Institute of Peace Studies organized signing of the memorandum of cooperation between the Erasmus+ project (PESTUGE) participating Georgian Universities  (Tbilisi State University; Ilia State University, Caucasus University and Sukhumi State University) and four partner governmental/non-governmental agencies, including:

The apparatus of Parliament of Georgia

The Apparatus of the Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality

• Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (Rondeli Foundation)
• Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS)

Within the framework of the memorandum four students from each partner university were selected (16 students in total), who in 2018 will undertake a one-month practice at partner organization. The Memorandum entails strengthening the theoretical and field competencies acquired by the students within the PESTUGE project.

 It is worth mentioning that at the project partner universities the following courses are taught: Peace Theories; Theories of Peace and Conflicts; International Conflicts and Peace Processes; Management of Peace Processes; Nationalism, Ethnic Conflicts and Peace Operations, etc. 16 courses in all.

 The mentioned memorandum is an example of cooperation between higher educational institutions and NGOs and serves the purpose of, on the one hand to making joint efforts for enhancement of students’ qualification and professional skills and on the other -  linking the youth having appropriate scientific knowledge with governmental and non-governmental organizations working on various aspects of conflict resolution.