Commission for Anti-Corruption Bureau chief selection reviews applications
Its formation was proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party last year, as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status. Photo: Government Administration
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The commission tasked with selecting the head of the recently set up Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday reviewed applications of citizens submitting their candidacies for the position.
Members of the commission, led by Chair Revaz Javelidze, the Head of Georgian Government Administration, reviewed the compliance of the applicants' documentation with relevant regulations, the Government Administration said.
The panel received submissions from 38 candidates responding to the open call for the position of the Bureau, which will be designated to promote combating corruption, supervise the implementation of the Government's general policy and national strategy against it, and coordinate activities of relevant bodies, organisations and officials.
Its formation was proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party last year, as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
The Georgian Government on Wednesday published the list of qualifications for those interested in applying for the position of the Chair of the recently established Anti-Corruption Bureau, an institution formed as part of efforts to fulfil European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Revaz Javelidze, the Head of Georgian Government Administration, was on Thursday elected as Chair of the commission tasked with selecting the head of the recently set up Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday signed a decree opening the call for the position of the Chief of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a newly created office the Government has initiated as part of efforts to fulfil the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
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.