Within the EU-funded ENIGMMA project, implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), project team together with Georgian state institutions and stakeholders in the destination country started a practice of joint development of legal residence guidelines for Georgian migrants in several destination countries (Greece, Spain and Italy). On the Georgian side, the Georgian Diaspora department within MFA is involved, alongside the State Commission on Migration Issues, the Consular Department of MFA, and consular services abroad. With regard to the destination countries, the stakeholders differ: they include ministries responsible for migration and residence permits, municipalities, NGOs, academia, and private immigration lawyers. 

The overall objective of the ENIGMMA 2 project is to contribute to the sustainable enhancement of mobility and people-to-people contacts between the EU and Georgia. The proposed action will seek to achieve the overall objective by addressing identified and potential migration-related risks of visa liberalisation in Georgia and the EU MS, as well as maximising the visa liberalisation benefits in areas covered by the project. The project will continue providing support to the Government of Georgia in implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation of the impact of Migration Strategy.

As established by the project programme, ICMPD, in close cooperation with SCMI and its Secretariat, will implement a set of activities designed to facilitate the efforts of state institutions involved in migration management in Georgia in policy development, capacity building and carrying out monitoring and impact assessment mechanisms for regular policy reviews, etc. The project consists of the following components:

• COMPONENT 1 offers support in development of policy recommendations, in particular, support in the implementation and evaluation of migration strategy, monitoring migration coverage in Georgian media, analysis and evaluation of the impact of the migration strategy as well as analytical and research activities for policy development.
• COMPONENT 2 focuses on joint response measures derived from the policy recommendations through actions directed at migration risks prevention, diaspora engagement and students’ mobility, as well as awareness raising on migration and mobility.
• COMPONENT 3 provides targeted capacity building actions designed to support migration understanding, expertise and education, deepening understanding of EU migration acquis, personal Data Protection requirements in the field of migration as well as media education on migration.
• COMPONENT 4 fosters exchange and cooperation between Georgia and EU experts by raising institutional awareness on functioning of EU institutions, implementing joint measures for further approximation of the Georgian legislation with the EU migration acquis, establishing close contacts between SCMI and EU institutions in the area of migration and asylum, and carrying out targeted EU MS experts exchange visits to Georgia.