Project Title: Digital Freedoms in Georgia - 2024

Project N: SG-GX2060-LP-125 m00

Donor:  Internews and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Budget:  24,783 USD

Duration: November 29, 2023 – August 28, 2024

Summary of the Project

The project aims to strengthen Internet freedom in Georgia.

IDFI will implement the following activities as part of the project:

Activity 1: Capacity Building Material Creation. In order to raise awareness of people about emerging digital challenges, and new developments as well as to reach out more people, IDFI will prepare a video, informational brochure and online quizzes on digital safety issues.  

Activity 2: To conduct 3 end-user trainings on digital safety topics - Based on the materials IDFI had prepared on digital safety as well as prepared videos, brochure and online quizzes as part of GIF supported local activities, IDFI will conduct a training on digital rights for students, journalists, CSO representatives and civic activists. 

Activity 3: To publish 2 blog posts on digital rights. As a follow up of previous analytical work conducted under GIF supported local actions, IDFI will prepare two blog-posts on the most pressing digital challenges, developments and needs in the sphere of digital freedoms (including surveillance, online content moderation or digital safety in Georgia). Blog-posts might also follow up the topics of our previous studies/reports in order to assess new developments and changes as well as to what extent our recommendations were considered by various stakeholders. 

Activity 4: Plan, organize and execute a digital rights workshop. To communicate our observations made and recommendations elaborated in our blog-posts as well as to follow-up our recommendations, voice the challenges we observed over the past years under GIF local activities, IDFI will hold a workshop with the participation of all relevant stakeholders (e.g. several public institutions, CSOs, business sector, technical community) to discuss emerging digital threats, our recommendations on protecting digital rights in Georgia and necessary steps to be taken in the coming years.

Activity 5: Plan, organize, and execute a digital rights awareness-raising/advocacy campaign – With the use of all prepared awareness raising materials, IDFI will implement an awareness raising/advocacy campaign online, during which IDFI will widely disseminate prepared video, informational brochure and online quizzes on digital security and digital rights issues. The aim of the campaign will be to raise awareness of online users about digital challenges and get more people familiar with digital hygiene tips and tools. 

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