European Wide Students and Staff Mobility Campaign “Let’s Go” in Georgia

1. Conference | Lille6 & 7 October 2008 European Wide Students and Staff Mobility Campaign “Let’s Go” in Georgia National Coalition“Let’s GO! – Georgia” Contact persons: Shorena Japaridze & Kate Chachava

2. “Let’s Go – Georgia!”WHAT HAS BEEN DONE Staring up the Mobility Campaign in Georgia… • February 2008: Establishment of National MobilityCoalition by Educators & Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia (ESFTUG) and Students’ Organizations League of Georgia (SOLG) • Defining main Obstacles for Mobility in Georgia • Creation of the conceptual approach to Mobility in Georgia • Define Main stakeholders and actors in the field • Plan activities for Mobility Campaign in Georgia

3. Let’s Go – Georgia!”WHAT HAS BEEN DONE Presentations • Official Presentation of Mobility Campaign Let’s GO! in Georgia (29.04.2008) • Presentation of the Concept of Mobility Campaign at the workshop organized by Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia with participation of Accredited Higher Education Institutions Rectors and the Heads of Quality Assurance Services (21.04.2008) • Presentation of Mobility for the Heads of the QAS of Georgian HEIs at the Tempus Tasic workshop (19.06.2008)

4. Let’s Go – Georgia!”WHAT HAS BEEN DONE Meetings in Regions of Georgia • Official and unofficial Meetings with students and staff of Tbilisi HEIs(May – July, 2008) • Meeting at Kutaisi State University (Kutaisi - 24.06.2008) • Meeting at Georgian Subtropical State University (Kutaisi - 25.06.2008) • Meeting at State University (Batumi - 26.06.2008) • Meeting at Telavi State University (Telavi - 01. 07. 2008) • Meeting at Gori State University (Gori - 17.07.2008) • Meeting at Sukhumi State University (located in Tbilisi - 09.07.2008)

5. Let’s Go – Georgia!”WHAT HAS BEEN DONE Informational support of the Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia • Triplet of the Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia” • Leaflets Sign Mobility Petition– In Georgian • Triplet of the Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia” - what has been done” • ESFTUG Monthly Bulletin - Information “Let’s GO! – Georgia” • Banners - Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia” • Information about Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia” on Wiki • Information about Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia” on web-site www.educator.ge • Information about presentation of the Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO! – Georgia” on National Television (29.04.2008) • Joint E-mail address: Georgia.letsgo@gmail.com

6. Let’s Go – Georgia!”WHAT HAS BEEN DONE Other kind of Activities • Translate Mobility Petition into Georgia, Printing, Distribution and collecting signatures. • ESFTUG - in the Frame of Project funded by Adam Smith International – more than 1000 teachers of 10 Georgian HEIs in Tbilisi and regions voted to include “Staff Mobility Programmes” in MES new budget • Students Project application for creation of the “Mobility Center in Georgia” to Municipality of Tbilisi

7. Preliminary Results of Lets Go Georgia • Raising awareness, necessity of Mobility among main stakeholders, staff students • Obstacles and ways of resolve • Define preferable for Georgian reality types of staff and students mobility • Platform for raising funding of mobility • Base of creation mobility Center

8. Let’s Go – Georgia! WHAT SHOULD BE DONE: to make mobility reality in Georgia? • Collect and Analyze reliable statistical data on Mobility of Staff and Students • Establishment of the Mobility Centre • Development of Special Mobility Programmes • Financing of Mobility (Mobility Fund) • Free Language courses at Higher Education Institutions • Remove visa problems • Recognition of qualifications WHAT WILL WEDO: to make mobility reality in Georgia? • Support the improvement of work of the International Relations Divisions in the HEI • Conference “European wide Mobility Campaign “Let’s GO!” - Results and New Perspectives for Georgia” • Lobbing Creation of the Students and Staff Mobility Center

9. Thank you! Contact Persons: Shorena Japaridze & Kate Chachava E.mail: Georgia.letsgo@gmail.com