Ajara, an Autonomous Republic in Georgia, situated on the south-western Black Sea coast is one of the fasted growing and developing regions for tourism in Georgia. The new tourism faculty at Shota Rustaveli State University in Batumi seeks support for building up the training  in international hospitality and tourism.

The GLEN interns  will assist in the creation of the new tourism faculty which specializes in tourism management, marketing and hospitality.    They would support the development of the faculty’s curricula. Moreover,  they are invited to hold several workshops/seminars to enhance the knowledge and awareness of students and local stakeholders. Thetopics would depend on their own qualification and interests, possibly ranging from tourism business and marketing strategies to nature conservation and eco-tourism.

The interns would also deal with the question of how to include ecological issues in tourism development.Together with the students of the university, the interns would plan and conduct surveys with local official stakeholders on the existing tourism sector.

GLEN interns have a chance here to observe how tourism supports economic growth in a post-Soviet country.

The interns should have a background  either  in tourism management (with focus on eco-tourism and/ or hospitality), business and marketing, environmental studies or related fields. Experience in organizing seminars and knowledge in training methods would be an asset. Ideally one of the two interns should possess Georgian or Russian language skills.

The scheduled time for the internship is August to October 2012. Training and preparation seminars prior to the internship will be held in English. The tandem will be formed by an Estonian participant and a German/Swiss participant.