Under the initiative of the Foundation for Promotion of Legal Education within the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, discussion about “state obligations produced by failure to complete cooperative apartment constructions” was held on July 29, at 19:00. Within the working format, the participants discussed legal problems related to mechanisms for compensation of state’s liabilities to cooperative apartment constructors, their development and effective implementation. The discussions sought to promote ways for solution of the problem that originated back in 1998 when the state recognized its liabilities produced by failure to complete apartment constructions as an internal debt. Under order N835 adopted by the Government of Georgia on the November 11, 2009, Tbilisi City Hall is responsible for paying off the liabilities. However, up to 4,000 citizens of Georgia are still hopelessly waiting to receive their due compensation. Representatives of GYLA – head of the Legal Assistance Center Kakha Kozhoridze and strategic litigation lawyer Tamta Mikeladze briefed about the problem.

Representatives of the Parliament of Georgia, the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Tbilisi Sakrebulo and Tbilisi City Hall were invited to attend the discussion, together with experts. The discussion was also attended by representatives of the injured party. Representatives of the authority did not attend the discussion.