The project "Enhancing the Role of the Georgian Emigrants at Home (ERGEM)" is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in cooperation with project partners. The main aim of the project is to contribute to strengthening the ties between Georgians abroad and Georgian institutions in order to increase diaspora contributions to Georgia's economic development. The project targets Georgian diaspora in the three countries (based on the size and specifications of the Georgian diaspora): Turkey, Greece and Germany.

With regard to the specific objectives, the activities within the project will directly address the contribution of Georgian diaspora and will aim to:

• Enhance the institutional knowledge on Georgian emigrant and diaspora communities, with a focus on their needs, interests, remittances and propensity to invest;
• Improve information, support and services by Georgian institutions to their emigrant and diaspora communities abroad;
• Transfer structured knowledge from diaspora representatives to Georgian business actors and pilot support to returnees.

The activities of the project will be implemented in three consecutive phases (inception, implementation and closing) and under three complementary components:

1. collection and analysis of information,
2. services to diaspora abroad, and;
3. services in Georgia.