Publications

16 March 2018

Data Analysis on Persons with Disabilities Living in Georgia

Persons with disabilities (PwD) are one of the largest groups in the world among the minorities who are neglected and discriminated against by the public or the state.

16 March 2018

Employment Statistics of Persons with Disabilities

Employment Statistics of Persons with Disabilities in Georgia.

16 March 2018

Statistics of Persons with Disabilities Living in Georgia

Statistics of Persons with Disabilities Living in Georgia.

16 March 2018

Driver's Licenses and Vehicle Identification Marks Issued to Persons with Disabilities

Driver's Licenses and vehicle Identification Marks Issued to Persons with Disabilities.

14 March 2018

Georgia Failed to Implement Most of the Anti-Corruption Recommendations Issued by OECD-ACN in 2017

In February 2018, Anti-Corruption Network of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD-ACN) published its first progress report on anticorruption recommendations it issued for Georgia in its Fourth Round Monitoring Report. Of the 22 total recommendations, only two showed significant progress, 10 were assessed as having some progress, while the remaining 10 lacked progress of any kind.

13 March 2018

Digital Technologies for Open Parliament in Georgia

Citizens of Georgia can now access public information, keep track of the legislative work and send electronic requests to their Parliament via the new Public Information Module and Mobile Application, developed with the assistance of the European Union and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in cooperation with the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

12 March 2018

Open Parliament Georgia 2017 Action Plan

Open Parliament Georgia 2017 Action Plan.

9 March 2018

The Constitutional Court did not Disclose Information about the Judge's Disciplinary Proceedings

On July 31, 2017, IDFI applied to the Constitutional Court to issue public information. In particular, IDFI requested to receive a copy of conclusion of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission of Constitutional Court concerning the disciplinary proceedings against the judge Merab Turava launched on September 6, 2015. On September 25, 2017, our organization also applied to the Constitutional Court and requested information whether there were ongoing disciplinary cases against judges, which had not yet been decided.

28 February 2018

Presentation of Georgia’s Open Data Lab – www.DataLab.ge

An easily accessible public information datasets on a wide variety of public policy and finance topics obtained from over 150 public institutions in Georgia - on February 28, 2018 the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) held the presentation of a new open data platform – www.DataLab.ge.

21 February 2018

Gender Equality – Key to Sustainable Development

Georgian Government, international agencies, civil society and the private sector join hands to promote gender equality as one of the key aspects of sustainable development agenda. Policy dialogue on 21 February 2018 focused on the Sustainable Development Goal on Gender Equality – SDG5, aiming to set the ways of achieving meaningful progress in political and economic empowerment of women in Georgia by 2030.