Annual Report of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia (from January 1 till December 10, 2008)
Annual Report of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia (from January 1 till December 10, 2008)
As per the requirements of the Article 49 of the General Administrative Code of Georgia
During the accounting period the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia carried out its activities within the norms of the General Administrative Code of Georgia meeting the principles of freedom and transparency of public information.
Public information applications entered mainly concerned the orders of the Prime Minister of Georgia, resolutions and decrees of the Government of Georgia, minutes of the meetings of the Government of Georgia, official correspondence, responses received with regard to discussion of the citizens' statements, copies of resolutions. When giving private information, the terms of providing such information established by the Article 40 of the General Administrative Code were met.
During the account year of 2008, 112 written private information applications were registered in whole, out of which 53 applications were satisfied, 58 applications were forwarded to the respective authorized administrative bodies under the Articles 40 and 80 of the aforementioned Code, and as per one application, the claim for receipt of public information was declined, as under the Paragraph "h" of the Article 27 of the General Administrative Code the claimed information appertained to the personal data category, the rule of the issue of which is established by the Section 2 of the Article 37 of the same Code.
At the Personnel Department of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia there were no cases requiring data on the respective officials provided by the Code.
During the accounting period the meetings of the Government of Georgia were held in the Chancellery within the time limit of the Government of Georgia. Under the decision of the Prime Minister of Georgia discussion of a number of issues were open and participated by the press and TV representatives and interested persons. Briefings and press conferences were held with regard to diverse issues.
Under the Explanatory Note of the Legal Department on declination to satisfy the public information application, decisions were made by the Head of the Chancellery of the Government.
There were no cases of violation of the General Administrative Code requirements by the responsible officials and no disciplinary penalty was imposed thereon.
When discussing the applications entered with regard to the provision of public information and declination to give such, the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia applied the General Administrative Code, Regulations of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia and other respective legislative acts.
The Prime Minister of Georgia adopted the Administrative-Legal Act N198 of 2008 on the administrative claim for giving public information. The Government of Georgia was not imposed any liability to pay the expenses related to the proceeding, as well as the other sums to the benefit of the party.
Report of the Supervisory Body on State Supervision over the Activities of the Local Self-government Bodies
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISORY BODY ON STATE SUPERVISION OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES
Under the Article 11 of the Law of Georgia on State Supervision over the Activities of Local Self-government Bodies, and the Resolution N154 of the Government of Georgia on State Supervision over the Activities of Local Self-government Bodies in the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and Adjara and Tbilisi Self-government Bodies, dated July 27, 2007, state supervision shall be provided over the activities of local self-government bodies in the manner as established by the Supervisory Body (Prime Minister of Georgia).
During the calendar year of 2008 the Ministry of Justice of Georgia sent the Supervisory Body 245 normative acts adopted by Tbilisi self-government bodies, local self-government bodies of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara. Out of them only on 18 normative acts a Legal Opinion was issued by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia which was discussed by the Supervisory Body and was sent to the self-governing bodies and officials along with the Legal Opinion of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, namely to:
Tbilisi Sakrebulo - 4
Tbilisi City Hall - 1
Batumi Sakrebulo - 3
Suakhevi Municipality Sakrebulo - 3
Kedi Municipality Sakrebulo - 2
Khelvachauri Municipality Sakrebulo -2
Azhara Municipality Sakrebulo -3
When providing state supervision during the year of 2008, the Supervisory Body did not appeal any normative act received by local self-government bodies and officials.