Tbilisi - June 2010

From June 24 to June 25 2010, the first eLearning conference in the Caucasus region was organised and moderated by common sense on behalf of InWEnt in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The "eLearning Caucasus Conference" was the closing event of the first phase of the successful project "Institution Building and Human Resource Development in the Southern Caucasus”. Since midyear 2009, common sense is conducting and supporting this project is for 20 educational institutions in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The outcome of the pilot projects of each participating institution were presented during the conference. All international experts were impressed by the quality of the achievements.

With 120 - 130 participants, the conference attracted a large number of visitors and offered speeches and discussions at a high level. International and regional experts discussed the challenges and possibilities of eLearning in and for the countries of the Southern Caucasus region.

In a separate workshop on the day after the conference, selected representatives of the three countries discussed the formation of a regional eLearning network and the development of national eLearning centres, again moderated by common sense.

The sincere and open encounter of the participants of all three countries, beyond existing political conflicts, is one of the most important and pleasant "additional benefits" of this project and raises a spark of hope for future cooperation.