Learn about EU-Georgia cooperation through new portal
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You can now find information about the European Union’s ongoing cooperation with Georgia on a brand-new online portal for EU’s neighbouring countries.
Revealed on Thursday, the EU Neighbours website presents updates and details on the European Neighbourhood Policy, through which the EU governs its relations to the 16 of its closest neighbours, including Georgia.
The new portal includes individual pages for the EU’s southern and eastern neighbours, with Georgia featured alongside Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the latter group.
Stories including news, features and interviews are arranged on the website along with information on the European body’s ongoing projects with the subject countries. The pages are available in four languages, with more versions, including Georgian, in the works.
The section on the EU-Georgia neighbourhood includes news on economic and judicial reforms carried out within the partnership as well as educational opportunities for Georgian citizens in the EU countries and job opportunities at European institutions in the Caucasus.
The portal is part of the EU’s OPEN Neighbourhood Programme, which was designed in 2015 to increase awareness on the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Launched in 2004, the Policy is aimed to support "political and economic reforms in Europe’s neighbouring countries”.
The unveiling of the EU Neighbours website coincides with today’s historic decision by the European Parliament to approve visa-free travel to the EU for citizens of Georgia.
European Parliament approves visa-free travel for Georgian citizens
Today is the final stretch of a long marathon Georgia has been running for years: starting in spring, Georgian citizens will be able to travel visa-free to most countries of the European Union.
Georgia and other eastern partner countries of the European Union (EU) are discussing ways to collaborate on digital issues to bring economic growth, generate jobs, improve people’s lives and help businesses.
Efforts of Moldova, Ukraine also praised
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution for Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova on how the nations fulfilled their obligations drafted in their respective Association Agreements (AA) with the European Union (EU).
A new €1.2 million European Union (EU) project will focus on access to international standard metrology and standardisation services in Georgia.
Experts from Poland and the United Kingdom will support consumer rights protection in Georgia, helping to align Georgian legislation with the European Union (EU) acquis and put in place a modern legal framework for consumer rights protection in the country.