News & events
26.09.2008 Freedom of information award ceremony 2008
The winners of 2008 Five positive and two negative awards have been awarded. A positive award for the most transparent institution with the best system of providing information went to Eghegnadzor city. Positive award for the best official web site from the point of view of freedom of information has been...
12.09.2008 FOICA court claim against mayor of Hrazdan
On 30 September, at 10:00 the Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia (address: 23 G. Nzhdeh, Yerevan ) will hear the claim of Freedom of Information Center against the mayor of Hrazdan. The mayor of Hrazdan rejected to provide the copies of the decisions of mayor and the council of elders to FOICA and the preferable way for him has been to work close and secretly. All the journalists are invited to be present at the court session and to widely cover it. FOICA will...
25.07.2008 Letter to Prime Minister
In 25.07.08, the President of “Freedom of Information Center” Shushan Doydoyan sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan. The letter was to raise the question that very often state bodies violate citizens’ right to receive information reasoning it by the lack of procedure to provide information. The President of FOICA called on to adopt this procedure as soon as possible. See the letter here .
01.07.2008 Good News
From now on the Identification Cards of information and public relations departments’ civil service employees of State Governing Bodies should include duty for updating the information periodically and compulsory. On June 27, Civil Service Council of Armenia sent a circular letter to the authorities of State Governing Bodies recommending them to draft and make provisions in the “VII: Rights and Obligations” section of the Identification Cards of civil employees. They have been...
12.06.2008 Officials Subject To Liability
During 2008 the Freedom of Information Center plans to sue those officials who will violate people's right of access to information. Those officials will be subject to criminal and administrative liability. If any state or local government official has denied to provide you information, you may apply to Freedom of Information Centre. Starting from June 2008 FOICA implements court protection of the right of access to information in case it has been illegaly violated. This...
26.05.2008 PR Officers Have Been Trained
In total 76 officials of information and public relations department took part in trainings on the freedom of information organized by Freedom of Information Center Armenia and Civil Service Council of the RA. All the participants of the trainings mentioned that they do need such trainings on current topic and that they will use the given materials, knowledge and skills gained in these trainings in their everyday work. The majority notified that such trainings should be more regular in...
