Tbilisi. The Caucasus Research Resources Center has released a new blog on the CSO awareness in Georgia. ''The civil society sector in Georgia is populated by a wide diversity of actors from national chapters of well-known international NGOs like Transparency International – Georgia to local NGOs such as the Civil Society Institute. With this great diversity of voices in the sector, and in light of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s recent announcement that he intends to investigate the heads of a number of NGOs, it is interesting to look at the knowledge that the population of Georgia has about NGOs. This blog post looks at how well people can identify whether an organization is an NGO or not, based on CRRC-Georgia’s 2014 Survey on Volunteerism and Civic Participation, funded by USAID. In this survey, respondents were asked, "I will now name several organizations you may know. Please tell me which of these, in your opinion, is an NGO, and which is not,” and a list of 15 organizations, some NGOs, some state agencies, and some commercial enterprises, was read to them. Answer options for each organization included NGO, not an NGO, never heard [of the organization], don’t know, and refuse to answer''... For the full text...
Source: crrc-caucasus.blogspot.com
Tbilisi. CEEN published a publication on Sustainable Pasture Management. This comprehensive guide provides valuable insights into maintaining healthy, productive pastures that benefit both the environ...
The legal battle against the “Russian law” will continue in the Constitutional Court
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Imereti. A workshop was held on July 5 in Kutaisi for young people living in the region. The event was organized by the Education Development and Employment Center.
The workshop focused on promotin
The web portal CsoGeorgia.org releases a weekly newsletter of grants competition, contests, vacancies, fellowships, and tenders for civil society organizations, and for any interested person.
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Results of Global Index on Responsible AI in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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IDFI was involved in the research as a hub for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and coordinated th...