77 b, Sh. Nutsubidze Street. 0177 , Tel: (+995 32) 232 00 70 (home), (+995 32) 32 98 30 78 (work), Fax: (+995 32) 298 30 79 Mobile: (+995) 99 75 37 37; (+995) 77 94 70 06 Email: [email protected]

TAMAR VEPKHVADZE

EDUCATION

1990 Faculty of Philology Doctor Degree – “Transitional Period of Georgian Writing” and Russian – Georgian Literature Relations” . Ph.D in Philology 1983 - 1987 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Philology; Department of Literature Relations and Fiction Translation . Post – graduate student 1983 - 1987 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Philology . Degree: Diploma (Finished with honors) 1968 - 1978 Tbilisi N165 high school . Finished with honors

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

December’17- present Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

The Head of the Chancellery

September’17- present Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Associate Professor of the faculty of Social and Political Sciences

September’17- December’17 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Advisor of Vice-Rector

December’17- present Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University

Consultant of Quality Assurance Issues

September’17- December’17 Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University

Quality Assurance Service Head

January’13- present Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia Injunction of Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia 03/7 – 22.01.2013 For Suggestions in Order to Changes in High Education for Higher Arts Education Universities Member of the Operating Group

January’13- September’17 Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University

Consultant of Quality Assurance Issues

Jule’12- September’17 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Quality Assurance Service Head

May’11- present National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia

Accreditation Expert of the Educational Programs

January’11 Prague Quadrennial 2011 - Georgia School Exhibition

Member of the Competition Council

Octomber’10 - present National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia 1

Authorization Expert

March’10 - present National Curriculum and Assessment Centre of Georgia

Member of the Methodical Council

Octomber’09 - May’11 National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia

Accreditation Expert

April’09 - May’10 Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia Injunction of Minister of Education and Sciences of Georgia N 240 (2009. 30. 04) For Suggestions in Order to Changes in High Education Law for Electoral Competition of the Faculty Academic Persons in Higher Arts Education Universities

Member of the Operating Group

Octomber’08 - November’08 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Humanitarian Sciences Electoral Competition of the Faculty Academic Persons

Member of the Competition Council - Decision of the Academic Council of Tbilisi State University N144 – 28.10.1008. April’07 - Jule’12 Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University

Quality Assurance Service Head

January'07 – December’07 University

Caucasus School of Media

Manager

November’06 – present Civic Organization Coalition - Civic Initiative Center Expert of Civic Education May’05 – April’07 National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia Invitation Expert February'06 – November’06 David Agmashenebeli University of Georgia (DAUG) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences - Dean Octomber’05 – February'06 Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia Department of National and Regional Programs Division of Higher and Vocational Educational Programs - Senior Specialist

September’04 – Octomber'05 Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia Department of State Programs Division of National Curriculums and Standards - Head of Division

January’03 – August'04 National Assessment and Examinations Centre of Georgia Expert February’02 – September'04 David Agmashenebeli University of Georgia (DAUG) Faculty of Journalism - Dean Department of and Literature - Head Multi Dimensional Lyceum – Director

January’00 – June'02 Radio “UNIVERSE” Editor of Literature Programs; Author of program

January’99 – January'02 Ministry of Education of Georgia Expert of Georgian Education System - Program “V – Components“ January’96 – January'98 Georgian Patriarchate

2 Public Relations Department - Press – Center - Researcher Octomber’83 – September'99 Georgian Academy of Sciences Centre of National Affairs

Senior Researcher

TEACHING (ACADEMIC) EXPERIENCE

September’11 – present Grigol Robakidze University of Georgia.  School of and Social Sciences – Invited Staff

April’11 – present Saint Andrew The First Called Georgian University of The Patriarchate of Georgia.  Faculty of Humanities – Invited Staff

March’08 – present . Caucasus School of Law.  Full Professor (Order N 05/03 – 23/01 – 21.04.2008)

December’06 – present Caucasus University  Professor

February’02 – November'06 David Agmashenebeli University of Georgia (DAUG)  Professor

September’99 – August'02 Georgian Technical University  Lecturer. Course: Georgian Language and Literature

September’99 – August'01 Tbilisi A. Urushadze State Dentist Institute  Lecturer. Course: Georgian Language and Literature

September’04 – Octomber'05 Tbilisi Economic Institute  Lecturer. Course: Georgian Language and Literature

ADVERTISEMENTS/PUBLICATIONS

2010 Complete works: “Articulation” – Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University Edition – Editor.

2010 “VIRUM NECARE – To Kill the Man” - Review of the Theatre Performance – Journal “ART - FACE” (# 4 -2010 -Tbilisi, Georgia).

2006 Co-author of the Georgian National Accreditation centre Manual “Quality Higher Education”.

2006 Typological aspects of Georgian Pre-Romanticism.

2000 - 2008 Cooperating with varied organs of contemporaneous Media.

2002 - 2004 Media-organ of David Agmashenebeli University of Georgia (DAUG) - Newspaper “DAUG” - Editor .

2002 Cooperating with Magazine “Komagi”, Tbilisi, Georgia - Publicist article: “I will come back - mono thoughts after the performance” (#9-59 – April, 2002) etc.

1990 Scientific review about eccentricity of Russian – Georgian Literature Relations.

1984 - 1985 Scientific articles about Typological aspects of literary , lyrical and dramatic translations.

TRAININGS & CONFERENCES

2017 Tbilisi, Georgia Conference of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia on topic: “Changes in the Quality Assurance system of the Georgian Higher Education – Support of mechanisms, oriented on the Development and the Outcomes”.

2016 Tbilisi, Georgia Active participation on the workshops organized by the National Center for Education Quality Enhancement of Georgia for the elaboration of the new standards of Authorization of the Higher Educational Institutions of Georgia. Discussions and meetings. 3

2015 Tbilisi, Georgia Conference of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia on topic: “Development of the Higher Education System of Georgia – Perspectives and Challenges”.

2014-2016 Tbilisi, Georgia Active participation on the workshops organized by the National Center for Education Quality Enhancement of Georgia for the elaboration of the new verse of Document – National Qualifications Framework of Georgia. Discussions and meetings. Field of activities – Higher Education standards in Fine Arts and Art sciences.

2013 Tbilisi, Georgia The Institute for European Studies of Tbilisi State University . The celebrations dedicated to Europe Day by launching the new project "PhD Program in European Studies at Tbilisi State University", funded by the European Union: “Review of program accreditation standards and procedures within the Georgian legal framework”.

2013 Tbilisi, Georgia PICQA Tempus project "Promoting Internationalization and Comparability of Quality Assurance in Higher Education".

Seminar - The importance for a national quality assurance system to develop of a high level of communication between all stakeholders.

2012 Tbilisi, Georgia PICQA Tempus project "Promoting Internationalization and Comparability of Quality Assurance in Higher Education".

The Training of Accreditation Agencies and Universities in and Georgia.

2012 Tbilisi, Georgia PICQA Tempus project "Promoting Internationalization and Comparability of Quality Assurance in Higher Education".

Seminar - The issues of internal and external communication agencies.

2011 Tbilisi, Georgia International Scientific Conference of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Grigol Robakidze University of Georgia: “Teaching – Learning – Research – Reform of Philosophy and Social Sciences” (Tbilisi, 2011 – 17 November).

2011 Bakuriani, Georgia Trainings of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia: 1. Elaboration of educational programs according to qualifications framework ; 2. Preparation of a self-evaluation report according to program accreditation standards (Bakuriani, 2011 – 16-20 February).

2011 Tbilisi, Georgia Conference of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia on Recognition of Education.

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia The Closing Academic and Professional Summit for 2010 - The Professional Summit in the format of an enlarged session of the National Professional Council. The Summit also discuss the measures to be implemented in 2011 - organized by: National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia.

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia Meeting and Work - Shop on Vocational Education and Professional Standards with the representatives of the following fields: Fine Arts, Musical Arts, Theatre Arts, Media Arts - organized by: National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia - “Professional Qualifications in Arts Field”.

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia Regional Academic Summit organized by: National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia and “Twinning Project” of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia - “Research in Educational Programs: Master and Doctoral Programs, Experience from France.”

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia Regional Academic Summit organized by: National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia and “Twinning Project”– The Bologna Process and Participants of the Program Accreditation Process – Interrelation of the Quality Assurance Agencies and the Universities.

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia National Seminar organized by: National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia and “Twinning Project”– Study Programs in 5 Disciplines for Regulated Professions Have Undergone an Internal and External Evaluation: The Self Assessment – What Information is Needed and How to Collect (Quality Assurance and the Bologna Process – European and German Perspectives).

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia Seminar organized by: National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia – Sector Documents – Higher Art Education Standard and National Frames of Higher Education.

2010 Tbilisi, Georgia Seminar organized by: National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia and “Twinning Project”– Sector Documents - Education Sciences and Teacher Education.

2009 Tbilisi, Georgia National Seminar organized by: Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia – Higher Education and National Frames of Higher Education

2009 Tbilisi, Georgia Information Seminar On Mobility - organized by: Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia and National TEMPUS Office of Georgia

2009 Tbilisi, Georgia Information Seminar On Doctoral Education - organized by: Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia, National TEMPUS Office of Georgia and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

4 2009 Tbilisi, Georgia Information Seminar On Quality Control Mechanism - organized by: Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia, National TEMPUS Office of Georgia and Ilia Chavchavadze Tbilisi State University

2008 Tbilisi, Georgia Conference organized by: Curriculum Development Group of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia – Quality Assurance in Higher Education Institutes

2008 Tbilisi, Georgia Conference organized by: Trade Union of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia - Effective management of Teachers Evaluation process by students. Name of presentation - Students Surveys and learning process improvement strategies

2008 Tbilisi, Georgia Conference organized by: Ministry of Culture and Sports of Georgia, Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University of Georgia - Higher Arts Education- problems and perspectives. Name of presentation - Higher Arts Education and National Frames of Higher Education

2007 Bazaleti, Georgia Georgian Education Decentralization and Accreditation Project (GEDA) and National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia - Workshop on Terms and Procedures of Program Accreditation

2006 Bakuriani, Georgia National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia - Workshop on account report “Quality Higher Education”

2006 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgian Education Decentralization and Accreditation Project (GEDA) and National Education Accreditation Centre of Georgia - Training on National standards of institutional accreditation

2005 Akhalcikhe, Georgia Workshop organized by United States Agency for International Development, International Foundation for Election Systems and Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia – “Civic education – Goals of Development”

2005 Bakuriani, Georgia Workshop organized by United States Agency for International Development, International Foundation for Election Systems and Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia – “Solicitude Council Election in High schools”

2004 Tbilisi, Georgia Training of Harvard University in Georgia For Senior Experts of Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia - Novelty management of system

2004 Tbilisi, Georgia OSCE Representation in Georgia, Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia - Training on Developing Tools against Domestic Violence. Name of presentation - Education Role in preventing domestic violence

AWARDS & CERTIFICATES

2004 OSCE Representation in Georgia – Certificate for Successful Participation in arranging inter agency conference against domestic Violence

1982 Dip Diploma of Tbilisi State University - Award for the best Literary translation

1979 Dip Diploma of Tbilisi State University - Award for the best Student’s work

COMPUTERS & LANGUAGE SKILLS

Languages . Georgian (native) . English (good) . Russian (fluent)

Computer . MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) . Internet, Email

REFERENCES

GEORGE SHARVASHIDZE N1 – Chavchavadze Ave. 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia Ivane Javakhishvili Tel: (+995 32) 222 02 41 / (+995) 99 28 20 13 Tbilisi State University

Rector E-mail: [email protected] Fax +995.32.2225107

IRINE DARCHIA N52 – D. Uznadze str. 0102 5 Ministry of Education and Tbilisi, Georgia Sciences of Georgia Tel: (+995 32) 2 200 220 / (+995) 77 55 33 74

The Head of the E-mail: [email protected] Higher Education and

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