Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

21 January 2016

Freedom of Information Guidebook (Second Edition)

The Guidebook is based on the practice of requests of public information of the Institute. Based on the specific examples the work describes the present situation in Georgia and gives the reader full comprehension of the existing practice of accessibility of public information.

15 January 2016

Access to Open Data in Georgia

According to the research of IDFI, number of Open Data published on Open Data Portal (117 Open Data) does not comply with existing resources in terms of Open Data of Public Institutions.

14 January 2016

Open Data Web-applications Created by IDFI

Based on the open data published on the Georgian government portal data.gov.ge IDFI has created special web-applications - currency exchange offices in Georgia and registry of notary bureaus in Georgia.

12 January 2016

Parliament of Georgia Established Permanent Parliamentary Council On Open and Transparent Governance

On December 30th, 2015, in accordance with the #195/3 Order of the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance was established.

29 December 2015

OGP Featured Commitment of December

Open Government Partnership published December Newsletter in which Ukraine's commitment on Regulating Access to Communist-era Archives became the Featured OGP Commitment. The above-mentioned commitment aims at regulating access to the files of the Soviet period secret services and law enforcement agencies.

28 December 2015

What’s the Use of Appealing?!

According to Government of Georgia (GoG), civil service reform is one of the most important priorities. According to strategic plan ‘Georgia 2020’ ‘facilitate the development of a human resources management system as part of efforts to ensure the stability of public service provision and the recruitment of qualified staff through relevant material and career motivation’.

28 December 2015

Supporting the Parliament of Georgia in Implementation of the Open Parliament Georgia Action Plan

Objective of the project is to strengthen parliamentary openness and citizen engagement in the legislative activities of the Parliament of Georgia.

27 December 2015

International Financial Grants Allocated for Georgia in the 1995-2015 Time Period

On December 4th 2015, IDFI requested information from the Ministry of Finance regarding gratuitous financial support to Georgia since independence from various states and organizations. According to information provided by the Ministry of Finance, the total sum of grants Georgia received from states and organizations in the years 1995-2015 equals $2 071 470 000 USD.

25 December 2015

Remuneration of the Members of the High Council of Justice in 2015

IDFI published analysis of remuneration of the members of the high council of justice in 2015

18 December 2015

Implementation of the Open Parliament Georgia Action Plan Has Begun

On December 18th, 2015, the Parliament of Georgia has adopted the amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia on the third hearing which considers establishment of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance.