700 Lessons on Intellectual Property were Delivered, Attended by 2200 Pupils

The project “Creativity and IP in Georgian Schools” is over. Within the project, organized by the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), aimed to introduce teaching of intellectual property in the school education, 108 teachers from 28 schools were trained in the intellectual property teaching methodology. During the past academic period they delivered 700 lessons on intellectual property. The lessons were attended by 2200 pupils from schools of Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti and the Autonomous Republic of Ajara. The teacher training curriculum included study of intellectual property basics and practical sessions. The project also envisaged provision of teachers with a guide published in the Georgian language, books, brochures, table games and other necessary items.  

On February 22, in hotel “Sheraton Metechi Palace”, presentation of the project results took place, which was attended by Mr. Soso Giogradze, Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia, Mr. Martin Marianov, Project Leader of the EU Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP), as well as representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement and Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency, directors and teachers of the school participating in the project. Ms. Ketevan Khutsishvili, Programme Manager of the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia, also attended the meeting. 

The project “Creativity and IP in Georgian Schools” is a part of the EU-funded project EUGIPP, being implemented by EUIPO for three years in order to support the intellectual property system in Georgia. During the event, to illustrate the project results, intellectual property subject matters created by pupils on the basis of received knowledge and creative skills were displayed – small inventions in various branches, works protected by copyright, designer items and trademarks.