Exchange places are abundant and you can easily exchange dollars for Lari in Tbilisi. Travelers checks are taken at banks where you can exchange them for dollars or Lari. The Eurasia Fellowship is an extension of the Eesti Fellowship which was established in 1990. The Eurasia Fellowship allows students to work in the Georgian government directly with government officials. Students are placed in a wide variety of positions including Parliament, Ministry of State Property Management, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade, and the Georgian Investment Centre.
Students design a project to work with government officials on over the course of the summer.
The project should be substantive and have a lasting impact for the government officials. The program lasts for approximately 10 weeks. Students arrive in Tbilisi at the end of May or beginning of June and stay through until the middle of August. During that time, the students live in an apartment in Tbilisi. The apartment and travel costs are covered in the fellowship though living expenses are not.