Activities

• Development and implementation of the institutional reform of the Parliament of Georgia.
• Increased transparency of the Parliament’s operation.
• Improved communication with the public.
• Increased citizen engagement in the legislative process.
• Advanced cooperation with international counterparts.
• High-level international advice for the Parliament’s leadership.
• Strengthened policy-making and oversight capacities of the parliamentary committees.
• Increased role of the Parliament in the process of the European integration, including in raising public awareness on related reforms.

Results so far

• The Institutional Reform Plan developed and adopted by the Parliament Bureau.
• The Parliament of Georgia actively engaged in the Open Government Partnership (OGP): The Open Parliament Georgia Action Plan (2015-2016) developed; fulfillment of the openness commitments is ongoing; the Parliament’s Permanent Council on Open and Transparent Governance established.
• The communications strategy and action plan of the Parliament of Georgia developed.
• Public information campaigns launched to increase awareness on the European integration.
• The mandate of the Parliament’s International Relations Department expanded to include MP support in inter-parliamentary relations.
• The committee action plans designed for the four sector committees.
• The EU Law Harmonization Manual developed and the staff training kicked off.
• The Committee Staff Manual developed.
• A four-phase induction program for the newly-elected MPs designed and launched.
• The capacity building programme launched for the MPs and Parliament staff.

Contact information

Project address

15a Paliashvili Street
Tbilisi 0179 Georgia
+995 32 2990280

Contact persons

Sophie Guruli
Project Manager
sophie.guruli@undp.org

Gigi Bregadze
UNDP Democratic Governance Team Leader
gigi.bregadze@undp.org