Tbilisi. According to the information of Women’s fund in Georgia, Ukrainian Women’s Fund, FemFund in Poland, Women’s Fund Armenia and Women's Fund in Georgia with the financial support of filia.die frauenstiftung and Federal Foreign Office launched a joint project “Feminist Landscapes – Civil society dialogue with all voices”. “Project aims to promote participation of marginalized women’s groups, increase their capacity and strengthen their voice in the women’s/feminist movement”. Read more… Source: womenfundgeorgia.org

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Tbilisi. Sheaghe is designed to place information about rehabilitation and support services into the hands of thousands of parents, care providers, and persons with disabilities. It’s a free online database that allows people to search for services in and around their community, city, or region in Georgia. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Adjara. In December 2021, Adjara Regional HUB visited three villages of Khulo, Shuakhevi and Khelvachauri municipalities. At the meetings, the audience discussed the possibilities of tourism and rural development. For detailed info, please visit… Adjara Regional HUB is created and runs the activities within the framework of the EU and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) funded project 'Civil Society STAR Initiative'. Source: The project page on the social network

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Tbilisi. UNDP is presenting its global strategic plan focused on eradicating poverty and inequalities and helping countries achieve the #SDGs in a post-COVID19 era. Read more… Source: feature.undp.org

Tbilisi. The United Nations Country Team in Georgia expresses its regret over the decision of Georgian authorities to abolish the State Inspector’s Service. “On 13 January 2022 the President has signed a new law abolishing the State Inspector’s Service and creating two separate institutions: Special Investigative Service and Personal Data Protection Service. We are particularly concerned about the expedited manner and lack of inclusive and transparent discussions about the abolition of one of the most credible, independent and authoritative institutions in Georgia that is mandated to investigate alleged human rights violations committed by law enforcement officials and is entrusted with the oversight of personal data protection. The lack of convincing justification for abolishing the State Inspector’s Service and the absence of compelling rationale for stripping the State Inspector of her six-year mandate sends a chilling message to independent institutions of human rights protection. We call on the authorities to request the opinion of relevant international institutions on the compliance of these decisions with the international standards”, is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: georgia.un.org

Tbilisi. The Coalition calls on the President of Georgia to apply her constitutional authority, veto the legislative amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Common Courts adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on December 30, 2021, and return the Bill to the Parliament with a rationale for veto. Read more… Source: rights.ge

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Shida Kartli. Taso Foundation is visiting target villages as part of the Women’s Economic Empowerment project. On January 12, the Foundation held an informational meeting in the village of Shindisi. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. On January 10, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) together with Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) held a closing event of the project “Contributing to PAR through Civic Monitoring and Engagement”. “International and local experts, as well as the representatives of government and civil society exchanged the information on best practices, existing challenges and needs of Public Administration. The discussion also aimed to foster debate on what needs to be changed to improve the quality of the reform”. Read more… Source: idfi.ge

Imereti. Local Democracy Agency Georgia shares a brief overview of the activities and results of the implemented grant ''Increasing the Quality of Citizen Involvement in Local Self-Government". Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Guria. Innovation and Civic Development Center - Progress House hosted the meeting on social enterprise, with participation of the CSOs operating in Guria region. The meeting was organized within the project “Civil Society STAR Initiative”, being implemented with support of the EU and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

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Tbilisi. Part of civil society organizations releases a joint statement urging to veto a legislative change on abolition of the State Inspector’s Service. “The party made an unconstitutional and extremely damaging for Georgian democracy decision without any justification or involvement of relevant actors and the State Inspector herself. We, the signatory organizations call on the President of Georgia to exercise her constitutional authority and veto respective legislative changes, while to return the bill on legislative amendments to the Parliament along with motivated remarks”. Read more… Source: socialjustice.org.ge

Tbilisi. The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi releases the statement. “Last week, the ruling party undermined government accountability by abolishing the State Inspector Service, which is mandated to investigate police abuse and protect data privacy, undermined the independence of individual judges by amending the Law on Common Courts, and undermined faith in the judiciary by appointing yet another Supreme Court judge using a flawed selection process. No credible reasons were provided to the public for why these actions needed to be rushed through without appropriate consultations. Steps that weaken democratic institutions, such as the judiciary or independent oversight agencies, damage Georgia’s aspirations for NATO and European Union membership, and undermine the basic freedoms that are the foundation of Georgian culture and society”. Read more… Source: The Embassy’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. The Open Society Georgia Foundation has summarized its activities of last year. “Activities of the Foundation and its partners were accompanied with some tensions related to challenges entailed by the pandemic or difficult political situation in the country. Among developments occurred this year, it will be hard to forget tragic consequences of the pandemic and July 5, the day marked as the most hard date in the history of democratic development of the country. With the support of the Foundation, there were implemented more than hundred initiatives throughout the year, aimed at promoting free election and media environment, as well as protecting rights of civil activists and journalists. We have actively worked on issues related to ensuring labor rights, organizing public and green spaces, provision of decent housing for homeless. Through the efforts of the Foundation and its partners, the situation related to rights of various groups in Georgia has attracted the attention of UN member states”. Learn more about activities of the Foundation in 2021... Source: The website of the organization on a social network

Racha-Lechkhumi. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo-Svaneti Regional Hub - Fund "AIC" organized the meeting with the representatives of newly-established regional CSOs. The invited mentors from the well-established and successful CSOs shared their achievements, main challenges and experience. The meeting aims to strengthen civil society as an independent, transparent and accountable actor across Georgia.  The meetings were organised within the framework of the EU and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung funded project “Civil Society STAR Initiative”. Read more… Source: Project page on the social network

Tbilisi. The Bureau of the Parliament of Georgia has supported enactment of the procedure for an expedited review of the bill on amendments to the Code of Georgia on Spatial Planning, Architectural and Construction Activities (despite the fact that the initiator - the Government of Georgia - does not request an expedited review of the bill in the explanatory note). Acceleration of the process precluded an in-depth analysis of all consequences of proposed changes, which procedure is a requirement following to urban planning issues due to specificity of proposed changes and the field. Besides, specialists of the field, activists, and environmentalists were not involved in the process of drafting of intended changes, neither were they consulted about necessity of elaboration of changes and goals of the Government in case these changes become law... Signatory organizations release a detailed appraisal of the submitted bill and consider that turning the bill into law may cause irreversible damage to the environment of the country, health and life of people, development opportunities for settlements and municipalities, as well as severely harm public interests. Read more… Source: civilin.org

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Tbilisi. According to the information of the IDFI, The formal basis for the liquidation of the Memorial was the accusation of the Prosecutor's Office of violating the mandatory labeling of a "foreign agent" by the organization, which occurred more than a year ago. “For over 10 years, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) has been actively cooperating with Memorial in the directions of Soviet and Memory studies as well as in researching Stalinist repressions. IDFI fully supports its partner”. Learn more… Source: idfi.ge