Georgia and the European Union labour migration policy:

The work analyzes the scope of the free movement of workers provisions focusing in particular on the notion of barrier to movement for the nationals of the third countries and the possible perspectives. The EU policy on legal and illegal migration is discussed and the legislation screened for identification of the possibilities for the workers from the third countries related to their free movement in the Member States with special focus on the Directive on the conditions for entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment (EU Blue Card). Special focus is dedicated to the European States,non-EU Members (Switzerland, Turkey, Moldova and Georgia). The work examines bilateral agreements existing between target countries and the EU on European Neighbourhood Policy and its Action Plan, Mobility Partnership', visa facilitation and readmission. Possible future development in the EU-Georgia relations, existing and ongoing bilateral relations with particular attention to the Georgian nationals as potential workforce for the EU labour market and their free movement in the Member States is discussed.

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Licenciatura en derecho de la Universidad Estatal de Tbilisi (1994-1999) y maestría en derecho de la Unión Europea de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Essex (2008-2009). Fue Viceministro de Justicia de Georgia (2005-2008), Asesor Jurídico del Defensor Público (Ombudsman) de Georgia (1999-2000), TACIS, OSCE, Consejo de Europa, Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, UNICEF y Consultor del PNUD.