FOREWORD FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF

Abstract

TSU  Institute  for  European  Studies  was  established  in  2007  under  TACIS  programme  with  generous financial support of the European Union and in kind assistance of EU Delegation to Georgia.

The idea was to establish the first interdisciplinary,  English taught Master’s Program in European Studies in South  Caucasus  Region.  This  intention  was  implemented   with  assistance  of  the  consortium  composed  of Professors and experts linked to European universities, in particular University Pierre Mendés France of Grenoble, Panteion  University  of Social and Political  Sciences  of Athens (Greece),  Center for Public Reforms,  Innsbruck (Austria). The best practices of EU Universities acting in relevant fields as well as standards and achievements  of Bologna process had been thoroughly considered during the program shaping process.