Academic Activities

Facilities

There are two libraries at DAG; one - with a stock of books and journals on humanities and economics in the Georgian and Russian languages (politics, economics, history, psychology, literature, cultural and area studies, religions, etc.); another is part of the Department of Foreign Languages and comprises textbooks, books, periodicals and maps in the English, German, French, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian and other languages. The two libraries are being enlarged on an on-going basis, often as a result of book contributions from embassies, foreign missions, international organizations or private persons.

Academic and Social Activities

DAG builds and maintains close contacts with foreign embassies and missions accredited in Georgia. Ambassadors, cultural attaches, other officers of embassies, foreign missions and international organizations often visit the Diplomatic Academy, meet its students and staff, give lectures to the students, acquaint them with their countries' foreign and domestic policies, relationship with Georgia, speak of the duties of young diplomats. Since 1996 students of the Academy have been participating in many activities carried out by international organizations, such as UN "mock sessions" and seminars, "Open Society-Georgia" intellectual games, receptions, etc.

Meetings of Representatives of the Diplomatic Corps with students of the Academy


Mr. Ertan Tezgor, Ambassador of Turkey, speaking to students of Diplomatic Academy	Mr. Lorenzo Amberg, Ambassador of Switzerland tells students of the Academy about the country represents	Mr. Philippe Lefort, Ambassador of France, speaking to students of the Diplomatic Academy of Georgia

Ambassador of China Mr. W. Kaiwen, Consul Ms. Gu Ping, at a meeting with students of the Academy	Ms. Stacey E. Blau (Embassy of USA) at the Diplomatic Academy of Georgia	Mr. Onno Elderenhosch, Ambassador of Netherlands , at a meeting with students of the Diplomatic Academy of Georgia

Ms. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of Germany, with the students of the Diplomatic Academy	Mr. Ricardas Degutis, Ambassador of Lithuania, speaks to students of the Diplomatic Academy	Assoc. Prof. Dominique K. Tezgor (Turkey) speaks to students of Diplomatic Academy

Ambassador of Azerbaijan Mr. Ramiz Hasanov and Mr. E. Poluhov at a meeting with students of the Academy	Mr. Fabricio Romano, the Ambassador of Italy to Georgia at the Diplomatic Academy	Mr. Reinhard Riedel, Defence Attache, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, gives a lecture to students of the Academy

Mr. Elefterios Angelopoulos, Ambassador of Greece, give a lecture to students of the Academy	Mr. Donald MacLaren, British Ambassador, at the Academy	Mr. Jozef Vrabec, Ambassador of of the Czech Republic, at the Diplomatic Academy

Mr. Harry Lahtein, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, speaks to the students	Mr. Vladimir Chkhikvishvili, Ambassador of the Russian Federation , with students of the Academy	Dr. Dan Mihai Barliba, Ambassador of Romania, gives a lecture to students of the Academy

Some embassies plan to send promising students of DAG abroad as interns; one of the students was sent by the Embassy of Turkey to the Ankara Language Center; in 2005 and 2007several graduate students of the Academy were sent abroad for a short- term internship to departments of international relations of various universities in Turkey and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran.

DAG sent students to the University of Reno, Nevada (USA) on scholarships provided by the University of Reno, Nevada, owing to the Inter-Institutional Agreement signed by both the institutions. 18 students were sent by DAG to the USA on various programs. Concordia and McGill Universities in Montreal, Canada are also ready to accept students from GIDA.

Several International Conferences were organized by GIDA: one - with participants from the North Caucasus (Kutaisi, summer 1996), another - with participation of seven American specialists of Political Science from New York Institute of East - West Studies, UC Berkley and Harvard Universities, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Tbilisi, summer 1997). Both were centered on CIS issues. The conference on Georgian issues was organized in spring 1999 in collaboration with the Academy of Political Science. The conference at the level of well-known Georgian and foreign experts on the subject of Georgian-Russian relations was held in Feb.-March 2001. In 2001-02 international round- table discussions on International Relations and Human Rights were held with participation of Swiss professors. Since 2003 numerous discussions, round-tables and conferences were organized by the Academy with participation of well-known experts, professors and students .

DAG's professors and students regularly take part in various conferences organized by other institutions- Tbilisi University, IBSU, Academy of Science, ACTR, IREX, UN.

Faculty and Students of the Academy at International Conferences

Students' Club was organized at the Academy by its students and is run by them. The Club arranges meetings of its active and honorary members, organizes excursions and sport activities, supervises participation of DAG’s students in UN "mock sessions", etc.

In 2003 graduates of the Diplomatic Academy created the Alumni Association of the Diplomatic Academy.

The Department of Foreign Languages/Cultural and Area Studies arranges short term educational / tourist visits of the students of DAG abroad as an extension of the language and cultural studies program.