Erasmus+ - ICM

International Credit Mobility

International Credit Mobility projects:

Replaces Action 2 of Erasmus Mundus
No longer relevant to differentiate between intra-EU and international mobility
Full streamlining of calendar and procedures, management by National Agencies (Note: international mobility launched later)
Use of same quality instruments. Principles of the Charter will apply.
Mobility flows based on inter-institutional agreements
Doctoral level and staff mobilities at all disciplines
From 2 to 12 months for studies and/or traineeship
Blended mobility - (physical mobility 5-30days + virtual component)
For staff – from 2 days to 2 months
Level of grants adapted to international mobility
EU external policy priorities apply

HEIs to apply for:

Sending and receiving mobility to/from nonassociated/partner countries countries
Individually or within a consortium

To ensure high-quality mobility activities with maximum impact on the students, the mobility activity has to respond to student degree-related learning and personal development needs. The study period abroad must be part of the student's study programme at doctoral cycle.

Credit mobility covers moblity of students and staff:

Erasmus+ provides teaching opportunities for the teaching staff of higher education institutions. Training opportunities are also available for teaching and non-teaching staff employed in an higher education institution.

Teaching: this activity allows HEI teaching staff or staff from enterprises to teach at a partner HEI abroad. Staff mobility for teaching can be in any subject area/academic discipline. In the case of teaching assignments universities in associated/programme and non-associated/partner countries must have signed an inter-institutional agreement. Activities of staff undertaking a teaching assignment should be integrated into the curriculum of the receiving institution.
Training: this activity supports the professional development of HEI teaching and non-teaching staff in the form of training events abroad (excluding conferences) and job shadowing/observation periods/training at a partner HEI, or at another relevant organisation abroad.
Staff members are selected by the sending higher education institution.

The sending institution and the receiving institution must have agreed on the programme of the activities to be undertaken by the visiting staff member (Mobility Agreement) prior to the start of the mobility period.

Information for foreign students

Erasmus+ offers opportunity to European students to spend learning period in non-associated/partner countries.

Georgian universities welcome mobile students from Europe!

Information for Georgian students, wishing to study in Europe, is provided here .

We offer you additional information about studying in Georgia.

Country profile

Georgia is a state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the east by Azerbaijan.

The history of Georgia can be traced back to the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia, and it was one of the first countries to adopt Christianity, in the 4th century. Georgia reached the peak of its political and economic strength during the reign of King David and Queen Tamar in 11th and 12th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, Georgia was annexed by the Russian Empire. After a brief period of independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia was annexed by the Soviet Red Army in 1921 and in 1922 Georgia was incorporated into the Soviet Union, which lasted until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Like many post-communist countries, Georgia suffered from the economic crisis and civil unrest during the 1990s. After the Rose Revolution (2004), the new political leadership introduced democratic reforms but the foreign investment and economic growth which followed initially have slackened substantially since.

Georgia contains two de facto independent regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and considers these regions to be occupied by Russia (after war in 2008).

Living costs

The standard of living in Georgia is getting closer to European, but accommodation, food, transport and leisure are relatively un-expensive compared to many other countries.

Here some examples (sample prices for the capital city - Tbilisi)

1 EUR = 3.645 Georgial Lari (GEL; as for October 2021; to check exchange rates, please visit InforEuro)

Spending	Costs
Housing/rent: Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	900 - 1300 GEL /month
Food and daily expenses:	400 - 500 GEL /month
Calls from cell phone: 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans)	0.21 GEL/minute in GE
Call to the Europe	0.88 GEL /minute in the EU
Bus/metro ticket: One-way Ticket (BUS, METRO)	0.50 GEL/ per ride
Health insurance package for students	10 - 50 GEL/month

For more details visit http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Georgia&city=Tbilisi

or http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/tbilisi.

Visa/residence permits

Citizens of member countries of the European Union have the right of visa-free stay in Georgia for one full year.

No residence permit is required for study visits.

Facts and Figures (www.cia.gov data):

Territory: 69,700 km²

Population: 3,726,330 (July 2017 est.)

Ethnic groups:

Georgian 86.8%
Azeri 6.3%
Armenian 4.5%
Other 2.3%

Languages:

Georgian (official) 87.6%
Azeri 6.2%
Armenian 3.9%
Russian 1.2%
other 1%

Religion:

Orthodox Christian (official) 83.4%
Muslim 10.7%
Armenian-Gregorian 2.9%
Catholic 0.8%
other 0.8%
none 0.7%

Population growth rate: - 0.02%

Net migration rate: -1.6 /1000

Life expectancy: 76.4

Unemployment rate: 33.3%

Population below poverty line: 9.7%

Literacy rate: 99.8%

GDP per capita: $10,000 (2016)

Useful links:

About Georgia-EU relations

Since 2009 Georgia participates in the Eastern Partnership (EaP), which is a specific Eastern dimension within the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). EU-Georgia Association Agreement has been signed on 27^th June 2014. More info here.