PSI was founded in January of 2000 by a group of businessmen dedicated to promoting economic reform in Georgia.
Businesspeople complain about the lack of proper implementation of the new laws.
In a short span of five years with rapid and sometimes chaotic lawmaking spurts, the Georgian Parliament has passed 700 new pieces of legislation. One of the most important pieces of legislation passed by the Georgian Parliament so far is the Administrative Code, which went into effect January 1, 2000. Unfortunately, as is common in many NIS countries, implementation of the Administrative Code in Georgia has been neither swift nor effective. First PSI will publish a report on the Administrative Code, comprised of a legal analysis, survey of businesses and business associations, analysis of the survey by a multi-disciplined working group, and monitoring of 10 specific cases. The second activity is to build and mobilize a coalition of businesses and business associations to advocate and monitor the implementation of the Code through seminars, television appearances, advocacy efforts and writing newspaper and journal articles.