Incomplete asset declarations of Batumi Municipality public officials

Recommendations regarding the draft budget of the Zugdidi Municipality of 2019

Needs Identified by members of TI Georgia’s Civil Councils in Samegrelo

Representation of women in the municipal councils of Imereti increases

 Representation of women in the municipal councils of the Imereti region has increased compared with the local self-government elections of 2014. At the same time, chairpersons of 3 municipal councils are women. In spite of this, representation of women among local self-government officials remains low.

Officials in the Khoni Municipality who had been found guilty retained their positions unlawfully

 Officials and public servants of the Town Hall and Town Council of the Khoni Municipality retained their positions unlawfully for two months, despite the court’s judgment of conviction against them.

Women in self-government – Gender imbalance in the municipalities of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

 The majority of public officials and members of municipal councils in the municipalities of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region are men.

The Supreme Council has the best practice in Adjara in terms of proactive publication of public information

 The Supreme Council has the best practice in terms of proactive publication of public information among the administrative bodies in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.

The Government of Adjara fails to publish public information in full

 The Government of Adjara fails to properly fulfill the obligation to proactively publish information. In particular, the Office of the Government of Adjara, four ministries, and the same number of sub-agency institutions have failed to proactively publish information in full. 

The website of the Tsageri Municipality is not Informative

 The Tsageri Municipality fails to publish public information on its website in full, by which it violates the requirements of the Georgian legislation.We have revealed the following circumstances as a result of our study:

Violent incident in the City Council of Kutaisi damages the pre-election environment