PM hails Georgia's “leading positions” on International Anti-Corruption Day
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday reacted to International Anti-Corruption Day. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday marked International Anti-Corruption Day by highlighting Georgia’s “leading positions” in global anti-corruption rankings for efforts in combating the problem.
Naming corruption as a “major challenge for democracy, economic development and public stability”, the head of the Government stressed Georgian Dream authorities had made “great efforts” to combat the crime since taking office in 2012.
We have reformed the anti-corruption legislation [and] ensured the openness of the Government and public involvement in the [related] process”, Garibashvili said, praising “impressive results” achieved as a result of the efforts.
Georgia is still the leader in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and is ahead of many European Union and NATO member states”, Garibashvili said in reference to international anti-corruption indexes, noting “our foreign friends, high-ranking political figures also highly appreciate our progress”.
The PM highlighted that “unrelenting fight against corruption, strengthening of accountable and open governance remains our priority”.
Georgia ranked 45th among 180 countries and territories worldwide, and above all Eastern European and Central Asian states in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, published in January, while the Swiss risk management company Global Risk Profile ranked it 41st among 196 countries - ahead of nine EU and NATO member states - in its index last year.
Revaz Javelidze, the head of the Georgian government administration, on Tuesday briefed an international, high-level anti-corruption conference in the Hague over the “effective steps” being taken by his country’s authorities in combating corruption.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 45th among 180 countries and territories worldwide, and above all Eastern European and Central Asian states.
Over the past two years, Georgia has implemented two more recommendations issued by the Council of Europe anti-corruption body GRECO in 2016 on the prevention of corruption amongst MPs, judges and prosecutors, said GRECO in a new compliance report published today.
Swiss risk management company Global Risk Profile (GRP) has released the Global Corruption Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 41st, following 50th place last year, among 196 countries, and ahead of nine EU and NATO member states. On the index, which measures corruption risk levels in the countries, Georgia received a score of 33.26 on a 0-100 scale, while the risk of corruption in the country was evaluated as ‘low’.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his country had ranked ahead of 11 European Union and 13 NATO member states in the recently published World Bank’s Control of Corruption Index.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his Government expected an investment of $400-500 million in two of the country’s three major airports, located in capital Tbilisi and the western city of Batumi.
Georgia’s Deputy Finance Minister Mikheil Dundua on Tuesday highlighted the country’s selection in the 41st spot among 180 countries and territories in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index report for 2022.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday reviewed his Government's cooperation with the United States-based National Endowment for Democracy foundation and Georgia’s “strategic partnership” with the US in a meeting with NED Chair Kenneth Wollack.
Georgia has been ranked 41st among 180 countries and territories worldwide for the first time since the start of the Index and has been a leader in the Eastern European and Central Asian states in the 2022 Corruption Perception Index, Mikheil Dundua, Georgian Deputy Finance Minister said on Friday.
Georgia has maintained its position as a regional leader and was ranked ahead of six European Union member states in the latest edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International this week.