Under the leadership of the Open Society Georgia Foundation, 8 civil society organizations regularly evaluate the state of fulfillment of 12 priorities defined by the European Union.

The 5th edition of their assessment document - EU CANDIDACY CHECK - reflects the progress achieved by the Georgian authorities in this context until the period of August 1, 2023, as well as the current state of play and the steps to be implemented in the future by the authorities so that Georgia gets the EU Candidacy Status.

According to CSOs’ assessments, at this stage, 1 priority is fully implemented, 2 priorities are mostly fulfilled, 7 priorities are partially fulfilled, and 2 priorities [deoligarchisation and political polarization] defined by the EU are to be fulfilled. According to them, the previous EU CANDIDACY CHECK documents have shown that civil society assessments are largely in line with the interim assessment presented by the EU on 22 June 2023.