The Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals (TRQN) program is managed by IOM and the Georgian State Ministry of Diaspora Issues. It allows for the temporary return of Georgian nationals to Georgia in order to transfer their skills to their hosts organizations.

Georgia has been engaged in TRQN programmes for some time. It has a large and wellresourced IOM office, which is both very supportive and very strategic. Unlike many  other countries, it has an active State Minister’s office for Diaspora Issues and a task

force, which is a useful reporting mechanism, which can shape the direction of the  assignments to what is most useful in the Georgian context. For Georgians, there is a  central issue of culture, underscoring the importance of being Georgian. TRQN has  brought Georgian diaspora to Georgia, and in Georgian language, they are able to take  not only difficult concepts and explain them simply in the local language but experience  on culture and community building from a wider European context.