Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

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Leveraging Transparency to Counter Foreign Illiberal Influences: The Role of Legislatures

On March 17, 2022, Executive Director of IDFI, Giorgi Kldiashvili, took part in the Community of Practice Session III "Leveraging Transparency to Counter Foreign Illiberal Influences: The Role of Legislatures" organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Open Government Partnership (OGP).

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UNCAC Coalition Stands in Solidarity with Ukraine

Vienna, 10 March 2022 – The members UNCAC Coalition and the below organisations and individuals express their solidarity with the people of Ukraine, currently facing a shocking attack on their country.  

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Corruption Perception Index 2021

Transparency International published Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2021 results on January 25th. According to the report Georgia was ranked 45th among 180 countries with the score of 55. 

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Georgia and Corruption - Georgia Failed to Present Anything at the Conference of UNCAC States Parties

On December 13-17, 2021, the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption was held in Egypt. 

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Study visit of the participants of the Educational Certification Program in Fighting Corruption in Moldova

Three participants of the Educational Certification Program in Fighting Corruption - Nino Taganashvili (Senior Specialist of the Analytical Department of the Ministry of Justice), Mariam Salukvadze (Inspector of Especially Important Cases in the Human Rights Protection and Quality Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia) and Ana Gogoladze (Member of the seventh convocation of the Tbilisi City Assembly), along with other members of the Eurasian Academic Anti-Corruption Network, paid a study visit to Moldova.

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Digital Services as a Mean of Direct Interaction between the State, Business, and Citizens on the Example of MY.GOV.GE

Prior to the creation of the Unified Portal of E-Services (MY.GOV.GE) in Georgia, government agencies more or less provided information to citizens and businesses about the services offered by them, in most cases, on-site services were required, often from one agency to another, so it was difficult for citizens to identify the relevant agency and service.

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Challenges of Political Funding Accountability and Transparency in Georgia

Every state that understands the role of sound election processes and strong political actors in the process of building representative democracy needs to support the principles of political accountability and transparency, the latter being an important indicator of confidence in political systems.

 

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Challenges of Civil Service and its Policy in the Public Administration System of Georgia

The Georgian civil service system and state civil service policy are based on a career-based model. This means that a civil servant should grow by position and professionally over a certain period along with the implementation of the activities.

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A workshop was held on Sustainable Development Goals of the Parliament of Georgia

On January 20, 2022, the Working Group of the Sustainable Development Goals of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open Governance held a working meeting. 

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Contributing to PAR through Civic Monitoring and Engagement – Closing Event

On January 10, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) together with Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) held a closing event of the project “Contributing to PAR through Civic Monitoring and Engagement”.