Activity Report 2014 of Public Defender of Georgia
General Case Management Program improved:
- Increase in effective coordination
- Increase in improved quality of case management and flexibility of document-circulation
- Training of representatives of both central and regional PDO offices
General information databases maintained at the Public Defender’s Office developed and systematized:
- General database of recommendations/proposals and responses in 2014
- General database on memorandums signed by Public Defender
- General database on participation of the Public Defender in constitutional legal proceedings
- Creation of personal information database filing system ongoing
Strengthening of human resources of Public Defender’s Office:
- Increase in staff number (from 74 to 91 units)
- Increase in number of employed staff (from 68 to 86 units)
- 4 out of 28 interns employed
- number of staff employed in projects -14
- total number of employees – 105
Establishment of the Analytical Department at Public Defender’s Office
- Analytical Department established on April 1, 2014
- Staffing of the Analytical Department with relevant human resources (head of the department, two chief specialists and a legal exert)
Establishment of the Department of Equality at Public Defender’s Office
- On May 2, 2014 the Parliament adopted the Law of Georgia On Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
- On August 22, 2014 establishment of the Department of Equality at the Public Defender
- Recruitment of head of the department and specialists in November, 2014
- Department provided with financial/technical resources
