Law of Georgia on Volunteering (No. 4717-RS of 2015)

This Law regulates relations between volunteers and host organisations and their relations with third parties within Georgia, unless these relations are otherwise regulated by the international agreements of Georgia. Volunteer relations that are not regulated by this Law, or other special laws, are regulated by other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia. Volunteer relations, where one party is a political union, are regulated by the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens. Volunteering is a socially useful activity voluntarily and gratuitously performed by natural persons, using their knowledge and skills, under organized conditions in accordance with this Law. For the purposes of this Law, a socially useful activity is an activity that involves the provision of assistance to a legal person engaged in any of the fields listed below: protection of human rights, democracy, development of civil society and mass media, education, science, culture and art, poverty reduction and social security, healthcare, protection of the environment, youth and children's issues, gender issues, conflict resolution, support to persons with international protection and internally displaced persons, migration, promotion of business and economy, support of agricultural development, physical education and sports, protection of animal rights, civil security emergency response and fields related to the preparation of the population for such emergencies. This Law shall not preclude other natural persons from performing a socially useful activity, independently, outside the organised conditions determined by this Law. This Law shall not apply to such persons.