International contest "History Competition in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine" awards ceremony on the topic "Migration – Restarting Life From Scratch" (XIX-XXI Centuries) will be held at 15:00 on October 11 in the yard of the Simon Janashia National Museum of Georgia. The official awards ceremony will be attended by invited guests and the winners will be awarded by H.E. Mr. Hubert Knirsch, German Ambassador to Georgia, Ekaterine Dgebuadze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, Natia Kvitsiani, Local Programme Coordinator at International Organization for Migration (IOM).
"History Competition in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine" is a joint project of the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV International) and Körber Foundation funded by the German Foreign Office and implemented in Eastern Partnership countries: Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine aiming at supporting history competitions in these countries and promoting international cooperation in this field.
Project partners in Georgia are the Georgian Association of History Educators (GAHE) and the Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SovLab). The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia (MoESCS), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Writers' House of Georgia support the project.
More than 70 students aged 15 to 18 from all regions of Georgia participated in the competition. They research the stories of their grandparents, parents, neighbors, or family friends. Old photos, letters, articles, libraries, and archives also help them to discover the past.
"Migration – Restarting Life From Scratch" (XIX-XXI Centuries) is the topic of the 2019-2020 years competition. At the initial stage, preparatory trainings were conducted for history and civic education teachers from all regions of Georgia. Students' activity was relatively high despite the quarantine restrictions announced due to the coronavirus. Significant quality improvement of competition entries should also be emphasised.
The members of this year's history competition jury are Prof. Oliver Reisner (Ilia State University), Prof. Leila Khubashvili (Tbilisi State University), Dr. Amiran Jamagidze (Tbilisi State University), Natia Kvitsiani (International Organization for Migration Local Programme Coordinator), Rusudan Kobakhidze (SovLab Researcher), Ketevan Sikharulidze (SovLab Researcher), Davit Jikia (DVV International Project Coordinator), Irakli Iremadze (Tbilisi State University Aspirant).
Students' entries were shaded so that the competition's winners were revealed anonymously by the jury. The winners of the history competition will be awarded prizes. In addition, the entries of the first ten contestants will be published in a book that is being prepared within the project. Six young contestants participating in the project will participate in International History Youth Camp, this time online. At the end of the project, an online meeting of the best tutors participating is planned, both nationally and internationally, where they will have the opportunity to share their impressions and experiences.
A video about the competition and the whole project is being produced.
It is the second time the International project "History Competition in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine" is being held. The topic of the first competition in 2017-2018 was "My Ancestor at My Age."
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Videos and photos are available here:
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Address: Shota Rustaveli Avenue #3, a Simon Janashia National Museum of Georgia yard.
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International contest “History Competition in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine” project PR Manager Mzekha Makharadze 597 94 61 17 mzekhamakharadze@gmail.com
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