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Posted on: 27 Sep 2023
Unveil the Truth: Insights from the Eastern Partne ...
During September 20-22, 2023, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, hosted the "Unveil the Truth: Eastern Partnership Fact-Checkers Confer...See More
Posted on: 24 Nov 2021
The winner projects of the EaP Media Hub have been ...
The winner projects for the grant competition for the members of the Network of the East Partnership Journalists announced by Media Development Fun...See More
Posted on: 24 Oct 2020
4 innovative ideas against Fake News - Meet the wi ...
Media Development Foundation’s (MDF) first global hackathon Hacking the Fake News announced 4 winning innovative technological ideas generated durin...See More
Posted on: 22 Oct 2020
The Hackathon Month - Webinars and Workshops from ...
October 2020 was full of training opportunities from Media Development Foundation’s (MDF) partners - Bellingcat and Facebook, organized in the frame...See More
Posted on: 01 Oct 2020
Introduction to Open-Source Research and Verificat ...
If you’d like to learn more about open-source digital research and the methodologies behind it, Media Development Foundation (MDF) invites you...See More
Posted on: 05 May 2020
New Campaign: Georgia should stand up to the Kreml ...
A new campaign is calling on Georgia to fight back against the Kremlin’s manipulation of World War II history and commemorate the end of the war on 8t...See More
Posted on: 15 Jan 2020
Media Literacy Forum 2019 ...
On 10 January, 2020 Media Development Foundation (MDF) hosted the 1st edition of Media Literacy Forum at Fabrika. Participants of the Me...See More
Posted on: 09 Jan 2020
GNNC orders Obieqtivi to remove “Nedelya” from the ...
Georgian National Communication Commission (GNCC) upheld Media Development Foundation’s (MDF) complaint on Media Union Obieqtivi broadca...See More
Posted on: 06 Nov 2019
Freedom House: MDF Observed Dozens of Fake Social ...
On November 5, Freedom House released Freedom on the Net 2019 report. Along with other countries the document evaluates the state of interne...See More
Posted on: 02 Nov 2017
Member Organizations of No to Phobia Civil Platfor ...
A group of civil society organizations, among them Media Development Foundation, Equality Movement, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Georgian Demo...See More
Posted on: 31 Oct 2017
MDF Files Lawsuit against Georgian National Commun ...
On October 31, 2017, the Media Development Foundation (MDF) filed a lawsuit in Tbilisi City Court against the Georgian National Communications Com...See More
Posted on: 16 Aug 2017
MDF in State Department International Religious Fr ...
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of State Department published International Religious Freedom Report for 2016. The annual report ...See More
Posted on: 03 Jul 2017
Charter of Journalistic Ethics upheld complaint of ...
The Board of Charter of Journalistic Ethics upheld complaint of Media Development Foundation (MDF) against Rezonansi newspaper at the meeting h...See More
Posted on: 01 Jun 2017
MDF vs. Rezonansi newspaper ...
On May 17, 2017, Rezonansi newspaper published an article on its print edition and online platform titled "Arabs, Indians, Iranians and Turks allo...See More
Posted on: 19 Apr 2017
MDF's report “Anti-Western Propaganda” ...
On April 18, 2017 Media Development Foundation presented report "Anti-Western Propaganda”. The study presents the analysis of media monitoring carri...See More
Posted on: 16 Oct 2016
MDF conducted training on Electronic Services and ...
On 15-16 October, 2016 Media Development Foundation (MDF) conducted training "Electronic Services and New Media Possibilities for the Development ...See More
Posted on: 08 Sep 2016
GNCC upheld the complaintfiled by MDF against Pali ...
On September 8, 2016 the Georgian National Communications Commission upheld the complaint filed by Media Development Foundation against Palitra TV...See More
Posted on: 05 Sep 2016
Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia Launched ...
Twenty nongovernmental organizations have announced the launch of the Coalition for a Euro-Atlantic Georgia at a presentation held at Tbilisi Marrio...See More
Posted on: 02 Sep 2016
Self-Regulatory Appeals Body of the Palitra TV uph ...
Self-Regulatory Appeals Body of the Palitra TV Company upheld the complaint filed by Media Development Foundation (MDF), Union Safari, Identoba, T...See More
Posted on: 19 Aug 2016
MDF addresses TV Imedi with a Recommendations re: ...
On August 10 and 12, 2016 Labour Party of Georgia addressed Media Development Foundation (MDF). The letters noted that news room of TV Imedi does no...See More
Posted on: 14 Jun 2016
Presentation of the Research Findings on Media Ind ...
On June 14, at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel, Media Development Foundation (MDF), Transparency International Georgia (TI-Georgia) and Georgian Young La...See More
Posted on: 27 May 2016
MDF PRESENTED THE MONITORING RESULTS OF THE EU INT ...
On May 27, Media Development Foundation (MDF) held the presentation of the survey report "Assessment of the EU Integration Communication and Informa...See More
Posted on: 01 Mar 2016
Media Development Foundation in ECRI Report ...
The European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released its fifth monitoring cycle report on March 1 and it covers the situation fr...See More
Posted on: 08 Feb 2016
Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster – a ne ...
MDF’s report on problems related of manning the Board of Trustees of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was released. Partic...See More
Posted on: 20 Jan 2016
Monitoring of the editorial policy of TV news prog ...
1-31 December, 2015 Third report Subjects of the monitoring:Rustavi 2, Imedi,Public Broadcaster, Maestro,Tabula, GDS. The methodology of the moni...See More
Posted on: 24 Dec 2015
Is summoning of Rustavi 2 journalists by the prose ...
Mariam Lortkipanidze On 17 December two Rustavi 2 journalists were summoned as witnesses to the Prosecutors Office on two different cases. From j...See More
Posted on: 21 Dec 2015
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Posted on: 17 Dec 2015
Monitoring Editorial Policy of TV News Programs ...
November 1-30, 2015 Introduction With the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the Media Development Foundation is implementing...See More
Posted on: 15 Dec 2015
Presentation of MDF Survey “Youth Attitudes toward ...
A policy forum on "Public Attitudes towards European Integration and the State Communication Strategy” was held at the Tbilisi Marriott Hotel on D...See More
Posted on: 15 Dec 2015
New Survey “Youth Attitudes towards European Integ ...
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) has released a new survey "Youth Attitudes towards European Integration” conducted within the framework of ...See More
Posted on: 07 Dec 2015
New Company to Enter TV Rating Market in 2016 ...
Gela Bochikashvili Gvantsa Kvaratskhelia The TV rating market will see the entry of a new company, Tri-Media Intelligence LLLC, an official lic...See More
Posted on: 11 Nov 2015
Monitoring Editorial Policies of the TV news prog ...
MDF's report on editorial policies of the TV news programs was released. Monitoring conducted from 1 to 16 October aimed at depicting editorial po...See More
Posted on: 22 Oct 2015
Blog: Alarming dimensions of blackmailing journali ...
Mariam Lortkipanidze Events unfolding around Rustavi 2 TV Company have so far been a subject of interest of advocates for free speech and freed...See More
Posted on: 06 Oct 2015
ADAMI initiative announces competition ...
The ADAMI initiative focuses on journalists and media professionals of six EU’s Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgi...See More
Posted on: 25 Sep 2015
International Seminar IMED 2015 on the self-censor ...
On September 25, International Media Ethics Day - IMED 2015 was organized by Media Development Foundation (MDF) in cooperation with the Ilia State...See More
Posted on: 05 Sep 2015
Charter of Journalistic Ethics considers the artic ...
At the hearing held on September 5, 2015, the Charter of Journalistic Ethics upheld complaint of Media Development Foundation - MDF, Georgian Demo...See More
Posted on: 18 Aug 2015
MDF, GDI and TDI initiated a complaint to the Char ...
On August 18 Media Development Foundation - MDF, Georgian Democracy Initiative - GDI and Tolerance and Diversity Institute -TDI initiated a complain...See More
Posted on: 03 Aug 2015
GNCC misinterpreted the law on airing the Russian- ...
At the hearing held on July 30, 2015 Georgian National Communication Commission (GNCC) misinterpreted the law regarding airing the Russian-languag...See More
Posted on: 15 Jul 2015
GNCC considers the appeal of MDF on broadcasting o ...
Georgian National Communication Commission (GNCC) will consider the complaint filed by Media Development Foundation -MDF referring to the fact of ...See More
Posted on: 13 Jul 2015
Political forum on EU integration issues ...
NGOs Engage Authorities in Discussion of Challenges and Solutions Concerning Implementation of EU-Georgia Association Agreement On July 10th, the A...See More
Posted on: 07 Jul 2015
Public Funds for Media Promoting Hate Speech and A ...
Report prepared by Media Development Foundation (MDF) on Public Funds for Media Promoting Hate Speech and Anti-Western Sentiments was released. ...See More
Posted on: 25 Jun 2015
MDF and UNAG issued recommendations to the Georgia ...
Media Development Foundation (MDF) and United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG) addressed the Board of Trustees of the Georgian Public Broadca...See More
Posted on: 11 Jun 2015
Court orders Agriculture Ministry’s non-entreprene ...
On 11 June, the Tbilisi City Court (Judge Shota Getsadze) held in favor of a complaint filed by Media Development Foundation (MDF) and ordered the...See More
Posted on: 02 Jun 2015
Presentation of an annual media monitoring was hel ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF presented the media monitoring report and new publications at Frontline Georgia Club on 2 June. Tamar Kintsurash...See More
Posted on: 19 May 2015
MDF addressed GNCC to study broadcasting of Russi ...
On May 19 Media Development Foundation addressed to Georgian National Communication Commission (GNCC) with the request to study the violation of t...See More
Posted on: 08 May 2015
Media Monitoring report on Anti-Western Propaganda ...
Media Monitoring report prepared by Media Development Foundation (MDF) was released, which reflects the anti-western propaganda in Georgian media ...See More
Posted on: 18 Apr 2015
Forum "Women for Change" was devoted to Gender-Sen ...
On April 18, Media Development Foundation held a forum "Women for Change". During the session the survey on Women’s Needs and Gender-Sensitivity o...See More
Posted on: 18 Apr 2015
Award ceremony of winners of the blogger contest h ...
The traditional award ceremony of winners of the blogger contest and leader women was held at the Radisson Blue Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi, on April 18...See More
Posted on: 06 Apr 2015
MDF conducted training on Diversity Media Coverage ...
On April 3-5, 2015, Media Development Foundation (MDF) conducted 3-day training in ‘Diversity Media Coverage’ for TV journalists in Lopota. Th...See More
Posted on: 30 Mar 2015
MDF, TDI and "17 May " appeal to Charter of Journ ...
On 30 March Media Development Foundation, MDF, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, TDI, and "17 May" lodged a complaint to the Georgian Charter of ...See More
Posted on: 23 Mar 2015
Five NGOs have submitted a report on Minority Righ ...
On March 22, 2015 five non-governmental organizations - United Association of Georgia (UNAG), Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgian Democr...See More
Posted on: 20 Mar 2015
MIA requested additional two-weeks for delivering ...
On March 20, the Tbilisi City Court satisfied the motion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to which MIA requested additional two-we...See More
Posted on: 13 Mar 2015
Rustavi 2’s Self-regulatory body satisfies complai ...
Rustavi 2 TV Channel self-regulatory body has considered the statements made regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses by the anchor of the program Nanuka’s ...See More
Posted on: 07 Mar 2015
EaP CSF Steering Committee Resolution on Imposing ...
Following Boris Nemtsov’s assassination, the Steering Committee of the EaP CSF adopted a resolution on imposing sanctions against Russian media. Nem...See More
Posted on: 06 Mar 2015
Discussion on Women's Civic and Political Particip ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF held a round table discussion on women's participation in the electoral process at the Public Defender Regional ...See More
Posted on: 17 Feb 2015
Imedi TV self-regulatory body partially satisfied ...
On February 14, Appeal Commission of ImediTV self-regulatory body has partially satisfied the complaint regarding a report "Children Sent to Madr...See More
Posted on: 12 Feb 2015
MDF filed 19 administrative complaints and 4 lawsu ...
From November 2014 to February 2015, Media Development Foundation (MDF) prepared 19 administrative complaints and 4 lawsuits with regard to not is...See More
Posted on: 12 Jan 2015
NGOs file a complaint with Kavkasia TV self-regula ...
Four non-governmental organizations filed a complaint with the Kavkasia TV self-regulatory body on January 6. The complaint of the Сivil Integrati...See More
Posted on: 05 Jan 2015
NGOs File a Complaint about Religious Discriminati ...
Three non-governmental organizations filed a complaint with the Imedi TV self-regulatory body regarding a report "Children Sent to Madrasa" in the...See More
Posted on: 22 Dec 2014
MDF filed an administrative complaint vs. MIA ...
On October 22 Media Development Foundation (MDF) filed an administrative complaint against the Ministry of Internal Affairs at Tbilisi City Court....See More
Posted on: 18 Dec 2014
Round Table Discussion "Hate Speech in Public Dis ...
On December 18, at Frontline Georgia Club the members of the civil society platform - No to Phobia! held a meeting with Sopho Japaridze,the Prime M...See More
Posted on: 16 Dec 2014
Charter of Journalistic Ethics revealed violation ...
On December 16 the Charter of Journalistic Ethics made a decision on case of Tariel Nakaidze vs. mediacity.ge, according to which web portal viola...See More
Posted on: 12 Dec 2014
Training and Meeting with Political Parties held o ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF held a training and a round table meeting on the topic of women's participation in the electoral process at the ...See More
Posted on: 05 Dec 2014
Round table on women's political participation in ...
On 5 December Media Development Foundation, MDF held a round table discussion on the women's participation in the electoral process in Gardabani...See More
Posted on: 01 Dec 2014
Non-Governmental Organizations Call on Rustavi 2 T ...
The Media Development Foundation (MDF), the Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI), the Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI), and theHuman Rights ...See More
Posted on: 29 Nov 2014
Round table on women's political participation in ...
On 29 November Media Development Foundation, MDF held the round table on women's participation in the electoral process at the Center of Democrati...See More
Posted on: 24 Nov 2014
Women for Change ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF starts implementation of the new project Women for Changewith the support of the Center of Electoral Systems Dev...See More
Posted on: 17 Nov 2014
MDF was named as Supporter of Tolerance by Religio ...
On November 17, at a traditional event dedicated to the International Day of Tolerance the Council of National Minorities and the Council of Relig...See More
Posted on: 17 Nov 2014
Women's Movement announced the rally across the co ...
On November 17, at Frontline Club the presentation of "Women's Movement" was held. The movement unites all the people for whom gender equality and...See More
Posted on: 06 Nov 2014
Presentation of the survey on Information funded f ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF presented the preliminary results of a survey "Media receiving funding from State Budget - unequal conditions ...See More
Posted on: 03 Nov 2014
Complaint regarding the story on Rustavi 2 TV prog ...
. . while presenting the story on the religious building in village Mokhe, ...See More
Posted on: 22 Oct 2014
Award Ceremony of Diversity School Alumnus and Win ...
The award ceremony of graduates of Diversity School and the winners of the media competition was held at cafe Ligamus, Ilia State University on Oct...See More
Posted on: 20 Oct 2014
Role of media in coverage of European issues ...
The seminar "Georgia-EU - the role of media in coverage of the European Union issues" was held on October 19, at Frontline Georgia Club within the...See More
Posted on: 14 Oct 2014
Press-tour of Ukrainian Journalists to Georgia ...
On October 8 Tamar Khorbaladze, Executive Director of Media Development Foundation, MDF made presentation on hate speech in Georgia for the Ukrai...See More
Posted on: 04 Oct 2014
Research - Media Ethics in Armenia: Practice and C ...
On October 4 Tamar Khorbaladze, Executive Director of Media Development Foundation, MDF presented a research "Media Ethics in Armenia: Practice an...See More
Posted on: 30 Sep 2014
Tolerance and non-discrimination issues were discu ...
Among other participants the representatives of the Eastern Partnership Minorities Network took part in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...See More
Posted on: 23 Sep 2014
Myth Detector for media representatives reporting ...
On September 23, at Vere Palace hotel, European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) and Media Development Foundation (MDF) organized training for me...See More
Posted on: 20 Sep 2014
Presentation of MDF's new publication ...
Presentation of a new publication of Media Development Foundation (MDF) was held at cafe Ligamus, Ilia State University on September 19 in the fra...See More
Posted on: 19 Sep 2014
2014 Tolerance Award Winners Revealed ...
Media Development Foundation - MDF, Ilia State University and United Nations Association of Georgia - UNAG have established an annual Award of Tol...See More
Posted on: 19 Sep 2014
MDF hosts IMED 2014 ...
Challenges of hate speech in traditional and digital media and online security issues were discussed at the International Media ethics Day 2014 wo...See More
Posted on: 11 Sep 2014
International Seminar IMED 2014 ...
The Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) annually organizes the International Media Ethics Day - IMED 2014 worldwide. The fourth IMED wil...See More
Posted on: 14 Aug 2014
Tariel Nakaidze appeals to Charter of Journalistic ...
Tariel Nakaidze, the Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Muslims’ Union filed a complaint against the web portal mediacity.ge to the Charter of Journa...See More
Posted on: 07 Aug 2014
Training on gender and conflict-related Issues ...
July 26, 2014 Within the frame of the training on "Increasing Media's Awareness of Women's Role in Peace and Security" organized by UN Women and...See More
Posted on: 30 Jun 2014
Rustavi 2 satisfies complaint of NGOs to self-regu ...
Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company self-regulatory body has satisfied the complaint lodged by the Union of Muslims of Georgia, Media Development Fund (M...See More
Posted on: 29 Jun 2014
Advertisement Monitoring in Georgian Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF, within the frames of the project Media Monitoring for Professional Media supported by Open Society - Georgia Foun...See More
Posted on: 20 Jun 2014
Hate speech and Discrimination in Georgian Politic ...
The presentation of the results of monitoring"Hate Speech and discrimination in Georgia's political discourse" by Media Development Foun...See More
Posted on: 19 Jun 2014
Winners of the contest - 10 Bloggers and 10 Leader ...
Media Development Foundation awarded the winners of the contest My leader Woman - 10 bloggers and 10 leader women at the Radisson Blue Iveri...See More
Posted on: 14 Jun 2014
MDF calls on election entities do not obstruct jou ...
Media Development Foundation (MDF) expresses its concern over the incident, which occurred at election headquarters of Irakli Gogokhia, Majoritarian...See More
Posted on: 04 Jun 2014
Cycle of exhibition - Women from the Past – Exampl ...
June 3, 2014 From May 9 to June 3, five cities of Georgia - Akhaltsikhe, Marneuli, Gori, Kutaisi and Batumi - hosted the rotating exhibition Wo...See More
Posted on: 03 Jun 2014
Civic Activism and women's political participation ...
June 3, 2014 Media Development Foundation, MDF held the cycle of trainings within the frame of the project Leader Women for Political Governance...See More
Posted on: 22 May 2014
NGOs address to the self-regulatory body of Kavkas ...
On 22 May Azeri Students Association of Georgia "Gata", Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI) and Tolerance and Di...See More
Posted on: 14 May 2014
Round-table on May 17 ...
On 14 May Media Development Foundation organized round-table discussion for journalists and presented the "Guidelines for Reporting on Homosexuality...See More
Posted on: 13 May 2014
Appeal of the MDF to the Inter-agency Task Force f ...
We would like to ask IATF to study whether the video advertisement aired by Rustavi-2 on 11 May is in compliance with the election legislation. The ...See More
Posted on: 10 May 2014
Charter of Journalistic Ethics Upheld Complaint of ...
Charter of Journalistic Ethics upheld complaint of Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Tolerance and Discrimination Institute (TDI) vs. Rezonansi...See More
Posted on: 07 May 2014
Civil Society Platform No to Phobia is Launched ...
On 7 May thirteen non-governmental organizations launched the civil society platform - No to Phobia! at Frontline Georgia Club. The joint d...See More
Posted on: 25 Apr 2014
Ethnic minorities and Constitution of 1921 ...
Center for Constitutional Studies of Ilia State University held a public discussion on the topic of "Ethnic Minorities in Georgia" in the Ligamus ...See More
Posted on: 23 Apr 2014
Complaint of NGOs to the Georgian Public Broadcast ...
On April 19, at 13:00 the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) provided the live broadcast of the Holy Fire Easter ceremony with TV commentary of the e...See More
Posted on: 14 Apr 2014
Complaint of MDF and TDI vs. Rezonansi Newspaper ...
On 5 April Media Development Foundation, MDF, and Tolerance and Diversity Institute, TDI, lodged a complaint to the Georgian Charter of Journalistic...See More
Posted on: 05 Apr 2014
Georgian Civic Organizations Call on Georgian MPs ...
On April 10, 2014 report no.13441 - "The protection of minors against excesses of sects" - by the French MP Mr. Rudy Salles will be discussed at the...See More
Posted on: 27 Mar 2014
Revenue Service involves Court, seeking to obtain ...
The audit department of the Revenue Service continues its excessive check of TV MR GE, the licensed representative of NielsenTelevision Audi...See More
Posted on: 26 Mar 2014
Discussion at Ilia State University ...
On March 26 the discussion "Combating Xenophobia and Discrimination in Georgia's Politics and Media" was held at the Ilia State University. ...See More
Posted on: 22 Mar 2014
Civil Journalism Course Launched in the Diversity ...
On 22 March the first training for students was held in the Diversity School. Welcome speeches were given by Giga Zedania, rector of the Ilia Univer...See More
Posted on: 18 Mar 2014
Revenue Service has started fining TV ratings firm ...
The audit department of the Revenue Service (a legal entity of public law operating under the Ministry of Finance of Georgia) continues its ...See More
Posted on: 08 Mar 2014
Ministry of Finance should not limit company's abi ...
At the end of February, the audit department of the Revenue Service (a legal entity of public law operating under the Ministry of Finance of Georgia...See More
Posted on: 25 Feb 2014
Diversity School Accepts Students ...
With the support of the Embassy of the Switzerland in Georgia, Media Development Foundation, MDF started implementation a new project Diversity Scho...See More
Posted on: 21 Feb 2014
Presentation at the National Library ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF presented the publication Women from the Past and web-portal GenderMediator on February 21, 2014 at the Exhabition...See More
Posted on: 20 Dec 2013
MDF Appeals International Organizations re: Rusta ...
20 December, 2013 We would like to express our concern regarding an incident that took place at the Borispol airport, Kiev on December 20,...See More
Posted on: 20 Dec 2013
Presentation of the research results on Hate Spe ...
December 20, 2013 Media Development Foundation, MDF presented the final report of the Monitoring of Hate Speech and Discrimination in Geor...See More
Posted on: 15 Dec 2013
Gendermediator for jousnalists ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF releases the new publication "Gendermediator”. The goal of the present publication is the promotion of...See More
Posted on: 12 Nov 2013
MDF summarized 10 years of Freedom of Media at t ...
November 11-12, 2013 The changes implemented in the last ten years in the law and practice were the subject of discussion for Azerbaijanis...See More
Posted on: 21 Sep 2013
Training on Gender Issues in Media Organized by MD ...
Media Development Foundation (MDF) hosted the training on Gender Issues in Media for students and journalists, including from regional media on Septem...See More
Posted on: 27 Jul 2013
MDF Response to Channel 9 ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF discussed the letter of Channel 9 in which the leadership of the channel’s news service expressed its disagreement w...See More
Posted on: 19 Jul 2013
“Hate Speech in Media” – discussion in TSU ...
The discussion "Hate Speech in Media” had been held in Ivane Javakhishvili State University on July 18. The non-governmental organization "Media Devel...See More
Posted on: 30 May 2013
Discussion – the monitoring results on hate speech ...
The monitoring results on hate speech and discrimination in media and public space including the violations identified during the coverage of the even...See More
Posted on: 10 May 2013
Monitoring Hate Speech and Discrimination in Georg ...
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) implements a project Monitoring Hate Speech and Discrimination in Georgian Media within the framework of progra...See More
Posted on: 15 Oct 2012
Media Developmet Foundation, MDF in “Media Monitor ...
TV program "Media Monitor” has been produced within the frames of the joint project of Public Broadcasting Television, the United Nations Development ...See More
Posted on: 17 Aug 2012
Coverage of Educational Issues by Georgia Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDFpresents monitoring results on the theme:Coverage of Educational Issues by Georgian Media. The monitoring was impleme...See More
Posted on: 02 Aug 2012
Conflict Coverage by Georgian Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDFpublishes new monitoring results on the theme ofConflict Coverage by Georgian Media. Media monitoring was implemented...See More
Posted on: 17 Jul 2012
Coverage of Public Opinion Survey ...
Protection of the standards of public opinion survey coverage by media means has a special meaning before the pre-election period, and that’s why...See More
Posted on: 06 Jul 2012
Media Coverage of Environmental Protection Issues ...
Georgian media is rarely interested in environmental protection issues and existing problems, and this interest is more of campaign character. – ...See More
Posted on: 04 Jul 2012
Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Media ...
The research implemented on coverage of gender issues by the expert ofMedia Development Foundation, MDF– Ketevan Mshiladze revealed that Georgian Medi...See More
Posted on: 02 Jul 2012
Media Coverage of Justice Issues ...
Media Development Foundation, MDFpublishes the results of media monitoring aimed at evaluating of protection of media-ethics and professional standard...See More
Posted on: 01 Jun 2012
Educational/Entertainment Talk Shows and Media Sta ...
Media Development Foundation publishes new monitoring results. The subjects of the study of the present research were entertainment, social and educat...See More
Posted on: 28 May 2012
Coverage of Persons with Disability by Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF continues publishing media-monitoring results. Today we present the monitoring implemented by the expert - Vakhushti...See More
Posted on: 25 Apr 2012
Comments On the talk show „100 C” ...
On April 20, 2012 – Friday the talk show „100 C” was broadcasted on TV company Imedi. The main topic of the show was problems of teenagers, accordin...See More
Posted on: 22 Feb 2012
Coverage of Sexual Orientation/Gender Issues by Me ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF publishes the results of media monitoring –Coverage of Sexual Orientation / Gender Issues by Mediacarried out by the...See More
Posted on: 06 Feb 2012
Coverage of Cultural Issues by Georgian Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF presents monitoring results on the theme –Coverage of Cultural Issues by Georgian Media. The monitoring was carried ...See More
Posted on: 02 Feb 2012
Social Theme in News Programs ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF publishes media monitoring report Social Theme in News Programs. The research was implemented by Ketevan Mskhiladze ...See More
Posted on: 30 Jan 2012
TV Informational Policy Monitoring ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF continues publshing the results of the monitoring implemented during the fall period of 2011. We would like to remin...See More
Posted on: 26 Jan 2012
Coverage of Defence and Military Issues by Media ...
The media monitoring – Coverage of Defence and Military Issues by Georgian Media was implemented by expert George Ckhvitava within the frames of Media...See More
Posted on: 24 Jan 2012
Public Opinion Survey and Media Standard ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF begins to publish further results of media monitoring implemented during the fall, 2011. During the period of furt...See More
Posted on: 05 Dec 2011
Advertising in Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF presents further monitoring results. Today we hand in two reports that have been prepared on the basis of implemen...See More
Posted on: 25 Oct 2011
Coverage of Health Issues by Georgian Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF presents the monitoring results on the issue: Coverage of Health Issues by Georgian Media. The present survey is t...See More
Posted on: 12 Oct 2011
Discussion: Gender and Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF hold the discussion, Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Media, at Frontline Georgia club today. Expert Ketevan Mskhiladz...See More
Posted on: 11 Oct 2011
Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Media ...
On Wednesday, October 12 at 15.00 o’clock the discussion "Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Media” will be held in club "Frontline Georgia”(Brose str. ...See More
Posted on: 19 Sep 2011
Coverage of children's issues by TV media ...
Media expert Nino Danelia conducted monitoring within the frames the project of Media Development Foundation , MDF - "Media Monitoring - for Account...See More
Posted on: 01 Sep 2011
Media Coverage of Law on Religion in Georgia ...
The issue of religious and ethnic tolerance became especially pressing within media and society in summer 2011. The adoption of so called law on rel...See More
Posted on: 29 Jul 2011
Coverage of Sexual Orientation/Gender Issues in Me ...
Media Development Foundation publishes new results of monitoring conducted under Media Monitoring - for Accountable and Professional Media proj...See More
Posted on: 20 Jul 2011
Court Covering by Georgian Media ...
How are covered law issues by Georgian media, whether journalists have an appropriate knowledge of covering legal issues or not and what is the level ...See More
Posted on: 14 Jul 2011
TV Informational Policy Monitoring ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF within the framework of the Monitoring for Professional Media project supported by the Open Society - Georgia Founda...See More
Posted on: 24 Jun 2011
Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Media ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF implements the project "Media Monitoring for Professional Media,” with the support of Open Society - Georgia Foundat...See More
Posted on: 25 Mar 2011
Media development Foundation became a member of th ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF became a member of the East Partnership Georgian National Platform. The functions of the national platform:...See More
Posted on: 01 Mar 2011
MDF is implementing media monitoring project ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF with the support of the fund "Open Society – Georgia” from March 1, 2011 began the implementation of the project - "...See More
Posted on: 15 Nov 2010
Training for journalists on legal aid theme N2 ...
The training for journalists organized by UNDP project "The development of the system of justice for the legal consciousness and increasing the a...See More
Posted on: 12 Nov 2010
Workshop at Ombudsman’s Office ...
Media Development Foundation organized workshop for the representatives of media on the theme of covering ethnical and religious minority stories at...See More
Posted on: 28 Oct 2010
“Public lawyer” Ninth No. ...
On October 28 the ninth no. of the newspaper "Public lawyer” was published. In this publication you can find information about the results of the wo...See More
Posted on: 20 Sep 2010
Media discussion on radio station “Green Wave” ...
The expert of Media Development Foundation, MDF – Keti Mskhiladze participated in radio transmission "Media critics” dedicated to the covering of st...See More
Posted on: 03 Jul 2010
Training for journalists on legal aid theme ...
The training for journalists organized by UNDP project "The development of the system of justice for the legal consciousness and increasing the access...See More
Posted on: 27 Jun 2010
MDF experts on Ombudsman’s seminar ...
The seminar – "Tolerance culture in media” for journalists was held in Batumi on June 26-27, 2010. Representatives of central and regional media...See More
Posted on: 30 May 2010
MDF published practical handbook ...
Media development Foundation published practical handbook The handbook is published by Media Development Foundation, MDF within the frames of th...See More
Posted on: 24 May 2010
Training for journalists on covering ethnical and ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF arranged the seminar for journalists on the theme of standards of covering the stories of ethnical and religious m...See More
Posted on: 24 Feb 2010
Presentation of the book “Life after War” ...
The presentation of the book – "Life after War” was arranged at the Cultural center "Muza” on February 23, 2010. The book is presenting essays and d...See More
Posted on: 20 Dec 2009
“Tour of Democracy” for the competition winner you ...
Media Development Foundation arranged the "Tour of Democracy” for the winner pupils of the competition "Life after war” organized with the support o...See More
Posted on: 25 Nov 2009
The winners of the competition “Life after war” ar ...
The competition "Life after war” announced for intentialy displaced youths by Media Development Foundation with the support of US Embassy has its wi...See More
Posted on: 20 Nov 2009
Media development Foundation begins media monitori ...
Media development Foundation begins media monitoring on covering ethnical and religious themes. The monitoring will be implemented within the frame...See More
Posted on: 15 Sep 2009
Informational meeting at schools ...
The representatives of Media Development Foundation arranged go out meetings at 6 regional public schools of Georgia – at Gori, Qareli, Khashuri, Tser...See More
Posted on: 14 Sep 2009
Competition for IDP youths ...
Media Development Foundation, MDF announces competition of essays and drawings on the theme - "Life after war”. The opportunity to participate in th...See More
Posted on: 04 Nov 2008
Ethic code for newspaper “PS” ...
The editorial of Qutaisi newspaper "PS” has a new ethic code. The ceremonial of signing of the code with the participation of local journalists a...See More
Posted on: 02 Nov 2008
The training for “PS” journalists ...
The experts of Media Development Foundation Khatuna Kveselava, Qeti Mskhiladze and Tamar Khorbaladze arranged training for the journalists of Qutais...See More
Posted on: 09 Oct 2024
The Constitutional Court of Georgia
The decision of the Constitutional Court not to suspend Russian Law lacks legal justification, does not take into account the legal conclusions of l...See More
Posted on: 15 Aug 2024
Media and Information Literacy Hack
This year, at DataFest Tbilisi 2024, we will host TruthTechThon, a media and information literacy hackathon. The Media Development Foundation (MDF)...See More
Posted on: 17 Jul 2024
THE LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST THE “RUSSI
121 Georgian non-governmental and media organizations continue their legal battle against the "Russian law”, for which we will appeal to the Constit...See More
Posted on: 16 Jul 2024
Open Call for Youngsters at DW Akad
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Deutsche Welle Akademie (DWA) joint program - Myth Detector Lab - calls for youngsters to join an intens...See More
Posted on: 24 Jan 2024
INFORMATION INTEGRITY COALITION REA
Targeted attacks on civil organizations by the Georgian government and ruling party leaders continue. Recently, the statements made by high politica...See More
Posted on: 20 Jan 2024
Response to Shalva Papuashvili’s St
The primary electoral strategy of the Georgian Dream appears to revolve around manipulating the name of the Georgian Orthodox Church and employing ...See More
Posted on: 02 Nov 2023
Appeal of Georgian non-governmental
Georgia awaits the European Commission's recommendation on granting it EU membership candidate status. We, the undersigned Georgian NGOs, share a co...See More
Posted on: 19 Jul 2023
Want to Help Tackle Disinformation?
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will equip professionals who are passionate about tackling disinformation to hold workshops and eve...See More
Posted on: 12 Jul 2023
Open Call for Youngsters at DW Akad
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Deutsche Welle Akademie (DWA) joint program - Myth Detector Lab - calls for youngsters to join an intens...See More
Posted on: 05 Jun 2023
Responding to the information campa
An active information campaign against the rector of Ilia State University has begun in recent days. With the campaign, the head of the university ...See More
Posted on: 10 Mar 2023
Open Call for Youngsters at DW Akad
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Deutsche Welle Akademie (DWA) joint program - Myth Detector Lab - calls for youngsters to join an intensi...See More
Posted on: 06 Mar 2023
Media Advocacy Coalition appeals to
Media Advocacy Coalition appeals to the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Mr. Shalva Papuashvili, to immediately restore the accreditation of j...See More
Posted on: 21 Feb 2023
RUSSIAN LAW IS NOT THE WILL OF GEOR
We, the people of Georgia, strongly oppose the bill initiated by the members of the Parliamentary Majority, also endorsed by the Speaker of Parliame...See More
Posted on: 09 Jan 2023
Media Programs Manager
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) announces the call for the position of Media Programs Manager. Main Responsibilities: Managing media...See More
Posted on: 25 Aug 2022
"Georgian Dream" is Attempting to R
The aggressive campaign of "Georgian Dream" against local non-governmental organizations is fast approaching an alarming level. The Georgian Dream'...See More
Posted on: 28 Feb 2022
Address of the Georgian People to t
To: H. E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council H. E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission H. ...See More
Posted on: 03 Feb 2022
MDF announces a call for the positi
Media Development Foundation announces a call for the position of Fundraising and Organizational Development Manager. Main Responsibilities: ...See More
Posted on: 03 Feb 2022
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Posted on: 26 Dec 2021
Statement of the NGOs on the possib
On December 25, 2021, it was reportedthat the Parliament of Georgia, in an expedited manner, plans to review a draft law aimed at abolishing the St...See More
Posted on: 19 Nov 2021
Assaults against the Public Defende
The undersigned civil society organizations, would like to express our grave concern regarding the frequent verbal assaults against the Ombudsperson...See More
Posted on: 01 Nov 2021
Non-Governmental Organisations’ Joi
This statement is issued in response to the process of the 2021 Municipal Elections. Despite the fact that the existing legislation and the recent ...See More
Posted on: 13 Oct 2021
Call for ‘EaP Media Hub’ Member Jou
The Media Development Foundation (MDF), with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), is announcing a Small Grants Competition for the me...See More
Posted on: 28 Jul 2021
Georgian Dream decision undermines
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, would like to react to the statement by the Chair of the ruling party Georgian Dream, Mr. Irakli Ko...See More
Posted on: 19 Jul 2021
Letter of media outlets and civil s
Batumi International Conference July 19, 2021 Dear President Michel, We are grateful for your engagement and continuous efforts that you persona...See More
Posted on: 09 Jul 2021
Statement on the Large-Scale Violen
The cases of violation of journalists' rights in Georgia have reached a critical point. Hereby, we reiterate that the government has failed to guara...See More
Posted on: 23 Feb 2021
Statement on Nika Melia's Arrest
The Georgian Government sent police forces into the office of the United National Movement [UNM] at 7:30 today, 23 February. This special measure ai...See More
Posted on: 14 Jan 2021
NGO’s Statement on the Restriction
Civic platform "No to phobia!" And the „Coalition for Equality" believe that the situation in Georgia in terms of protection of freedom of religion...See More
Posted on: 21 Dec 2020
MDF Responds to President’s Adminis
On December 16, the Administration of the President of Georgia applied to the Media Development Foundation (MDF) with a request to study the post pu...See More
Posted on: 05 Nov 2020
Thomson Reuters Foundation launches
Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the Sabin Vaccine Institute launches an 8 day-long training programme "Reporting on Immunisation and Va...See More
Posted on: 04 Nov 2020
NGOs assessment of the 2020 parliam
On October 31, 2020, the parliamentary elections were held in Georgia in accordance with the updated electoral system. The citizens of Georgia had the...See More
Posted on: 28 Sep 2020
Hacking the fake news
Media Development Foundation (MDF) invites developers, graphic designers, media literacy specialists, and others who are passionate about digital tech...See More
Posted on: 04 Sep 2020
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Posted on: 29 Jun 2020
GEORGIAN CIVIL SOCIETY'S OPEN LETTE
To: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Facebook Nick Clegg, Vice-President - Global Affairs and Communications, Facebook June 29, 2...See More
Posted on: 24 Jun 2020
Statement of the Non-governmental O
In the second half of 2020, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will elect nine new members at the eighteen session (Confe...See More
Posted on: 04 May 2020
Civil Platform “No to Phobia!” Resp
Civil Platform "No to Phobia!” expresses its concern about the comments containing hate speech on the ground of ethnicity made by Zaza (Zaal) Abashidz...See More
Posted on: 03 Mar 2020
Terms of reference for a consultanc
1. INTRODUCTION The Media Development Foundation, the MDF, is a Georgian non-profit organization which was established in April 20...See More
Posted on: 25 Nov 2019
Manager of Fundraising and Organiza
Media Development Foundation announces a call for the position of Manager of Fundraising and Organizational Development. Main Responsibiliti...See More
Posted on: 15 Nov 2019
Address of Georgian Civil Society O
Dear President Stanishev, Dear Secretary-General Post, We, the undersigned representatives of the Georgian civil society organizations a...See More
Posted on: 23 Aug 2019
Prosecution of TV Pirveli owner’s f
On 22 August 2019, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, within the framework of the Khazaradze-Japaridze case, indicted businessman Avtandil ...See More
Posted on: 22 Aug 2019
Statement of NGOs on the Ongoing St
We, the undersigned organizations, want to express our concern about the staff changes in Rustavi 2 TV that were announced and carried out by its ne...See More
Posted on: 09 Aug 2019
Statement of NGOs on the Charges Ma
We, the undersigned organizations, are writing in response to the statement released by the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia in relation to the charges ...See More
Posted on: 31 Jul 2019
Call for Participation in “Fightin
4-11 October, Berlin (Germany) Media Development Foundation (MDF) in partnership with Deutsche Gesselschaft (Germany) calls for participat...See More
Posted on: 18 Jul 2019
Statement of NGOs on the Developmen
We, the undersigned organizations, are writing this statement in response to the recent developments related to the European Court of Human Rights’ ju...See More
Posted on: 21 Jun 2019
Statement of Non-Governmental Organ
We, the undersigned organizations, would like to express our grave concern over the events that took place on June 20. To our greatest regret, the pub...See More
Posted on: 20 Jun 2019
Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia
The Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia would like to respond to the particular intensification in the recent period of the hybrid warfare waged b...See More
Posted on: 18 Jun 2019
Statement by non-governmental organ
We, the undersigned organisations, would like to express our solidarity with the organisers of Tbilisi Pride and LGBT+ activists whose freedom of expr...See More
Posted on: 07 May 2019
One More Lawsuit Endangers Editoria
In the beginning of May, Nino Nizharadze, 9% shareholder of TV Company Rustavi 2, filed a lawsuit to the Tbilisi City Court, seeking payment of 26 m...See More
Posted on: 22 Apr 2019
Statement about Natia Kapanadze's I
We negatively assess the decision of Council of Advisors of the Ajara TV and Radio of a Public Broadcaster to dismiss TV Director Natia Kapanadze prem...See More
Posted on: 22 Mar 2019
MDF: Public Broadcaster Misleads So
Throughout the dispute that has been underway in recent days about the Media Development Foundation’s (MDF) study, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GP...See More
Posted on: 05 Mar 2019
Mamuka Khazaradze’s statement confi
When speaking at yesterday’s session of the Budget and Finance Committee in Parliament of Georgia, Mamuka Khazaradze, founder of TBC Bank, said that, ...See More
Posted on: 01 Feb 2019
“No to Phobia!” Civil Platform Req
"No to Phobia!” civil platform echoes the fact of ruthless murder of the human rights defenders Vitaly Safarov, 25, and calls on the Prosecutor’s Of...See More
Posted on: 17 Dec 2018
Call for participation
Third Spring School on Media Systems: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives. Focus on Central Eastern Europe (Perugia, Italy, April 1st to...See More
Posted on: 23 Nov 2018
The Joint Statement of Non-Governme
Non-Governmental Organisations, signatory to this statement, express their utmost concern regarding the contents of the statement made by the Office o...See More
Posted on: 14 Nov 2018
Religious and Human Rights Organiza
We, the signatory organizations, express our concern about the arbitrary detention of Sheikh Miratag Asadov, the chairman of the Supreme Religious Adm...See More
Posted on: 06 Nov 2018
Mikheil Saakashvili’s statements ar
The ‘No to Phobia!’ civil platform is responding to a xenophobic and anti-social statement of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia a...See More
Posted on: 04 Oct 2018
NGOs on Salome Zurabishvili’s Xenop
Non-governmental organizations respond and condemn the xenophobic statement of Salome Zurabishvili, a presidential candidate supported by Georgian Dre...See More
Posted on: 19 Sep 2018
Statement of No to Phobia Civil Pla
We, the member organizations of the No to Phobia civil platform, would like to respond to the statement made by Metropolitan Petre Tsaava of Chko...See More
Posted on: 18 Sep 2018
Non-governmental organizations’ sta
We, the undersigned organizations, would like to comment on the final conclusion made by the Temporary Investigative Commission of Parliament of Georg...See More
Posted on: 06 Sep 2018
Russian media forum in Georgia is y
Georgia has been a target of Russia’s aggressive actions many times. One-fifth of the country’s territory has been occupied as a result. In addition, ...See More
Posted on: 02 Aug 2018
Statement of the For Euro-Atlantic
The developments that have taken place in the Euro-Atlantic space in the past several years create a suitable geostrategic environment for acceleratin...See More
Posted on: 25 Jul 2018
Joint statement by non-governmental
We, the undersigned organizations, would like to once again comment on the process of the investigation that was carried out and continues regarding t...See More
Posted on: 20 Jun 2018
Comments of nongovernmental and med
We appreciate the importance of the initiative to create a legislative framework for the development of media literacy in Georgia and the willingnes...See More
Posted on: 02 Jun 2018
NGOS URGE AUTHORITIES TO FUNDAMENTA
Human rights organizations are closely following the mass protest in Tbilisi and other cities in recent days and declare their solidarity with Saralid...See More
Posted on: 01 May 2018
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS DEMA
The Parliament of Georgia, the representative body of the people, must play a decisive role in establishing the human rights standards and monitoring ...See More
Posted on: 25 Apr 2018
Statement of the “No to Phobia!” ci
The initiative submitted to the Parliament of Georgia by MP Emzar Kvitsiani, which provides for criminal liability for "insults to religious feelings”...See More
Posted on: 21 Apr 2018
Statement concerning the case of Ru
Signatory organizations responding to the information published by Rustavi 2, concerning the Georgian government’s request submitted to the European C...See More
Posted on: 20 Apr 2018
Joint Statement of No To Phobia Civ
We negatively assess the approval of the Gender Equality Council 2018-2020 Action Plan on April 17, 2018 by the Parliament of Georgia, as, on the one ...See More
Posted on: 09 Apr 2018
Joint Statement of No to Phobia Civ
The attack on black students in the evening of April 8 in Dighmis Masivi is extremely alarming. Video of the event shows racist statements and motiv...See More
Posted on: 05 Apr 2018
Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia
The Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia welcomes and supports the Georgian Government's peace initiative – Step Towards a Better Future, elaborated wi...See More
Posted on: 21 Mar 2018
Statement of civil platform “NO to
We would like to react on March 19 developments taken place at the building of Rustavi 2 and call on law-enforcement bodies...See More
Posted on: 13 Mar 2018
Georgian Government's policy toward
The Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia would like to respond to the recent discussion among the public concerning Georgian-Russian relations as wel...See More
Posted on: 28 Feb 2018
Unlawful transfer of property to Ot
On 15 February 2018, the State Audit Office published a compliance audit report assessing the management of property owned by Tbilisi Municipality i...See More
Posted on: 28 Feb 2018
Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia
We, the civil society organizations of Georgia express deep concern about the death of a Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in Tskhinvali prison...See More
Posted on: 26 Jan 2018
We call upon the President of Georg
For almost six months, the Georgian public has been witness to the injustices suffered by the teacher and manager of the private Demirel College, Mu...See More
Posted on: 29 Nov 2017
Legislative Amendments to Reinstate
On 22 November, the Government of Georgia presented to the parliament the amendments to the law "On the Structure, Authority and Rules of Operation ...See More
Posted on: 17 Nov 2017
Statement of non-governmental organ
Non-governmental organizations follow concerned the recent discrediting statements targeted at the current public defender Ucha Nanuashvili, as well...See More
Posted on: 02 Nov 2017
Member Organizations of No to Phobi
A group of civil society organizations, among them Media Development Foundation, Equality Movement, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Georgian Demo...See More
Posted on: 02 Nov 2017
Non-governmental Organizations Requ
Civil society once again responds to the latest developments taking place at Public Service Broadcaster. Increasing influence of individuals connect...See More
Posted on: 31 Oct 2017
MDF Files Lawsuit against Georgian
On October 31, 2017, the Media Development Foundation (MDF) filed a lawsuit in Tbilisi City Court against the Georgian National Communications Commi...See More
Posted on: 25 Sep 2017
Statement on Limitation of Freedom
We urge the parliament of Georgia to consider the opinion of The Venice Commission[1], religious organizations[2], NGOs, academic institutions and l...See More
Posted on: 17 Aug 2017
NGOs respond to the case of a Georg
The signatory organizations respond to facts of persecution of a Georgian civil activist and journalist Tamar Mearakhishvili who lives in Akhalgor...See More
Posted on: 02 Aug 2017
Address of Civil Society Organizati
To the President of Georgia, To the Parliament of Georgia, To the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) To Special Ra...See More
Posted on: 28 Jul 2017
Georgian CSOs address Vice Presiden
24 non-governmental organizations based in Georgia address an open letter to the Vice-President of the United States Dear Vice President Pence, ...See More
Posted on: 25 Jul 2017
NGOs Respond to Prime Minister’s St
On July 23rd 2017, Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili elaborated on the relations between the State and Georgian Orthodox Church at th...See More
Posted on: 06 Jul 2017
Statement of the NGOs on the illega
On July 4th, 2017 Russian occupation forces illegally installed a so-called Border Sign across the occupation line in the Tskhinvali region, in th...See More
Posted on: 27 Jun 2017
Alert on Deterioration of Democracy
We are sending this message on behalf of 30 civil society originations to alert you on some very damaging actions by the ruling political party in G...See More
Posted on: 22 Jun 2017
Statement of the Non-Governmental O
Constitution of a democratic country represents supreme law based on national consensus and serves as an internal legal guarantee for human rights p...See More
Posted on: 21 Jun 2017
The Ruling Party’s Decision about t
On June 19, the ruling party unveiled its decision to keep the mixed election system for the 2020 parliamentary elections and to replace it with a...See More
Posted on: 31 May 2017
NGOs Respond to Forced Disappearanc
The undersigned organizations express deep concern about the alleged forced disappearance of the Azerbaijani civil activist and journalist Afgan M...See More
Posted on: 31 May 2017
NGO’s appeal to the Government of G
The organizations, signing below the present statement, are concerned regarding the process of extradition of Mustafa Emre Chabuk to Turkey, initi...See More
Posted on: 29 Apr 2017
“No to Phobia” on Zakaria Kutsnashv
Member organizations of the civil society platform No to Phobia would like to respond to the discriminatory statement of the Member of the Parliamen...See More
Posted on: 26 Apr 2017
“No to Phobia” statement on the att
Member organizations of the civil society platform No to Phobia would like to respond to the activities of the State Agency for Religious Issues ...See More
Posted on: 10 Apr 2017
Opinion about Constitutional Amendm
The below signatory organizations are concerned by the initiative presented in the Constitutional Commission for definition of marriage in the Con...See More
Posted on: 22 Mar 2017
Travel grants for participation in
The Media Development Foundation with the support of German Marshal Fund providing travel grants for participation in "Lviv Media Forum 2017” – ...See More
Posted on: 05 Mar 2017
Georgian NGOs’ address to the Europ
To: the Honorable András Sajó President of 4th section of European Court of Human Rights Georgian NGOs’ address to the European Court of Huma...See More
Posted on: 03 Mar 2017
NGOs : The decision made by the Sup
We are deeply concerned by the decision, made on March 2 by the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia, stating that the owner of Rustavi 2 s...See More
Posted on: 13 Feb 2017
Statement of Media Development Foun
On Sunday, February 12, Rustavi 2’s weekly program P.S. covered a story about poor condition of public toilets installed by the Tbilisi City Hall,...See More
Posted on: 07 Feb 2017
“No to phobia” statement regarding
We, member organizations of the "No to phobia” platform, would like to respond to the nomination of the MP Manana Kobakhidze, whose several recent s...See More
Posted on: 02 Feb 2017
Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia
Today European Union once again recognized the historical aspiration of Georgian people to be part of Europe and reached an agreement on visa libera...See More
Posted on: 24 Jan 2017
Appeal of the No to Phobia Civil Pl
We would like to express our concern over the fact that on January 17, 2017 First Channel of Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) dedicated its airti...See More
Posted on: 23 Jan 2017
Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia
The Georgian Parliament has launched discussions on amending the Constitution. Non-governmental organizations, including members of the Coalition fo...See More
Posted on: 12 Jan 2017
“Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgi
"Coalition for Euro-Atlantic Georgia” responds to the information made public on January 11, 2017, regarding Georgian government’s decision to agree...See More
Posted on: 12 Jan 2017
The statement of nongovernmental or
We, the undersigned nongovernmental organizations, condemn the incident that occurred in the village of Duisi in the municipality of Akhmeta on Janu...See More
Posted on: 25 Nov 2016
The statement of the Coalition for
The newly elected Parliament is currently deliberating on the formation of the Group of Trust of the Parliamentary Defense and Security Committee. T...See More
Posted on: 09 Oct 2016
Statement of MDF on Interference in
On October 8-9, during the process of coverage of elections, two more incidents of hindering professional journalistic activities took place in Kuta...See More
Posted on: 08 Oct 2016
Statement of Media Development Foun
On 8 October, during the parliamentary elections, several representatives of media outlets were prevented from performing their job. In particular: ...See More
Posted on: 04 Oct 2016
Statement by Media Development Foun
On October 3, 2016, the Media Development Foundation (MDF) released a report Pre-election Media Environment, which among other issues also reviews e...See More
Posted on: 26 Sep 2016
Address of the Civil Platform “No t
We, the members of the platform "No To Phobia” are addressing the Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Georgia regarding the political u...See More
Posted on: 17 Sep 2016
Statement of Non-Governmental Organ
We, the signatory organizations, once again, express our concern due to physical violence directed towards political opponents and call on law en...See More
Posted on: 08 Sep 2016
The Georgian Public Broadcaster’s e
The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) plans to conduct exit polls on the election day together with three private TV companies – Imedi, GDS and Ma...See More
Posted on: 06 Sep 2016
Statement of the Civil Platform “No
We, the signatory non-governmental organizations express our concern regarding a August 23, 2016 racist statement that Mr. Zaza Mamaladze, the Sabur...See More
Posted on: 09 Aug 2016
Statement of the Platform “No to Ph
The signatory non-governmental organizations express a strong discontent with the request of appointing a referendum on a human rights issue provi...See More
Posted on: 23 Jun 2016
Open letter of Georgian Civil Socie
Returning Georgia to the European family of nations is a historic mission for our generation. Completing Georgia’s integration into Euro-Atlantic In...See More
Posted on: 23 Jun 2016
MDF's response to Newspress
On 23 June, the news agency "Newspress” in response of MDF’s report on "Practice of allocating budgetary resources among media for the release of in...See More
Posted on: 20 Jun 2016
NGO’s joint statement
We, the undersigned organizations intend to provide comments on the information reported by the media regarding the attack on broadcasting company R...See More
Posted on: 19 Jun 2016
MDF’s Appeal to the Georgian PM and
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) expresses its deep concern over the incident that took place in the Tbilisi international airport in the earl...See More
Posted on: 14 Jun 2016
Statement regarding the case of the
On June 10, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of the Tbilisi City Court in the case of the Rustavi 2 TV station. By the decision of ...See More
Posted on: 01 Jun 2016
NGOs: Investigation of Kortskheli i
We the undersigned organizations consider the investigation of the incident in Kortskheli as ineffective and call on the Ministry of Internal Affair...See More
Posted on: 23 May 2016
Non-Governmental Organizations’ Sta
We, the signatory organizations, respond to the rising homophobic violence before and after May 17, 2016 and we urge the state to take immediate ...See More
Posted on: 22 May 2016
NGOs’ statement regarding the physi
We express extreme concern regarding the violent incident that occurred in village Kortskheli during the local by-election, when the UNM leaders G...See More
Posted on: 30 Mar 2016
CSOs' address to the President of E
Hon. Mr. Joseph Daul President of European People’s Party Dear Mr. President, We, the group of civil society representatives of Georgi...See More
Posted on: 28 Mar 2016
MDF statement concerning the action
On 25 March, speaking live on Pirveli TV company’s program "Daily News by Inga Grigolia,” MP from the Georgian Dream ruling party, Davit Lortkipan...See More
Posted on: 11 Mar 2016
MDF calls upon IPN and other media
On March 11, the secret video recordings depicting the private life of one of the politician was disseminated through the socia...See More
Posted on: 13 Feb 2016
Response of NGOs comprising the “No
We, the organizations comprising the "No to Phobia!” platform, are responding to the statements made by Tamar Sanikidze, Minister of Education an...See More
Posted on: 04 Feb 2016
Statement of NGOs on TV company Mae
On February 2nd shares were reallocated for the television company Maestro; according to the Georgian Public Registry partners Giorgi Gachechiladze ...See More
Posted on: 03 Feb 2016
Statement of the “No to Phobia!” ci
The "No to Phobia!” civil platform expresses an extremely negative attitude to the draft law initiated in the Parliament of Georgia which envisages ...See More
Posted on: 23 Jan 2016
The statement of the “No to Phobia!
We, non-governmental organizations comprising the "No to Phobia!” civil platform, condemn the violent action and Armenophobic attitudes displayed ...See More
Posted on: 06 Dec 2015
Conflict of Interest in Judicial Ap
The High Council of Justice has commenced the process of judicial appointments to fill 61 vacant positions in the general courts of Georgia. Under ...See More
Posted on: 06 Nov 2015
Statement regarding the Tbilisi Cit
On Thursday, November 5, Judge Tamaz Urtmelidze of the Tbilisi City Court issued a ruling to secure the enforcement of the decision regarding the ca...See More
Posted on: 27 Oct 2015
Statement of NGOs comprising the “N
On October 23, 2015, after a two-year-long review of the case, the Tbilisi City Court acquitted a clergyman, Father Iotam (Irakli Basilaia), and sev...See More
Posted on: 23 Oct 2015
Statement of NGOs Regarding Recent
We, the signatory organizations, express our grave concern about the recent developments that are directed against the country’s democratic developm...See More
Posted on: 23 Oct 2015
Address to the National Communicati
Since 19 October, media union Obiektivi daily airs the footage of torture discovered in Samegrelo. Clearly, denouncing violence and crime is a pub...See More
Posted on: 20 Oct 2015
Statement on the October 19th attac
The signatory non-governmental organizations condemn the targeted attacks carried out on October 19thon five regional offices of the opposition part...See More
Posted on: 17 Oct 2015
NGOs address International Communit
We are addressing representatives of the diplomatic corpus accredited in Georgia and the relevant representatives of the EU, OSCE, Council of Euro...See More
Posted on: 06 Oct 2015
On the detention and two-month pre-
We respond to the arrest of participants of the rally in support of Rustavi 2 TV near the building of Parliament of Georgia as a result of assault o...See More
Posted on: 02 Oct 2015
Assessemnt of recent developments s
It is extremely disturbing to witness the developments that have unfolded in the recent months around Rustavi 2 – a media outlet with the highest ra...See More
Posted on: 21 Sep 2015
Statement regarding recent developm
We, the signatory non-governmental organizations, give a strictly negative assessment to the statements made by political officials about the Consti...See More
Posted on: 08 Sep 2015
Statement by the “No to Phobia!” Ci
This statement is in response to the document published on the official website of the Khulo Municipality – "Report by the "Georgian Dream – Democ...See More
Posted on: 31 Aug 2015
MDF’s Statement on Imedi TV decisio
Ahead of the forthcoming 2016 parliamentary elections, the developments in Georgian media question the issue of pluralism in media and represent a...See More
Posted on: 07 Aug 2015
Statement of NGOs regarding the sei
The signatory Non-governmental organizations express concern about current developments regarding the Rustavi 2 TV company’s ownership and a decisio...See More
Posted on: 31 Jul 2015
Appeal of Women’s Movement and Non-
A report aired on Imedis Kvira program of Imedi TV on 26 July triggered hot discussions lately. The report was about a fact of domestic violence a...See More
Posted on: 31 Jul 2015
A joint statement of NGOs regarding
We, the signatory organizations, express concern about the decision of the Ministry of Corrections and Probation with regard to Police Colonel Irakl...See More
Posted on: 14 Jul 2015
Joint Statement of Non-governmental
On the 10th of July 2015, near the village of Orchosani and the territory of Tsitelubani-Khurvaleti, Russian occupation forces shifted the border ...See More
Posted on: 13 Jul 2015
NGOs call on government to undertak
Excessive concentration of power in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has always been subject to criticism. A comprehensive reform and depoliti...See More
Posted on: 09 Jul 2015
MDF response to the press service o
On July 8, the Press Service of the Government Administration released a statement in response to the report prepared by Media Development Foundati...See More
Posted on: 08 Jul 2015
NGOs address to Head of the Europea
The appeal of Georgian Non-governmental Organizations to Ambassador Janos Herman, Head of the European Delegation to Georgia: "We are addressin...See More
Posted on: 23 Apr 2015
NGOs respond to the events in the G
We, the signatory organizations, respond to the events that took place in Gurjaani in the recent days, denounce the instances of clear disrespect fo...See More
Posted on: 17 Apr 2015
Joint Statement of NGOs and Media O
The Parliament of Georgia is planning to adopt with first reading a draft of Amendments to the Criminal Code of Georgia, prepared by the Ministry of...See More
Posted on: 16 Apr 2015
Appeal to the Board of Trustees and
Coverage of religious rituals by Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) still remains problematic. On April 12, 2015, the GPB provided live transmission...See More
Posted on: 19 Mar 2015
The assessment of the Strategy for
LEPL State Agency for Religious Issues (hereinafter "the Agency”), which was created by the Government of Georgia to carry out information-gatheri...See More
Posted on: 18 Mar 2015
A joint statement of NGOs regarding
We, the signatory organizations, condemn the attacks on the offices of the United National Movement and N(N)LE Center for Freedom and Support and th...See More
Posted on: 17 Mar 2015
A statement of NGOs regarding the i
The signatory organizations respond with concern to the criminal prosecution of the former Mayor of Tbilisi, Gigi Ugulava, and the decisions of the ...See More
Posted on: 06 Mar 2015
Statement of Member Organizations o
We would like to respond to comments made in the program Qronika on Imedi TV channel by the Minister of Justice, Thea Tsulukiani, on February 18, ...See More
Posted on: 04 Mar 2015
Statement of Media Development Foun
Media Development Foundation (MDF) condemns the fact of physical assault against Irakli Gedenidze, photo correspondent of the news agency "InterPr...See More
Posted on: 02 Feb 2015
Joint statement of civil society re
Civil Sector Under Government Pressure in Georgia – A Joint Statement of Georgian Civil Society Organisations. We are concerned by the pressure non...See More
Posted on: 26 Jan 2015
Joint statement of civil society an
We, the undersigned NGOs, believe that Article 2391 of the amendment proposed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereinafter, MIA) to the Crimin...See More
Posted on: 10 Jan 2015
Civil Platform “No to Phobia!” memb
Several days ago, messages containing threats of physical annihilation of members of NGO Identoba, and its former executive director, Irakli Vacha...See More
Posted on: 09 Jan 2015
Civil Platform “NoToPhobia!” Statem
Members of platform "NoToPhobia!” are concerned by the threats made against non-governmental organisation Identoba, and its representative, Irakli...See More
Posted on: 07 Jan 2015
Attack on Charlie Hebdo is a terror
Media Development Foundation (MDF)is deeply concerned about the barbaric attack carried out against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris toda...See More
Posted on: 18 Dec 2014
CSOs react to illegal detention of
On 12 December 2014,the Department of Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia detained the Director of Institute forDev...See More
Posted on: 15 Dec 2014
MDF, TDI and GDI Demand Investigati
The Media Development Foundation (MDF), the Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI) and the Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI) express our concern...See More
Posted on: 03 Dec 2014
NGOs and religious organizations d
On December 2, the non-governmental organizations and religious associations addressed the Georgian parliament with a Petition requesting to stud...See More
Posted on: 06 Nov 2014
Statement in response to Interpress
The news agency "Interpressnews" issued a statement in response to the preliminary findings of survey presented by Media Development Foundation (...See More
Posted on: 29 Oct 2014
The petition of civil platform “No
We would like to respond to the interview given by the Deputy State Minister of Georgia on Diaspora Issues to the Kviris Palitra newspaper on Octobe...See More
Posted on: 27 Oct 2014
Address of Member organizations of
We, the nongovernmental organizations united under the civil platform No to Phobia! believe that an alarming tendency of late ofincreased violence ...See More
Posted on: 23 Oct 2014
Joint statement of NGOs concerning
Non-governmental organizations express deep concern about the recent cases of the violation of the rights of Adjarian Muslims and about the repres...See More
Posted on: 21 Oct 2014
A joint statement of Georgian Democ
We would like to respond to the events that developed on October 19, 2014, near the house of the Prime Minister of Georgia at the time of the peacef...See More
Posted on: 20 Oct 2014
A joint statement of Georgian Democ
We would like to respond to the statement made on October 17, 2014, by the Director General of the Rustavi 2 TV station, Nika Gvaramia, on his Faceb...See More
Posted on: 02 Oct 2014
A joint statement of Georgian Democ
On September 30, 2014, youth association Free Generation carried out an attack on the office of NGO Free Zone as a result of which individual member...See More
Posted on: 24 Sep 2014
Joint Statement on the facts of res
The undersigned organizations express our concern about the revealed facts of intolerance regarding the opening of boarding school for Muslim studen...See More
Posted on: 16 Sep 2014
Statement of the "No to Phobia!" Ci
We would like to respond to the report aired on September 14 by the program P.S. of Rustavi 2 TV about the vandal act occurred in Kobuleti on Septem...See More
Posted on: 07 Sep 2014
MDF Statement on the Restriction of
The Media Development Foundation(MDF) expresses concern over an incident that took place at around 01:00 on 7 September,in which the police prohibit...See More
Posted on: 08 Aug 2014
Joint Statement of NGOs on a discri
On August 6, the main news program of Georgian Public Broadcaster, Moambe, reported a fatal incident caused by the negligence of parents, which took...See More
Posted on: 04 Aug 2014
Statement of the "No to the Phobia!
We would like to respond to the incidents that occurred during the latest matches of Chikhura FC, which have damaged not just Georgian sport, but al...See More
Posted on: 31 Jul 2014
NGOs respond to the indictment of t
NGOs are responding to the indictment of the former President of Georgia by the Chief Prosecutor's Office. Launching of criminal proceedings against...See More
Posted on: 29 Jul 2014
Statement on covering Mariam Kochal
We would like to respond to speculative coverage of the high-profile murder case of Mariam Kochaladze through media, which periodically emerges outl...See More
Posted on: 22 Jul 2014
Statement of Non-Governmental Organ
2 July, 2014 During last two days, the group of non-governmental organizations has been examining the incident that took place at the Armenia...See More
Posted on: 14 Jul 2014
Joint Statement of Non-governmental
We would like to react to a fragment from the TV program "Bina -18," aired by GDS TV Studio on July 9, which contained humiliating visualization of ...See More
Posted on: 09 Jun 2014
Statement of MDF re: Pressure again
We would like to express our concern over the fact of pressure exerted against Jaba Ananidze, TV-Channel 25 journalist from the side of Medea Vasad...See More
Posted on: 06 Jun 2014
A statement of NGOs regarding the H
We, the signatory organizations, are responding to the events that developed in connection with the International Hope Festival and believe that int...See More
Posted on: 28 May 2014
A joint statement of NGOs Georgian
We express deep concern about the attack on Zurab Chiaberashvili and Nodar Ladaria that took place on May 27 and call on the authorities to investig...See More
Posted on: 12 May 2014
Statement Regarding Homophobic Asse
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, express our concern about homophobic assessments which David Darakhvelidze, the Minister of Inte...See More
Posted on: 05 May 2014
Joint Statement of the Council of R
In February 2014 the government of Georgia established the State Agency of Religious Issues. We consider that the mandate of the newly established A...See More
Posted on: 01 May 2014
Joint statement by MDF, GDI and TDI
We want to express our concern regarding a report on the arrest of an Iraqi citizen suspected of sexual offence, which was aired in the Moambe news ...See More
Posted on: 29 Apr 2014
Joint Statement about the State Age
In February 2014 the government of Georgia established the State Agency of Religious Issues. We consider that the mandate of the newly established A...See More
Posted on: 15 Apr 2014
Civil Society and Religious Organiz
We, the signatories to this statement express our dissatisfaction and criticism towards the Draft Law On The Elimination Of All forms of Discriminat...See More
Posted on: 04 Apr 2014
A statement of NGOs regarding the c
We, non-governmental organizations, express concern regarding the information disseminated by the family and lawyer of Shalva Tatukhashvili about hi...See More
Posted on: 27 Mar 2014
Revenue Service involves Court, see
The audit department of theRevenue Servicecontinues its excessive check of TV MR GE, the licensed representative ofNielsenTelevision Audience Measur...See More
Posted on: 24 Mar 2014
Joint Statement on Imedi TV’s Repor
We express our concern over a report about Georgia's Samtskhe-Javakheti Region, which was aired on Panorama program of Imedi TV company on 23 Mar...See More
Posted on: 18 Mar 2014
Revenue Service has started fining
The audit department of theRevenue Service(a legal entity of public law operating under theMinistry of Finance of Georgia)continues its inventory ch...See More
Posted on: 08 Mar 2014
Ministry of Finance should not limi
At the end of February, the audit department of theRevenue Service(a legal entity of public law operating under theMinistry of Finance of Georgia)la...See More
Posted on: 27 Jan 2014
NGOs’ joint statement on GPB
On January 23 the Parliament of Georgia voted, for the second time, to select the candidates of the Georgian Public Broadcaster's (GPB) Board of Tru...See More
Posted on: 27 Jan 2014
Statement by Georgian NGOs and Civi
We, the non-governmental organizations and the representativesof the civil society of Georgia are deeply concerned with the violence against the fre...See More
Posted on: 24 Jan 2014
Joint statement of non-governmental
Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI), Transparency International – Georgia (TI) and Media Development Foundation (MDF) express their grave concern ov...See More
Posted on: 17 Jan 2014
Joint Statement of NGOs
Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI), Transparecy International (TI), Georgian Young Lawyers` Association (GYLA), Media Development Foundation (MDF),...See More
Posted on: 27 Dec 2013
A joint statement of MDF and GDI re
December 27, 2013 Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI) express their concern regarding the Board staf...See More
Posted on: 20 Dec 2013
MDF Appeals International Organizat
20 December, 2013 We would like to express our concern regarding an incident that took place at the Borispol airport, Kiev on December 20,...See More
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013
The Joint Statement of CSOs on the
The state obligation to ensure individuals' right to adequate housing is often violated in Georgia. The state policy to solve the extreme form of po...See More
Posted on: 07 Nov 2013
A joint statement of civil society
We, signatories to his statement, once again express our negative attitude to the draft law initiated in the Parliament of Georgia which imposes adm...See More
Posted on: 04 Nov 2013
Joint Statement on Blasphemy Bill
The below signatory civil society organizations disapprove of the legal draft submitted to the Parliament that, if passed, would sanction statements...See More
Posted on: 02 Nov 2013
Civil society organizations call on
We, signatories to this statement, express our negative attitude to the legislative initiative on imposing administrative liability for insulting re...See More
Posted on: 05 Sep 2013
Joint Statement on GPB
GPB should provide main platform for political debates and overcome partisan games 5 September, 2013 Less than two months ahead the presiden...See More
Posted on: 29 Aug 2013
Rights of Muslim population grossly
On August 26, 2013, in the village of Chela of Adigeni Municipality the Customs Department of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Geor...See More
Posted on: 03 Aug 2013
MDF regarding the TV story aired by
MDF statement regarding the TV story aired by "Qronika" on August 1 Media Development Foundation, MDF expresses its concern reg...See More
Posted on: 27 Jul 2013
MDF Response to Channel 9
Media Development Foundation, MDF discussed the letter of Channel 9 in which the leadership of the channel’s news service expressed its disagreement w...See More
Posted on: 29 Jun 2013
A joint statement of NGOs regarding
NGOs make a joint statement about the events that took place yesterday in the village of Samtatskaro and call on the authorities to take effective s...See More
Posted on: 19 Jun 2013
A joint statement of NGOs
(Regarding the draft Conclusion prepared by the Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration of the Parliament of Georgia about the e...See More
Posted on: 16 Jun 2013
Joint statement of GDI and MDF abou
We would like to once again turn the public’s attention to the xenophobic statements and assessments that have assumed a dangerous scale in Georgia’...See More
Posted on: 14 Jun 2013
A joint statement of Georgian Democ
No to xenophobia (Eradicating ethnic, religious, sexist and homo/transphobic rhetoric in politics and making the Georgian po...See More
Posted on: 17 May 2013
Statement of the Media Development
Media Development Foundation, MDF once again, calls on media outlets to provide the coverage of May 17 rally against homophobia in accordance with t...See More
Posted on: 16 May 2013
Statement of the Media Development
May 17 is the International Day against Homophobia and Transophobia. The citizens of many countries across the world organize rallies protesting again...See More
Posted on: 13 May 2013
The Statement of the Media Developm
MDF addresses the recent alarming trend of media outlets reproducing the unverified information initially disseminated in social networks. The footage...See More
Posted on: 04 May 2013
MDF and ALPE Foundation joint state
May 4, 2013 We would like to express our strong protest regarding the growing number of immoral facts in social media. The video footage re...See More
Posted on: 27 Mar 2013
A Joint Statement by Media Developm
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) and Alpe Foundation express concern about a report aired on 15:00, 18:00 and 21:00 news programs of Rustav...See More
Posted on: 18 Mar 2013
A dangerous tendency in the pubic s
The Media Development Foundation, MDF is concerned about frequent instances of reporting personal information through media outlets. Especially ...See More
Posted on: 15 Mar 2013
MDF statement regarding the fact of
We believe, that public attention should be focused on the very threatening precedents observed in Georgian media resources concerning the fact...See More
Posted on: 15 Jan 2013
Media Development Foundation, MDF s
Media Development Foundation, MDF is concerned by the fact of releasing and covering in media on January 14 of video materials concerning crimina...See More
Posted on: 23 Nov 2012
Media Development Foundation, MDF S
Media Development Foundation, MDF expresses its concern over the statements regarding media, made by Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili at the press c...See More
Posted on: 03 Oct 2012
Media Development Foundation, MDF S
Media Development Foundation, MDF condemns promotion of violence in any forms by media and remarks against such media activities that may promote vi...See More
Posted on: 28 Sep 2012
Media Development Foundation, MDF S
During last days Georgian televisions are permanently airing some of the materials downloaded from new media means in the form of audio and video reco...See More
Posted on: 19 Sep 2012
Media Development Foundation, MDF S
Media Development Foundation, MDF joins Georgian society and expresses concern regarding the terrible facts revealed within the penitentiary system, r...See More
Posted on: 23 Jul 2012
Media Development Foundation, MDF S
Media Development Foundation, MDF expresses its concern for the fact of the robbery in the studio "Monitori”. We believe that the existence of the stu...See More
Posted on: 25 Apr 2012
Comments On the talk show „100 C”
On April 20, 2012 – Friday the talk show „100 C” was broadcasted on TV company Imedi. The main topic of the show was problems of teenagers, accordin...See More
Posted on: 29 Jun 2011
Media Development Foundation, MDF S
Media Development Foundation, MDF files a complaint to self-regulatory bodies of TV companies Imedi and Georgian Public Broadcasting, GPB on...See More
Posted on: 23 Oct 2010
Media Development Foundation, MDF a
Media Development Foundation expresses the worry about the incident happened at the territory of "Lilo” fair on October 21 where the members of the ...See More
Posted on: 14 Mar 2010
MDF announcement on simulated news
The so called "Special coverage” aired on the TV company "Imedi” on March 13, 2010 presenting modeled eventual Russian Federation military intervent...See More
Posted on: 14 Sep 2009
Competition for IDP youths
Media Development Foundation, MDF announces competition of essays and drawings on the theme - "Life after war”. The opportunity to participate in th...See More
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#8 (93), 1 - 31 August, 2018#7 (92), 1 - 31 July, 2018
#6 (91), 1 - 30 June, 2018#5 (90), 1 - 31 May, 2018
#4 (89), 1 - 31 April, 2018#3 (88), 1 - 31 March, 2018
#2 (87), 1-28 February, 2018 #1 (86), 1 January - 1 February, 2018
#28 (83), 1 October - 1 November, 2017#27 (82), 1 September - 7 October, 2017
#26 (81), 1-31 August, 2017#25 (80), 1-31 July, 2017
#24 (79), 1-30 June, 2017#23 (78), 1-31 May, 2017
#16 (71), 1-31 October, 2016#15 (70) 1-30 September, 2016
#14 (69) 1-30 August, 2016#13 (68) 1-31 July, 2016
#12 (67) 1-30 June, 2016#11 (66) 1-31 May 2016
#10 (50), 9-15 March#9 (49), 2-8 March
#8 (48), 23 February -2 March#7(47), 16-22 February
#6 (46), 9-15 February#5(45), 2-8 February
#4(44), 26 January - 1 February#3(43),19-25 January
#2 (42), 12-18 January#1 (41), 29 December, 2014 - 11 January, 2015
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#16, 29 July – 15 August#15, 15-28 July
#12, 24-30 June#11, 17-23 June
#8, 27 May – 2 June#7, 20-26 May
#4, 29 April -5 May#3, 16-19 April
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The report was prepared by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) as part of the project "Gender Disinformation and Inclusive Media Reporting”, with financial support from International Media Support (IMS). The views and opinions expressed in the report are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of International Media Support. The report is based on data obtained as a result of media monitoring conducted by the Media Development Foundation within the... See More
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) has been publishing the Anti-Western Propaganda report annually from 2014 to 2020. Taking into account the recent changes in the media ecosystem, the research methodology has undergone some adjustments in terms of media subjects. The following report analyzes the 2022 trends in anti-Western messages and reviews their typology and sources. Monitoring through traditional media (Television, print, and online outlets) was carried out on both media and o... See More
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) has been researching the issue of financial transparency of the Georgian media environment for years now. The following report reflects the data of 2022 and is based on the analysis of the revenues declared by media broadcasters as demanded by the law and the practice of allocating budgetary funds for advertising and dissemination of information. The data is based on the information retrieved from the State Procurement Agency, as well as additional infor... See More
The first half of 2023 was marked by further growth of anti-Western, anti-liberal, sexist, and homophobic discourse in Georgia. The main sources of sexist and homophobic hate speech over the years have been antiliberal and extreme right-wing actors, which have recently been reinforced by conservative rhetoric actively used by the authorities. The politicization of the term "gender” and the use of gender themes for political struggle is a common recent trend. In the case of Georgia, ... See More
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) launched a study on gendered disinformation in 2022 and, given the urgency of the problem, has continued to study the media ecosystem in this respect in 2023 as well. As the analysis of the collected data shows, these topics involve issues concerning the infringement on individual rights, are linked to local political processes, and also have a global dimension as they are often used to incite anti-Western sentiments. This is an interim report ... See More
In parallel to the rising populism, the manipulation of public opinion around gender and LGBTQI identity-related topics has become a challenge not only in terms of human rights but in politics as well. Harmful information, which by appealing to sensitive topics, aims at creating public confrontation, influencing its values and political systems, poses a threat to society and is often related to foreign information interventions, as well as polarization within the country. Along with the anti-l... See More
The following report reflects the 2021 practice of allocating budgetary funds for the purpose of advertising and dissemination of information in media and is based on publicly available data of the State Procurement Agency, and, in selected cases, additional information requested from public agencies. To illustrate the editorial policies of media outlets that received budgetary contracts, the study also includes individual examples of media coverage. The introductory part of the rep... See More
The aim of the research was to study media consumption habits among different age groups and geographical areas, as well as the public’s vulnerability to various disinformation and manipulative narratives disseminated in Georgia. The first part of the research concerns media literacy competencies, namely media consumption habits, the ability to identify and verify false information, while the second part deals with perceptions of disinformation in relation to 3 thematic areas (Russi... See More
The following report reflects the results of media content monitoring to analyze conflict coverage by Azerbaijani- and Armenian-language regional platforms. In addition, the report incorporates conflict-related qualitative data acquired from specific Russian- and Georgian-language Facebook accounts. The study aims to identify the degree of media’s adherence to professional standards of conflict reporting and the potential spread of disinformation and hate speech. The study applied ... See More
One year has passed since the violent actions of July 5, 2021, led against the "March of Dignity" planned within the Tbilisi Pride Week. In order to disperse the rally, violent groups held a counter-demonstration on Rustaveli Avenue, raiding the offices of civil activists organization "Shame Movement" and "Tbilisi Pride", as well as the opposition tents placed in front of the parliament. On July 6, the participants of the protest took down the flag of the European Union erected next to the flag ... See More
Following the Russian invasion in the territories of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the launch of full-scale military intervention, a number of disinformation related to the war has been disseminated in the Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian social and traditional media. As part of Facebook’s third-party fact-checking program, Myth Detector has joined Meta’s efforts aimed at reducing the spread of false information about the war. For a period of two months, fr... See More
Media literacy is a core element of information consumption in a rapidly changing media environment. In such an environment, high media literacy within the audience also generates a demand for quality journalism and helps quality media to survive and develop, as well as to remain trusted. Critical thinking and responsible media use are among the most essential elements in order to strengthen the cognitive dimension of societal resilience to stand up against disinformation and other types of a... See More
This Report is the second edition of the study launched in 2020 – Mapping Research: Comparing foreign influence in Georgia. This year’s issue - Russian and Chinese influences in Georgia - 2021 update monitors the development of foreign country influences in Georgia in 2021, especially in state institutions, NGOs, media, political parties, or the Church. This paper aims to further analyze a broad spectrum of problems already introduced in the previous report, such as campaigns and activities ... See More
The following report, aimed at identifying various forms and sources of hate speech in media and public discourse, reflects the results of media monitoring conducted in a period between 1 January and 31 December 2020. Apart from media outlets, the monitoring focused on other sources, namely, politicians, clergy, civil society organizations and individual members of the society. The introductory part of the report presents the key findings and the methodology of the study;... See More
Media literacy is a core element of information consumption in a rapidly changing media environment. In such an environment, high media literacy within the audience also generates a demand for quality journalism and helps quality media to survive and develop, as well as to remain trusted. Critical thinking and responsible media use are among the most essential elements in order to strengthen the cognitive dimension of societal resilience to stand up against disinformation and other types of ag... See More
The following report on the financial transparency of media represents data of 2020. In order to illustrate the extent to which budgetary funding influences the editorial policy of the media or to observe the types of editorial policies the concerned media outlets pursue, it also discusses some examples of media coverage. Released by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) annually, the report explores, on the one hand, declared revenues of broadcast media and, on the other, the practice of al... See More
Internews’ partner Media Development Foundation publishes the first interim report on monitoring of conflict reporting by regional minority language media in Georgia. The study adopts a specific focus on social media and digital channels of communications in the analysis. The findings presented in the study are based on the quantitative analysis of data collected from daily monitoring of some 20 local Azerbaijani- and Armenian-language media outlets as well as from conflict-related qualitative d... See More
The report is available here Author: KETI MSKHILADZE Monitors: MEDEA SULAMANIDZE, MARIAM TALAKHADZE Editor: TAMAR KINTSURASHVILI The report has been prepared by Media Development Foundation (MDF) with support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) component within the framework of the United Nations Joint Programme for Gender Equality financed by the Government of Sweden. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent thos... See More
This sixth annual report of anti-Western propaganda reflects the results of media monitoring conducted in 2020. A discourse analysis section provides an overview of anti-Western messages spread by various sources in traditional media, a structure of narratives and modification of narratives over time. A section on disinformation and manipulative content discusses the material identified not only in traditional media but also in social networks where the cases were revealed by means of a Facebo... See More
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) has prepared the present report within the framework of the research project implemented by Open Information Partnership. Think tanks from 5 countries (Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, Estonia, Czech Republic) have studied the issue of advertising the products of local companies on Kremlin propaganda websites through Google Ads. The Media Development Foundation participated in the research from Georgia. The report reflects Georgia’s findings. The report ... See More
An infodemic, as defined by the World Health Organization, is an overabundance of information, both online and offline. It includes deliberate attempts to disseminate wrong information to undermine the public health response and advance alternative agendas of groups or individuals. Mis- and disinformation can be harmful to people’s physical and mental health; increase stigmatization; threaten precious health gains; and lead to poor observance of public health measures, thus reducing their effe... See More
EUROPEAN VALUES CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY European Values Center for Security Policy is a non-governmental, non-partisan institute defending freedom and sovereignty. We protect liberal democracy, the rule of law, and the transatlantic alliance of the Czech Republic. We help defend Europe especially from the malign influences of Russia, China, and Islamic extremists. We envision a free, safe, and prosperous Czechia within a vibrant Central Europe that is an integral part of the transat... See More
This is the second survey conducted by Media Development Foundation (MDF) to study the impact of disinformation and conspiracy theories on public perceptions and to identify conspiracy theories that are most widespread among population. The survey also aimed at studying public attitudes towards selected foreign policy issues as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, including vaccination. The survey rests on the anecdotal evidence method, applying evidence collected in an informal manner an... See More
"Gender Barometer – Monitoring sexist speech during pre-election period” is implemented with support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project is implemented by Media Development Foundation (MDF) in partnership with the Union Sapari. The aim of the project is to expose sexist hate speech and gender stereotypes as well as gender-based campaigns against women politician and representatives of various public institutions. Within the framework of the project, Sapari... See More
The present report provides the results of monitoring conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) ahead of the 2020 parliamentary elections. The monitoring was carried out on the cases of anti-Western messages and hate speech voiced by electoral subjects and political parties, as well as fake news and discrediting campaigns. The monitoring covered both mainstream and social media outlets, including regional media outlets and social accounts affiliated with political stakehold... See More
This needs assessment survey was conducted within the framework of the project "Prevention of and Responding to Radicalizing Narratives in Georgia” implemented by the MDF with the assistance from Hedayah International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism. The aim of the survey was to identify problems in reporting and accessing information about terrorist acts, violent extremism and other crises as well as to draw up recommendations based on the findings. The survey envisaged t... See More
The present report on financial transparency of the media includes data from 2019. The Media Development Foundation (MDF) releases its reports on financial transparency of the media annually to explore, on the one hand, declared revenues of broadcast media and on the other, the practice of allocating budgetary funds for advertising and dissemination of information in media outlets. The introductory part of the report discusses key findings of the study and regulations; its first part revi... See More
Media Market Risk Ratings: Georgia is a new research by Global Disinformation Index (GDI) and Media Development Foundation (MDF) based on analysis of 24 Georgian-language media sites conducted between April and July 2020. The study is based on a disinformation risk scoring methodology, which the GDI has developed. Georgia is one of 10 countries that has been assessed using this methodology in 2020. Author: Tamar Kintsurashvili and Sophie Gelava - Media Development ... See More
This report reflects the results of media monitoring conducted in a period between 1 January and 31 December 2019. The objective of the study was to identify various forms and sources of hate speech in media and public discourse as well as to analyze main trends. Apart from media outlets, the monitoring also focused on other sources – politicians, clergy, civil society organizations and individual members of society. The introductory part of the report presents the key findings... See More
The Media Development Foundation in the pre-election period is conducting the monitoring of hate speech, anti-Western comments and disinformation in regional and social media. To this end, monitoring of traditional media outlets (TV, Online) and Facebook pages and groups of Adjara, Imereti, Samegrelo, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli and Kvemo Kartli regions is being conducted. Link: Election Watch - Regional media monitoring - 6-19 July _____________________ T... See More
The fifth annual report on anti-western propaganda reflects the results of media monitoring and fake news debunking in 2019. The monitoring report, which traditionally focuses on detecting anti-western messages, observing the process of their framing as well as shifting narratives over time, also identifies sources of these messages and verifies them when they contain fake information. Monitoring is conducted on media outlets as well as other sources – political class, clerics, public o... See More
Author: Jean-Paul Marthoz Editor: Mirta Lourenço Assistant: Tim Francis Cover photograph: © Aija Lehtonen / Shutterstock, Inc. Link: Terrorism and the Media - A Handbook for Journalists _____________________ Published in 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France © UNESCO 2017 ISBN 978-92-3-100199-4 ... See More
The report "Georgia’s Implementation of 20 Eastern Partnership Deliverables for 2020” is prepared in the framework of the project "Assessing Georgia’s progress in 20 EaP Deliverables for 2020”, implemented by the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), in partnership with the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia. Fourteen Georgian civil society organizations contributed to writing the... See More
This report has been produced with information provided by participating organisations within the OIP COVID-19 Working Group (CWG). Each organisation provides monitoring and analysis of evolving and emerging disinformation and misinformation regarding COVID-19. Additional insight and research have been provided by OIP partners, including Zinc Network and Bellingcat. Link: COVID 19 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS 15.04 Link: COVID 19 MONITORING AND AN... See More
This report follows a year of cooperation between civil society organizations (CSO) and think-tanks from Central Europe and the Eastern Neighborhood (EN). It is one part of the Project on Enhancing and Sharing Lessons Learnt in Resilience and Self-Protection, which evaluates the capability of civil society in Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova to use guidance from the European Values Center for Security Policy (EVC) in operational security and exposing illegitimate methods of influence. Here, we adap... See More
The Parliament’s November 14 decision to vote down the constitutional amendment on transition to fully proportional electoral system from 2020 triggered large-scale protests outside the Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue. On November 18, the Georgian government used riot police to disperse the peaceful protest rally. Protests resumed outside the Parliament building on November 25 and at dawn on November 26, police again dispersed the protesters using water cannons. From November 14 ... See More
Anecdotal evidence is evidence collected in an informal manner and relying heavily on personal experience 1 . There is a big difference between anecdotal evidence and scientific evidence. Scientific evidence is based on findings from systematic observations, measurement and experimentation and any person can independently verify or confirm it using the scientific method. Anecdotal evidence proves based on personal experience and isolated examples whether this or that development ... See More
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) releases annual reports to explore the financial media environment – sources of media financing, including the practice of allocating budgetary funds for advertising and dissemination of information in media outlets. The present report rests on the desk research, among them documents available in an electronic database of the State Procurement Agency and the National Communications Commission, also additional data requested from public agenci... See More
Since 2015, the Media Development Foundation (MDF) has been publishing annual reports on hate speech. This report reflects the results of media monitoring and the data obtained through focus groups that were conducted between 1 January and 31 December 2018. The objective of the study was to reveal various forms of hate speech and sources of hate speech in media and public discourse as well as to analyze main trends. Apart from media outlets, the monitoring also focused on other sour... See More
The appearance of Russian State Duma MP from the Communist Party, Sergei Gavrilov in the Georgian Parliament Speaker’s seat during the session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) on June 20, 2019 sparked protest among the parliamentary opposition and Georgian citizens, who started gathering outside the Parliament building. The anti-occupation rally dubbed "It’s a Shame!” has acquired a permanent nature after police violently dispersed the protesters on the first day of protest... See More
Media Development Foundation, MDF, has been studying anti-Western propaganda issues in Georgian media since 2014. This report is the analysis of the results of a-year-long monitoring conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) throughout 2018. The monitoring is aimed at studying the typology of anti-Western messages, fake news and their sources in the Georgian media. The subjects of monitoring were media outlets as well as other sources – politicians, clergy, civil organizations and repr... See More
The aim of this research is to examine the actions of the Russian soft power in Georgia and the information about the actors involved in this process. The research was carried out using open sources and is mainly based on studying the website of the Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russian World Foundation, Фонд «Русский мир») which was created by the decree of the president of the Russian Federation, as well as open source information about the organizations mentioned in the list of partners of R... See More
Public protest in Georgia’s mountainous Pankisi gorge over construction of Khadori 3 hydroelectric power plant grew into clashes between locals and the riot police on April 21. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets against the protesters, while locals threw stones at them. Several dozen people, including police officers and locals sustained injuries. Police cars were damaged and the construction machinery burned down. Several trolls1 have emerged on Facebook, acting online without revealing a... See More
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A troll is a person who acts online without revealing a true identity in order to obstruct healthy discussions between users on various websites, forums and social networks. Concealing a true identity is the main and most important characteristic of a troll. Trolls create fake online profiles, providing either no information about themselves, or false information, involving fake photos, contact information, information about education or workplace, hobbies and interests. The present report aims... See More
The aim of the study was to identify the level of awareness of Euro-Atlantic integration issues among citizens of the regions densely populated by ethnic minorities. Towards this end, main sources of information in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions were identified and messages of these media sources, fomenting anti-Western sentiments were studied. The study also analyzed the compliance of Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) with its legal obligation to inform ethnic minoriti... See More
The Media Development Foundation (MDF) conducted a monitoring to identify a campaign as well as the sources of this campaign launched in social networks against TBC Bank. Amid an ongoing investigation into the TBC Bank case, the posts discrediting Mamuka Khazaradze, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TBC Bank, started to appear on Facebook with the process being carried out in three waves. Note: After the publication of the report the troll identified by MDF as "Avtandil Keresel... See More
The present report provides the results of monitoring conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) ahead of the 2018 presidential elections. The monitoring was carried out on the cases of hate speech and discrimination on various grounds expressed by electoral subjects and political parties, as well as hate speech used against presidential candidates and political parties. The report involves only the cases of discrimination on ethnic, religious, racial and gender grounds, as well as the ... See More
The report explores Russia’s corporate presence and influence in the media sectors of five Black Sea countries (Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia) by providing deeper understanding of the links between media ownership and anti-Western propaganda and disinformation. Corruption networks and soft media power have allowed Russia to benefit from inherent governance deficits in these Black Sea countries to infiltrate businesses, and to shape political narratives and environments in the ... See More
In partnership with the United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG) and with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Media Development Foundation (MDF) participates in the implementation of the Promoting Integration, Tolerance and Awareness (PITA) Program. Within the framework of the program, Media Development Foundation (MDF) conducts media monitoring with the aim to reveal hate speech and its sources in media and public discourse. ... See More
This report is the analysis of the results of a-year-long monitoring conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) throughout 2017. The monitoring aimed at studying the typology of anti-Western messages and fake news in the Georgian media. The subjects of monitoring were media outlets as well as other sources – politicians, clergy, civil organizations and representatives of society. The MDF conducted similar studies in 2016 and 2014-2015 too. The study has been carried out in partnershi... See More
The intent behind the present study is to explore the financial revenues of media organizations as well as to probe the practice of allocating public funds for advertisement and dissemination of information in media outlets. The study mainly rests on the analysis of documents which included documentation accessible in the electronic database of state procurement agency and the National Communications Commission, also additional data requested from public entities and information available in the... See More
This survey was commissioned by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) to the Georgian Institutional Development Center (GIDC) within the framework of the project "Research on Needs and Information Sources of Muslim Youth Community.” The project is supported by Hedayah - International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism. The survey was conducted among youth aged between 16 and 29 in Kvemo Kartli, Upper Adjara and the Pankisi Gorge. It was carried out in April-May 2017 and cov... See More
The report reflects the media monitoring findings conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF). The goal of the media monitoring was to study the factors conducive to radicalization of Muslim youth and explore the role of media in this process. The target of media monitoring was the Georgian, Russian, Azerbaijani and Turkish media named by the young Muslims as the information sources during the survey commissioned by MDF. The report highlights the methodolog... See More
The present report provides the results of focus groups conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) in September 2017. The study aimed at analyzing the attitudes of Muslim youth towards media coverage of Muslim issues. Media content for the study was selected from the results of Georgian and Russian media monitoring conducted by the MDF in a period between June 15, 2017 and September 15, 2017. Archival materials were also used in some cases. Professional standards of media coverage a... See More
The intent behind the present study is to explore the financial revenues of media organizations as well as to probe the practice of allocating public funds for advertisement and dissemination of information in media outlets. The report is based on desk research of official information received from public institutions upon request, on accessible electronic data available at the web-portal of Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) and State Procurement Agency's database, as well a... See More
The present report provides the results of media monitoring carried out by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) and seven Youth Centers of the UN Association’s PITA program ahead of the October 2017 municipal elections. The monitoring was carried out on the cases of hate speech, xenophobic expressions and anti-Western statements disseminated by political subjects and media outlets. Considering the peculiarities of municipal elections, besides national televisions, newspapers and online... See More
The leader of movement Nationals (Erovnulebi) announced the Georgian March on the Aghmashenebeli Avenue on 14 July, to voice their protest against illegal foreigners. Under illegal foreigners, the organizers of the march meant representatives of concrete nationalities – Iranians, Arabs, Africans and others and called on them to leave the territory of Georgia. Organizers of the march also demanded the toughening of immigration law. They tried to mobilize public via social media. The Media De... See More
Современные технологии существенно расширили доступ к информации и возможности распространения информации, вследствие чего медиа-среда стала более плюралистической. Однако возможности социальной медиа часто используются с целью дезинформации и пропаганды, что вводит в заблуждение пользователей медиа. Настоящий Путеводитель был подготовлен Фондом развития медиа в рамках Программы медиа-грамотности, в формате «Детектора мифов», на основании опыта перепроверки ложной информации. Целью публикации... See More
Kremlin Influence Index is a quantitative tool, designed by the group of think tanks from Eastern and Central Europe to measure the ability of the government of Russian Federation to influence on information space of other countries to achieve its goals. This Report contains the results of pilot measurement of the Index in Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary and Czech Republic. Dedicated to experts on psychological security, public officials, media experts, journalists, stratcom units and other s... See More
This study presents the analysis of media monitoring carried out by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) during 2016. It reviews anti-Western messages and disinformation disseminated by Georgian media outlets and other sources – politicians, clergy, civil organizations and representatives of society. The MDF conducted a similar study in 2014-2015. The study has been carried out in partnership with UN Association of Georgia within the framework of USAID’s Promoting Integration, ... See More
The intent behind the present study is to explore the financial revenues of media organizations as well as to probe the practice of allocating public funds for advertisement and dissamination of information in media outlets. The report is based on desk research of official information received from public institutions upon request, on accessible electronic data available at the web-portal of Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) and State Procurement Agency's database, as we... See More
This monitoring report reflects the practice of responding by the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) and courts to violations of the legislative requirements for the coverage of public opinion polls in the period preceding the 2016 parliamentary elections. The monitoring rests on the analysis of documents which include materials requested from the GNCC and the pre-election media monitoring reports of Media Development Foundation (MDF) which, inter alia, analyses the co... See More
Media Development Foundation (MDF) is conducting a pre-election media monitoring from April 1 to October 15, 2016. The monitoring is carried out with the financial support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Georgia within the frame of the project Transparent and Accountable Media for Enhancing Democratic Practices during Elections. The aim of the project is to study how political subjects are represented in qualitative and quantitative terms in primetime news programs of TV c... See More
In partnership with the United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG) and with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Media Development Foundation (MDF) participates in implementing the Promoting Integration, Tolerance and Awareness (PITA) Program. Within the framework of the program, Media Development Foundation (MDF) implements a media component, which involves monitoring of hate speech in media and public space and reacting on possible ... See More
Media Development Foundation (MDF) is conducting a pre-election media monitoring from April 1 to October 15, 2016. The monitoring is carried out with the financial support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Georgia within the frame of the project Transparent and Accountable Media for Enhancing Democratic Practices during Elections. The methodology for MDF’s monitoring was developed by Dominique Thierry, consultant of Free Press Unlimited (FPU) . The report was re... See More
Interference with Journalists’ professional duties is punishable under the article 154 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, namely: "1. Unlawful interference with the journalists' professional activities, i.e. coercing a journalist into disseminating or not disseminating information, - shall be punished by a fine or community service from 120 to 140 or with corrective labour for up to two years. 2. The same act committed using threat of violence or official position, - shall be punish... See More
With the support of the National Endowment for Democracy, NED, the Media Development Foundation (MDF) publishes periodic reports on media freedom in Georgia. This report overviews pre-election media environment for the period of 2016. Reports rest on the analysis of documents, official information requested from public entities and media reports. This report consists of six chapters covering the following topics: the first chapter overviews legislative amendments proposed in 2016; the... See More
Media Development Foundation (MDF) is conducting a pre-election media monitoring from April 1 to October 31, 2016. The monitoring is carried out with the financial support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Georgia within the frame of the project Transparent and Accountable Media for Enhancing Democratic Practices during Elections. The aim of the project is to study how political subjects are represented in qualitative and quantitative terms in primetime news programs ... See More
The aim of this survey is to study, ahead of the elections, the needs of political parties and other actors in the efficient use of media as a tool of communication with electorate in the electoral process. Surveying attitudes of election subjects towards media, identifying their attitudes and needs and drawing up recommendations on the basis of the results of the survey will contribute to improved access to media for political subjects and ultimately, informed choice of voters. Publica... See More
The goal of the present research is to study the practice and procedures of allocation of public funds to media outlets for the purpose of advertising and information support. The research also involves the findings of media monitoring aimed to demonstrate what type of information is financed from the budget and whether budgetary funds have an influence on media content; how much the standards set by advertising legislation, code of conduct and professional ethics are observed. The research also... See More
On 6 September 2013, the Government of Georgia approved the Communication and Information Strategy of the Government of Georgia in the sphere of EU Integration for the period of 2014-2017. To ensure the implementation of activities specified in the strategy, the action plan is devised and adopted every year. This report aims to assess the communication strategy on EU integration issues, the implementation of objectives defined in the strategy, and the action plans, taking into account the int... See More
The survey report presents findings of the questionnaire survey among the youth in 13 cities of Georgia The survey has revealed that Georgia’s integration into the European Union is supported by 79% of youth that is much higher than the indicators of the NDI countrywide survey (61%). The report is divided into three section covering 1) socio-demographic component; 2) sources of information; 3) attitudes of youth towards and awareness of the process of European integration. The last se... See More
The report exposes the incidence of hate speech and xenophobia on Georgian media and public domain The analysis is articulated in different sections covering discrimination based on ethnic, national, sexual orientation and religious grounds, along with paragraphs devoted to the specific phenomena of Turkophobia, Islamophobia, and Armenophobia. The monitoring covers six newspapers, main news programs and talk shows of five TV channels, prime-time talk shows and six news and information web... See More
The report exposes the incidence of Homophobia and gender identity Stereotypes on Georgian media and public domain Publication Date: June 2015 Publisher: Media Development Foundation Research and Editorial Team: Tamar Khorbaladze, Tamar Kintsurashvili, Sopho Gogadze, TaTa Kapianidze, Tamuna Kandelaki Link: Homophobia and gender identity. Media Monitoring Report 2014-2015 ... See More
This report by Media Development Foundation Georgia focuses on anti-Western rhetoric in the country and the role of media sustaining this phenomenonThe experience in monitoring hate speech in Georgian media led to this report, focusing instead on anti-Western rhetoric, often applied in xenophobic and homophobic contexts. Such expressions are directed against open society and, as monitoring results show, they are also loaded with political connotations. It is precisely the politically active... See More
Link: Women’s Needs and GenderSensitivity of Election Programs of Political Manifestos, 2015 ... See More
The aim of the project, "Women of the Past – Example for the Future,” is to better inform society about female public figures of various epochs and based on historical examples, to promote the gender equality and highlight a special role of media in this process. In this regard, the Georgian media of the 19th and 20th centuries represent a valuable source of information. It provides the society with the opportunity to learn how the Georgian press covered activities of women and what women t... See More
link: Monitoring Hate Speech and Discrimination in Georgian Media, 2013 ... See More
Regulations
Code of Conduct for Broadcasters,Georgian National Communications CommissionGeorgian Public Broadcaster's Code of ConductGeorgian National Communications Commission
Media.ge – online resource on Georgian media
Article 19
Media Diversity Institute
International Center for
Journalists, ICFJ
Reporters without Borders, RSF
Center for International Media Ethics
OSCE Representativeon Freedom of Media
United States Agency for International Development in
Georgia, USAID
Open
Society Georgia Foundation, OSGF
Eurasia Partnership
Foundation