In partnership with
Batumi Shota Rustaveli
State University, Georgia
Giorgian Institute of Politics
Information Center on
NATO and EU, Georgia
and the financial support of
The Embassy of Romania, NATO Contact Point Embassy in Georgia
BLACK SEA SUMMER UNIVERSITY
«Towards a euro-atlantic strategy
in the Black Sea Region»
REPORT OF THE SESSION
BATUMI (Georgia)
July 24th to 30th, 2016
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For the second edition of the summer university programme in Georgia, the « Centre
international de formation européenne » has choosen the very attractive place of Batumi from July 24th to
30th. The one week summer school was organised in collaboration with several partners, all very involved
in the organisation of the programme.
A small, family hotel had been chosen to accommodate all the students together and some
of the teachers. The entire hotel was booked for our group, which has a very familiar atmosphere, mostly
thanks to the warm welcome from the hotel owner's family
This place was very well
located very close to the university and the
old town, and just 15 minutes walking to the
location of the academic program. During
the long evenings, together with a few
Georgian new friends, everybody had good
opportunities to visit Batumi, the beach, and
test the specific gastronomy.
The academic program was structured around the specific issues of NATO specially in the Black sea
area. A lot of topics were developed, security policy, NATO relations with Turkey, Russia, South
Caucasus, frozen conflicts, geopolitics in the wider Black sea region, etc…
The programme contained approximately 30 hours of lectures and discussions. They were conducted in
English by international experts from European Union and from Georgia.
The participants represented 8 different nationalities half from Georgia and half from
other European countries. Probably because of this very friendly accommodation and of the involvement
of the local candidates, the group immediately formed a little family, taking benefit of every free time
proposed.
In addition, the participants enjoyed a rich extra programme which helped them to savour
the culture and the gastronomy of this special country. A full day was organised around Batimi and in
the mountain part of Adjara,
All the candidates completed the program successfully and received a certificate of
participation. Additionally, those students who presented some supplementary work after the session
acquired ECTS Credits.
We also asked our students at the end of the session to fill out the evaluation questionnaire
and comment upon our programme. Their observations, which can be found further on in this report have
been of immense value for us, organisers.
This programme was considered as a great success and Cife thanks the partners to have
accepted this collaboration, and specially the Embassy of Romania, NATO contact Point Embassy in
Georgia for the financial support. A new session in Batumi probably will be organised in 2017.
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PROGRAMME
Sunday July 24th 2016:
Arrival of the foreign participants
Accommodation
Monday July 25th 2016:
10.am:
Opening session
Welcome by Marie-France Perdigon, Director of the summer university programme
Presentation of the partners:
- Information Center on NATO and EU
Mr Giorgi Pareshishvili,
Deputy Director, Information Center on
NATO and EU
- The Embassy of Romania
Mr Radu Gorincioi, Counsellor in charge
of NATO, Political section, Romanian
Embassy in Tbilisi
- Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP)
Mr Zviad Diasamidze, PhD,
Ivane Javakhishvili State University.
- Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
Assoc. Prof. Inga Shamilishvili, Deputy Rector, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia.
- Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE)
Mme Marie France Perdigon, Director of the Summer University Program of CIFE, Nice, France.
Presentation of the students
10.30am: Presentation of Mr Archil Karaulasvili
Deputy State Minister of Georgia on European
and Euro-Atlantic integration.
11.30am:
"The NATO - Russia Conflict and the Hard / Soft Power
Dilemma in the South Caucasus and the Black Sea Region".
Prof Andrey Makarychev (Russia), Johan Skytte Institute
ofPolicital Science, University of Tartu.
Lunch together
-32.30pm: “Strategies of Power in Shaping the Future
Security of the Black Sea Region”
Prof. Dr Hari Bucur Marcu (Romania),
President of Saliste Association for Romanian
Europeanism, Former Associate Senior Fellow for
Defence Policy, Geneva Centre for Democratic
Control of the Armed Forces.
4.30pm:Walking tour in the city with the assistance of the Georgian students
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9.30 am:
“Russia's security policies towards the South Caucasus”
Prof Andrey Makarychev (Russia), Johan Skytte Institute of Policital Science, University of Tartu.
11.15 am:
“Georgia’s Security Threats in the South Caucasus and the Black Sea
Region”
Prof.Alexandre Kukhianidze, Political Science Department, Tbilisi State
University.
Lunch together
2.00pm: LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE
“NATO-Turkey relations: a historical analysis “
“Changing security concepts an NATO’s Strategic concepts”
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Üstün (Turkey), Cair, Political Science
and Public Administration Department, Gediz University, Izmir.
3.30pm:
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Debate with the lecturers and students
Conducted by
Andrey Makarychev (Russia)
Alexandre Kukhianidze (Georgia)
Zviad Diasamidze (Georgia),
PhD, Ivane Javakhishvili
State University.
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9.am:
“The frozen conflicts in the Black Sea region”
Badri Kochoradze (Georgia) Professor New Vision
University
11.am: “Georgia’s integration into NATO and its political parties”
Zviad Diasamidze (Georgia), PhD, Ivane Javakhishvili State
University.
Lunch together
2.00pm : Visit of the information Office of NATO and EU
Presentation in the place of the NATO Office
Thursday July 28th 2016:
Lunch together
9.am:
“GUAM countries strategic
between NATO and Eurasia"
Amb. Oleg Serebrian (Moldova)
Ambassador of Moldova in Berlin.
orientations
11.am:
Closing conference
“Wider Black Sea Region in the Global Context”
Amb. Oleg Serebrian
-6Afternoon Examination session for the students wishing to acquireECTS Credits
Closing session Hotel World Palace
-7Friday July 29th 2016: Full day excursion:
The mountain part of Adjara
Saturday, 30 July, 2016 :
Departure
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PARTICIPANTS
ARDZENADZE Ketevan
Georgian
Student in English Philology, Faculty of
Humanity, Batumi Shota Rustavely State
University.
[email protected]
BUZIASHVILI Eteri
Georgian
[email protected]
CERULLO Jack
British
Senior Analyst, Department of Information
and Analysis, State Security Service of
Georgia, Graduate Master of Art in
International Politics, Georgian Institute of
Public Affairs, Tbilisi.
B.A. (second year) in Politics and History,
Canterbury Christ Church University
[email protected]
CHAVLEISHVILI Giorgi
Georgian
Student in Law, Davit Agmashenebeli
University of Georgia, Tbilisi.
[email protected]
DE SILVA Edouardo
Italian
Civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign affairs
to the United Arab Emirates (currently in
education availibity).
[email protected]
GARZULY Laszlo F.
Italian
[email protected]
Student Master of Arts in Global history and
Global Studies, University of Vienna.
-9GRIGALASHVILI Mariam
Georgian
[email protected]
GRINSCHGL Julian
Austrian
Master of Political Science, Eastern European
and Russian Studies, Vilnius University,
Intern, Georgian Institute of Politics
Student in Political Science and History,
University of Vienna
[email protected]
KAPLANSEREN Clara
Swiss
Master student in International Business
Development, University of Neuchâtel.
[email protected]
KHARAZISHVILI Mariam
Georgian
[email protected]
MAKARADZE Sosso
Georgian
Undergraduate Bachelor Politics and
International Relations, New Vision
University, Assistant to the Deputy Director,
United Water Supply Company Georgia.
Bachelor of International Relations (Third
Year), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State
University.
[email protected]
MAMULADZE Maria
Georgian
Student in English Philology (3rd year), ,
Batumi Shota Rustavely State University.
[email protected]
DE MERLO Achim Alan
Italian/German
[email protected]
Graduated in Geopolitics, International
Relations and Defence, University of Paris I,
Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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NADASHVILI Salome
Georgian
Researcher in International relations and
Politics, New Vision University Tbilisi.
[email protected]
NAGERVADZE Tamta
Georgian
Student in English Philology, Faculty of
Humanity, Batumi Shota Rustavely State
University.
[email protected]
NIKABADZE Ana
Georgian
Student in European Studies,Batumi Shota
Rustavely State University.
[email protected]
ORAGVELIDZE Mariam
Georgian
Student at the Faculty of Law, Batumi Shota
Rustavely State University.
[email protected]
PANCHULIDZE Elene
Georgian
[email protected]
PRAVONGVIENGKHAM Francois
French
[email protected]
PHUTKARADZE Lia
Georgian
Master in Diplomacy and International
Politics, University of Tbilisi, Assistant to the
Executive Director, Georgia Development
Foundation.
Student at the College of Europe, Graduated
in European Politics at the Institute of
Political Studies Aix en Provence, and
Institute of International and Strategic
Relations in Paris.
MBA in International Management,
American University for Humanities, Tbilisi.
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RODRIGUEZ COBOS Ricardo
Spanish
Student in Law at the International university
of La Rioja (UNIR), Artillery Officer for the
Defence Department.
[email protected]
SAPARIDZE Imeda
Georgian
[email protected]
SOMMAVILLA Fabian
Austrian
Bachelor degree in Political Science,
University of Inssbruck (Austria), currently
internship at the United States Mission to
International Organizations in Vienna.
[email protected]
Bachelor degree in Political Science,
University of Inssbruck (Austria), currently
internship at the United States Mission to
International Organizations in Vienna.
SVANIDZE Nika
Georgian
Student at the Faculty of Law, Batumi Shota
Rustavely State University.
[email protected]
TABATADZE Mariam
Georgian
MA Student in International Relations,
University of Szeged, Graduated of the
Faculty of Law, State University of Tbilisi.
[email protected]
THOM Duncan
British
PhD student at the University of Paris 4
Sorbonne, Teacher of English language.
[email protected]
TORIA Tornike
Georgian
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bachelor (3rd year) in International relations,
American University for Humanitis, Tbilisi,
Specialist of Domestic Projects, United
Water Supply Company Georgia.
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VAKHANIA Tinatin
Georgian
MA student on Diplomacy and International
Politics, Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
[email protected]
ZOIDZE Tamta
Georgian
Student in Logistics and Management,
Batumi
State Maritime Academy.
[email protected]
Find all the photos of the session on facebook
« Programme d’été du CIFE »
https://www.facebook.com/programmedete.ducife/media_set?set=
a.10154789734023816.1073741848.617453815&type=3
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EVALUATION
The evaluation session organised at the end of the session and the examination of the forms proved
an exceptional satisfaction of the students regarding the programme as well as the organisation and the
logistic. We can consider that the program has been widely praised with a level of satisfaction of 95%.
Studying conditions were very high in the building of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University,
very close to the park, the old city and ….. the beach ! This location was also very easy to join from the
hotel and the restaurant.
The choice of topics was appreciated and judged interesting and useful. The panel of the
lecturers, from Georgia and from abroad, was a very high level. All the students were very satisfied with
the proposed activities, an open discussion with all the teachers. Even if one of the Turkish teacher was
not in position to join the programme because of the politic situation in Turkey, the presentation on line
by Skype was organised with success.
Regarding the lectures and the speakers, the students made many positive comments on our team
of lecturers which additionally gave them insight into different subjects. In addition, the candidates have
all noticed a very large satisfaction about
- relations with the staff,
- administrative assistance offered before and during the program
- cultural and tourist activities offered outside the program
- and a very, very friendly atmosphere.
All the candidates, even from Georgia, have largely taken advantage of their free time after the
courses and were able to visit, thanks to their Georgian friends, all the interesting places of Batumi. The
general opinion was that this program is a perfect mixture of leisure activities and lectures.
A day-trip organised the last day, in the mountain part of Adjara region, was an opportunity to
have a large vision of other places of Georgia.
In conclusion, all candidates have been very satisfied with the program and expressed the wish to follow
another summer session of CIFE in the future.
CIFE warmly thanks all the partners that have accepted to collaborate for this programme and
specially the collaborators of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgian Institute of Politics, the
Romanian Embassy and the Information Center on NATO and EU in Georgia. This program could not
have been such a success without the involvement of all the partners, motivated, interested and very
professionals.
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MEDIAS
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Direction of the CIFE’s Summer University Programme
Marie-France PERDIGON
Director of the Summer University Programme
CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE FORMATION EUROPEENNE
CIFE - L’Adriatic – 81 rue de France - 06000 - NICE
Tel. 00 33 (0)4 93 97 93 77
Fax. 00 33 (0)4 93 97 93 71
E-mail : [email protected]
ORGANISATION AND ASSISTANCE IN GEORGIA
Batumi Shota Rustaveli
State University, Georgia
Keti Devadze
Chief specialist, Office for International
Relations and Strategic Development
[email protected]
collaboration of
Georgian Institute of Politics, Tbilisi
Zviad Diasamidze
PhD, Ivane Javakhishvili
State University
[email protected]
and financial support
The Embassy of Romania, NATO Contact Point Embassy in Georgia
This
project
has
been
funded
with
support
from
the
European
Commission.
This Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
With the support of the
ERASMUS + Program