Mikheil Batiashvili: "Every student, scientist, researcher, and interested individual will have full access to Elsevier's highly expensive scientific databases"
Within the framework of the education reform, a new stage of cooperation is beginning between the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia and Elsevier, the world's largest scientific database. Through this initiative, all accredited state and private higher education institutions, scientific-research institutes, and research centers in Georgia will have seamless access to Elsevier's scientific databases.
With full funding from the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, Georgian scientists, professors, teachers, and students will be able to utilize the scientific resources of databases such as Scopus, Science Direct, and Funding Institutional (SciVal Funding) directly from their universities. The latest scientific literature published worldwide (scientific articles, books, abstracts) as well as updates crucial for research and educational activities will become accessible to them. Consequently, the number of members of the Georgia Consortium for Elsevier, the world's largest scientific database, has increased from 21 to 55.
Mikheil Batiashvili, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, and Zviad Gabisonia, Director of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, held a presentation regarding this innovation implemented in the field of science. The event was attended by members of the Elsevier Consortium—representatives of Georgian higher education institutions, the National Academy of Sciences, scientific-research institutes, young scientists, and other interested parties.
“Every student, scientist, researcher, and interested person will have full access to Elsevier's very expensive scientific databases,” declared Mikheil Batiashvili, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, who spoke at length about the importance of access to Elsevier's databases and emphasized that this is another significant step forward for Georgia and Georgian scientists.
Access to Elsevier's scientific databases will facilitate both the integration of Georgian scientists into the international scientific space and the development of scientific fields in Georgia, as well as the improvement of science policy and management based on the acquisition of analytical information.
Within the framework of the education reform, the Ministry of Education has defined several key priorities in the direction of science, specifically: greater integration with the European Union's research and innovation system, popularization of science and support for young scientists, development of flexible and effective science funding schemes, initiation and promotion of cooperation between science and the private sector, and the commercialization of scientific research results.
