Tbilisi. The Election Environment Development Center has released a statement in the social network. "Based on active cooperation with parties involved in the elections, the Central Election Commission has organized the formation of a special group on June 11 for the local self-government elections, which monitors the dissemination of propaganda materials in the penitentiary institutions for inmates who enjoy the right to vote. 16-person group including the observers from CSOs and representatives from election entities carries out monitoring in 10 penitentiary institutions of East and West Georgia. Monitoring will take place from June 7 to 14." Source: the Election Environment Development Center.

Tbilisi. The executive body and Council of the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics will work in a hotline regime on the polling day on June15. The Charter offers and asks journalists to contact them immediately upon discovering any problem either at the election precincts or any other stage of covering the elections. For the full text (geo) Source: qartia.org.ge

Tbilisi. CSOs have released the pre-election media monitoring report drafted as part of the EU and UNDP funded project "Professional Media for Elections". The study covers the period of 15 April - 23 May. For the full text. Source: media.ge

Tbilisi. ISFED released the video "What is parallel vote tabulation?". The organization informs interested persons about the essence of parallel vote tabulation and the advantages that this election observation methodology has.At the self-government elections the organization will apply the parallel vote tabulation methodology. Source: the organization's web page in the social network.

Tbilisi. Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association publicized the second preliminary report of the pre-election observation. The organization observes the pre-election period through the regional offices in nine (9) regions of Georgia: Adjara, Guria, Imereti, Shida Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Samegrelo and in Tbilisi. The present report covers the period from May 1 to June 10. The report  Source: gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Transparency International Georgia released a blog post - "Expenses of the Adjara Supreme Council for business trips, gifts and receptions (during 2013-2014)". For the full text Source: transparency.ge

Tbilisi. On June 6, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy published third interim report of monitoring the June 15, 2014 local self-government elections. The report covers the period from May 11 through June 1. For the full text Source: emc.org.ge

Tbilisi. Transparency International Georgia released  the report about Open Data, titled Defining and Measuring Open Data. As part of the 2nd Open Governement Partnership action plan, currently being drafted by Ministry of Justice of Georgia, TI Georgia calls on the Georgian government to include Open Data as a commitment in the new action plan. For the full text Source: transparency.ge

Tbilisi. "Internews - Georgia" has released the first report on pre-election monitoring of regional TV channels. The report covers the period of 12-25 May 2014 and 16 regional TV companies, which will be monitored from May 12 through June 15 2014. The report. Source: media.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released public information obtained from the Tax Ombudsman's office, including the data on the staff list, e-mail correspondence, vehicle fleet, etc. For the full text. Source: opendata.ge

Kvemo Kartli. "Multiethnic Georgia" monitors participation of ethnic minorities in the documents submitted by political parties in the election districts within the Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti Regions. The organization has released the initial monitoring results. Monitoring results. Source: the organization's web page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released pubic information obtained from the Electoral Systems Development, Reforms and Training Center, including the data on the staff list, budget fulfillment report, representative expenses, vehicle fleet, etc. For the full text. Source: opendata.ge

Tbilisi. The Young Lawyers' Association has requested from the State Service Bureau the agreements executed with two different companies on the construction and organization of the Parliament building and its administrative facility.The information states that the organization has obtained public information at the request of one of the citizens, who unfortunately was unable to obtain the identical information. For the full text. Source: opendata.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released public information obtained from the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, including the data on the staff list, e-mail correspondence, representative and business trip expenses, bonuses of the Commission members and staff, etc. For the full text. Source: opendata.ge

Tbilisi. CRRC Georgia responds to the May 23 announcement of TV3, in which the channel disagrees with the evaluations written in the first report of television monitoring conducted by CRRC Georgia.CRRC Georgia welcomes the interest of televisions with the monitoring results and expresses readiness to answer all questions related to the monitoring project and results. As part of the media monitoring project, CRRC will release three more reports and give a press conference on monitoring results together with other civil society organizations involved in the project. Source: crrc.ge

Tbilisi. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy published a research Representation of Women and Gender Balance in Local Self-Government Sakrebulos in Georgia on May 30, 2014. ISFED requested information about members of Sakrebulo from 64 Municipality Sakrebulos of Georgia. "There are total of 1550 members in Sakrebulos  of 59 municipalities and 5 self-governing cities of Georgia, majority of which are men – 88,9% (1378) while women make up 11,2% (171) of Sakrebulo members". For the full text Source: isfed.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released public information obtained from the Central Election Commission, including the data on the staff list, e-mail correspondence, representative and business trip expenses, vehicle fleet, etc. For the full text. Source: opendata.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released the blog post - "Peculiarities of the Facebook Page of the Interior Minister". "The review of the Facebook page of the Minister of Interior of Georgia Aleksandre Chikaidze has identified the trend of abundant positive comments only. This has been discussed recently in the social networks as well. We got interested in this fact and tried to check the personal Facebook pages of authors of these comments. Monitoring has revealed with high probability that these users are created and managed by one person or group of persons. It is also clear that the majority of authors of these comments does not use these Facebook accounts for personal interests and has created them for concrete purposes only," says the blog post. For the full text. Source: eparticipationge.wordpress.com

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released public information obtained from the Georgian National Communications Commission, which includes data on the staff list, representative and business trip expenses, vehicle fleet, etc. For the full text Source: opendata.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released public information obtained from the  Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia, which includes data on the staff list, representative and business trip expenses, vehicle fleet, etc. For the full text Source: opendata.ge

Tbilisi. Transparency International - Georgia published a new report - "Outcomes of the Competitions for Civil Service Positions held by the Central Government Institutions”. The report evaluates the results of competitions for civil service positions held by the central government institutions during the period from March 1, 2013 till January 1, 2014. For the full text Source: transparency.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information has released public information obtained from the National Bank of Georgia, which includes data on the staff list, representative and business trip expenses, vehicle fleet, etc. For the full text Source: opendata.ge