The Public Health Institute of Georgia is a non-profit institute. It runs a journal, an academy, a labour-studies institute, a product science lab, open databases and daily alert services — most of it through the pro bono work of its editors, reviewers and experts, and the rest through a small paid staff and fixed running costs. Your support keeps it independent: PHIG takes no advertising and no sponsorship from the companies whose products and services it assesses.
What your support funds
- Keeping the systems running — hosting and domains for the network’s sites, software and data services, DOI registration for the Georgian Medical Journal, accounting and administration.
- Paid staff for the work that cannot be voluntary — database maintenance, course production, laboratory analyses commissioned by Sheni Labs, accreditation readiness projects.
- Open resources for Georgia — the Georgian Dictionary of Public Health, the open datasets of the Georgian Institute of Labour Studies, free Academy courses for Georgian students and public-sector staff, Georgian-language versions of the network’s sites.
- Health promotion — PHIG’s programmes in evidence-based public information, health and migration, and quality and safety of care.
Ways to support PHIG
| How | Details |
|---|---|
| Donate | One-off or regular donations by bank transfer. Write to info@accreditation.ge with the subject “Donation to PHIG” and we send the institute’s bank details and a receipt. Donations are recorded in PHIG’s accounts and acknowledged, by name or anonymously as you prefer, in the annual summary. |
| Fund a programme | Foundations, international organisations and public bodies can fund a specific programme — the annual review of safety and health at work, the Georgian-language edition of a site, a cohort study, the product alert service. Each grant is declared on the financial sustainability page. |
| Give your expertise | Join the pro bono expert pool of Sheni Labs, review for the Georgian Medical Journal, author a course for GMJ Academy, or advise the Georgian Institute of Labour Studies. Experts and laboratories |
| Commission a service | Organisations can commission assessments, accreditation readiness work, research and training; the fee pays for the work and the remainder supports the institute. Commissioned assessments |
| Partner institutionally | Universities, hospitals, laboratories and professional associations: joint programmes, data sharing, co-publication. Write to info@accreditation.ge. |
What PHIG does not accept
- Advertising on any of its sites.
- Sponsorship, retainers or donations from companies whose products or services the network assesses, accredits or reviews, or from their trade associations.
- Anything from the tobacco, nicotine or vaping industry or entities they fund — see the firm line below.
- Any funding tied to an outcome — a verdict, an accreditation result, an article or a course grade.
Tobacco: a firm line
The Public Health Institute of Georgia has no relationship of any kind with the tobacco industry and will accept none: no funding, sponsorship, donation, grant, partnership, research contract, advertising, hospitality or in-kind support from tobacco manufacturers, importers, distributors, their trade associations, foundations, “harm-reduction” vehicles or any entity they fund — and the same applies to the nicotine and vaping industry. The institute applies Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to itself: it does not meet the industry except where the law requires it, and it records and publishes any such contact. PHIG stands with the public health community against the tobacco industry, whose products kill half of their long-term users, and supports tobacco control in Georgia and internationally. This line applies to every site and programme of the network, including the Georgian Medical Journal, GMJ Academy, the Georgian Institute of Labour Studies and Sheni Labs.
Every donation and grant is recorded in PHIG’s accounts, reinvested in its programmes, and summarised in the annual report. Thank you.