[open-development] FW: [foianet] opendata.ge

[Karin Christiansen]

In case of interest.

Karin



*From:* foianet-bounces at lists.foiadvocates.info [mailto:
foianet-bounces at lists.foiadvocates.info] *On Behalf Of *Giorgi Kldiashvili
*Sent:* 17 December 2010 4:38 PM
*To:* 'Helen Darbishire'; 'FOIAnet'
*Subject:* [foianet] opendata.ge



Dear Friends and Colleagues



Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (Georgia) has a pleasure
to inform you that yesterday we had a presentation of our new web-site
www.opendata.ge that was created under the project “Public Information
Database”. Project is supported by the Open Society Georgia Foundation.



An on-line public information database can become one of the effective tools
for increasing transparency and accountability of the government sector. Its
ability to frequently update information could be viewed as yet another way
of the public control. An on-line resource database of public information
will enable the population of Georgia, press and media means,
non-governmental and international organizations to observe tendencies of
the freedom of information dissemination in a real-time format as well as
conduct an on-line auditing of different agencies' operations, proposals,
use of budget funds, dynamics of growth and other subjects. An on-line
public information resource database have an advanced search option that is
structured based on the list of public institutions and thematic topics.



The database covers a wide range of topics and  incorporates public
information resources of government institutions. In each thematic section
of the website we will display public information released by different
government agencies – public officials' asset declarations, budget, state
programs, payroll funds, announced auctions and tenders, statistics of the
public information release, premise and reserve funds of various
inter-agencies, financial statements of executed and proposed projects,
staff employee ratio, expenditures, projects planned or executed by the
government agencies and other information. The user will be able to locate
needed information in the relevant thematic bloc as well as by pointing the
concrete government agency.



The first disclosure of monthly premiums and other financial information of
Georgian governmental officials had a serious reaction from Georgian society
and became a subject of an active discussion .



We will be happy if you visit our new web-portal www.opendata.ge and share
your opinion with us. To see the statics of responses from governmental
bodies on our FoIA requests please visit the following link:
http://www.opendata.ge/?cat=statistic_of_project&topic=33&lang=en



Best,

Giorgi Kldiashvili



*Giorgi Kldiashvili*

*Director*

*Institute for Development of *

*Freedom of Information*

*4, A. Machavariani (Aragvi) Street, Apt.1.*

*0179, Tbilisi, Georgia*

*+99532 996364*

*+99532 368808*

*info at idfi.ge*

*www.idfi.ge*
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