Strengthening the QUAlity and RElevance of the 3rd mission in Georgian Universities - SQUARE

The project "Strengthening the Quality and Relevance of the Third Mission in Georgian Universities", planned and coordinated by the TSU quality assurance office is the winner of the 2020 Erasmus + call for  Institutional Cooperation Projects – Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education (CBHE). The aim of this project is to improve the quality and relevance of the third mission of universities.

In the frames of the project,  Georgian HEIs will collaborate with international partners to develop methodologies and guidelines for third mission planning, implementation, implementation and evaluation, and develop third mission strategies. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the National Center for Education Quality Enhancement will upgrade the quality assurance system and further integrate evaluation of Third Mission activities into quality assurance standards.

The project will help raise awareness about the third mission of the universities, increase the capacity of the university community to properly plan the activities of the third mission and evaluate their results. It is also important that each member university of the project consortium develops a strategic plan for the third mission and pilot each project for the third mission. This ensures the introduction and development of the third mission at the institutional level.

The Consortium of the Project is as follows:

Georgian universities
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Coordinator) 
Ilia State University  
Tbilisi State Medical University 
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University 
Akaki Tsereteli State University 
Gori State University 
Georgian Technical University
Caucasus University

European Partners
Conservatorie National des Arts et Métiers, France            
EFMD AISBL, Belgium                                                                  
University of Turku, Finland                                                     
Universidade Nova de Liboa, Portugal  

Regulatory Bodies
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement, Georgia