Programme News: Strengthening Media Freedom, Internet Governance and Personal Data Protection in Georgia (SMIP-GE)
Presentation of the comparative study on the access to information laws and practices in Europe was held in Tbilisi
A presentation of the study on “the Tromsø Convention standards: overview of the access to information regulatory frameworks within the State-Parties to Tromsø Convention” was organised by the Council of Europe office in Georgia. The Study showed how the requirements of the Tromsø Convention are...
Legal Opinion on the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting proposes its revision in line with the European standards
On 22 February 2023, the Legal Opinion on the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting (as amended on 22 December 2022) was submitted to the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. The Opinion was subsequently distributed to all respective stakeholders. Following...
“The 8th Internet Governance Forum – GeoIGF 2022” was held in Tbilisi, Georgia on 19-22 November with the support of the Council of Europe.
The 4-day conference was held in a hybrid format and hosted up to 20 thematic panel discussions. The conference gathered up to 45 speakers and 90 registered participants from public, private, civil society, and academic institutions. Topics discussed ranged from media literacy and disinformation...
Work on developing the Institutional Strategy and Action Plan for the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics (CJE) is progressing
Two online meetings on the development of Institutional Strategy and Action Plan for the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics (CJE) were organised by the Council of Europe Office in Georgia on 12 September and 20 December 2022, involving the experts with international and local expertise. The...
Challenges for media in times of war discussed at the Council of Europe Regional Conference “Media in times of War”
A two-day, hybrid-format Regional Conference “Media in times of war” was organised in Tbilisi, Georgia on 12 and 13 October 2022. It was attended by up to 200 online and offline participants. Up to 200 (online and offline) media stakeholders and journalists from five Eastern Partnership countries...
Round-table discussion among media stakeholders on the amendments to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting took place
A round-table discussion on the amendments to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting was organised by the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, in cooperation with the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. The event was held at the Parliament of Georgia in the...
Workshop on the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (Tromso Convention) took place
The Council of Europe in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Georgia organised a workshop gathering representatives of 15 Government institutions. The workshop participants primarily discussed the European Court of Human Rights case-law related to access to information, as well as the...
Workshop on “Freedom of Expression and Audiovisual Services” organised for the staff of the Parliament of Georgia
In cooperation with the Parliament of Georgia the Council of Europe held the workshop on “Freedom of Expression and Audiovisual Services”. workshop created platform for discussing the requirements of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and relevant case-law. During the...
Media Talk on Gender Sensitive Coverage
On 22 February 2022, “Media Talk: How (not) to cover? - gender sensitive issues” was organized in cooperation with the Charter of Journalistic Ethics of Georgia. The event was supported by the Embassy of Norway to Georgia and the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission and was aimed at providing...
Online conference on “Georgian Language and Linguistic Diversity on the internet”
On 21 February 2022, an online conference on “Georgian Language and Linguistic Diversity on the internet” was organized in cooperation with the Internet Society of Georgia (ISOC) and the Committee of Education and Science of Parliament of Georgia. The event brought together the representatives of...
CANCELLED: Tender for the purchase of consultancy services in the field of Communications
Please, be informed that the Council of Europe has cancelled this call for tender. Hence, please, do not send the tenders responding to this call. The Council of Europe will not consider any tenders received in response to this call for tenders. The Council of Europe announces the tender for the...
Purchase of consultancy services (local expertise) in the field of Media and Freedom of Expression
For the detailed information please refer to the Georgian text. The deadline for submission of tender is 14 September 2021. The applications should be submitted in English language to the e-mail address [email protected] Act of Engegement Local Expertise Tender File Local Expertise...
Purchase of consultancy services (international expertise) in the field of Media and Freedom of Expression
The Council of Europe announces the tender for purchase of consultancy services in the field of Media and Freedom of Expression in Georgia. The tender is announced for consultants with international expertise. The tender involves 5 lots: Lot 1: Safety of journalists and fight against impunity Lot...
Call for Tender - Consultants with local expertise
The Council of Europe announces the tender for purchase of consultancy services in the field of algorithmic solutions and human rights (focus on privacy rights and personal data protection) - Georgia (tender for consultants with local expertise). Tender file Act of Engagement How to Participate...
Call for Tender - Purchase of consultancy services in the field of algorithmic solutions and human rights
The Council of Europe announces the tender for purchase of consultancy services in the field of algorithmic solutions and human rights (focus on privacy rights and personal data protection) - Georgia (tender for consultants with international expertise). Tender file Act of Engagement How to...
Handover ceremony of HELP certificates
30 legal professionals representing law enforcement bodies, successfully finalised HELP course on Personal Data Protection and Privacy Rights. 10-module online course was implemented during the period from November 2020 to June 2021. The participants were able to acquire in-depth knowledge about...
Supporting discussions around the Tromsø Convention
The Council of Europe and the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia organised online conference “Convention on Access to Official Documents (Tromsø Convention): Georgian perspective”. The purpose of the conference was to introduce the Tromsø Convention and its monitoring mechanism to Georgian...
Call for Tender - Purchase of Linguistic Editing Services
The Council of Europe announces the tender for purchase of linguistic editing services (Georgian language). The deadline for submission of tender is 29 June 2021. The applications should be submitted in English language. Questions may be sent to the e-mail address [email protected] -...
Media Talks: How (not) to cover? Come back with the topic on extremism
On 14 June at 17:00 the series of webinars “Media Talks: How (not) to cover” will have the second session dedicated to the coverage of extremism. The event is supported by the Embassy of Germany to Georgia. Invited speakers from Germany and Georgia will discuss the following: How to cover...
The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics (CJE) approved two major institutional changes at its 15th General Assembly
The members of the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics (CJE) approved two out of four the Council of Europe recommendations on major structural changes at the 15th General Assembly meeting. The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics (CJE) is aimed at raising social accountability of media by...
