Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

25 October 2012

e-Transparency of court system of Georgia

The project Improving the Accountability and Transparency of the Georgian Courts has been implemented within the framework of the program of Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) Civic Initiative for an Independent Judiciary, which has been financed by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through East-West Management Institute (EWMI). Within the framework of the research official web-pages of 16 courts of Georgian court system have been monitored, the level of their info

11 October 2012

The primary results of the research - e-participation in Georgia

Above mentioned research was implemented by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information in cooperation with the Center for Post-Soviet Studies (CPSS) in the framework of the program of the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) Policy, Advocacy and Civil Society Development in Georgia. The contents of this research do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. To display the major problems and challenges in the field of the e

10 October 2012

E-transparency in Georgia 2012

The project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia was funded by Open Society Foundations (OSF), Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) and the National Security Archive. 104 public authorities were monitored in its framework. According to the research results of 104 public authorities of Georgia: The average degree of the transparency of the web-pages of public authorities is 13.91%, and the average degree of technical operability is 39.7%.

22 June 2012

Georgia Adopts Standards About Proactive Disclosure

21 June 2012 By Giorgi Kldiashvili Kldiashvili is the Director of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information based in Tbilisi. The General Administrative Code of Georgia, which regulates the Freedom of Information in Georgia, was adopted in 1999 and was pretty advanced at that moment. Nowadays is a little bit outdated and has some very significant imperfections in means of technological achievements, mostly related to e-Governance and e-Transparency. The Institut

13 April 2012

The results of the second stage of the project “Public Information Database” – www.opendata.ge

The second phase of the project Public Information Database - www.opendata.ge has started in Septeber, 2011. IDFI has submitted official requests for public information to public authorities of Georgia and has requested information on different issues and administrative expenses incurred for the period of the second quarter (April-June) 2011. Questions of the second and first phases were the same, but simultaneously IDFI with the standard requests has submitted questions about the creation of

13 April 2012

The results of the first stage of the project “Public Information Database” – www.opendata.ge

In the framework of the project, IDFI requests information from Public Institutions of Georgia and get them into electronic format - public information database (www.opendata.ge). Through this web-page everyone has opportunityto receive, download and use the public information,collected by the IDFI. Within the project, starting from April 2011, the public information has been actively requested, analyzed and published on the web-site www.opendata.ge. Answers, received from the

13 April 2012

Freedom of Information Guidebook (First Edition, 2012)

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. The publication defines the extent of public information and the rights of the citizens in terms of requesting public information. The goal of the Guidebook is to give the interested people relevant theoretical knowled

17 February 2012

Open Government Partnership Initiative and Georgia - New Challenges

By Giorgi Kldiashvili Giorgi Kldiashvili is the director and co-founder of Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI). He holds a Masters degree in Modern and Contemporary History of Europe and America from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and is currently professor of American Studies at the same University. Published at Democracy and Freedom Watch: http://dfwatch.net/open-government-partnership-initiative-and-georgia-new-challenges-21083 On

17 February 2012

Access to public information in Georgia

By Levan Avalishvili Levan Avalishvili is co-founder and chairman of the board of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and Director of the project Public Information Database www.opendata.ge which is intended to promote transparency and accountability of state authorities and access to public information in Georgia. Published at Democracy and Freedom Watch: http://dfwatch.net/access-to-public-information-in-georgia-87274 According to the survey

17 February 2012

Proactive Transparency in Georgia

By Levan Avalishvili Levan Avalishvili is co-founder and chairman of the board of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and Director of the project Public Information Database www.opendata.ge which is intended to promote transparency and accountability of state authorities and access to public information in Georgia. Published at Democracy and Freedom Watch: http://dfwatch.net/proactive-transparency-in-georgia-18428 The Institute for Development