Germany to allow Georgian citizens find legal employment in country starting February 15
Registration of the project participants will start from February 15 by the State Employment Promotion Agency. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Starting February 15 Germany will allow Georgian citizens to find legal employment in the country's agriculture sector, said German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch after a meeting with Georgian Minister of Internally Displaced Persons, Labour, Health and Social Affairs Ekaterine Tikaradze.
Knirsch said that Georgian citizens will be able to be employed in Germany seasonally for a maximum of 90 days.
This is not an immigration project in Germany, but rather, a temporary seasonal program that lasts a maximum of 90 days. Many people in Georgia are well acquainted with the field of agriculture and will be able to contribute to the German agriculture and, after their arrival in Georgia, will contribute in the same field of their country”, said Knirsch.
Georgia is the first country with which Germany has started working in this direction.
Registration will start from February 15 by the State Employment Promotion Agency. The project will continue throughout the year. The number of individuals wishing to join the program is not limited”, said Tikaradze.
The seasonal employment program was supposed to start in 2020, though was temporarily delayed due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Tikaradze also said that the Georgian government is negotiating with Bulgaria, Israel and France to implement similar seasonal employment programs in the coming future.
Georgian citizens will now be allowed to seek employment as clinic support staff in Israel thanks to a new bilateral agreement on temporary employment for Georgian citizens in Israel signed between Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenaz and Georgian Ambassador to Israel Lasha Zhvania, announces the Embassy of Israel to Georgia.
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Georgian citizens will be able to go to work in Turkey, but when they return they will have to quarantine for 14 days, announces the Chairman of the Government of Adjara Tornike Rijvadze.
Citizens of Georgia who used to do seasonal work abroad before the pandemic may be abale to find seasonal jobs in their home country.
Within the last 24 hours, over 53,000 Georgian citizens have registered for the seasonal employment program in Germany, reports the State Employment Promotion Agency.
Georgia is negotiating with France, Greece and Israel on seasonal employment, announces Health Minister candidate Ekaterine Tikaradze. A similar agreement has already been reached with Germany where Georgian citizens will be able to find temporary legal employment in the agriculture sector for a maximum of 90 days starting April 2021.
In total 97,436 Georgian citizens have registered for a seasonal employment programme in Germany, while there are only 350 vacancies available at this stage, reports the State Employment Promotion Agency.
In total 97,663 Georgian citizens have registered for a seasonal employment programme in Germany, while there are only 5,000 vacancies available at this stage, reports the State Employment Promotion Agency.
Starting today Georgian citizens can apply for legal employment in Israel for a one-year term as part of an agreement signed between Israel and Georgia on April 9, announces the Ministry of Health of Georgia.
France will allow Georgian citizens to find legal employment in the country by the end of 2021, Head of the Department of Migration, Repatriation and Refugee Issues of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons, Giorgi Bunturi told the Georgian Public Broadcaster earlier today.
Twenty-four Georgian citizens who went to Germany within a seasonal employment programme say they are working in ‘very difficult conditions’, and are not receiving the salary specified in the original contract.
Twenty-four Georgian citizens who went to Germany within a seasonal employment programme and are in ‘very difficult working and living conditions’ will be transferred to a new employer this week, announces the German Embassy to Georgia.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and Luise Hölscher, the German Federal Minister of Finance, on Tuesday discussed bilateral partnership and future cooperation as part of intergovernmental negotiations on development between the two states, hosted in Berlin.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday said Georgia and Moldova were classified as safe countries of origin, adding it was “not plausible” to assume “systemic oppression” in the two states.