Policy 47 — Policy Development, Approval and Review

Every PHIG policy has an owner, a version number and a review date, and is approved by the Board before it takes effect. Owner: Ethics and Compliance Officer (Irakli Pshinashvili).

PHIG Institutional Policy Manual · Consolidated edition, September 2026

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Every PHIG policy has an owner, a version number and a review date, and is approved by the Board before it takes effect. Owner: Ethics and Compliance Officer (Irakli Pshinashvili).

  1. Drafting: the policy owner drafts or updates, using the standard structure: purpose, scope, policy statements, procedures, roles, related policies, version control.
  2. Consultation: staff affected are consulted; legal review where a policy has legal consequences.
  3. Approval: by the Board; minor corrections (names, contacts, references) may be approved by the Head of Administration and reported to the next Board meeting.
  4. Communication: published internally and, where relevant, on publichealth.ge; staff sign acknowledgement of key policies.
  5. Training: mandatory training on Policies 1, 5, 8, 9, 13 and 16 on induction and every year.
  6. Review: every policy is reviewed at least every year, or sooner after a change in law, a donor requirement or a serious incident.
  7. Language: policies are issued in English and Georgian; if the versions differ, the English version prevails for donor purposes.