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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 32։ More Transparent Road Construction Costs

September 5, 2019

Every citizen has the right to know how much money the state allocates to improve each sector. State loan funds provided for road-building purposes are not an exclusion. Are Armenian citizens aware enough today and how much information is available to them? Freedom of Information Center together with the National Road Safety Council NGO (NRSC) implements the “Issues of publicity and public control of road construction programs” subgrant project, which is co-funded by the European Union.

In the framework of this subgrant project, NRSC has proposed to develop and introduce a finalized data form to ensure the publicity of the road construction costs, which will enable the citizens to have “real” publicity and broaden the oversight and anti-corruption functions through publicly accessible information.

National Road Safety Council has started to study the information available on the official websites of the RA Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies, as well as the “Transportation Projects Implementation Organization” SNCO.

“This is a project that has always been of interest to people and has been the focus of attention as the safety of roads is very important. Studies have shown that there is a lot of information on budget spending on websites that are difficult to understand and can be misleading. It is not possible to get comparable information in official format, as only those who comprehend it can understand it. So it can be concluded that it will be difficult for citizens to get informed “, says project coordinator Lilit Galstyan.

From 2018 the existing abuse of the “North-South Road Corridor” project remains at the center of attention of the public in 2018. Today everyone is interested in the course of implementation of the road program, the quality of roads being constructed, and, most importantly, the means spent on it.

The goal of this sub-grant project is the publicity and public oversight of funds spent on road construction projects (state budget and credit allocations) in the RA, which can greatly contribute to the increase of the efficiency of these funds.

Here is the video about the project.