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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 10։ Negative Rusty Lock wasn’t Awarded for the First Time

September 28, 2012

In 2012, during the 10th annual “Golden Key and Rusty Lock” award ceremony it was the first time that the negative Rusty Lock award, a symbol of secrecy, was not announced. This shows the consistent work done by the Freedom of Information Center.

It has been already 10 years since 2003 after the adoption of the Armenian FOI law that the Freedom of Information Center holds the FOI Annual Award Ceremony which has become an important awareness-raising campaign tool and a stimulus for developing good access to information practices by public bodies. The Golden Keys Awards are awarded as a symbol of openness and transparency, and the Rusty Lock Awards are awarded as a symbol of secrecy.

In 2012 it was the first time that the jury was unable to select the most secret state body, as there was no state body that never fulfills the requirements of the RA Law on FOI https://www.foi.am/en/foi-award-ceremony