Millennium Challenge Account - Magda Magradze and the staff of the Account visited the newly rehabilitated Public School of Okureshi. The Millennium Challenge Account has carried out complete rehabilitation within the Millennium Challenge Compact of the US Government. The Ministry of Education and Science will carry out rehabilitation works and the arrangement of the yard outside the school in the form of a co-funding of the Compact.

The European Union is working on a new framework-project for supporting Georgia. 49 million euro budget and technical assistance, which is allocated for Georgia within the framework of the project, will mainly focus on the development of economic and market capabilities and will be based on the experience of the current program (27 million EUR budget support project).