Coordination Meetings and Workshops in Kherson

Within the framework of European TEMPUS Programme “Cruise-T” project coordination meetings and workshops were held in Kherson (Ukraine) on September 6-13. The project aims to create competence centers for the development of cruise tourism in the Black Sea region (Georgia and Ukraine), and the main objective is to support and develop tourism industry as a whole through regularly conducting tourism field researches and offering professional consulting services in the region.

According to the main work packages (WPs) the project progress reports were represented by Georgian and Ukrainian partner universities during the meetings. After completing the training-workshops conducted by European experts the Universities announced their own action plans detailing further activities which should be implemented in one-and-a-half years. The training workshops were attended by academic-administrative personnel of partner universities as well as the undergraduate tourism students of those universities.

Those attending the meetings  from the side Kutaisi University (KU) were:

1. Lela Kelbakiani – founder of the University;
2. Nino Khazaradze - associate professor;
3. Elguja Deisadze – assistant professor;
4. George Tchumburidze - assistant professor;
5. Mamuka Sagrishvili - the third-year student;
6. Lia Salukvadze - the fourth-year student;
7. Levan Berikashvili – the third-year student;
8. Vazha Purtskhvanidze - the second-year student.

It must be noted that the works (Research & Development and consulting activities in tourism sector) performed in the framework of the project by Kutaisi University were assessed very positively; Kutaisi University has obtained the same positive feedback regarding its future Action Plans which were structured clearly and logically.