The signatory organizations address the alleged political harassment of Ramiz Ramazanov and call on the government to employ all measures to protect his safety and dignity.Ramiz Ramazanov has been missing from home for 2 days already. Police are mobi

More than GEL 140 Million Spent on Remuneration of Government’s PR Service Staff in 2013-2020 Georgian government agencies spent GEL 140.5 million on remuneration of PR service staff between 2013 and 2020 after the Georgian Dream government cam

December 9 is the International Anti-Corruption Day. At one time, Georgia was recognized as a country successfully combating corruption. Progress made in the fight against bribery (petty corruption) is maintained to this day, which is an important ac

In recent years, secret financial documents have been occasionally made public (for example, Panama or Pandora Papers), which confirms that public officials throughout the world often utilise anonymous ownership of companies in order to avoid the res

We, the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in the process of Open Government Partnership (OGP)[1], would like to express our concern about continued inaction on the part of the Government of Georgia, due to which the OGP process in Georgi

Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) analyzed how the Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Institutions (CoI) works in practice at the central level, at the ministries, identified prevailing challenges, and developed recomm

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