Civil Society Platform “No to Phobia!” was established on May 7, 2014 and its goal is to ensure a close cooperation between non-governmental organizations to eliminate all forms of hate speech and discrimination in Georgian politics and media space.

The Platform has the following objectives:

a. To respond to hate speech by means of joint statements, declarations and other relevant mechanisms;

b. To support active political unions in Georgia in order to eliminate hate speech and discrimination, to create internal party mechanisms;

c. To develop media literacy;

d. To raise public awareness on the threats of hate speech and intolerance.

Civil Society platform “No to Phobia!” unites 13 non-governmental organizations:

1. Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, GYLA

2. Media Development Foundation, MDF

3. Georgian Democracy Initiative, GDI

4. Transparency International Georgia, TI Georgia

5. Tolerance and Diversity Institute, TDI

6. Identoba

7. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, ISFED

8. European Centre for Minority Issues, ECMI

9. Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center, EMC

10. Open Society Georgia Foundation, OSGF

11. Article 42 of the Constitution

12. Georgia’s Reforms Associates, GRASS

13. Sapari

Web site: http://notophobia.ge/eng/home / Facebok page: @notophobia

Contact persons: Sulkhan Saladze - s.saladze@gyla.ge, Giorgi Gotsiridze - gotsiridze@gyla.ge