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21 December 2012

Meeting with the Prime Minister and the Civil Society Forum

Sandro Rochikashvili On 14 December the Prime Minister of Georgia met the representatives of the Media Advocacy Coalition to discuss the current processes of the country and future plans. The Coalition, which was an active participant in the development of Georgias action plan for Open Government Partnership, includes 12 NGOs (including IDFI). The goal of the Coalition is strengthening the role of media and protecting the interests of media owners and journalists. One of

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 Nowadays is a little bit outdated and has some very significant imperfections in means of technological achievements, mostly related to e-Governance and e-Transparency.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

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

20 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Agency of Civil Registry

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law Agency of Civil Registry On Decemebr 14,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official webpage of Legal Entity of Public Law Agency of CivilRegistry(www.cra.gov.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia. According to assessment parameters Legal Entity of Pub

19 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of Zurab Zhvania Georgian School of Public Administration

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law Zurab Zhvania Georgian School of Public Administration On Decemebr 09,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official web page of Legal Entity of Public Law Zurab Zhvania Georgian School of Public Administration(www.zspa.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia.

16 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of National Agency of Public Registry

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law National Agency of Public Registry On Decemebr 02,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official web page of Legal Entity of Public Law National Agency of Public Registry(www.napr.gov.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia. According to assessment paramet

16 December 2011

European Parliament adopts proposals to improve EU transparency rules

Amsterdam/Brussels/Madrid, 15 December 2011 The European Parliament today adopted its 1st reading position on proposals to improve the EUs access to documents rules by a convincing 2:1 majority (The adoption of the proposals contained in the Cashman Report in the European Parliament in Strasbourg was carried by 394 votes in favour, 197 against with 35 abstentions). The proposed reforms, contained in a report drawn up by Michael Cashman MEP already adopted by the Civil Liberties, Justice an

16 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of National Bureau of Enforcement

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law National Bureau of Enforcement On Decemebr 07,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official web page of Legal Entity of Public Law National Bureau of Enforcement(www.nbe.gov.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia. According to assessment parameters Legal

8 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of Basic Sapling Forestry

Monitoring of web-page ofLegal Entity of Public Law Basic Sapling Forestry On December 08,2011 IDFI expert group planned to conduct information transparency and e-Governance (e-Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official web-page ofLEPL Basic Sapling Forestry(www.sanerge.com) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia. It turned out thatthe official web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law Basic

8 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of Notary Chamber

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law Notary Chamber of Georgia On November 28,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official web page of Legal Entity of Public Law Notary Chamberof Georgia(www.notary.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia. According to assessment parameters Legal Entity of P