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20 November 2020

Official Documents of 1944 on the Resettlement of the Minorities of Georgia

On November 15, 1944, began the implementation of Order №001176 of the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (НКВД). The Order entailed the forced resettlement of the ethnic and religious groups of “Turks [1], Kurds, and Hemshins (Muslim Armenians) living on the territory of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic”.

17 November 2020

Russian Online Media on Pompeo’s Visit to Georgia

On 10 November, it became known that on 17-18 November, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo would visit Georgia. Since then, lots of opinions regarding the objectives of his visit have been expressed.

17 November 2020

IDFI Recommendations on Public Service Policy Documents

The LEPL Public Service Development Agency (Agency) has drafted Policy Document and Action Plan on public service development, delivery, quality assurance and evaluation, which are planned to be submitted for approval to the Government in December 2020.

16 November 2020

IDFI Conducted a Training on Transparency, Accountability and Integrity for Employees of the Senaki City Hall and its Legal Entities

On November 12-13, 2020, IDFI conducted an online training on Transparency, Accountability and Integrity for the employees of the Senaki City Hall and legal entities owned or managed by the City Hall.

3 November 2020

3 years of Membership at OGP Steering Committee - Giorgi Kldiashvili Finished His Term

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is one of the world's leading international initiatives aiming to increase the accountability of government agencies in the Member States, to raise standards of openness and transparency, and to strengthen citizen involvement in decision-making processes.

29 October 2020

IDFI became a Regional Hub for Global Data Barometer (GDB)

IDFI became a Regional Hub for Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the Global Data Barometer (GDB), which is a global index study of data for the public good that builds on the foundation of the Open Data Barometer.

28 October 2020

Global Data Barometer (GDB)

IDFI has joined the Global Data Barometer project and the Global Community of Regional Hubs in fall 2020. IDFI acts as a Regional Hub for the Global Data Barometer project for Central Asia and Eastern Europe and is responsible for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

27 October 2020

Covid-19 and Sanctions: Systemic problem of constitutionality

The Parliament of Georgiaundermines its constitutional mandate and thus puts the constitutionality of the measures of responsibility introduced for preventing the spread of Covid-19 under question.

21 October 2020

IDFI Conducted Open Data Training for Public Servants of the Ozurgeti City Hall and Municipal Council

On October 21, 2020, IDFI conducted an online training on open data management and publication issues for the staff of Ozurgeti City Hall and Municipal Council.

20 October 2020

IDFI Hold a Presentation of the Project – Monitoring of the Covid-19-related Public Spending and the State of Human Rights

On October 20, 2020, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), with the support from the European Union (EU) held a presentation of the project - Monitoring Covid-19 related public spendings and human rights protection during the state of emergency and after.