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OGP Published the List of Shortlisted Candidates of the OGP Steering Committee

On 10th of March, Open Government Partnership published the list of shortlisted candidates for the OGP Steering Committee nomination.

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IDFI Recommended Datasets to be Added to the Open Data Portal

We welcome the fact that many of the above public institutions expressed readiness to follow our recommendation.

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Charter of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance

By the order issued on 12th February, 2016, of the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili, the Charter of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance was approved.

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Meeting of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance and the Consultative Group

On March 5-6th, the workshop of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance of the Parliament of Georgia and the Consultative Group took place in Borjomi.

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Governance Data Alliance - Assessing Georgia in 2015

Governance Data Alliance publihes various governance data anually and tries to advance democratic governance reforms in countries. We assess various indicators about Georgia and compare them to the indicators of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Estonia. 

 

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They System of Bonuses and Politically Neutral Civil Service?!

They System of Bonuses and Politically Neutral Civil Service?!

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Director of IDFI Participated in Regional Conference - Open Parliaments, Engaged Citizens

On February 24-26th conference was held in Slovakia on Open Parliaments, Engaged Citizens. Director of Institute for Development of Freedom of Information Giorgi Kldiashvili and MP, Chairperson of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance – Guguli Maghradze attended the conference.

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Mechanisms for Career Advancement in Civil Service: Meritocracy vs Cronyism

Since 2012, the Government of Georgia started to implement Public Service Reform. On the one hand, the reform aims to implement effective democratic governance and hence, is directed toward the approximation with the EU. 

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OGP Selecting CSO Representatives for Steering Committee Membership

Open Government Partnership (OGP) Initiative, which focuses on increasing government transparency and accountability and unites 69 member countries, is selecting CSO representative organizations for the Steering Committee membership.

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Consultative Group Discussed Ways of Supporting the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance

The first work meeting of the Consultative Group was held at the UN House on 23rd of February.