Georgian citizens to be allowed to seek employment as clinical support staff in Israel
Georgia is the first country to which the Israeli government has applied to employ foreign clinic support staff workers in long-term care facilities. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Tomorrow, October 1, Georgian Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze and the Ambassador of Israel to Georgia, Ran Gidor will sign the protocol on the implementation of the agreement in Tbilisi.
Both documents are designed to facilitate the selection and temporary employment of hundreds of support workers from Georgia in Israeli long-term care facilities where people with chronic or complex illnesses and / or people with disabilities (physically or cognitively) are receiving treatment. A group of diplomats, public officials, lawyers and experts from government agencies in both countries have worked tirelessly in recent months to ensure that the selection, training and employment systems are fair, efficient and effective", reads the statement by the Embassy of Israeli to Georgia.
According to the embassy, Georgia is the first country to which the Israeli government has applied to employ foreign clinic support staff workers in long-term care facilities.
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.
Georgian sailors now have the opportunity to be employed on British commercial ships, Georgia’s Maritime Transport Agency (MTA) reports.
Georgia is negotiating with three EU member states, Germany, France and Poland to allow for the legal employment of Georgians in those countries, as well as with Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia reports.
The number of employees in research and development (R&D) equalled 13,732 last year in Georgia, of which 10,191 were researchers and 52.4 per cent of them were women, says a survey in research and development in scientific institutions in 2019 published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The embassy of Israel to Georgia welcomes the recent announcement of the Georgian authorities to resume international flights from February 1 and stands ready to provide all the necessary consular services for Israeli visitors to Georgia.
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.
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.