Interior Ministry’s crisis management, human rights efforts, reforms introduced to donors
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The Georgian Interior Ministry’s ongoing and planned reforms were introduced on Thursday at a conference for its international donor organisations in Tbilisi, where diplomatic representations heard from the body’s efforts ranging from crisis management to human rights protection.
Representatives of the European Union Delegation to Georgia, the United States Embassy and other diplomatic offices were hosted in the annual event, where Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze thanked the partners for their “fruitful cooperation” with his office.
Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Agata Nieboj, the Team Leader of Human Rights, Justice and Home Affairs of the EU Delegation to Georgia, delivered opening remarks at the event.
The audience later heard about the Ministry’s work in crisis management, human rights protection, prevention and fight against organised crime and migration management, the Ministry said.
The conference was supported by the EU funded project of Support to the Public Administration Reform in Georgia.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday extended his gratitude to Georgia’s international partners for their support in institutional buildup of the country’s agencies and vowed to continue “active cooperation” in the process.
Ongoing reforms at Georgia’s Interior Ministry and projects in its 2023 plans were discussed on Friday in a meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and his deputies.
The work accomplished in the joint human rights projects involving the Georgian Government on the one hand and the United Nations Development Programme, UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Union was discussed on Friday by Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and officials from UNDP, OHCHR and EU.
Challenges in human rights protection by Georgian institutions were discussed between the Interior Ministry and the Office of the Public Defender on Friday, the Ministry announced.
The fruitful cooperation between the Georgian and German law enforcement, as well as prospects of future relations, was discussed on Wednesday by Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and his German counterpart Nancy Faeser. Gomelauri thanked the German side for its “continuous support” for developing the Georgian Interior Ministry’s capabilities.