Tbilisi. On December 19, 2013 GYLA held presentation of the research "Proactive disclosure of public information” providing information about current trends in Georgia, as well as the international practice. The research examines individually activities implemented in terms of guaranteeing proactive disclosure of public information, request of information in an electronic form and its disclosure by the Chancellery of the Georgian Government, all the state Ministries, offices of the state Ministers and randomly selected 18 legal entities of public law under their subordination within the period of September 1, 2013- December 10, 2013. Furthermore, the document also describes the conditions of public agencies’ web-resources and examples from the international practice.   For the full text  Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is publishing the Final Monitoring Report on the Presidential Elections of October 27, 2013. "The Election Day was conducted in an organized and quiet setting throughout the whole country. Majority of violations observed on the polling day was of procedural nature". For the full text Source:isfed.ge

Tbilisi. The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy will monitor December 15 elections in Ukraine in frames of the ENEMO monitoring mission. Repeat parliamentary elections will be held in 5 election districts in Ukraine, results of which were deemed illegitimate by the Ukraine Central Elections Commission during October 28, 2012 elections.  Source:isfed.ge

Tbilisi. The group working on ethnic minority issues has organized a summary meeting on December 6. The meeting was attended by local CSOs including the representatives of the Election Environment Development Center, Election Administration, Public Broadcaster, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).Meeting participants have summed up the results of projects implemented during the 2013 presidential election. Head of the working group SopioSichinava has thanked the group members for the joint efforts and activities carried out during the preparatory process of October 27 presidential election. Various changes were planned to ensure equal election environment for the national minority voters at the 2014 self-government elections. Source: the Election Environment Development Center.

Tbilisi. Georgian Young Lawyers' Association released post-election monitoring results concerning discussion of complaints in district election commissions and calculation of election results. "In the moment of submitting complaints GYLA paid particular attention to liability of commission members who violated law, as to the tool for preventing further violations". GYLA implemented post election monitoring in Tbilisi and 36 district election commissions. For full text Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Political scientist ZviadAbashidze has delivered a lecture on November 1 in the School of Liberalism on "Elections and Democracy". The School offers a video recording of the lecture. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. ISFED filed 78 complaints with district election commissions (DECs). Majority of the complaints sought imposition of liability on precinct election commission (PEC) members, while 11 sought annulment of summary protocol and revision of results due to gaps and inaccuracies in summary protocols. "As of now, DECs have granted 24 claims by imposing liability on commission members, mostly chairperson. ...Results from portable ballot box was annulled in one case. ...6 claims were granted in part while seven were rejected. None of the claims for annulment of summary protocols were granted as in majority of cases polling results were revised and correction protocols were drawn up. ...Complaints process proved to be most problematic in Batumi District Election Commission where commission unlawfully refused to consider three of ISFED’s complaints consideration", says the organization's web-page. ISFED has already filed subsequent complaint in court. Complaints process is still ongoing in DECs. ISFED will update the information accordingly and provide it to public in parallel with the process. For full text Source:isfed.ge

International Election Observation Mission published a statement on preliminary findings and conclusions. Statement is the result of a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European Parliament (EP) and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA). "The 27 October presidential election was efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment. Fundamental freedoms of expression, movement, and assembly were respected and candidates were able to campaign without restriction. The campaign environment was without major irregularities. The media was less polarized during this election, and presented a broad range of viewpoints. On election day, voters were able to express their choice freely”, says the statement. Statement Source: osce.org

Tbilisi. NGO "Young Lawyers" released a statement. Organization estimates that "transparency of presidential elections held on October 27, 2013 is an opportunity for the country to start the real democratic reforms and to actively involve people in politics. The organization focuses on the voters’ freedom of expression, election administration and the election day free of violence signs", says the statement. For full text Source:the organization's page in the social network

Tbilisi. The Charter of Journalistic Ethics has released a statement on the work of media during the election day. "Although compared to previous elections the presidential election of October 27 was held much more peacefully, the facts of obstruction, pressuring and insult against professional activities of journalists have been reported, which the Charter finds alarming... the Charter of Journalistic Ethics believes that obstructing the professional activities of journalists is unacceptable, as well as incorrect interpretation of resolution adopted by the Central Election Commission last year", says the organization's web page. For the full text (geo) Source: qartia.org.ge

Tbilisi. A mobile group of the "Georgian Young Constitutionalists' Association" has observed the presidential election of October 27 during the entire day. The organization's representatives have monitored up to 60 election precincts Tbilisi-wide. "Notably, the polling process unfolded in a peaceful environment and significant violations have not been reported. Further, the Association's members have assisted several citizens in the exercise of their right to vote", says the organization's page in the social network. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. Georgian Young Lawyers' Association published the "Evaluation of Presidential Election Day". On October 27th, the Presidential Election Day GYLA had more than 400 observers at 36 presincts of Tbilisi and 8 regions. GYLA had observers at precincts opened in Great Britain and Germany. GYLA’s observers have compiled 33 complaints and registered 50 remarks in the special log book. After summation of election results, GYLA will present complete report, analyzing the entire pre-election environment, election day, complaints examination and summation of election results. For full text  Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Transparency International Georgia released the - "Final assessment of the October 27, 2013 presidential election". "The electoral process was generally held in a calm environment during the day. Our monitors did not observe a single case of misuse of administrative resources and direct pressure or intimidation of voters. We also consider it a positive development that so-called special polling stations were opened only for those military servicemen and policemen under special regime. The Central Election Commission (CEC) and its representatives acted mostly in a politically neutral manner. Most of the violations we observed were procedural, demonstrating the need for further training of election administration staff. We believe that these violations have not affected the outcome of the election", says the organization's web-page. For full text Source:transparency.ge

Tbilisi. At the the media center non-governmental organizations had been publishing the results of election observation all day long on 27 of October. The briefings were held by Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), International Society For Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Transparency International - Georgia (TI), Public Advocacy,  Center Of Development And Democracy (CDD), Public Movement "Multinational Georgia" (PMMG), The Human Rights Center, Human Rights and Social Justice Protection Research Center, Liberal Academy Tbilisi. Please, follow the link to find the results published by the organizations. Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) International Society For Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) Transparency International - Georgia (TI) Public Advocacy   Center Of Development And Democracy (CDD) Public Movement "Multinational Georgia" (PMMG) The Human Rights Center

Tbilisi. The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) published Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) Projections. Projections  Source:isfed.ge

Tbilisi. Georgian Young Lawyers' Association published Infographics of Election Day. Election Day in Infographics Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Non Governmental Organizations: Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia); International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) and Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) assessed Pre-Election Environment. It includes Legal Framework, Inter-Agency Task Force for Free and Fair Elections, Registration of Election Subjects, Election Administration, Voters’ List, Use of Administrative Resources for Election Purposes and etc. For full text Source:transparency.ge

Imereti. New Generation– New Initiative has delivered a training on October 24 in the Kutaisi Civic Engagement Center for representatives of an observer mission. A film produced by the organization was shown at the training, which describes in detail the election procedures and areas that the observers should focus on. Rules of behavior of observers were discussed as well.

Tbilisi. NGO Jampstart Georgia published a new visualization of the elections. "After analyzing the 2012 election data, JumpStart Georgia found some anomolies. While these anomolies did not affect the outcome of the election, it is our contention that they could influence future elections unless PEC members, independent observers, and the CEC take measures to ensure that the CEC's official election data is accurate", says the organization's web-page. Visualization  Source: feradi.info

Tbilisi. Transparency International - Georgia, Georgian Young Lawyers' Association and the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy have released new videos on the elections. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. Eight NGOs opened a joint electoral media center on October 22. On October 27, the 2013 presidential elections day, representatives of the NGOs will provide journalists with the information regarding the course of the elections. The Center has been opened with the financial support of Open Society Georgia Foundation and will function until the announcement of the results of the presidential elections. On October 27, Press-conferences will be held every half an hour starting from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. Source:media.ge

Tbilisi. On October 22, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) conducted a simulation of the Election Day monitoring methodology - Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT). The simulation allows ISFED to identify the potential problems and then make any necessary corrections prior to the Election Day. The simulation is one of many quality control checks that ISFED implements to ensure the highest quality PVT. For full text Source:isfed.ge