Key findingsFrom June 1, 2020, to September 15, 2021, up to 4,500 simplified public procurement contracts for the purchase of construction services have been signed. The total value of these contracts is up to GEL 125 million.Out of all simplified pu

 Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) studied the current state and the main tendencies on the advertising market in 2020. The study examines how the restrictions imposed in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the money spent by

Corruption prevention mechanisms for state LEPLs and N(N)LPs remain weak, while expenditures continue to riseIt is a widespread practice in Georgia, when public institutions, at both central and local government levels, set up subordinate legal entit

The undersigned civil society organizations, would like to express our grave concern regarding the frequent verbal assaults against the Ombudsperson of Georgia. The office of the Public Defender of Georgia is the only independent constitutional insti

At the 21st plenary session on October 26, 2021, the Anti-Corruption Network of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/ACN) was planning to approve a report on the assessment of the anti-corruption environment in Georgia. How

The Parliament of Georgia is considering, in an accelerated manner, a legislative initiative on amendments to the Local Self-Government Code, which increases the number of officials in city councils. In particular:The chairpersons of city councils wi

We, the signatory organizations, hereby respond to the statement made by the Chairman of Georgian Dream, the ruling party, that invariably serves to discredit Georgia’s Western partners and friends. This is not the first time the ruling pa

We, the NGOs working in Georgia call on the CPT to use its mandate for an ad hoc visit to the Georgian penitentiary system and monitor the human rights situation of President Saakashvili.Recently,  Georgian human rights organisations h

In recent weeks, a number of TV stations have reported on documents allegedly leaked by whistleblowers from the State Security Service and / or the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party. Journalistic investigations show that since the 2

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary believes that the public response of some judges to the statement made by the Administrative Committee of the Conference of Judges and their dissociation from it could be an important st