New scholarship programs will be announced in cooperation with the Government of Hungary to promote higher education and science
Giorgi Vashakidze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, held a working meeting with Lรกszlรณ Gyรถrgy, Minister of State for Economic Strategy and Regulations at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary. The meeting was also attended by Viktรณria Horvรกth, Ambassador of Hungary to Georgia. The parties discussed prospects for deepening cooperation in higher education, focusing on both scientific research and the development of science, as well as the internationalization of higher education.
At the beginning of the meeting, Deputy Minister Giorgi Vashakidze emphasized that the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia shares a long-standing and successful partnership with Hungary. In particular, a number of Hungarian scholarship programs are in operation, enabling Georgian students to study at leading Hungarian universities with funding from the Government of Hungary. In turn, the Georgian side offers scholarships to Hungarian students annually to study in Georgia.
For his part, Hungarian Minister of State Lรกszlรณ Gyรถrgy noted the importance of developing partnership with Georgia in the fields of innovation, technology, and vocational education. During the meeting, he also presented Hungary's vocational education model and expressed readiness to share experience in this area.
During the meeting, future cooperation between Georgia and Hungary was also planned to promote the internationalization of higher education, which involves the launch of new scholarship programs by the Government of Hungary. The parties also agreed on future working meetings to discuss specific issues in detail.
