Project Title: Digital Freedoms in Georgia - 2023
Project N: 7200AA20CA00021
Donor:  Internews and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Budget:  USD 19,839
Duration: November 29, 2022 – May 28, 2023

Summary of the Project

The project aims to strengthen Internet freedom in Georgia.

IDFI will implement the following activities as part of the project:

Activity 1. Produce a policy brief on surveillance, encryption and/or digital freedoms in the country - IDFI will prepare a policy brief on the most pressing digital challenges, developments and needs in the sphere of digital freedoms (including surveillance, encryption, or digital safety in Georgia).

Activity 2. Campaign and engagement with communities and/or advocacy activities based on work in year 2 activities - In order to raise awareness of people about emerging digital challenges, new developments and our recommendations, as well as to reach out more people, IDFI will prepared three videos on various digital safety issues. In particular, when selecting the video topics/text, the prepared policy briefs, analyses and elaborated recommendations, as well as content of our trainings conducted before will be used.

Apart from the videos, to follow-up our recommendations, voice the challenges we observed over the past years, IDFI will hold a presentation or workshop with the participation of all relevant stakeholders (e.g. several public institutions, CSOs, business sector, technical community) to discuss emerging digital threats, our recommendations on protecting digital rights in Georgia and necessary steps to be taken in the coming years.

Activity 3 - Plan, organize, and host 1 training on digital rights – Based on the materials IDFI had prepared on digital safety as well as prepared videos and policy briefs, IDFI will conduct a training on digital rights for students, journalists, CSO representatives and civic activists.

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