- summary
- Simultaneously with FARA and Broadcasting Law adoption (April 1, 2025), Georgian Dream removes mandatory civil society participation in public decision-making from 14 different legislative acts. Eliminates the structural requirement for CSO consultation across all major policy areas. State Grant Management Agency confirmed same session as the explicit alternative funding channel for pro-government organizations (see GEO-008). Kallas/Kos (EU): 'fundamentally incompatible with EU values of democracy, rule of law and media pluralism.'
- country
- Georgia
- date text
- 01/04/2025
- entities
- Georgian Dream (80 MPs, zero dissent); Irakli Kobakhidze (PM)
- entity type
- Government Official
- id
- 801
- name
- Georgian Dream (80 MPs, zero dissent); Irakli Kobakhidze (PM)
- role
- actor
- Civil society sector — all organizations with mandatory participation rights
- entity type
- Sector
- id
- 802
- name
- Civil society sector — all organizations with mandatory participation rights
- role
- target
- Georgian Dream (80 MPs, zero dissent); Irakli Kobakhidze (PM)
- sources
- citation
- CSOMeter April 9 2025; Civil.ge April 2025; ODIHR statement April 2025
- tactics
- Institutional CSO Exclusion
- label
- Institutional CSO Exclusion
- code
- TC-35
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Legislative Operationalization
- label
- Legislative Operationalization
- code
- TC-18
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Institutional CSO Exclusion
- narratives
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- code
- NF-01
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- campaign ids
- campaign phase
- Phase 5: Systemic Assault
- channels
- Official/Regulatory
- consequence category
- Legal/Administrative
- created at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- date precision
- day
- escalation
- 5
- harm track
- Track 1 — Legal/Administrative
- id
- GEO-018
- institutional consequence
- Mandatory CSO participation in public decision-making eliminated from 14 legislative acts simultaneously
- notes
- Part of triple legislative package (see GEO-007 FARA, GEO-017 Broadcasting Law). Removal from 14 laws simultaneously is the most comprehensive institutional CSO exclusion documented in the database — eliminates every formal consultation requirement in one session. Structural complement to GEO-008 (state grant agency as replacement civil society).
- occurred on
- 2025-04-01
- trigger type
- TR-06: Legislative Milestone
- updated at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- version
- 1
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