Tag: National Platform

NGO coalition in Georgia proposes new procedure for selecting chief prosecutor

June 29, 2018 by DFWatch staff

DFWatch Editor-in-Chief Lasha Tughushi is one of the authors of the bill. Behind him, co-author Natia Kuprashvili.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s largest NGO coalition proposes an overhaul of the existing system for selecting a chief prosecutor in order to minimize the risk that one party takes the decision unilaterally.

The proposed bill comes in the wake of a two-week-long series of rallies in Tbilisi

Georgian NGO umbrella organization elects new leader

March 2, 2016 by DFWatch staff

kakha_gogolashvili — Kakha Gogolashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Platform, an umbrella organization for more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has a new chairman: Kakha Gogolashvili, director of European Research Center.

He replaces Lasha Tughushi,

Three months after election, civil society groups make new plans

December 27, 2012 by DFW-admin

national platform 2012-10-09 — Ketevan Tsikhelashvili (center) has been leader of the platform until now, but left to become deputy minister for reintegration issues. Manana Kochladze (left) was elected new leader. To the right, Lasha Tughushi, editor in chief of newspaper Rezonansi. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The largest Georgian union of civil society organizations December 24 met to discuss the role of civil society, and their activities and future plans.

The National Platform, as the union is called, has been joined by 106 civil society organizations.