Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

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Recommendations of IDFI for the OGP Georgia Action Plan 2016-2017

Open Government Georgia Forum has started developing new commitments for the OGP Georgia Action Plan 2016-2017 in cooperation with the public entities and the non-governmental organizations.

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2016 OGP National Action Plan Development

On March 1st, 2016, Webinar was held on “2016 OGP National Action Plan Development,” financed by the World Bank Group and the OGP Support Unit. Presenters of the Webinar: Abhinav Bahl, program manager of the OGP Support Unit and Shreya Basu, OGP regional coordinator for Asia-Pacific discussed how national action plans should be developed, what notions should guide the countries in the development process, and provided thorough recommendation for elaborating the stronger action plans in term of the format, process, and content.

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OGP Published the List of Shortlisted Candidates of the OGP Steering Committee

On 10th of March, Open Government Partnership published the list of shortlisted candidates for the OGP Steering Committee nomination.

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Analysis of Civil Service Reform in Georgia

The article aims to critically assess the draft law on Civil Servvice Reform initiated by the Government of Georgia on July 9, 2015, which was adopted on September 27, 2015. The article also analyses the compatibility of the planned changes with the goals of the reform.

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Charter of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance

By the order issued on 12th February, 2016, of the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili, the Charter of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance was approved.

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Meeting of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance and the Consultative Group

On March 5-6th, the workshop of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance of the Parliament of Georgia and the Consultative Group took place in Borjomi.

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Director of IDFI Participated in Regional Conference - Open Parliaments, Engaged Citizens

On February 24-26th conference was held in Slovakia on Open Parliaments, Engaged Citizens. Director of Institute for Development of Freedom of Information Giorgi Kldiashvili and MP, Chairperson of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance – Guguli Maghradze attended the conference.

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Mechanisms for Career Advancement in Civil Service: Meritocracy vs Cronyism

Since 2012, the Government of Georgia started to implement Public Service Reform. On the one hand, the reform aims to implement effective democratic governance and hence, is directed toward the approximation with the EU. 

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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as a Basis for Openness and Social Dialogue

Today the relevance of EITI must be highlighted because the public’s lack of knowledge on the sphere of natural resources and transit related issues became clear that leads to confrontation and social conflicts.

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OGP Selecting CSO Representatives for Steering Committee Membership

Open Government Partnership (OGP) Initiative, which focuses on increasing government transparency and accountability and unites 69 member countries, is selecting CSO representative organizations for the Steering Committee membership.