The Fund for Kartvelian (Georgian) Studies, based on private donations by Georgians and foreigners and on grants, forms the basis for the activity of the Centre for Kartvelian(Georgian)  Studies.  The Centre for Kartvelian Studies  exists at Tbilisi State University as an independent cultural-educational unit. The Centre aims at promoting Georgian culture and scholarship in the international arena and establishing Kartvelology as an international discipline. It coordinates research and assists foreign students and scholars interested in various Kartvelian fields. This is the only Centre for Kartvelian Studies in the world. The 10th anniversary of its foundation was marked in the autumn of 2002. The basic forms of work of the Centre are:    to provide foreign students interested in various Kartvelian problems with consultation;  to arrange a Summer School for foreign students in the Georgian language and Kartvelian Scholarship;     to hold international symposia in Kartvelian Studies, to edit and print materials;  to publish an informative periodical in English and Georgian in Kartvelian Studies and supply it to foreign Kartvelologists;  to popularize Kartvelology at foreign scholarly centres and works of foreign Kartvelologists in Georgia;   to prepare and carry out scholarly projects in various Kartvelian fields through establishing relations with international scholarly centres;  to award prizes to foreign Kartvelologists; Publication of significant Kartvelological monographs and collected papers in Georgian and in English.    The Centre was founded and is directed by Proffesor Elguja Khintibidze.  The broad public interested in Georgian culture and scholarship, and rallied to the Fund and Centre for Kartvelian Studies, thanks everybody for his/her contribution – however small – to the development of Kartvelian Studies.