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8 April 2016

Public Consultations for OGP Action Plan 2016-2017

Public consultations were held in Ozurgeti and Batumi in order to hear the ideas and initiatives of local communities for the Open Government Partnership Action Plan 2016-2017. Representatives of local governments, non-governmental organizations, media and students participated in the consultations. They learned the mission of the Open Government Partnership, heard the initiatives of the governmental entities that will be included in the Action Plan and presented their ideas.

7 April 2016

Analyzing Decision Making Process in Public Sector - Before and After the Parliamentary Elections of 2012

The research aims to analyze and to identify the main tendencies of the decision-making process that describes two main periods of the Civil Service Reform.

1 April 2016

Open Government Partnership as Means for Implementing UN Sustainable Development Goals

Convergence of UN Sustainable Development and Open Government Partnership Objectives - article by IDFI Director Giorgi Kldiashvili.

31 March 2016

IDFI's Director Competing for Membership of OGP Steering Committee

Open Government Partnership (OGP) will hold the final stage of interviews for 16 semi-finalists competing for the membership of the OGP Steering Committee. The semi-finals of this international competition have shortlisted 16 candidates out of 47, including the director of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) Giorgi Kldiashvili.

24 March 2016

Crypto Wars and Secret Surveillance in Georgia

On March 13, 2016 the video footage of Georgian politician's private life was uploaded on social network YouTube. The recorder and the distributor of the video footage is unknown, since the Prosecutor's Office is still investigating the matter.

23 March 2016

Civil Service Reform - Expectations and Reality

22 March 2016

Independent Reporting Mechanism Published the Progress Report on Georgia's Participation in OGP

Independent Reporting Mechanism Published the Progress Report on Georgia which assess Georgia's participation in the Open Government Partnership.

15 March 2016

Giorgi Kldiashvili Elected as Working Group Coordinator of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Georgian National Platform

The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) held its 7th General Assembly on February 29, 2016, with the purpose of summarizing the platform’s one year performance, and electing its chairman and working group coordinators. The assembly was attended by 130 representatives from 86 member organizations.

15 March 2016