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AI regulation in Georgia: laws & policy (2026)

AI in Georgia: guidelines only.

Georgia has enacted no domestic AI-specific legislation and has no national AI strategy or dedicated regulatory authority. The country's primary normative commitment is the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, the first binding international AI treaty, which Georgia signed in September 2024 alongside the EU, US, and UK. Domestic governance is fragmented across multiple agencies, and a UNESCO-backed AI readiness assessment launched in late 2025 is intended to inform future policy development.

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Legal framework

Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence (signed September 2024); fragmented multi-agency oversight across Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Innovation and Technology Agency, and Digital Governance Agency; UNESCO AI Readiness Assessment in progress (2025-2026); no dedicated domestic AI law or regulator

Key points: artificial intelligence in Georgia

  1. CoE Framework Convention signed

    On 5 September 2024, Georgia signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Vilnius, the first legally binding international AI instrument. Signatories are required to submit a report on domestic implementation reforms within two years of signing and thereafter periodically.

    civil.ge 1tv.ge coe.int

  2. No domestic AI law or strategy

    As of mid-2026 Georgia has passed no AI-specific national legislation and has no dedicated AI regulatory body. Civil society analysis by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) confirms governance is fragmented across at least three agencies with no unified authority or published national AI strategy.

    idfi.ge idfi.ge

  3. UNESCO AI Readiness Assessment

    An EU-funded project to apply UNESCO's Readiness Assessment Methodology to Georgia, measuring readiness to implement the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, was officially launched on 26 September 2025. A national AI Readiness Forum bringing together government, civil society, and private sector stakeholders convened in Tbilisi on 17 April 2026.

    pmcg-i.com pmcg-i.com unesco.org

  4. Fragmented institutional landscape

    AI policy responsibilities are distributed across the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, the Georgia Innovation and Technology Agency, and the Digital Governance Agency, with no single lead authority. IDFI has highlighted this fragmentation as a key governance gap that the CoE Convention obligations now require Georgia to address.

    idfi.ge

  5. Low AI research and publication capacity

    Georgia produced approximately 1.1 AI-related academic publications per million inhabitants in 2024, compared with an EU-27 average of 29.8, reflecting limited national AI research infrastructure at the time of the UNESCO readiness baseline assessment.

    idfi.ge

  6. International engagement as primary governance basis

    Beyond the CoE Convention, Georgia participates in UNESCO's global AI ethics framework and is tracked on the UNESCO Global Index on Responsible AI. These international commitments currently constitute the principal normative basis for AI governance in the country pending development of domestic instruments.

    unesco.org idfi.ge

Timeline of decisions

  1. Guidance · official
    UNESCO/EU AI Readiness Assessment Officially Launched in Tbilisi

    PMCG, under contract with UNESCO and EU funding, held the public kick-off of 'Assessing Georgia's Readiness for the Ethical and Responsible Deployment of Artificial Intelligence' in Tbilisi. The assessment found Georgia at a foundational stage with no dedicated national AI strategy, no AI-specific legislation, and no formal AI governance institution — and is intended to serve as the evidence base for Georgia's first National AI Strategy.

    UNESCO Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory

  2. Guidance
    PDPS Issues First Regulatory Guidance on Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

    Georgia's Personal Data Protection Service published the country's first regulatory guidance on automated decision-making and profiling, clarifying data-subject rights to contest purely automated decisions with significant effects and mandating that controllers document the logic and impact of automated systems — the closest Georgia has to AI-specific regulatory direction.

    DataGuidance (reporting on PDPS guidance)

  3. Guidance
    USAID Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment Flags Absence of AI Governance

    A USAID-commissioned Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) found Georgia's fast-growing ICT sector (5.2% of GDP) had no national AI strategy and no AI-specific regulation, explicitly identifying AI governance as a critical emerging policy gap alongside cybersecurity and data protection.

    USAID / PMCG (Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment)

Sources

  1. civil.ge/archives/622850
  2. 1tv.ge/lang/en/news/georgia-eu-us-and-other-countries-sign-international-ai-
  3. coe.int/en/web/artificial-intelligence/the-framework-convention-on-artificial
  4. idfi.ge/en/council-of-europe-framework-convention-on-ai
  5. idfi.ge/en/artificial%20intelligence_international_tendencies_and_georgia
  6. pmcg-i.com/launching-the-readiness-assessment-methodology-in-georgia-for-the-une
  7. pmcg-i.com/advancing-ethical-ai-readiness-in-georgia/
  8. unesco.org/ethics-ai/en/georgia

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