Project title: Assessing the accountability, transparency, and effectiveness of the institutions involved in the external oversight of covert surveillance

Donor: The grant is issued by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee within the scope of the European Union funded project  - Strengthening Monitoring and Advocacy Capacities for Rights in Georgia

Duration of the project: 01.03.2024 – 31.07.2024

Grant amount: 11,995.20 EUR

Project goal: to assess the accountability, transparency, and effectiveness of the external oversight institutions (Common Courts, the Personal Data Protection Service, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Parliament of Georgia, and the Constitutional Court) in relation to their mandate to oversee covert surveillance by monitoring their performance for 2021-2023 years.

Project activities and timeline:

1. Development of the monitoring methodology – March 2024;

2. Find, study, and sort publicly available information on incidents related to covert surveillance - March-April, 2024;

3. Based on the monitoring methodology request of public information – March 2024;

4. Analysis of the received information and if necessary, request of the clarifying information – April-May, 2024;

5. Legal proceedings in response to the possible refusal, partial refusal, and/or inaction of public institutions in relation to the FOI requests – April-June, 2024;

6. Analysis of the findings of the monitoring in light of the international standards and recommendations and drafting of the report - May-June, 2024;

7. Public presentation of the report and its distribution on the organization’s website and social media channels – July 2024;

8. Preparation and distribution of the informative products on the organization’s website and social media channels – May-July, 2024.

Contract

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