Transparency International Georgia launched a new web portal (http://www.transparency.ge/politicaldonations/ [1]) on its webpage that provides information on contributions made towards political parties since 2012.

The web portal enables investigative journalists, researchers, active citizens and interested persons in the field of the political parties to retrieve and analyze the following data:

• The amount of money received by political parties ;

• The identities of political parties’ donors;

• Whether the contributors of the political parties possess any kind of business companies;

• If the companies of the political parties’ contributors have won the state tenders.

• Analyzing of the database could establish the following facts:

• Whether any governmental institution has signed a contract with companies in return of a donation to the political party;
• Whether contributions to the political party occur through other natural persons;

• Information from the web portal can be obtained through inputting personal information about a donor or a name of the political party. Moreover, it is possible to download information in bulk as a single document and filter it according to different criteria.

The web portal is meant for investigative journalists, researchers, active citizens and any persons interested in the financing of Georgian political parties.

The web portal was created with the support of the American people, through the U.S Agency for International Development, USAID.