Watchdog

7 May 2024

Starting from 2009, IDFI has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions, including the following:

 

 

  • Monitoring of implementation of the right of access to public information;
  • Monitoring of official web-pages and various communication resources of public institutions;
  • Increasing transparency and accountability of Georgian court system;
  • Finding out the extent of proactive disclosure of public information by public institutions;
  • Observing necessary mechanisms and leverages in order to ensure involvement of citizens in public policy;
  • Checking the extent of fulfillment of local, national and international obligations taken by the state.

 

We believe that ensuring transparency and accountability of public sector is the precondition for institutional establishment of good governance.

Starting from 2009, IDFI has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions, including the following:

 

 

  • Monitoring of implementation of the right of access to public information;
  • Monitoring of official web-pages and various communication resources of public institutions;
  • Increasing transparency and accountability of Georgian court system;
  • Finding out the extent of proactive disclosure of public information by public institutions;
  • Observing necessary mechanisms and leverages in order to ensure involvement of citizens in public policy;
  • Checking the extent of fulfillment of local, national and international obligations taken by the state.

 

We believe that ensuring transparency and accountability of public sector is the precondition for institutional establishment of good governance.

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Procedures of Asylum Denial in Georgia are not Transparent

IDFI presents statistical analysis of court decisions received from 1 January 2017 to September 1 2017 on granting refugee or humanitarian status, as well as reviewing existing legislation and international practice. The recommendations of IDFI are presented at the end of the report to solve the identified problematic issues.
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Local Self-Government Index: Results for 2017

The overall results of the 2017 evaluation of Georgian municipalities were low. On the scale of 0 to 100%, the average result of all municipalities was only 21% (19% for city halls / municipal administrations and 24% for municipal councils).
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2016

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions since 2010. Institute will actively work on watchdog activities in 2016 too.
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2015

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions since 2010. Institute will actively work on watchdog activities in 2015 too.
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2014

Starting from 2009, IDFI has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions, including the following:

 

 
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2013

In order to display the level of openness of government and accessibility of public information, Institute for Development of Freedom of Information had been requesting various types of information about the state expenses within the frames of the “Public Information Database
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2012

Starting from 2009, IDFI has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions, including the following:
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2011

During 2011 Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) conducted several watchdog activities which covered several fields:
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Watchdog activities carried out by IDFI in 2010

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) has been conducting various activities in order to achieve increased transparency and openness of state institutions.