Since the outbreak of fighting in 2008 in South Ossetia, the Open Society Georgia Foundation has prioritized responding to the damage done to Georgia’s infrastructure, economy, and civil society. The foundation has worked with civil society groups to provide humanitarian aid to displaced people and has helped address the post-conflict needs of civilians, monitor international aid funds, and provide psychological assistance and legal support to human rights abuse victims.
The foundation’s effort to build open society include promoting transparency in public finances, especially around revenues from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, securing progressive legal aid reform, and advancing harm reduction drug policies and a rights-based approach to health care.