Social campaign #ThisCountryIsYours The Human Rights Center (HRC) got established in 1996 and at that time it was one of the first organizations working directly on human rights in independent Georgia. The goal of the center is to increase respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as to facilitate promotion of peace processes in our country. Read more about activities of the organization. see more (geo)…

Social campaign #ThisCountryIsYours Enthusiasts who created a Bediani Orphanage. Funds that this house was built with and the activity that it does till to date. Learn the real-life story that Zviad Khapava retells. see more (geo)…

The third sector struggles for improvement of the third government. Fortunately, it is not alone in this fight - society demands an independent and well operational judicial power. The reform that is split into waves and is offered to us by the government in order to change this system fundamentally, raises further more questions. How should a really independent and well operational judicial power look like, what should be done for this purpose, what is done and what is not done? Giorgi Mshvenieradze, current Head of the "Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary”, Chairman of the "Georgian Democracy Initiative”, will talk to us about challenges that the judiciary of Georgia faces. Read more (geo)…

Social campaign #ThisCountryIsYours “It all started in the beginning of 90’s, when the situation got mixed up with us and children first appeared on the street. It was a shock to us all, because there were no street children, as such, in Georgia before. It was during this period that children began to rob and beg as a group “... Take a look at the story of Nana Iashvili, a founder of the organization "Child and the Environment”. see more (geo)…

''Children are not voters, that is why nobody cares about their benevolence'', - states Ana Arganashvili, Executive Director of ''Partnership for Human Rights'' (PHR), a human rights defender, who has been interviewed on issues related to complex causes of violence against children, shortcomings existing in the child protection system and level of influence of civil society organizations on solution of these issues. Read more (geo)…

From January 1, 2019, the Law of Georgia on Accumulative Pension has been fully enacted in Georgia, respectively, transfer of contributions of those employed and employers to the Pension Agency, as stipulated by law, has been initiated. Results of the last two months show that new regulations have created a challenge to civil society organizations and, in general, to N(N)LE-s in a lot of directions. In particular, Davit Tivishvili, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Financial Manager of the "Civil Society Institute”, explains what problems this type of organizations face and how they can be solved. Read more (geo)…

From January 1, 2019, a new tax regulation for civil society organizations has been enacted - the rule that stipulates their taxation with income tax has been amended. What does this change for the third sector and, in general, how healthy is the tax environment which civil society organizations have to operate in? These issues were clarified with Levan Paniashvili, Chief Lawyer of the “Civil Society Institute”.  Interviewed by Maka Jaiani  Read more (GEO)…

Why should we actively use the right to vote? What benefit does freedom of elections bring to the country? How should the state, civil society organizations act to make sure the electoral system becomes stronger and the rate of participation of citizens into political processes increases? Tatia Kinkladze, a lawyer of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), shared her opinions about these issues with the web-portal of civil society organizations - csogeorgia.org. Read more (geo)...

„In Georgia, a source of state authority is people”, - it is stated in the Constitution of Georgia. Where, when and how can people express that they represent the source of authority? In what way should people notify state officials about which of the steps, made by the officials, they like and disagree with? To what extent should a protest of people go when the officials do not listen to them any longer? Mobilized around these topics due to recent developments, csogeorgia.org talked to Sulkhan Saladze, Chairman of the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association. Read more (geo)…

''Human is the main value'' - this phrase has probably been heard many times. What stands behind these words? Why should human be the main value? What should the state do to protect human, their rights? What role do civil society organizations have in carrying out these processes correctly? These are the issues which Vakhushti Menabde, a constitutionalist, lawyer talks about. Interviewed by Tekle Karosanidze More…