Francophonie International Day was celebrated at the National Center for Teacher Professional Development. The event was organized by the French Institute in Georgia and was opened by the Education and Sciences Deputy Minister- Lia Gigauri, National Center for Teacher Professional Development Director-Giorgi Machebeli and French Institute in Georgia Director- Mr. Jean-Yves Lavoir.

School and university students, winners of various French language contests organized by the French Institute in Georgia had been awarded at the event, 2 French language teachers had been announced the winners of French state scholarship for a brief teaching internship in France.

The event had been attended by the French Ambassador in Georgia-PascalMeunier, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Georgia- Mr.LukasBeg linger, Deputy State Minister on European and Euro –Atlantic Integration and other diplomatic mission representatives. French language teachers from various school and Institutes and their students.

Francophonie International organization is comprised of 57 member and 20 observer countries (Georgia among them). One third of population the UN member countries speak French and more than 220 million people speak French at 5 continents. French language population is 2-nd largest after the German language population in Europe.