The training
center of Adventure Tourism School has opened in Gudauri. The School is
supported by the "Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development” (ISWD) project
of the Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia and development of new modular programs
has been funded by more than half million USD under the Millennium Challenge
Corporation grant scheme. Adventure Tourism School is a joint project of the
Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable
Development and the Mountain Resorts Development Company.
The Vice-Prime
Minister of Georgia, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Dimitri
Kumsishvili, Secretary of National Security Council of Georgia and the
President of Georgian Mountain Guide Association Davit Rakviashvili, the First Deputy
Minister of Education Ketevan Natriashvili, Head of Mountain Resorts Development
Company Sandro Onoprishvili, consortium partners and students of Adventure
Tourism School attended the opening ceremony.
New vocational programs such as tracking guide and mountain guide
as well as certificate programs, such as ski instructor, were developed at the
Adventure Tourism School. Each program has been developed in collaboration with
international partners. During last year, the school has been actively
working with Swiss and German experts in order to create new programs according
to international standards and requirements.
During the practical training,
the students can now live in Gudauri. Learning base can accommodate around 30
students at the same time. The School already has students from Tbilisi and high-mountainous
regions of Georgia. Besides Gudauri, practical training is also being conducted
in other high-mountainous regions (such as Mestia, Bakuriani, Goderdzi pass,
Gudauri).