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The Foundation’s main focus is on projects promoting European integration, human rights, media and national integration.

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Stories about people, diverse activities and initiatives that come together for democratic change and the public good.

Lazare, who made the children living in the village of Nikozi fall in love with rock climbing

In Nikozi, young people are glad about the arrival of spring because they start training in rock climbing. At this time of the year, Lazare, their main coach, and fan, comes more often. He worked in Tbilisi, orphanage houses in Dzegvi and Bediani, went through the August War, visited many monasteries, and then became the […]

Taming Writers Failed Why and how the Georgian independent stand was organized at the Frankfurt Book Fair

The Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 was of critical importance to our country. Publishers and writers from a country with a solid reputation, being in a boycott with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, were faced with the task of maintaining the connections they had developed over the years and adequately presenting the real picture of […]

We will not obey the “Russian law”!

The decision of the Civil Society Foundation remains unchanged: we will not obey the “Russian law” and will not register in the registry that is degrading. The reason for this decision of the Foundation remains unchanged: the “Russian law” is directed not only against Georgian media and Georgian non-governmental organizations, but also against every citizen, […]

Ilia and animals – the way to the work of his dream

“Can only a human being be grateful?! I can see the same gratitude in the eyes of animals when I try to save their lives”, Ilia Jincharadze shares his thoughts with us. He is learning the profession of his childhood dream and is doing a paid internship at a veterinary pharmacy. His father was a […]

Paradise For Professionals = Salzburg Seminars

“It was a Paradise for professionals” – this is how endocrinologist Natia Vashakmadze recalls the Salzburg Medical Seminars, in which she participated not once with the support of the Civil Society Foundation. The Salzburg Medical Seminars is a platform that brings together colleagues from different fields of healthcare to exchange experience with each other. The […]

How Should Nine Steps Be Fulfilled to Start EU Accession Negotiations

In December of 2023, the European Commission came out with a decision to grant Georgia EU candidate status, after which our country must carry out urgent reforms in nine priority areas. A Coalition uniting 12 CSOs [1] led by the Civil Society Foundation (formerly the Open Society Georgia Foundation) has prepared a detailed vision outlining […]

Two-day International Conference in Tbilisi

EU Enlargement – A Geopolitical Necessity and the Next Steps for the EU Candidate States On July 9-10, Tbilisi hosted the international conference “EU Enlargement – A Geopolitical Necessity and the Next Steps for the EU Candidate States”. Among the participants of the conference were representatives of the civil society sector from the Associated Trio […]

The path of twin sisters leading to self-development

It is said that twins cannot live without each other. Anna and Naniko- twin sisters, who, ever since their childhood, have been sharing a common environment first at home and then at middle school, rehabilitation centers, and institutions, and who, subsequently, became successively involved in the courses under the LINKS project, also talk about the […]

Wheelchair user Sophia’s path from stereotypes to self-confidence

“If you are a person with limited capabilities, people around you quite often tend to think that you will not be able to get employment, that you will unable to do some job, or will fail at something… I too have never thought that a work environment adjusted to my needs would be found until […]

Before the ambulance arrives – Nana is learning how to provide first aid to support her fellow villagers

“When the ambulance car is late in the village, I can help people in time and maybe even save their lives,” shared with us Nana Guledani, who is learning how to provide first aid to empower her community. In the framework of the paid internship program, Nana, aged 26, is an employee of the Red […]

Yes – to Europe, no – to Russian law!

We, the Georgian media and non-governmental organizations, vehemently oppose the Russian law reintroduced by the authorities. “Georgian Dream” breaking its own word and deceiving people is directed not only against Georgian media and Georgian non-governmental organizations but also against every citizen and the European future of Georgia. Georgian non-governmental organizations help people. Passing this Russian […]

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Researches, reports, analytical documents and literature prepared or/and published with the support of the Foundation.

Candidacy Check 2.0 – Evaluating Georgia’s Status on Implementing the Nine Steps

Following the European Commission’s recommendation on November 8, 2023 to grant Georgia candidate status conditioned by the implementation of nine steps, an informal coalition of 12 civil society organizations[1] developed a vision for the implementation of nine steps and continued to monitor the progress of reforms in the relevant priority areas. The main task of […]

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Advocacy Document – handling the risks of natural disasters in Racha and Guria in 2023

Advocacy Document – Human Rights Amid Natural Disasters – looks into the circumstances surrounding the natural disasters that struck Racha in August 2023 and Guria in September 2023. The document raises some important questions regarding the causes behind natural disasters as well as the efficiency of the management of the rescue efforts. The presentation of […]

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Credibility and effectiveness of Georgian’s Labor Inspection process-report summary

This report, published on 27 Nov 2023, examines factors that hinder the effectiveness and reliability of Georgia’s Labor Inspectorate and evaluates the Fair Labor Platform’s experiences in cooperating with the body. It is based on the research of Fair Labor Platform member organizations and their beneficiaries since the expansion of the Labor Inspectorate’s mandate in […]

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A Program for replacing the damaged houses or for supplanting people’s consent?

Recently, society and the media have been actively discussing the need to replace the derelict housing stock in the city. Replacing the dilapidated houses was also among the electoral campaign pledges of the mayoral candidate from Georgian Dream. In the spring of 2022, the Tbilisi City Municipal Assembly actually developed the terms for replacing dilapidated […]

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Urban challenges of the right bank of the Mtkvari River

What are the construction trends in the historical area of Tbilisi? What are the urban challenges and potential threats on the right bank of the Mtkvari River? – “The Urban Research Center (URC)” presented the latest study findings. The study was prepared within the framework of the project “From the Circus to the Sakanela: Urban […]

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Law and Public Policy Center

the study, in some individual cases, the public information provided by the Labor Inspection Service is not complete and fails to fully respond to the request of the person concerned. For example, the Service did not submit the list of the organizations inspected in the period of  January-July 2023 and the protocols of administrative violations […]

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