Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

How Public Institutions (Fail to) Fulfill Their Information Disclosure Obligations

this article demonstrate that public institutions do not fulfill their proactive disclosure obligations with an adequate level of responsibility. Information is frequently published selectively, with its availability depending on the substance of the data concerned. This practice significantly undermines access to public information and transparency in the country.

Georgia’s Diverging Trajectories of Freedom and Prosperity

The Atlantic Council’s 2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes reveal a widening mismatch in Georgia’s development. In 2025, the country scored 66.6 in freedom, ranking 73rd among 171 states, while its prosperity score reached 78.2, placing it 43rd. Georgia therefore stands 30 positions higher in prosperity than in freedom. The gap is not evidence that prosperity is independent of institutions; rather, it suggests that current social and economic outcomes still benefit from reforms, human capital, infrastructure, and international integration accumulated over previous decades.

The central concern is the direction of change. Georgia’s freedom score rose for much of the period from 1995 to 2018 and peaked at 76. By 2025, it had fallen by 9.4 points, or roughly 12.4 percent. The decline is concentrated in the rule of law, judicial independence and effectiveness, property rights, legislative constraints on the executive, and the predictability of laws. Prosperity has continued to improve, but its indicators—income, education, health, infrastructure, and life expectancy—typically respond to institutional deterioration with a delay.

Instead of exposing corruption, the Anti-Corruption Bureau is persecuting civil society

While "Georgian Dream" continues to entrench its control over Georgia's public institutions and state resources, the country’s anti-corruption mechanisms are being repurposed not to hold those in power accountable, but to target independent civil society organizations in Georgia.

Concealed Court Statistics

The Supreme Court and the Tbilisi City Court have not been publishing judicial statistics on their websites since 2023.

Georgian Dream Donors and Their Benefits after the Elections

 This study will present findings about the donations received by the ruling party Georgian Dream in 2024-2025, the links of the donors to various businesses and the ruling party itself, involvement in public procurement, and the suspicious circumstances found during this process.

Exported Data of the Assets Declarations of Public Officials

The public has not had access to the website containing the assets declarations of public officials since December 2024. The Anti-corruption Bureau also does not disclose declarations when requested in the form of public information. Due to the significance of the issue, IDFI is publishing the databases¹ exported from the website of the Anti-corruption Bureau (declaration.acb.gov.ge), containing the data found in the declarations filled out by public officials in 2017-2024 (prior to the restriction of access to the portal).

Hospitals Catering Systems LLC Wins the MIA Catering Service Tender

“Hospitals Catering Systems” LLC has won the tender to provide catering services to the participants of the “public security and law and order activities” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Award Ceremony for Participants of the Certification Program in Fighting Corruption

On October 19, 2024, the award ceremony for the participants of the 2023-2024 Certification Program in Fighting Corruption was held. During the event, participants who successfully completed the academic courses offered by the program were awarded certificates.

IDFI Held the Good Governance School for Young Professionals

From September 16-20, 2024, IDFI, with the support of the USAID National Governance Program, held the "Good Governance School" as part of the project "Pilot Initiatives for Youth Engagement and Mentoring in Public Policy."

The Personal Data Protection Service does not disclose personal data that civil society and media organizations are required to publish under Russian-style Foreign Agents Law

IDFI believes that, like the Russian-style Foreign Agents Law itself, the financial declaration form developed on its basis is not in compliance with personal data protection standards.