Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

28 February 2015

Final Presentation of the Project “Enhancing E-skills for Controlling Government Among Young People”

On 27th of February 2015, Multimedia Education Center hosted final presentation of the IDFI (Institute for Development of Freedom of Information) project “Enhancing E-skills for Controlling Government Among Young People”.

20 February 2015

Access to Public Information in Georgia Report № 6 – Short Summary

See the short summary of our recent report #6 of Access to Public Information in Georgia.

12 February 2015

IDFI delivered presentation of the report “Access to Public Information in Georgia 2014”

On February 12th 2015, Thursday at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) delivered presentation of the report “Access to Public Information in Georgia 2014” and named the most transparent and closed public institutions revealed within the framework of the project. Representatives of Public Institutions, Media and Civil Society Organizations attended the event.

11 February 2015

Access to Public Information - Annual Report

On February 12th 2015, Thursday, 11:00 AM at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) will name most transparent and closed public institutions revealed within the framework of the project.

11 February 2015

Access to Information in Georgia 2014

The results of the report cover the period between October 2013 and December 2014. Within the framework of the project a total of 7 878 FOI requests have been sent to 308 public institutions during the given period.

5 February 2015

IDFI’s Partner Organization in Russia Still Under Pressure

Partner organization of IDFI Freedom of Information Foundation (Saint Petersburg) has been subject to systematic pressure from the government of Russia in the recent period. The Foundation was established in 2004 and was one of the first partners of IDFI.

29 January 2015

Expenses of Tbilisi City Hall 2013-2014

On November 5th, 2014 IDFI requested various public information from Tbilisi City Hall. IDFI welcomes the fact that the City Hall replied to all the requests.

23 January 2015

Court Accepted the Appeal of IDFI Against MIA

On December 24th 2014 Tbilisi City Court accepted the appeal of IDFI against the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a result the Ministry was found responsible to provide the institute with complete information on salary supplements and bonuses received by the Minister, Deputy Minister and Department Chairmen during the year of 2013. The information is to be provided separately for each month indicating names and surnames of the officials.

26 December 2014

Open and Democratic Governance in Georgia – Challenges on the path of European Integration

Levan Avalishvili's opinion regarding Open and Democratic Governance in Georgia was published in Periodical Georgia's European Way

26 December 2014

IDFI took part in 6th Forum of Youth Organizations Forum of Georgia

On the first day of the Forum, IDFI (Institute for Development of Freedom of Information) presented its Awareness activities carried out throughout 2014, which put its emphasis on active engagement of young people.