Tbilisi. On 1st of February, the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia held a meeting with the accredited journalists. The Chairperson reviewed the activities necessary to be carried out for increasing openness of the legislative activities. 

''David Usupashvili highlighted that the award was a result of a close collaboration of the MPs and the representatives of the SCOs. Within the scopes of the project "Supporting Involvement of the Parliament of Georgia in Open Government Partnership" supported by the UNDP and European Union and implemented by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), Inter-Factional Group of the Parliament and the Open Parliament Working Group elaborated the Open Parliament Georgia Action Plan 2015-2016. The Action Plan encompasses 18 commitments based on the following principles of the OGP: Access to information, citizen engagement, accountability, technologies and innovation'', is noted in the statement. 

Source: idfi.ge