Deputy Minister of Justice, Tornike Cheishvili presented today the draft law developed by the Ministry of Justice to the Regional Policy and Self-Government Committee of the Parliament.

The legislative initiative envisions the creation of a national geoportal, which will be the official web portal of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). It reflects relevant spatial data owned by public institutions or, in certain cases, natural and/or private legal entities. Spatial data will be easily exchangeable and accessible at central, regional and local levels.

The creation of NSDI will contribute to the regulation of transport, tourism, environmental issues; management, planning and efficient operation of agriculture, defense, infrastructure projects, emergency situations, communication systems, land, government and utility services; attracting investments and increasing economic activity.

In addition, one of the goals of the draft law is to facilitate the integration of the national spatial data infrastructure into the unified spatial information infrastructure of the EU countries (INSPIRE).

At the meeting, the Minister of Justice of Georgia discussed future initiatives for the promotion of legal migration with the special representative of the German government on migration issues, which aims, on the one hand, to protect the rights of legal migrants from Georgia to Germany, and on the other hand, to reduce the number of illegal migrants.

Rati Bregadze noted that during the process of European integration, Georgia's policy in the field of migration has developed significantly, and close cooperation with EU member states, including Germany, played a special role in this regard. The Minister expressed hope that further cooperation between Germany and Georgia in this direction will be equally successful.

The meeting between Rati Bregadze and Joachim Stamp is a continuation of the existing close sectoral cooperation between Georgia and Germany, this time in the direction of migration management.

Cooperation with Germany on other issues within the competence of the Ministry of Justice became particularly intense since 2022, when the Georgia-Germany cooperation program in the field of justice for 2022-2025 was signed between the parties.

First Deputy Minister, Tamar Tkeshelashvili, Deputy Minister, Beka Dzamashvili and Ambassador of Georgia to Germany, Levan Izoria attended the meeting.

One of the agency's priorities is increasing access to legislation and promoting legal awareness. For this purpose, the LLP Legislative Herald of Georgia ensures the placement and accessibility of the legislation translated into the languages of ethnic minorities on the website for all interested persons.

Dozens of legal acts translated into Abkhazian, Ossetian, Azerbaijani and Armenian languages are already presented on the online platform of the Legislative Herald.

The Training Center of Justice offers a training course on Georgian law to ethnic minorities, within the framework of which the population will learn the basics of Georgian law and legal terminology along with the Georgian language for free.

Deputy Minister of Justice, Tornike Cheishvili, Chairperson of the Legislative Herald, Natia Chirikashvili and Director of the Training Center of Justice, Vakhtang Zhvania chaired the meeting held at the Marneuli Public Service Hall. They also received information about other needs from the meeting participants.

Taking into account the indicated information, the Ministry of Justice will offer various projects and services to ethnic minorities in the future.

The minister thanked the social workers for their work for public safety and awarded the successful employees.

Social workers in the field of crime prevention and probation, penitentiary and enforcement systems are engaged in complex and responsible activities.

They are actively involved in rehabilitation and re-socialization programs and events, in the process of rehabilitation and re-socialization of convicts, persons on diversion programs, probationers and ex-prisoners, in the direction of positive change of their behavior and reintegration into society; In working with the beneficiaries of the Juvenile Referral Center. With the involvement of social workers in the enforcement process, the voluntary execution of decisions and the settlement of disputes by agreement are facilitated.

Professional Day of Social Workers is celebrated worldwide and aims to raise awareness about social services for the welfare of society, social justice and protection of human rights.

The UN Women's Organization presented a gift to the winner of the competition, and other participants were awarded with certificates and symbolic gifts.

The competition of artistic works was held in the framework of the campaign against gender violence in close cooperation with the Department of Legal Cooperation of International Relations of the Ministry of Justice, the Training Center of Justice and the United Nations Women's Organization.

A competition was held with the aim of raising public awareness of domestic violence against women. 20 competition works were selected for the exhibition.

The First Deputy Minister of Justice addressed the participants. Tamar Tkeshelashvili spoke to the participants of the competition about the importance of gender equality and focused on the involvement of young people in the process.

"The Ministry of Justice is one of the exemplary agencies where the number of employed women exceeds the number of men, especially in managerial positions. We do everything to ensure that the rights of our female employees are protected both within the family and within the system, and in society as a whole. On this long and challenging road, we held many informational and consulting meetings with target groups, and public awareness raising activities," said Tamar Tkeshelashvili.

The UN Women's Organization presented a gift to the winner of the competition, and other participants were awarded with certificates and symbolic gifts.

The competition of artistic works was held in the framework of the campaign against gender violence in close cooperation with the Department of Legal Cooperation of International Relations of the Ministry of Justice, the Training Center of Justice and the United Nations Women's Organization.

The United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, James Cleverley visited today the Digital Governance Agency as part of his official visit to Georgia. On the spot, the high-ranking guest got acquainted with the specifics of the computer incident assistance team's activities and information technology infrastructure monitoring systems.

At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, Erekle Gvinianidze, and the Chairperson of the Digital Governance Agency, David Nadirashvili thanked the guest for the support provided through the UK-Georgia Cyber Security Partnership Program.

Within the framework of the program, Georgia receives support from Britain for the implementation of the national cyber security strategy, the development of an interagency framework for sharing information, the development of public-private cooperation, and the raising of public awareness of cyber threats.

The meeting was also attended by Ambassador of Georgia to the United Kingdom, Sofia Katsarava, Chief of Staff of the National Security Council, Givi Tumanishvili and his deputy, Giorgi Ghibradze.

In order to inform the public, the Ministry of Justice clarifies that on November 29, 2022, the Ministry offered the convicted Saakashvili the opportunity to involve foreign doctors in the treatment process. The offer implies that the Special Penitentiary Service will not be against a foreign doctor invited directly by the convicted person or his family, who meets the conditions defined by the Georgian legislation, to participate in his treatment at the Vivamed clinic in Tbilisi, where the convicted Saakashvili is currently staying.

The title of the project is - Promoting the Integration of Harm Reduction Approaches into Penitentiary Institutions and Probation Programs.

The project envisions introduction and development of cooperation between the non-governmental organization Harm Reduction Network of Georgia and the re-socialization and rehabilitation and medical departments of the penitentiary service.

Awareness of drug offenders and probationers in penitentiary institutions will increase in terms of integration into harm reduction services, timely diagnosis and treatment services for communicable and non-communicable diseases. The implementation of the project is important for solving problems such as: prevention/avoidance of drug use and associated diseases, treatment-rehabilitation, reduction/avoidance of the spread of other diseases associated with injecting drugs and overdose; Improving health status and increasing knowledge in this direction.

The Ministry of Justice annually announces grant competitions for strengthening civil involvement in the agency's activities. Last year, the agency funded best 17 projects. Representatives of the Ministry of Justice regularly monitor and support the progress of the funded projects.