Georgia’s Hungarian Path: Continuation or Reversal After the Elections? Published: 24 October 2024 The Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus Region held a discussion titled Georgia’s Hungarian Path: Continuation or Reversal After the Elections. For those who couldn’t attend live, we are sharing the recording of the Boell Talks discussion.
A Green European Perspective for Georgia Published: 26 April 2023 On April 1, 2023, the Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office - South Caucasus Region, in collaboration with Mtsvaneebi (Greens Georgia), organized an online discussion entitled "A Green European Perspective for Georgia". The discussion focused on the recent massive street protests in Georgia led by young people and a broad civil society
Livestream: Kultur – Demokratie – Europa Published: 19 July 2022 Kultur – Demokratie – Europa - Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy.
State Failures in Prevention of Covid 19 and Conspiracies around This Published: 30 June 2020 It is important to analyze the relationship between the state failures and manipulated narratives put forward by various social media, in order to lessen the mistakes in the state preventive strategy. Read in Armenian
Shrinking spaces for civil society: the Foreign Agent Law in Russia Published: 13 February 2020 On February 4 Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus Region organized the public discussion "Shrinking spaces for civil society: the Foreign Agent Law in Russia".
Armenian-Georgian Cooperation on the Edges of Contradicting Political Projects Published: 24 November 2015 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.
How has civic activism changed local democracy? Published: 29 April 2015 On April 23, 2015, Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Regional Office hosted public debates "How has civic activism changed local democracy?"
Politics and Culture in the Context of State-Society Relations Published: 21 September 2013 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?
Summing Up the “Election Year”: Has Anything Changed? Published: 16 June 2013 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.
Georgia: Where Is It Going? Published: 6 June 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 Labor Code and Workers’ Movement Published: 27 February 2013 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.
From or to the Center: Regionalism and Local Self-Governance Published: 22 February 2013 “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
Electoral Challenges for Democratic Development of Georgia: A Test to Measure the Efficiency of the European Neighborhood Policy Published: 17 September 2012 “How can we avoid the threats that we face in the next two weeks? How can we protect democracy in our country?”
Politics and Religion: the Tendency of Desecularization Published: 20 June 2012 The discussion participants included Ms. Rusudan Gotsiridze, Bishop of the Evangelical-Baptist Church of Georgia; Mr. Nikoloz Laliashvili, MP, Christian-Democratic Party; Mr. Rati Amaglobeli, poet; and Mr. Giorgi Maisuradze, philosopher and representative of the Berlin Literature and Culture Research Centre.
Discrediting the idea: What Liberalism Means in Georgia Published: 30 May 2012 The public discussion on liberalism and liberal values held at the Heinrich Boell Foundation on 30 May, 2012 focused on society’s attitudes towards these values and its readiness or reluctance to accept them. The speakers included Ms. Salome Asatiani, a Radio “Freedom” Correspondent, Ms. Shorena Shaverdashvili, Editor of “The Liberali”, and Mr. Gela Bandzeladze, representing the political party Social-Democrats for Development of Georgia.
Report of the Public Defender of Georgia on Human Rights and Freedoms – 2011 Published: 2 May 2012 This discussion held in HBF’s office had fewer participants than other discussions. Both the moderator and speakers of the discussion presented their arguments regarding the public’s lack of interest towards human rights. “It seems that our society has a similar attitude towards human rights. Therefore, human rights are protected to the extent to which people pay attention to these issues according to the attitudes towards them. Or maybe public skepticism is so high that nobody believes that human rights will ever be protected here,” said Gogi Gvakharia to open this discussion.
The Role of a Citizen in Politics – What Does Civil Activism Mean? Published: 22 March 2012 “The stereotype that we shifted the attention only to NGOs should be destroyed… In our society it is almost considered that civil activism relates solely to a type of organizational or non-governmental sector.” This view expressed at the discussion precisely reflects the problem or puzzle that the Georgian civil society sector currently faces.
Student Self-Governments – Challenges, Perspectives Published: 14 December 2011 What is a function of student’s self-governance, how student self-government bodies are elected, what is a duration of the elected self-government bodies, how the functions of the student self-governments differ from each other at various Georgian universities, what is a rate of trust in this institution, what are major problems students in Georgia face and how the student self-government bodies support students in solving these problems, what was the reason for establishing an alternative student movement – these were some of the issues discussed during the debate held at the HBF on 14 December 2011.
Administration of Justice and Protection of Human Rights in the Justice System in Georgia Published: 16 November 2011 A public debate at the Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Regional Office held on 16 November 2011 was devoted to the issue of Administration of justice and protection of human rights in the justice system in Georgia.
Registration of Religious Organizations as Legal Entities of Public Law Published: 14 September 2011 The reaction of the Georgian public to the adoption of "The Rule of Registration of Religious Organizations as Legal Entities of Public Law”, endorsed in July 2011 by the Georgian Parliament, was not homogenous.
