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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 22։ Electronic FOI Became a Reality in Armenia

September 25, 2015

The new sub-legal act developed by the RA Ministry of Justice enables citizens, journalists, and other requestors to submit electronic requests to the state bodies and get responses according to the procedures set by the Armenian FOI law.

The sub-legal act was developed with the cooperation of the “Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia (FOICA). The new legal regulation recognizes that information requests sent by e-mail or via the official website of information holders (state bodies, self-governmental bodies, state institutions, etc.) are considered official requests and must be proceeded as the FOI Law defines. This will make positive progress in the field of freedom of information, saving time and resources of the state bodies and citizens, and making interactions with government agencies most effective and simple.

The sub-legal act has already been adopted by the RA Government. To note, we have been waiting for this act since 2003 when the Armenian FOI Law was adopted.

Information about the new regulations of the sub-legal act is available here.