BTU held Cybersecurity Campaigns and Hackathons to Raise Awareness

The University of Business and Technology has hosted a large-scale cybersecurity forum under an EU-funded Jean Monnet project. The forum was held on March 22-23 in several sessions in physical format.

As Ani Chelishvili, Head of International and Development Services at the University of Business and Technology, explains, the two-day forum was the final event of the EU-funded Jean Monnet project, PEU-C-E.

"Jean Monnet's project has been implemented in coordination with BTU since October 2020. Within the framework of the project, we have developed 3-language informative, awareness-raising brochures tailored to 6 different target groups, conducted 2 events dedicated to the International Safer Internet Day in 2021 and 2022, and special cybersecurity campaigns in Tbilisi, Kakheti, and Kutaisi. We also hosted a cyber-hackathon for schoolchildren and students. We have gradually trained up to 1300 beneficiaries in Tbilisi and different regions of Georgia through EU cybersecurity strategy, secure internet, cyber-hygiene, cybernetics, through workshops and training, ”explains Ani Chelishvili.

The agenda of the forum was quite diverse and interesting. The speakers were representatives of leading local and international companies.

PEU-C-E - EU Cybersecurity Education Support is an Erasmus + Jean Monnet project in collaboration with the University of Business and Technology and Caucasus University. The project aims to uphold EU values ​​and aims to share European best practices and experiences in raising awareness of safe internet, cyber-hygiene, and cybernetics among vulnerable young people, students, teachers, parents, professors, and decision-makers.