More than 450 non-governmental organizations have been listed in the register under the law On Transparency of Foreign Influence, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said at a briefing.
"More than 450 non-governmental organizations have applied to the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, that is, a significant part of organizations working with foreign funding," Kobakhidze noted.
The prime minister also stressed that "the registration process of non-governmental organizations took place amidst active pressure and blackmail." According to him, "organizations formed independent from government are threatened and blackmailed by both non-governmental organizations and individual foreign donor agencies."
Kobakhidze also announced the decision "to establish a grant program for Georgian non-governmental organizations, which will be fully funded from the Georgian state budget with the money of Georgian taxpayers." As the head of the Georgian government emphasized, the institutional and financial basis for the fund will be prepared in the next two months, and the first grant projects will be funded from January 1, 2025.
The Georgian legislature passed a bill On Transparency of Foreign Influence, also known as the foreign agent bill, in the third reading on May 14.
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