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OSCE Mission and USAID to help Georgia update its civil registry system
TBILISI 17 October 2005
TBILISI, 17 October 2005 - The OSCE Mission to Georgia and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are to help Georgia establish a modernized civil registry system, which will store data on registered births, deaths and other matters of civil status, as well as passport and identity information.
The first phase of the reform will include a needs assessment, digitization and redesign of the existing archives and refurbishment of civil registry offices.
"We welcome the efforts of the Georgian Government to establish an up-to-date civil registry system," said Ambassador Roy Reeve, the Head of the OSCE Mission, after signing an agreement with the Ministry of Justice. "It will have a positive effect on many spheres of public life and is essential for the ongoing fundamental reform in the country."
U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John Tefft, expressed his Government's support for civil registry reform.
Over 1.5 million USD was donated to the reform efforts by USAID, with additional funding coming from the governments of Austria, Finland, France, Norway and Turkey.
The OSCE Mission supports civil service development in Georgia and has recently organized a series of training sessions for the newly-recruited Ministry of Justice staff working on the civil status acts throughout the country.
The first phase of the reform will include a needs assessment, digitization and redesign of the existing archives and refurbishment of civil registry offices.
"We welcome the efforts of the Georgian Government to establish an up-to-date civil registry system," said Ambassador Roy Reeve, the Head of the OSCE Mission, after signing an agreement with the Ministry of Justice. "It will have a positive effect on many spheres of public life and is essential for the ongoing fundamental reform in the country."
U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John Tefft, expressed his Government's support for civil registry reform.
Over 1.5 million USD was donated to the reform efforts by USAID, with additional funding coming from the governments of Austria, Finland, France, Norway and Turkey.
The OSCE Mission supports civil service development in Georgia and has recently organized a series of training sessions for the newly-recruited Ministry of Justice staff working on the civil status acts throughout the country.