Giorgi Vashadze

Shortly, he moved up the career ladder and was assigned to the post of at first, Deputy-Chairman (from 2005 to 2006), and then, the Chairman of the Civil Registry Agency of the Ministry of Justice from 2006 to 2010.

During his term in office at the Civil Registry Agency, Giorgi Vashadze initiated and implemented many landmark projects at the intersection of public administration and e-governance.

The main reform was the introduction of ID cards that substituted for previous forms of citizen identification and formed a strong basis for realizing other breakthrough reforms concerning biometric passports, digital signature, citizen portal - My.gov.ge, unified Demographic Registry, visual recognition, and accelerated services.

[4] In October 2012, Giorgi Vashadze was elected as a member of the Parliament of Georgia on a party list of the United National Movement (UNM).

[5] In 2014, Giorgi Vashadze founded an international think-tank Innovation and Development Foundation (IDF) Archived 2021-03-02 at the Wayback Machine that has its headquarters in Tbilisi, Kyiv and Chicago, and provides technical and advisory expertise in modernization, planning and implementation process of large-scale reforms in public sector.

IDF has been actively involved in state reforms in different countries since 2014, and contributed to successful transformation in Ukraine towards public procurement (Prozorro),[6] creation of public service hall (Gotovo),[7] establishment of National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU),[8] drafting and adoption of High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) legislation[9] and enactment of Economic Modernization Act of Ukraine.

Innovation and Development Foundation Archived 2021-03-02 at the Wayback Machine run by Giorgi Vashadze is also actively pursuing to adopt and implement the use of blockchain technology in order to aid governance process and strengthen anti-corruption measures.

As the head of the Civil Registry Agency (Georgia, 2006-2010) Giorgi Vashadze initiated and accomplished the implementation of biometric passports, ID cards, digital signature, personal portal, development of the Unified Demographic Registry, visual recognition, accelerated services, remote services (online, call at home), Baby Book project etc.

The project aimed to establish centres equipped with basic technological infrastructure and led by trained staff to ensure the educational and cultural environment for the rural population of Georgia.

The coalition has become the largest opposition unity and a significant political force advocating for democratic processes and governance reforms in Georgia.