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By Cherish Broker, Development Associate, USAID/Georgia
“If you do not fight for your rights, the environment you live in will not change. The more active you are, the more free and just will be the society you live in” – says civic activist Samira Bayramova.
Last year, Ketevan Bosikashvili of Supernova won a USAID-sponsored innovation competition for tech professionals developing tools to counter disinformation. This year, Ketevan is building on that success as a Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow with the Alliance of Democracies, an organization launched in 2017 by former NATO Secretary General and Prime Minister of Denmark Anders Foghs Rasmussen.
USAID/Georgia will partner with Georgia’s parliament, courts, judges, civil society, and universities to help build a more independent, effective, and accountable judicial system that ensures access to justice for all Georgian citizens.
USAID continues to partner with Georgia to promote citizen-centered governance based on the principles of transparency, accountability, and effectiveness. This July, we took another step forward in that partnership when the Open Governance Parliamentary Council, a body within the Parliament of Georgia, adopted its 2021-2022 Action Plan. The plan was developed through an inclusive process that included the Open Parliament Council, a number of civil society organizations, and international donors including USAID.
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Last updated: February 04, 2022
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