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11 March 2013

Georgian Prime Minister meets deliberative council of movement to digital broadcasting

On March 7th of the current year, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development presented the landmarks of the policy of Georgia transferring to digital terrestrial broadcasting and the vision of the issue to the Prime Minister of Georgia. The meeting was attended by the representatives of ministries, broadcasters and NGOs. Ucha Seturi, and expert of IDFI who leads the subgroup working on social issues of the Council for Transition to Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting created in the

7 March 2013

General Comment of the United Nations Human Rights Committee: The Right of Access to Public Information

Author: Nino Tsukhishvili International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which was adopted on December 16, 1966 by the United Nations General Assembly, guarantees the right of access to public information in all States parties. Georgia ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on May 3, 1994 and took obligations under the Covenant, including providing the right of access to public information. The implementation of the Covenant by States parties is

19 February 2013

Exhibition of Stalin Lists in Rustavi

On 14 February 2013 an exhibition prepared by IDFI (Institute for Development of Freedom of Information) was opened in the Rustavi Historical Museum - 1937-1938 Repressions: Stalins Lists on Georgia Unique documental and photo materials reflecting the tragic events of 1937-1938 Georgia were presented on the exhibit. The materials were acquired by IDFI in the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, its Analytic Department, the Georgian Memorial Society and the family ar

12 February 2013

Recommendations Presented to the Prime Minister

The final draft of the recommendations discussed in the previous blogpost was presented to the Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, on February 5th. These recommendations for the action plan for Open Government Partnership were developed by eighteen non-governmental organizations, including the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (for the full list of the organizations, see the last page of the recommendations).

25 January 2013

Civil Society Forum in Kachreti about “Open Government Partnership (OGP)

On January 11-12, USAID G-3 Program (Good Governance in Georgia) organized the civil society forum (see the list of participants and the agenda) about Georgias participation in Open Government Partnership gathering some 25 representatives of NGO-s and government, as well as independent experts. The civil society forum discussed many important topics concerning Open Government Partnership. The primary topic for discussions was the recommendations developed by the Media Advocacy Coalition

21 December 2012

Meeting with the Prime Minister and the Civil Society Forum

Sandro Rochikashvili On 14 December the Prime Minister of Georgia met the representatives of the Media Advocacy Coalition to discuss the current processes of the country and future plans. The Coalition, which was an active participant in the development of Georgias action plan for Open Government Partnership, includes 12 NGOs (including IDFI). The goal of the Coalition is strengthening the role of media and protecting the interests of media owners and journalists. One of

22 June 2012

Georgia Adopts Standards About Proactive Disclosure

21 June 2012 By Giorgi Kldiashvili Kldiashvili is the Director of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information based in Tbilisi. The General Administrative Code of Georgia, which regulates the Freedom of Information in Georgia, was adopted in 1999 and was pretty advanced at that moment. Nowadays is a little bit outdated and has some very significant imperfections in means of technological achievements, mostly related to e-Governance and e-Transparency. The Institut

17 February 2012

Proactive Transparency in Georgia

By Levan Avalishvili Levan Avalishvili is co-founder and chairman of the board of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and Director of the project Public Information Database www.opendata.ge which is intended to promote transparency and accountability of state authorities and access to public information in Georgia. Published at Democracy and Freedom Watch: http://dfwatch.net/proactive-transparency-in-georgia-18428 The Institute for Development

20 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Agency of Civil Registry

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law Agency of Civil Registry On Decemebr 14,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official webpage of Legal Entity of Public Law Agency of CivilRegistry(www.cra.gov.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia. According to assessment parameters Legal Entity of Pub

19 December 2011

Monitoring of web-page of Zurab Zhvania Georgian School of Public Administration

Monitoring of web-page of Legal Entity of Public Law Zurab Zhvania Georgian School of Public Administration On Decemebr 09,2011IDFI expert team has conducted information transparency and e-Governance (e- Accessibility and technical operability) monitoring of official web page of Legal Entity of Public Law Zurab Zhvania Georgian School of Public Administration(www.zspa.ge) within the framework of the project Monitoring of Information (Internet) Resources of Public Authorities of Georgia.