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IDFI’s Activities Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Soviet Occupation

A century has passed since 25 February 1921 when the Russian 11th Army invaded the Democratic Republic of Georgia. 100 years ago, the occupation of Georgia w...

01 March 2021

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Online Discussion on the Issues Related to the First Mass Grave of the Victims of the Soviet Regime in Adjara

On 22 December, online discussion regarding issues related to the first mass grave of the victims of the Soviet regime in Adjara, organized by the Ins...

23 December 2020

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IDFI Calls for the Prime Minister of Georgia to Increase the Subsidy for the Repressed Individuals in the 2021 State Budget

In the nearest future, the 10th Parliament of Georgia will vote for the Legislative Proposal on the 2021 Budget of Georgia. The increase of the 7 ...

15 December 2020

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20 October 2020

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12 October 2020

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The Presentation of Beniamin (Benia) Chkhikvishvili’s Memorial Album

  On 1 September, IDFI, in collaboration with the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, held the presentation of Beniamin (Benia) Chkhikvishvili&...

01 September 2020

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22 July is the Commemoration Day of the Victims of Repressions

The Commemoration Day of the Victims of Repressions, 22 July was established by the decree of the President of Georgia in 2002. On the same day in 1937, a gr...

22 July 2020

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Online Regional Meeting of the Memory Studies Platform - The Sites of Conscience was Held

The Head of Archives, Soviet and Memory Studies Direction at the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), Anton Vacharadze participated ...

18 May 2020

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IDFI became member of the international platform – the Sites of Conscience

  Founded in 1999, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (“the Coalition”) is the only worldwide network of Sites o...

24 April 2020

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Openness of State Archives and Memory Studies - Conference Theses

  On 5-6 December 2019, with the financial support of the Open Society Institute – Budapest Foundation, the Institute for Development of Freedom o...

15 April 2020

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IDFI Partner Discusses Open Archives in Belarus

On February 4, 2019, a briefingand discussion for journalists was held at the Belarusian Documentation Centre at which the openness of state archives and the...

20 February 2020

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Educational Week dedicated to the Soviet occupation

  On 25 February 2020, Georgia marked 99 years after the occupation of Georgian by the Bolshevik Red Army. Within the frame of the project “Enha...

20 February 2020

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The Conference - Nationalist Historiography in Post-Communist South Caucasus

  On 15-16 February 2020, the head of the Archives, Soviet and Memory Studies direction at the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI...

17 February 2020

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2nd International Conference – Openness of State Archives and Memory Studies

  On December5-6, The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) organized the 2nd international conference - Openness of St...

06 December 2019

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Presentation of the Memorial Album of Nikoloz (Karlo) Chkheidze

  On November 25, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) in collaboration with the National Library of Georgia held the presen...

25 November 2019

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Meeting with the Director of the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS)

  On 20 November, the Director of the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS), Rafal Rogulski and the representatives from Hungary, Germany ...

20 November 2019

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Tbilisi City Court Fully Granted the Appeal of IDFI against the National Archives of Georgia

  In the decision of April 4, 2019, the Tbilisi City Court fully granted the appeal of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) ag...

01 July 2019

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IDFI Opened Memorial Plates in Kaspi Municipality

  IDFI in cooperation with the Kaspi Municipality opened  memorial plates in honor of theMembers of the National Councils and the Constituent Assem...

31 May 2019

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IDFI's Informational Meeting with the Pupils of Kaspi Public School

  IDFI held an informational meeting with the pupils of Kaspi Municipality Public School. Head of Archival and Soviet Studies at IDFI Ant...

29 May 2019

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Openness of State Archives in Post-Soviet Countries: IDFI Presented a New Website & Research Findings

  Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), with the financial support of the Open Society Institute – Budapest Foundati...

24 October 2018