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Erasmus+ Networking Event: Georgia and International Partners
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 · 12:00–15:30 Tbilisi · 09:00–12:30 Brussels · Online
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Erasmus+ cooperation is built around partnerships. Higher education does not develop in isolation: strong institutions and relevant educational programmes depend increasingly on connections with research, business, innovation, employers and the wider labour market.
This online networking event brings together Georgian higher education institutions and international organisations interested in developing cooperation with Georgia across these areas.
The event is designed to help participants identify potential partners for International Credit Mobility, Capacity Building in Higher Education and Cooperation Partnerships, while also creating space for cross sectoral connections between higher education, research, business and other organisations active in the labour market and wider socioeconomic environment.
This is not a training session on proposal writing and not a conventional information webinar. The purpose is to create direct institutional connections and provide a starting point for future Erasmus+ cooperation.
Who should take part?
The event is open to organisations in Georgia and EU Member States and countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme, including:
• Higher education institutions and other educational organisations
• Research institutes, laboratories and innovation organisations
• Companies and employers
• Business associations, chambers and professional organisations
• Innovation hubs and technology organisations
• Public and private organisations active in the labour market
• Organisations working across education, research, innovation and skills development
• Other organisations interested in developing international cooperation with Georgian higher education institutions
International participants do not need to be from the education sector. Depending on the project idea, expertise from business, research, innovation and other socioeconomic sectors can provide important added value to Erasmus+ cooperation.
What will be covered?
The first part of the event will provide a concise overview of three Erasmus+ opportunities particularly relevant to cooperation with Georgian higher education institutions.
International Credit Mobility
How Georgian higher education institutions participate in international mobility, what types of cooperation can be developed, and how international institutions can establish mobility partnerships with Georgian universities.
International Credit Mobility can also connect higher education with the world of work, including through traineeships and involvement of organisations active in the labour market.
Capacity Building in Higher Education
Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) supports international cooperation projects designed to strengthen and modernise higher education institutions and systems in eligible third countries not associated to the Erasmus+ Programme, including Georgia. Projects bring together higher education institutions and other eligible organisations to address institutional and, where relevant, system level needs, with activities potentially covering curriculum development, teaching and staff development, digitalisation, governance and management, quality assurance, internationalisation, innovation, entrepreneurship, university and business cooperation, and stronger links between higher education, research, society and the labour market. The 2026 action has three strands, with EU grants of EUR 200,000 to EUR 400,000 for Strand 1, EUR 400,000 to EUR 800,000 for Strand 2, and EUR 600,000 to EUR 1,000,000 for Strand 3. For international partners, CBHE provides an opportunity to contribute institutional expertise, academic and research capacity, innovation, quality assurance, digital solutions and links with business and the labour market to projects aimed at creating sustainable improvements in Georgian higher education.
Cooperation Partnerships
Cooperation Partnerships are transnational projects through which organisations from different countries and sectors work together, normally for 12 to 36 months, to address common challenges, improve existing practices, develop and test new approaches, strengthen organisational capacity and create transferable results. They can bring together higher education institutions with organisations from research, business, employment, professional, public, private and other socioeconomic sectors, making them particularly relevant for cross sectoral cooperation and for projects addressing areas such as skills, employability, innovation, digitalisation, inclusion and the changing needs of the labour market. The 2026 action offers three EU lump sum options of EUR 120,000, EUR 250,000 or EUR 400,000. Organisations from Georgia can participate as partners where their involvement provides essential added value to the project, while the coordinating organisation must be established in an EU Member State or country associated to the Programme.
Georgia in Erasmus+
The event will also explain how Georgia participates in Erasmus+, including the distinction between centralised and decentralised actions, and what international partners should know when considering Georgian organisations for cooperation.
Particular attention will be given to the opportunities available to Georgian higher education institutions and to the potential contribution of Georgian organisations to international consortia.
From information to partnership
Following the introductory session, participants will join one of two online networking rooms.
Room 1: International Credit Mobility
For organisations interested in developing mobility cooperation with Georgian higher education institutions.
Participants can present:
• their organisation and field of activity
• geographical and thematic interests
• existing international cooperation experience
• potential mobility opportunities
• the type of Georgian partner they are looking for
Room 2: Collaborative Projects
For organisations interested in Capacity Building in Higher Education and Cooperation Partnerships.
The discussion will focus on potential project ideas, expertise and complementary partner profiles.
Participants can present:
• their organisation and areas of expertise
• existing project and international cooperation experience
• challenges or themes they would like to address
• expertise or resources they can contribute
• potential project ideas
• the type of partners they are looking for
The aim is not to develop complete project proposals during the event. It is to identify complementary organisations and promising ideas that can be developed further after the event.
Two networking rounds
Participants will first join the networking room corresponding to their main interest.
After the first round, participants will have the opportunity to change rooms and explore the other cooperation route.
This allows organisations interested in both mobility and collaborative projects to participate in both discussions.
Why participate?
For international organisations
• Discover potential partners in Georgia
• Understand Georgia’s position within Erasmus+
• Identify higher education, research, business and other organisations with complementary expertise
• Explore potential consortium opportunities
• Develop mobility and collaborative project ideas
• Establish direct contacts with Georgian institutions
For Georgian organisations
• Present institutional expertise to an international audience
• Identify potential European and international partners
• Explore mobility and collaborative project opportunities
• Find organisations with complementary expertise outside the higher education sector
• Develop new international partnerships and project ideas
• Connect higher education with research, innovation, business and the labour market
Making the networking effective
Participants will be asked during registration to provide information about their organisation, areas of expertise and the types of cooperation they are seeking.
This information will help participants identify relevant counterparts and will allow the networking sessions to focus on potential partnerships rather than general institutional presentations.
The objective is straightforward:
to create concrete international contacts that can develop into future Erasmus+ cooperation.
Programme
Tuesday, 3 November 2026 · 12:00–15:30 Tbilisi · 09:00–12:30 Brussels · Online
12:00–12:10
Welcome and opening
12:10–12:25
Georgia in Erasmus+: Opportunities for International Partners
12:25–12:45
International Credit Mobility, Capacity Building in Higher Education and Cooperation Partnerships
Where Georgia participates, how the actions work, and where international organisations can contribute
12:45–12:55
How the Networking Will Work
12:55–13:35
Networking Round 1
Room 1: International Credit Mobility
Room 2: Collaborative Projects, CBHE + Cooperation Partnerships
13:35–13:45
Room Rotation
Participants move to the other networking room according to their interests.
13:45–14:25
Networking Round 2
Room 1: International Credit Mobility
Room 2: Collaborative Projects, CBHE + Cooperation Partnerships
14:25–14:30
Return to main room
14:30–15:00
From Contact to Cooperation
Identification of potential follow up contacts, project ideas and next steps
15:00–15:30
Open Networking
Participants remain online for further bilateral discussions and direct exchange of contacts.
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ADDITIONAL USEFUL INFORMATION
In Erasmus+ centralised actions, Region 2 is the target, not an extra
Capacity Building is built around the needs of third countries not associated to the Programme. Georgia sits in Neighbourhood East (Region 2) alongside Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Ukraine, and all five regional priorities apply to this region: the Green Deal,
digital transformation, migration, governance and peace, and growth and jobs. A Georgian partner does not dilute a proposal’s fit with the action — it establishes it.
A ring-fenced budget and a smaller field
The Capacity Building budget is divided into separate regional envelopes, and proposals are ranked within their own region. A consortium including Georgian partners competes inside the Neighbourhood East envelope, not against applications from every region of the world.
Across the same period, 518 Capacity Building proposals involving Georgian institutions were submitted, and Georgia’s share of mobility within the Neighbourhood East region rosefrom 26.1% to 33.6%.
Higher education in Georgia
Georgia has been part of the European Higher Education Area since joining the Bologna Process in 2005. Degrees are structured in three cycles, credits are expressed in ECTS, and every institution that awards a state-recognised diploma has passed a national authorisation procedure. For a European partner, the qualifications, credit values and quality assurance arrangements are already familiar.
One-cycle and integrated programmes: Medicine 360 ECTS, Dentistry at least 300 ECTS, Veterinary Medicine 300 ECTS, and integrated bachelor and master teacher training 300 ECTS.
Institutions. Colleges deliver bachelor programmes only. Universities deliver programmes across the cycles together with scientific research. Both may be public or private legal
entities.
Quality assurance. Authorisation is carried out by the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement. The state recognises diplomas only from authorised institutions.
Admission. Entry to bachelor, one-cycle and integrated programmes is through the Unified National Examinations. Entry to master’s programmes is through the Common Master’s Examination, with further conditions set by each institution. Doctoral admission is set by the
institution.
Teacher training. A separate 60 ECTS programme leads to a teacher preparation certificate, and can be taken on its own or integrated into a bachelor programme.
Eligibility note
Under the 2026 Erasmus+ Programme Guide, direct financial assistance from the programme to Georgian authorities is no longer considered to be in the Union’s interest, following the Council conclusions of 19 December 2024 and on the basis of Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2021/817. For this purpose, Georgian authorities are defined as central government, local authorities, agencies and state-owned enterprises, and they are not eligible under any action of the guide.
Opportunities remain available for students, academic and administrative staff, schools, vocational education and training providers and other educational organisations, within the programme’s eligibility criteria. Georgia continues to take part in mobility and cooperation activities.