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Different kinds of public information received from the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia

Information received from the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia is already available on the web-site. The agency ignored request about reports on release of public information. In all the other cases the provided information is complete. As it became clear from the received information, the general director of the Agency, Nikoloz Vacheishvili received bonus of 61 850 GEL in 2012. In September he received 12 500 GEL as a bonus, while in October

The Process of the Reformation of the Labor Legislation

The draft law about the changes to be implemented in the organic law the Labor Code of Georgia that was created by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia was presented to the Parliament of Georgia. Before presenting it to the Parliament, the labor unions, unions of employers, representatives of the civil sector or the users of www.matsne.gov.ge had the opportunity to express their ideas or suggestions, a part of which was taken into consideration during the development of the draft law. We would

Informational Campaign and Financial Support of Digital Switchover Process in Georgia

Success of digital television largely depends on affective informational campaign, especially on regional and local level. Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia is responsible for execution of digitalization and correspondingly, of all other related services, including informational campaigning. The main task of the ministry is to affectively plan and implement necessary activities towards whole process of digital switchover in Georgia.

Informational Campaign and Financial Support of Digital Switchover Process in Georgia

Success of digital television largely depends on affective informational campaign, especially on regional and local level. Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia is responsible for execution of digitalization and correspondingly, of all other related services, including informational campaigning. The main task of the ministry is to affectively plan and implement necessary activities towards whole process of digital switchover in Georgia.

Statistical Analysis of the Project “Public Information Database” (July 2012 – February 2013)

During 8 months of the project Public Information Database-www.opendata.ge IDFI has addressed public authorities with the total of 2193 requests, 1325 of which have been replied completely. Out of 2193 requests sent by the Institute 337 have been left unanswered, 168 have been answered incompletely, there were 18 cases of refusal and in the rest 345 cases the public authorities stated that they either did not have the requested information, or had not carried out the specific action (e.g. pro

Regulation of the competition policy through the process of digital switchover in Georgia

Regulation of the competition policy through the process of digital switchover in Georgia

This document comprises IDFI’s views of fulfilling Georgia’s international obligation, that concerns to guaranteeing every citizen with free or low-cost access to the digital broadcasting.

For the First Time: the AmountsTransferred to the State Budget through the Use of Plea Bargaining Agreements

Despite high public interest, the amounts transferred each year to the state budget through the use of plea bargaining agreements were unknown until now. IDFI publishes the information about the amounts transferred to the state budget for the first time. IDFI became interested in the amounts transferred to the state budget through the use of plea bargaining agreements. In particular, with the following information: 1. Information about the amount transferred to the state bu

IDFI appeals against the requests ignored by the Administration of the President of Georgia one more time

In the practice of IDFI the Administration of the President of Georgia tends to leave the public information requests unanswered. In 2012-2013 IDFI appealed two times against the requests left unanswered by the Administration. It seems, that the tendency continues in 2013 as well and IDFI also continues to appeal against it. On February 11, 2013 IDFI addressed the Administration of the President of Georgia with the request on the following issues: Number of the employe

Remuneration System of Civil Servants in Georgia (Comparative analysis – Germany, Great Britain, Finland, Latvia)

Author: Nino Tsukhishvili IDFI Legal Expert/ Recipient of the Open Society Human Rights Internship 2013 The effective remuneration system of civil servants is an important precondition in the process of establishing transparent and accountable civil service, which requires preparing a common state policy of civil servants remuneration and adopting detailed regulations by law. Analysis of international practice shows that states will pay much attention to civil serv