Anti-corruption watchdog ranks Georgia among best in region
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Georgia has cemented its position as one of anti-corruption leaders among Eastern European and Central Asian countries, according to Transparency International’s (TI) recently-published 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
Georgia ranks 46th out of 180 countries, ahead of Eastern Partnership nations such as Armenia (107th) and Azerbaijan (122nd), with a score of 56 out of 100 - a one-point drop from 2016.
The index, which ranks countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is corruption-free.
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— Transparency Int'l (@anticorruption) February 21, 2018
Despite the change, those behind the survey said according to the CPI methodology, only an increase or decrease of the CPI score by four points or more indicated a significant change in the perceived level of corruption in a country.
This means that over the past several years, experts’ perception of public sector corruption in Georgia has not deteriorated. In fact, the latest results showed the perceived level of corruption in the country had seen an overall improvement in past several years:
- In 2013 the country had CPI score of 49,
- In 2014-2015 – 52,
- In 2016 – 57.
The Government of Georgia has adopted an 2017-2018 anti-corruption strategy which is focused on prevention and higher level transparency in state institutions.
Georgia’s ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) improved by four spots in 2016, with the country now ranked in 44th place out of 176 countries.
A new report by the Council of Europe has acknowledged considerable progress in reducing corruption in Georgia and improving the country’s standing in related international ratings.
World leading anti-corruption, non-profit organisation Transparency International (TI) is praising Georgia for carrying out reforms and reducing the level of corruption in its military sector.
Georgia was elected president of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in Vienna, Austria yesterday.
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has published a new report on how Georgia has complied with GRECO’s 16 recommendations on preventing corruption among MPs, judges and prosecutors provided to the Georgian authorities back in January 2017.
A working group of the Georgian Anti-Corruption Council discussed its upcoming plans for 2019-2020 at the Georgian Justice Ministry today. Old strategy documents, surveys by NGOs and international organisations and current risks were used to identify priorities of the anti-corruption policy.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, with Georgia ranking 44th among 180 countries and territories across the world, standing on top of all Eastern European and Central Asian countries.In the index, which measures sector corruption according to experts and business people, Georgia has received 56 scores of total 100.
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has published its annual report for 2019 earlier today on how CoE member states (as well as Belarus, Kazakhstan and the US) are preventing corruption among MPs, judges and prosecutors.
The United Nations places Georgia in 58tg place amongst 166 countries for sustainable development goals (SDG) in its Sustainable Development Report 2020.