Georgia Country Program (paused)

Overview of essential facts


What?	Who?	When?	Where?	How?
Internship programs with the motto “Learning by doing”	Interns: Agriculture students (around 18-25 years old)	From March until November	Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Rhenish Hesse, Palatinate	Preparation: Intensive German language course in Georgia and a multiple-day introduction course in Baden-Württemberg
Specialization: fruit and wine-growing	Host companies: Family-run agriculture companies in southern Germany			An 8-month-long internship with family-run companies
	Country partners: International Distance Learning in Georgia (IDLG) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)			2 cross-company meetings, including professional excursions
				Offers of digital continued education

Population	3.7 million
Capital city	Tbilisi (approximately 1.1 million inhabitants)
Area	69,700 km² (near the size of Bavaria)
Currency	Lari (GEL) (3.50 GEL is equivalent to 1 Euro)
GDP	17 billion USD
Official language	Georgian (with its own alphabet)
Demographics	26 ethnic groups (84 % Georgian) with more than 20 different languages
Religion	84 % Georgian-Orthodox Christians (State religion since the year 337)
Wine-growing	Origin of wine: a tradition of over 7,000 years with more than 500 grape varieties