The FOICA’s 2010 Online Annual Report is launched! Projects, activities, trainings, publications and financial report for 2010.
“Freedom of Information Center of Armenia” non-governmental organization (FOICA) was founded on June 1st, 2001 by a group of journalists and lawyers. The main mission of the FOICA is to protect citizens’ right to know.
During the year of 2010, “Freedom of Information Center of Armenia” NGO implemented two projects, by the financial support of the USAID/Armenia and the World Bank Yerevan Office.
In November 2010 “Freedom of Information Center of Armenia” established the FOI non-formal Educational Center for providing continuous trainings for public officials and civil servants. The established non-educational center will become a sustainable source for providing ongoing trainings for officials in the filed of FOI. In 2010 the FOICA held training courses in Yerevan, and the regions (marz) of Armavir, Lori and Kotayk. 10 trainings were held in Yerevan. During these courses 114 civil society representatives and 309 officials were educated on freedom of information.
In 2010 in 8 Armenian communities – 4 villages (Kuchak, Balahovit, Jrashen and Aparan) and 4 cities (Artashat, Eghvard, Spitak and Aparan) – “Freedom of Information Center of Armenia” placed 40 information billboards, due to which the local self-government bodies should disseminate the information they posses. These information billboards are flexible, inexpensive and effective means for local self-government bodies to make available the information, which is subject to mandatory publication…
