FOI Trainings
Implemented
08.06.2006 - No information without directions?
How to utilize the RA Law on Freedom of Information workshop was organized in Shirak region on June 8, 2006. “An official will provide a citizen the information he needs in any case, if he receives directions from above, i.e. by the Government Decree”, - one of village elders from Shirak Region said during the workshop organized by Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) and RTI in Gyumri. “RA Law on Freedom of Information has higher legal effect than any government decree”,...
27.04.2006 - Training in Ararat Region
“Everything is centralized in Yerevan. If everything goes the same way, Yerevan will turn into a city-state”, - during the workshop organized by the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) on April 27, 2006 Hakob Tovmasyan, Mayor of Ararat, said. Overall 36 representatives of regional and municipal government of...
16.02.2006 - Discussion of Freedom of Information with information officers
On February 16, 2006 the Freedom of Information Center organized a discussion on the application of RA law on Freedom of Information. The discussion was held at the Business Center of the American University of Armenia and was participated by information officers from local and central governance bodies and public institutions. During the discussion, expert Karen Andreasyan underlined the importance of transparency and openness of state structures as bearers of information...
07.02.2006 - Discussion of the law on Freedom of Information
On February 7, 2006 the Freedom of Information Center organized a discussion on the application of the RA law “On Freedom of Information”. The discussion was participated by journalists, NGO representatives, teaching specialists of law and students from the journalism faculty of Yerevan State University. The participants talked about written and oral information requests, the procedure and terms of replying to requests, refusals and many other issues concerning the...
