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Success Story 42: Due to FOICA the Concept of the Struggle against Disinformation was Adopted

Thanks to two years of efforts of FOICA and active cooperation with partners, the Concept and the Action Plan of the Struggle against Disinformation 2024-2026 were adopted. The documents were developed by the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

Success Story 41: Thanks to the court case FOICA received the requested information

In January 2024, the "Civil Pact" party, after the FOICA appealed to the court, asked to sign a settlement agreement and provided the required information on pre-election fundraising.

Success Story 40: FOICA vs. 7 Municipalities, A 5-Year Judicial Marathon

This is the first court precedent in Armenia, which refers to proactive transparency; the local public authority was obliged to fulfill the duty established by the FOI law to ensure proactive transparency, based on a judicial act.

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Success Story 8։ The “white” Effect of the Black List

August 10, 2011

The former Minister of Healthcare Harutyun Kushkyan was included in the FOICA’s Black list of the 2-nd quarter of 2011 for leaving unanswered the FOICA’s 07.02.2012 information request. By this request the FOICA has asked the following information: 1. Does the Ministry have any documents that were declassified in 2010? 2. If yes, please, provide copies of those documents.

After being included in the FOICA’s Black list, the Ministry of Healthcare provided a full answer to the FOICA’s information request. Besides, the employee of the Ministry, because of whom the Ministry was included in the Black list, got a reprimand. In addition, Mr. Harutyun Kushkyan publicly announced that they would be consistent, so that the information would always be provided within the defined time frames. FOICA’s further monitoring showed that in terms of the FOI the situation in this Ministry was improved: the Ministry provides timely and full information, works more publicly and transparently. As a result, in 2012, the Ministry of Healthcare was awarded a Golden Key as a state institution having best applied the Armenian FOI Law.