On November 25 the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia organized a two-day FOI training of trainers.

The participants of the training were 10 Armenian NGO and mass media representatives who have sufficient experience and knowledge in the FOI sphere and who will later take the role of FOI teachers.

In her speech President of Freedom of Information Center of Armenia Shushan Doydoyan underlined the importance of such trainings, emphasizing that today there already is a large demand for FOI trainers, who, by their own initiative or during the FOICA’s future trainings, will represent the FOI sphere, will inform officials and representatives of civil society about the sphere’s main principles, legislative regulations and implementation, and will share their experience with others.

This two-day training was divided into two main parts. In the first part FOICA expert Liana Doydoyan talked about the principles of the role and skills of a trainer in the training process, about speaking skills and presentational art. The second part was covered by FOICA lawyer Gevorg Hayrapetyan, who discussed with the participants the issues present in the FOI sphere, its legal regulations and necessary reforms. All ten participants will be involved in the trainings of FOICA as trainers in 2012.