Norway offers €3.75 mln for Council of Europe’s new Action Plan for Georgia 2020-2023

Norway has pledged a multi-annual contribution of approximately €3.75 million to the Council of Europe’s new Action Plan for Georgia 2020-2023, announces the Council of Europe Office in Georgia.

The Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2020-2023 aims to bring Georgia’s legislation, institutions and practice further in line with European standards in the areas of human rights, rule of law and democracy. 

The action plan is intended to support the country’s efforts to honour its obligations as a Council of Europe member state.

Under this action plan, the Council of Europe and the Georgian authorities have agreed to:

• Implement reforms aiming to enhance the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case-law at national level
• Align national legislation and practice of anti-discrimination with European standards
• Promote gender equality
• Enhance the independence and accountability of the judicial system
• Improve the electoral legislation and practice
• Reform the penitentiary system
• Enhance information security
• Advance the compliance of national practices with European standards in the field of media and internet
• Improve the quality of local democracy
• Enhance the protection of economic and social rights
• Develop capacity of law enforcement and other agencies to respond to juvenile crimes, further develop youth policies
• Effectively prevent and counter trafficking in human beings, facilitate transition of young legal professions to work
• Facilitate civil society participation in decision making at all levels
• Increase dialogue and confidence building between divided communities.

The full action plan is available here.