Boell Talks - Democracy

On November 20, 2015, the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted public debate Armenian-Georgian Cooperation on the Edges of Contradicting Political Projects. Here we present video of the event.

On April 23, 2015, Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Regional Office hosted public debates "How has civic activism changed local democracy?"

How do the state and politics define the formulation of culture into one officially sanctioned “ideologized” direction, and what should state policy be to allow for an open, free and inclusive environment? Is there a “radical” change in Georgian culture, and is the preservation of existing cultural memory necessary for public development?

Mkrtich Minasyan, MP representing the ruling Republican Party, began his presentation by listing the three most important elections held in the period from May 2012 to May 2013.

The first speaker, a journalist and political analyst from Tbilisi, Mikhail Vignanski began by pointing out that the situation in Georgia is developing very rapidly and attracts a lot of attention.

The speakers of the discussion spoke about the following issues: whether the employer has a hostile attitude towards the employee, what changes are being made to the Labor Code adopted in 2006, etc.

“According to the present constitution, the Autonomous Rep. of Adjara has no rights at all, and the only thing we manage to do is to control the budget.” This is how A. Chitishvili started his speech

“How can we avoid the threats that we face in the next two weeks? How can we protect democracy in our country?”