Dante Alighieri International Day Was Celebrated at GTU
11-06-2025
At the Georgian Technical University, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Italian Republic in Georgia and in partnership with the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, the most important event of the year of the Dante Alighieri Society - Dante International Day (Dantedi 2025) was celebrated.
The event dedicated to Dante International Day, with the theme – “Cultural and Educational Bridge between Italy and Georgia”, was opened by the Rector of the Georgian Technical University, Academician David Gurgenidze.
The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia Tamar Ghvamichava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Georgia, His Excellency Massimiliano D’Antuono, scientific and academic circles and students of the university, a representative of the Dante Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters, the General Director of ADASIM, the Association of Italian Schools in the World, Professor Emilio Lozzi, representative of the Dante Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters in the Caucasus region, Professor Alessandro Salacone, an expert from the ITALS laboratory of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Giuseppe Maugeri, Associate Professor of the Department of Communication Sciences, Humanitarian and International Studies of the University of Urbino, President of the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, Professor Nino Tsertsvadze, a famous opera singer, mezzo-soprano - Nino Surguladze, representatives of the Parliament of Georgia and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, as well as teachers of the Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, students of Italian language courses and guests.
Rector, Academician David Gurgenidze, drew attention to the collaboration between Georgian-Italian educational and scientific institutions and the possibilities of its future expansion.
David Gurgenidze also spoke about the joint international projects underway at the university within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee and the Georgian Technical University, which are implemented with the support of the Embassy of the Italian Republic and the Dante Alighieri Society Rome Headquarters.
As the rector noted, a hybrid didactic center – “Dante’s Office” - is successfully operating at the Georgian Technical University, and the university administration, with the support of the Dante Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters and in partnership with the Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, will offer Italian as a second foreign language to students of various faculties starting from the next academic year.
“It is gratifying to celebrate the International Day of Dante Alighieri in the homeland of the great Shota Rustaveli. The celebration of Dantedi has already become a tradition at the Georgian Technical University. This year’s theme -"Cultural and Educational Bridge between Italy and Georgia”-is significant for fostering closer educational and scientific ties between our countries. Initiated by the Georgian Technical University and supported by the Alighieri Society’s headquarters in Rome, the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, and the Italian Embassy in Georgia, we have developed an international project that has led to the successful establishment of a hybrid didactic center, “Dante’s Office,” at our university. This center is integrated with the international cultural and educational digital platform, Dante Global. Together, we have created an international project aimed at providing an effective, high-quality, and free interdisciplinary Italian language course for students, academic staff, and young researchers. The course is fully aligned with European standards and modern teaching methodologies. I am pleased to report that the second phase of this project was successfully implemented during the current academic year. Moving forward, with the active support of the Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters and the Italian Embassy in Georgia, as well as collaboration with the Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, we aim to offer Italian as a second foreign language to students from various faculties starting next year. I am confident that students from the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design, and the International School of Design will be particularly interested in learning Italian.
It is important to highlight the successful educational and scientific collaboration between the Georgian Technical University and leading universities in Italy.
Within the framework of the European Union’s Erasmus+ program, many of our students and young researchers have the opportunity to study and participate in research activities in Italy. We would like to express our gratitude to His Excellency Massimiliano D’Antuono, the Ambassador of Italy to Georgia, and Mr. Alessandro Salacone, a representative from the Rome headquarters of the Dante Alighieri Society, for their significant support. I kindly ask them to convey our best wishes to Professor Andrea Ricciardi, the President of the Alighieri Society, and Professor Alessandro Mazi, the Secretary General. We believe that the partnership and friendship between our university and the Dante Alighieri Society will continue to strengthen in the future. Finally, we are confident that all students and researchers who engage with the Italian language and culture through “Dante’s Office” at the Georgian Technical University that will serve as goodwill ambassadors in fostering relations between Georgia and Italy,” stated Rector David Gurgenidze.
The audience was welcomed by Tamar Ghvamichava, the Deputy Minister of Education, Science, and Youth of Georgia. She emphasized the importance of collaborative educational initiatives, higher education programs, and scientific projects between Georgia and Italy, as well as the need to strengthen academic cooperation between the two countries.
Massimiliano D’Antuono, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Georgia, discussed the potential for enhancing relations between Italy and Georgia.
The President of the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, Professor Nino Tsertsvadze, presented a report and summarized the results of the international project – “Expansion of the Activities of the Dante Didactic Center and Development of Interdisciplinary Teaching of the Italian Language at the Georgian Technical University”. She also spoke about future projects to be implemented in partnership with the Georgian Technical University, which will contribute to the development of academic, cultural and economic relations between the two countries. The representative of the Dante Alighieri Society Rome headquarters in the Caucasus region, Professor Alessandro Salacone, spoke about new projects and prospects for international cooperation and noted that starting from the next academic year, by the decision of the Alighieri Society, the third phase of the project to expand the activities of the Dante Didactic Center and interdisciplinary teaching of the Italian language at the Georgian Technical University will be implemented; while opera singer, mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze touched upon the importance of obtaining the Dante Alighieri Society and the PLIDA international certificate in the process of establishing cultural and educational relations between Italy and Georgia.
Students of the interdisciplinary Italian language course also delivered speeches at the event dedicated to Dante’s International Day.
At the end of the event, David Gurgenidze, Tamar Ghvamichava, Massimiliano D’Antuono, Nino Tsertsvadze and Alessandro Salacone ceremoniously awarded ADA certificates and PLIDA-international certificates in Italian language to the students, young researchers and professors participating in the project “Expansion of the Dante Didactic Center and Development of Interdisciplinary Italian Language Teaching at the Georgian Technical University”.
The event dedicated to Dante International Day, with the theme – “Cultural and Educational Bridge between Italy and Georgia”, was opened by the Rector of the Georgian Technical University, Academician David Gurgenidze.
The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia Tamar Ghvamichava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Georgia, His Excellency Massimiliano D’Antuono, scientific and academic circles and students of the university, a representative of the Dante Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters, the General Director of ADASIM, the Association of Italian Schools in the World, Professor Emilio Lozzi, representative of the Dante Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters in the Caucasus region, Professor Alessandro Salacone, an expert from the ITALS laboratory of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Giuseppe Maugeri, Associate Professor of the Department of Communication Sciences, Humanitarian and International Studies of the University of Urbino, President of the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, Professor Nino Tsertsvadze, a famous opera singer, mezzo-soprano - Nino Surguladze, representatives of the Parliament of Georgia and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, as well as teachers of the Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, students of Italian language courses and guests.
Rector, Academician David Gurgenidze, drew attention to the collaboration between Georgian-Italian educational and scientific institutions and the possibilities of its future expansion.
David Gurgenidze also spoke about the joint international projects underway at the university within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee and the Georgian Technical University, which are implemented with the support of the Embassy of the Italian Republic and the Dante Alighieri Society Rome Headquarters.
As the rector noted, a hybrid didactic center – “Dante’s Office” - is successfully operating at the Georgian Technical University, and the university administration, with the support of the Dante Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters and in partnership with the Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, will offer Italian as a second foreign language to students of various faculties starting from the next academic year.
“It is gratifying to celebrate the International Day of Dante Alighieri in the homeland of the great Shota Rustaveli. The celebration of Dantedi has already become a tradition at the Georgian Technical University. This year’s theme -"Cultural and Educational Bridge between Italy and Georgia”-is significant for fostering closer educational and scientific ties between our countries. Initiated by the Georgian Technical University and supported by the Alighieri Society’s headquarters in Rome, the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, and the Italian Embassy in Georgia, we have developed an international project that has led to the successful establishment of a hybrid didactic center, “Dante’s Office,” at our university. This center is integrated with the international cultural and educational digital platform, Dante Global. Together, we have created an international project aimed at providing an effective, high-quality, and free interdisciplinary Italian language course for students, academic staff, and young researchers. The course is fully aligned with European standards and modern teaching methodologies. I am pleased to report that the second phase of this project was successfully implemented during the current academic year. Moving forward, with the active support of the Alighieri Society’s Rome headquarters and the Italian Embassy in Georgia, as well as collaboration with the Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, we aim to offer Italian as a second foreign language to students from various faculties starting next year. I am confident that students from the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design, and the International School of Design will be particularly interested in learning Italian.
It is important to highlight the successful educational and scientific collaboration between the Georgian Technical University and leading universities in Italy.
Within the framework of the European Union’s Erasmus+ program, many of our students and young researchers have the opportunity to study and participate in research activities in Italy. We would like to express our gratitude to His Excellency Massimiliano D’Antuono, the Ambassador of Italy to Georgia, and Mr. Alessandro Salacone, a representative from the Rome headquarters of the Dante Alighieri Society, for their significant support. I kindly ask them to convey our best wishes to Professor Andrea Ricciardi, the President of the Alighieri Society, and Professor Alessandro Mazi, the Secretary General. We believe that the partnership and friendship between our university and the Dante Alighieri Society will continue to strengthen in the future. Finally, we are confident that all students and researchers who engage with the Italian language and culture through “Dante’s Office” at the Georgian Technical University that will serve as goodwill ambassadors in fostering relations between Georgia and Italy,” stated Rector David Gurgenidze.
The audience was welcomed by Tamar Ghvamichava, the Deputy Minister of Education, Science, and Youth of Georgia. She emphasized the importance of collaborative educational initiatives, higher education programs, and scientific projects between Georgia and Italy, as well as the need to strengthen academic cooperation between the two countries.
Massimiliano D’Antuono, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Georgia, discussed the potential for enhancing relations between Italy and Georgia.
The President of the Dante Alighieri Society-Tbilisi Committee, Professor Nino Tsertsvadze, presented a report and summarized the results of the international project – “Expansion of the Activities of the Dante Didactic Center and Development of Interdisciplinary Teaching of the Italian Language at the Georgian Technical University”. She also spoke about future projects to be implemented in partnership with the Georgian Technical University, which will contribute to the development of academic, cultural and economic relations between the two countries. The representative of the Dante Alighieri Society Rome headquarters in the Caucasus region, Professor Alessandro Salacone, spoke about new projects and prospects for international cooperation and noted that starting from the next academic year, by the decision of the Alighieri Society, the third phase of the project to expand the activities of the Dante Didactic Center and interdisciplinary teaching of the Italian language at the Georgian Technical University will be implemented; while opera singer, mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze touched upon the importance of obtaining the Dante Alighieri Society and the PLIDA international certificate in the process of establishing cultural and educational relations between Italy and Georgia.
Students of the interdisciplinary Italian language course also delivered speeches at the event dedicated to Dante’s International Day.
At the end of the event, David Gurgenidze, Tamar Ghvamichava, Massimiliano D’Antuono, Nino Tsertsvadze and Alessandro Salacone ceremoniously awarded ADA certificates and PLIDA-international certificates in Italian language to the students, young researchers and professors participating in the project “Expansion of the Dante Didactic Center and Development of Interdisciplinary Italian Language Teaching at the Georgian Technical University”.
