Imereti. The Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) has delivered a seminar on October 26 in Kutaisi for the regional media representatives on the issues related to access to information. Representatives of print and television media from Kutaisi, Zestaponi, Batumi and Ozurgeti have participated in the seminar. At the meeting the journalists were briefed about the history of freedom of information, Georgian and international legislation on the access to information and modern trends, as well as the issues of access of public information in the administrative bodies, etc. Alexander Kashumov, expert invited to the seminar has shared his experience with the Georgian journalists. The documentary was also shown at the meeting, which relates about 5 stories about successful journalist investigations by the Bulgarian journalists. The discussion was held at the end of the seminar. One-day seminar was organized as part of the joint program of the European Council and EU - "Supporting the Freedom, Professionalism and Pluralism of Mass Information Means in the South Caucasus and Moldova".

Source:idfi.ge