The Third Mission

Strengthening the quality and relevance of the 3rd mission in Georgian universities – SQUARE

The main objective of the project SQUARE  is the improvement of 3M activities in the Georgian HEIs.

Throughout the project, the inventory and assessment of the 3M activities, their analysis and strategic planning, implementation and evaluation are carried out, together with the capacitation of the university’s top management and staff. The project’s activities lead to the fundamental changes in the policy of universities in Georgia on the institutional level.

The SQUARE project results serve as a basis for the update of the national external QA system, provide foundations for guidelines to update the HEI management and improve the articulation between teaching, research and services to the community. The project envisages a clear definition of the mission and role of the universities at a national level and provides clear direction for the universities in Georgia.

Consortium

Regulatory Bodies

• Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, www.mes.gov.ge
• National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement, Georgia, www.eqe.ge

Georgian universities

• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Coordinator), www.tsu.ge
• Georgian Technical University,  www.gtu.ge
• Ilia State University, www.iliauni.edu.ge
• Tbilisi State Medical University, www.tsmu.edu
• Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, www.bsu.edu.ge
• Akaki Tsereteli State University, www.atsu.edu.ge
• Gori State University, www.gu.edu.ge
• Caucasus University,  www.cu.edu.ge

European Partners

• Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France, www.cnam.fr
• EFMD AISBL, Belgium, www.efmdglobal.org
• University of Turku, Finland,  www.utu.fi
• Universidade Nova de Liboa, Portugal, www.unl.pt