25 Schools are Joining the Project “Creativity and Intellectual Property in Georgian Schools”

“Creativity and IP in Georgian Schools” is a component of the EU - Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP). It will be repeated and implemented extensively this year. In addition to existing  4 schools engaged in the project, 21 schools from the regions of Georgia will join the project in 2022-2023. Within the training activity, aimed to support integration of creativity and intellectual property issues into the basic education system, Sakpatenti tutors will train 100 teachers.  The IP education syllabus includes practical teaching methodology.  The knowledge received at the trainings, will allow teachers to deliver IP lesson at schools. Its main objective is to stimulate creativity and innovation in pupils. 1000 pupils will be involved in the above-mentioned project.

The opening event of the 2022-2023 session of “Creativity and IP in Georgian Schools” took place today in the conference hall of “Republic Event Hall”. 25 selected schools directors joine and attended round-table. They were addressed by Ms. Nino Chikovani, Acting Chairperson of National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia - Sakpatenti, Mr. Martin Marianov, EUGIPP Leader, and Ms. Ketevan Khutsishvili, Programme Manager of the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia, as well as Mr. Kakhaber Eradze, representative of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and Deputy Director of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement. Project Expert, Mr. Paata Papava, delivered a presentation of the component to the event participants, introduced stages of project implementation, moreover  presented the training materials.    

EUGIPP is the EU funded international cooperation project, which is ongoing from January 1, 2020, and is implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The main beneficiary of the project is the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – “Sakpatenti”. EUGIPP is a three-year project, with the budget of 1.2 million EUR. The project is based on best practices of European countries for deepening knowledge in the field of creativity and intellectual property.