Access to Information Programme

2014 Active Transparency Rating in Bulgaria 02.04.2014

Today, at a press conference in Sofia, the Access to Information Programme presented the results of its 2014 Audit on Institutional web sites in Bulgaria. The updated 2014 Active Transparency Rating was launched and the first Budget, Financial Transparency and Integrity of Municipalities Map was launched. Although AIP performs the audit since 2006, all results are available in English for the first time.

AIP Held the Annual Meeting with Its Coordinators 28.02.2014

On February 28, 2014 in Sofia, Access to Information Programme (AIP) held the annual meeting with the journalists of its country-wide coordinators' network. The meeting was opened by the coordinator of the network, Nikolay Ninov. The journalists outlined the current situation of the access to information in the country. They presented statistics of the requests filed to the municipalities and the regional structures of the executive power bodies; the attitude of the administration towards the requestors; characteristics of the issued refusals, access to information litigation of citizens, journalists and NGOs.

Overview of Successful Access to Information Litigation in 2013 19.12.2013

During 2013, a large number of lawsuits for access to information were brought with the AIP legal support. We are publishing an overview of several important access to information court cases that were successfully led with AIP’s legal team assistance. Information about ongoing and completed access to information cases is included in Bulgarian in AIP monthly FOI newsletter and is available in the special section of AIP web site.

Access to Information in Bulgaria 2012

The 13th AIP report on the state of access to information in Bulgaria in 2012

Active Transparency
Index 2014



Statement on a Draft Partnership Agreement of the Republic of Bulgaria, outlining the help of EU structural and investment funds for the period 2014-2020 07/08/2013 Legal Statement on the constitutionality of a provision regulating the announcement of affiliation of high public officials to the former State Security and Intelligence services 20/02/2012	Specialized FOI trainings for NGOs Specialized FOI trainings for journalists Specialized FOI trainings for public officials Specialized FOI trainings for personal data administrators	2013: AIP Audit on Institutional Web Sites. 2013 Active Transparency Rating 2012: AIP Audit on Institutional Web Sites. Active Transparency Rating 2011: Public Registers Portal in Bulgaria 2010: National Representative Public Opinion Poll on public attitudes regarding the right of access to information

AIP Opened the 2011 Right to Know Day Awards Ceremony with the Song “Breathe”

Right to Know Day (Part 1)

Средства массовой информации и доступ к информации. Пять истории, рассказанных журналистами, ведущими расследования

Media and Access to Information - Five Investigative Reporter Stories