Research

11 June 2015

E-Governance in Georgia: Citizen-Serving, Informing and Empowering

The proponents of ‚smart‘ cities frequently make the claim that the digitization of city halls can help cities to become more transparent, responsive and participatory.

10 June 2015

The Practice of Awarding Civil Servants With Bonuses and Salary Supplements in 2014

According to the government decree about regulations on the bonuses in public service, in lots of institutions bonuses were replaced with salary supplements

27 May 2015

Recommendations of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) On the Reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

As the member of the Working Group, IDFI, drew out the recommendations that support the implementation of the reforms, modernization and creation of the effective citizen engagement mechanism at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

22 May 2015

IDFI’s Recommendations for Internet Market liberalization

Head of Media and Telecommunications Department of IDFI, Ucha Seturi presented about Internet Speed Testing Issues and Challenges of small ISPs.

19 May 2015

The Impact of Russian Money Transfers on Stability of Georgian Economy

IDFI recently presented the study “ Russian capital in Georgian Business”, that represents those Georgian companies that are owned by Russian citizens.

18 May 2015

Georgian Citizens Detained by Russian Occupational Troops in 2009-2015

During 2009-2015 period russian occupational armed forces detained 2 117 Georgian citizens for illegally crossing the border.

14 May 2015

The Level of Transparency Continues to Worsen

In March 2015 IDFI referred with FOI requests to every Ministry and their Sub-agency in Georgia. In total 1185 requests were sent to 19 Ministries and 49 Ministry Sub-entities. It should be emphasized that 22.9% of the requests were ignored by the public institutions. High number of the ignored requests is explained by the fact that three Ministries and nine Sub-entities did not provide any response on our questions.

8 May 2015