Open Governance and Anti-Corruption

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Georgian Citizens Detained by Russian Occupational Troops in 2009-2015

During 2009-2015 period russian occupational armed forces detained 2 117 Georgian citizens for illegally crossing the border.

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First meeting with the students on the issues of the parliamentary openness

On May 14th, Akaki Tsereteli State University hosted a meeting in order to support the parliamentary transparency, openness and citizen participation within the scopes of the project - “Supporting Parliament of Georgia Involvement in Open Government Partnership”.

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The Level of Transparency Continues to Worsen

In March 2015 IDFI referred with FOI requests to every Ministry and their Sub-agency in Georgia. In total 1185 requests were sent to 19 Ministries and 49 Ministry Sub-entities. It should be emphasized that 22.9% of the requests were ignored by the public institutions. High number of the ignored requests is explained by the fact that three Ministries and nine Sub-entities did not provide any response on our questions. 

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Representatives of IDFI at e-Dem and e-Gov Days

On May 7-8, 2015 a conference “Central and Eastern European e-Democracy and e-Governance Days” was held in Budapest. Georgia was represented at the conference with two papers. 

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Meeting on the Issues of the Parliamentary Openness

Participants of the meeting discussed the importance of access of the ethnical minorities to the webpage and to the documents of the Parliament of Georgia

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IDFI Hosted Press Secretaries of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic

On Friday, 8th of May the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information hosted press secretaries of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic

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Russian Capital in Georgian Business

The study reveals the companies, established in Georgia but owned by Russian citizens. The study is based on the official documents and news spread through the media. 

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The Presentation of the Research – the Issues of Open Parliament in OGP Member Countries

Levan Avalishvili, the Chairman of IDFI presented the study Issues of Open Parliament in OGP Member Countries that was conducted by the organization.

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Parliament of Georgia joined the Open Government Partnership

With singing the Memorandum, Georgia became the first country in the region starting to implement the Principles of Open Parliament. The official ceremony of signing the Memorandum took place in the building of the Parliament in Kutaisi.

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Statistics of IDP settlements and the number of IDP families provided with accommodation (2009-2015)

The number of internally displaced persons have increased for the last 21 years and therefore, an importance of knowing the general statistics alongside with the outcomes of the projects implemented by the Government is substantial.