The Consulate of Georgia in the Philippines, led by Consul (a.h.) Thelmo Cunanan Jr., is organizing “Georgia Week” at the University of the Philippines—the first such activity to promote the country at the Philippines’ premiere state university.

In this regard, Consul Cunanan has partnered with the Science and Society Program of the UP’s College of Science. Coordinating this endeavour on the part of the university is Dr. Benjamin Vallejo Jr. The Science and Society Program aims to increase awareness of the close links between science and technology and society and their direct bearings on each other. The thrust of “Georgia Week” will be a round of academic discussions on the roles of prominent Georgians in many different scientific disciplines, particularly during the Soviet period, and the effects of these on world history. There will also be Georgian tourism promotions activities on campus and the showing of Georgian films in the UP Film Center.

“Georgia Week” is scheduled for the first week of September.