TI Georgia Urges Mayor's Office to Act More Transparently
The mayor's office is showing little ambition to make its administration costs, spending on implemented projects and details on contracts with companies it has hired public. In the past, mayor Gigi Ugulava and his senior staff have claimed they we
Transparency International Disowns Advertisement
An international advertising campaign recently launched by the government of Georgia has claimed that Georgia was "first worldwide in progress to combat corruption" and wrongly attributed this assessment to Transparency International (TI). TI neve
Plea Bargaining in Georgia
One of the first acts of the Saakashvili government in February 2004 was to introduce plea bargaining into Georgia’s legal system. A plea bargain is, quite simply, "an agreement [between the prosecutor and the defendant] that, if an accused person sa
TI Georgia welcomes step taken by the Ministry of Finance with the aim of increasing the transparency of international aid
Tbilisi, December 22, 2008 – TI Georgia welcomes the step taken by the Ministry of Finance by publishing the Donor Support Matrix on its official website today. This matrix contains information on the distribution of international financi
Accountability to Beneficiaries: An overview of aid agency commitments
This report provides a brief overview of the commitments made by international NGOs active in Georgia to be transparent and accountable towards the people they serve. The aim of the report is to alert managers of relief and development organization