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27 April 2015

The Meeting of the Non-Governmental and International Organizations of the Open Parliament Georgia Working Group

The Participants of the meeting discussed the issues of the involvement of the Parliament of Georgia in the Open Government Partnership Initiative (OGP) and the establishment of the Open Parliament Principle.

24 April 2015

Inconsistently Low Salary Remunerations at National Center for Manuscripts

According to the data provided by national center for manuscripts, IDFI concluded that employees of center have inconsistently law salary remunerations

24 April 2015

Signing the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness and the Memorandum

EU/UNDP Project “Strengthening the System of Parliamentary Democracy in Georgia” in cooperation with the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), with the partnership of the Parliament of Georgia, is implementing the project “Supporting Parliament of Georgia Involvement in Open Government Partnership”.

21 April 2015

Abortion Statistics in Georgia 2004-2014

IDFI prepared the analyse of the received information from Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia about the number of abortions in 2004-2014 period

15 April 2015

Statistical Information Received from the Prosecutor’s Office on the Number of Red Notices Circulated by the INTERPOL as well as on Extraditing Wanted Nationals of Georgia (2010-15)

On March 26th, 2015 IDFI referred to the Prosecutor's Office and requested statistical information for the years of 2010-2015 on the number of motions filed by the Prosecutors Office to the General Assembly of INTERPOL with the request of circulating red notice and number of these motions granted. IDFI also requested statistical data on the number of motions filed to the law enforcement agencies of foreign countries on extraditing wanted nationals of Georgia and the ratio of granted and denied motions. Find the detailed information in the blog post.

7 April 2015

Round Table - Strengthening the Institute of Whistleblower Protection in Georgia

On April 6th, 2015 a round table - "Strengthening the Institute of Whistleblower Protection in Georgia" was held. The event was organized by Civil Service Bureau, with the support of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Kingdom of Sweden.

3 April 2015

Tbilisi City Court Fully Granted the Appeal of IDFI Vs. the Penitentiary Department

On February 9th, 2015 Tbilisi City Court fully granted the appeal of IDFI Vs. the Penitentiary Department. The entity was to provide IDFI with the public information requested by the FOI letter # OPD05/14-005.

3 April 2015

IDFI Organized the First Meeting of the Inter-Factional Group and the Open Parliament Georgia Working Group

On the 2nd of April, the first meeting was held, within the scopes of the EU/UNDP Project "Strengthening the System of Parliamentary Democracy in Georgia", between the Inter-Factional Group and the Open Parliament Georgia Working Group. The project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in cooperation with the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

23 March 2015

How Acute is the Need of Addressing Miscarriages of Justice in Georgia

The information received from the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia highlights that during the period of October 2012 to January 2015, 52 530 appeals/notices linked with the misconducts of public officials have been received by the Prosecutor’s Office.

5 March 2015

Director of a Partner Organization of IDFI from Azerbaijan is Hiding at the Embassy of Switzerland

Since August 11th, 2014 the director of an NGO "Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety" (IRFS), Emin Huseynov, has been forced to seek refugee at the Embassy of Switzerland in Baku. IRFS is one of the partner organizations of IDFI.