Tbilisi. On December 30th, 2015, in accordance with the 195/3 Order of the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance was established. Primary functions of the Parliamentary Council will be ensuring parliamentary openness, elaborating the Open Parliament Action Plans within the scopes of Open Government Partnership Initiative (OGP) and monitoring their implementation process.

The initiative of establishment of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open and Transparent Governance belongs to the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

Source: idfi.ge