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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 Stories 27․ Participatory Monitoring for Accessible Transport

August 26, 2019

The provision of transport services to citizens with mobility difficulties is under the target of the “Accessible Transport” project․

Freedom of Information Center of Armenia together with the “Armenian Camp” Language and Sailing School NGO in the framework of the “Informed Armenia” project has started implementing the “Accessible Transport” sub-grant project, which is co-funded by the European Union.

The project aims at monitoring and broadening the budget expenditures for the adaptation of people with mobility difficulties in the city of Yerevan. The goal is to assist citizens with mobility difficulties in Yerevan to increase the efficiency of transport services.

According to the project manager, a relevant decision was made in 2014, according to which buses in Yerevan should be equipped with elevators though they are not intended for it.

“In 2015-2016, 96 million drams have been spent on acquiring and installing 25 elevators in buses. In 2017 it was necessary to repair the buses and an additional 12 million AMD was spent on it. Our monitoring conducted in 2019 shows that only 1 bus works from 25,” notes Varduhi Aramyan, head of the Affordable Transport Program. In her words, they already have quite good results.

“We have monitored the entire procurement process, working with almost all people involved in this chain, starting with Yerevan Municipality, and ending with beneficiaries and drivers of those buses. We have conducted a participatory monitoring, which allows us to analyze and speak about the results, ” she said.

Here is the video about the project.