"Tourism and vocational education of the XXI Century’
06.11.2015

The first Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Ketevan Natriashvili opened the first international two-day conference on the topic “Tourism and Vocational Education of the XXI Century” at Tbilsii Proffesional College “Ikarosi.” 

The conference aims at sharing the experiences on current issues, research and successful practices of the vocational education management in the sphere of tourism, as well as supporting and promoting the tourism development. 

During the event, professional education coordinators, teachers and students of Vocational College “Ikarosi” offered the presentations, followed by the success stories shared by employed graduates.  Student and the Winner of “World Skills Georgia” Leonard Stefano delivered the presentation of “Dream Project”. Foreign guests and representatives of the international organizations (GIZ, European Union, and TEMPUS) also addressed the audience and underlined the significance of tourism development. 
Amongst the conference invitees were foreign guests, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, students, education and tourism experts, also representatives of the state and private colleges together with governmental, non- governmental and international organizations.

The conference will end on November 6.