Transparency International Georgia executive director
Eka Gigauri

Biography, according to TI Georgia

Eka Gigauri joined Transparency International Georgia in November 2010 as Executive Director of the organization. Under her leadership, TI Georgia’s staff has increased from 20 to 40, five regional offices have been established and numerous projects have been successfully implemented. In 2015, Eka Gigauri was named one of the best Directors in the TI Global Movement. In November 2019, Eka Gigauri was elected as a board member of Transparency International global movement. From November 2021 she will be joining the Board for a three-year term

Eka Gigauri is a specialist in International Relations, with a degree from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Having obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration at the Caucasus School of Business, Eka graduated from VU University Amsterdam with a LLM in International Law. Moreover, Eka completed the Senior Executive Programme at George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. In 2017, she became a Fellow of the Stanford University Democracy and Development Programme.

Eka has extensive experience in working in governmental, non-governmental and private sectors, mainly in the fields of foreign relations (including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs etc.) and marketing and communications consultancy (including Marriott International, Institute for Polling and Marketing etc.). Her most prominent roles include the Deputy Head of the Border Police of Georgia, where she was conducting and supervising successful anti-corruption reforms of the Border Police. Eka has extensive experience in supervising projects funded by USAID, SIDA, NED and other international donor organisations.

Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
David McAllister to Georgian civil society: You are not alone, we are with you - thank you for everything you have done for Georgia and continue to do so!
Rasa Juknevičienė: My appeal to journalists in the European Union and other countries is to mention Mzia Amaglobeli often
Eka Gigauri: It is understandable why Ivanishvili’s Dream sued critical TV channels – they do not want people to know the truth about what is happening in Georgia or in the world - be “impartial” means be “silent”
NGOs: Evidence in the case of 8 people detained for blocking the highway suggests that reports were likely falsified – Detention deadlines, procedures violated, and personal searches were illegal
Eka Gigauri: Civil society representatives will resist the act of persecution against the Georgian people - we are confident that we will win this fight
NGOs: Video and photo materials in the case of Andro Chichinadze, Onise Tskhadadze and 9 other individuals were obtained in gross violation of the legislation and constitute inadmissible evidence that cannot serve as a basis for a guilty verdict
Eka Gigauri: The Georgian people and those groups that are fighting for a democratic Georgia and its European future have bipartisan support from the United States - the ruling party should think about this
NGOs: The case against Zviad Tsetskhladze, Irakli Miminoshvili, Vasil Kadzelashvili, Vepkhia Kasradze, Giorgi Gorgadze, Nikoloz Javakhishvili, Tornike Goshadze and Insaf Aliyev is “artificially made up and politically motivated
Eka Gigauri on the protest march planned for February 15: The goal is to once again tell the government that we are not afraid, we continue the fight, and we do not accept the dictatorial regime
Eka Gigauri: When considering criminal cases, courts unjustifiably extend pre-trial detention to detainees, ignoring facts of torture during detention
Eka Gigauri: The behavior of judges is tragic and disgraceful—This regime rests on them; detainees sent to prison without grounds in the morning, judges gather for feasts in the evening
Eka Gigauri: We request that the Prosecutor's Office intervene in court with a motion to change the pretrial detention of those arrested during the protests to another form of preventive measure. There is no evidence to justify the use of imprisonment
Eka Gigauri: The OSCE/ODIHR report is even stricter than the interim one – based on this report, the elections held in Georgia were neither free, secret, nor equal
NGOs: Along with the beatings, the special forces robbed the detainees, took away their clothes, shoes, mobile phones, bags, wallets, glasses, crosses - they forced them to say derogatory phrases about themselves or to praise "Zviad Kharazishvili"
Eka Gigauri: since November 28, 461 people have been arrested, more than 300 were detained and subsequently subjected to torture, inhumane treatment, more than 80 people needed to be hospitalized - 0 policemen have been charged
Eka Gigauri: There are known specific individuals, police officers, who abuse people and none of them has been held accountable, is this a shame and unbelievable?! - State institutions are hijacked by Ivanishvili
Eka Gigauri: There are no more questions that there were many problems and various schemes were used to falsify the elections - Western partners are well informed and there is talk about what can be done
Tina Bokuchava: We had a very important meeting with the president, we have intensive consultations that will continue - I hope there will be complete unity on the pro-Western opposition front
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger
A Korean tamada: Opening of the Korean Embassy in Tbilisi
Israeli Ambassador to Georgia - Our strategy is not to have Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip - Unfortunately, the UN cooperates with Hamas, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch work in favor of Hamas