On June 13, 2023, in Hilton Garden Inn Tbilisi Hotel, the local migration governance indicators (LMGI) data workshop was held. The main objective of the workshop was to present the key findings of the LMGI process and keep building the government’s buy-in process, complement the information using the inventory of pending questions and jointly identify the government’s priorities.

Along with the international consultant Michaella Vanore, relevant employees and officials of the Tbilisi Municipality, Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia (MoLHSA) and the Secretariat of the State Commission on Migration Issues (SCMI) attended the data workshop.

Since February 2023, Tbilisi City Municipality has been involved in the evaluation of the Local Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) assessment, to develop the migration management profile of Tbilisi Municipality.

The Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) were developed by IOM in collaboration with the Economist Impact (EI) as a tool to support Member States to understand what well-managed migration policies might look in practice. It is a tool that supports governments in taking stock of the comprehensiveness of their migration policies, as well as in identifying gaps and areas that could be strengthened.

Since 2018, a total of 51 local jurisdictions have embarked on the Local MGI process.