Ongoing Projects
Legal Help to Strategic Access to Information Cases
Period: May 31 - December 2024
Supported by a grant from the German Marshall Fund of the Unted States (GMF)
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Access to Information and Transparency Advice Center
Period: July 2022 - June 2025
Supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation
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Completed Projects
10 Years Court Practice under Access to Public Information Act
Period: October 2023 - March 2024
Supported by a grant from The Netherlands Embassy at Sofia, Bulgaria
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Legal Help to Access to Information Cases
Period: April - September 2023
Supported by a grant from the German Marshall Fund of the Unted States (GMF)
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Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration
Период: ноември 2019 - ноември 2022
AIP is a partner organization in the project implementation in the Republic of North Macedonia supported by the European Union
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Access to Information Forum
Period: September 2019 - August 2022
The Access to Information Forum project is implemented with the financial support of EUR 179 507 provided by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA Financial Mechanism.
The main objective of the Access to Information Forum project is to improve the transparency and accountability of public institutions.
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Transparency of Administrative Justice, supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation, March 2020 - March 2022
Transparency Advice Center, supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation, July 2017 - December 2019
Civil Center for Support of Transparency in Public Life, supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation, July 2014 - July 2017
Access to Information and Public Communications - Learning by Practice, supported by the Open Societ Institute - Sofia and Microfond Sofia Foundation within the Students Innovations Program, 1 September 2016 – 31 May 2017
Freedom of Information Speaker Program - Bulgaria, supported by the US Embassy in Bulgaria, 1 - 30 November 2016
Enhancing the Capacity of Nongovernmental Organizations to Seek Public Information , supported by a grant under the Fund for NGO Support in Bulgaria through the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014, May 2015 - February 2016
Legal Support of Demand for Public Information - Building on the Achieved Results and Stabilizing Positive Practices, supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations, May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2015
Advocacy Campaign for Amendments to the Access to Information Legislation, supported by a grant under the Fund for NGO Support in Bulgaria through the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014, January 28, 2014 - January 28, 2015
Access to Information Programme – Civil Center for Support of Transparency, supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation, June 10, 2013 - June 10, 2014
Responding to the New Demand for Freedom of Information, supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Foundation, April 8, 2010 - April 8, 2013
Civil Audit of Active Transparency of Government (CAATOG), supported by a grant from the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe (CEETrust), July 1, 2011 - October 1, 2012
Study Visit on the “Implementation mechanisms of the access to information legislation” for the officials and NGO representatives from Ukraine in Sofia, Bulgaria, supported by the Council of Europe under a Joint Programme between the Council of Europe and the European Union - 16-20 July 2012
Pushing for Accountability of Government through ATI Legal Assistance and Litigation, supported by Open Society Institute, Human Rights and Governance Grants Program, Budapest - May 1, 2009 - April 30, 2012
Support to Access to Information Programme as a Freedom of Information Civic Resource Center (FOICRC), supported by a grant from the Trust for Civil Society in CEE, May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2011
Public Awareness Campaign on New Standards in the Access to Information Area, supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism, November 2009 - December 2010
Local Media and Freedom of Information in Bulgaria, financed by MATRA Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 2007 - November 2010
Campaign “Open Budgets, Claim Power, and Transform Lives!”, financed by International Budget Partnership (IBP), December 2009 – July 2010
What we do (NOT) know about the Ministry of Interior?, a comparative survey in cooperation with the Open Society Institute - Sofia, August 2009 - June 2010
Promotion of Open Government through FOI Legal Assistance and Litigation, supported by Open Society Institute, Human Rights and Governance Grants Program, Budapest- May 1, 2006 – April 30, 2009
Freedom of Information Training and Best Practices. Study Tour in Bulgaria - a Study Visit for a Delegation from Kosovo, 10-14 September 2007, supported by The United States Agency for International Development managed by World Learning Kosovo
Increasing Government Transparency and Accountability through Electronic Access to Information, supported by the UNDP Democratic Governance Trust Fund (DGTF) - March 2007- December 2008
Freedom of Information Advocates Network Coordination and Web/2007, supported by Open Society Institute - January 2007 - December 2007.
Strengthening NGOs in Their Search for Public Information, financed by PHARE Programme – 2004 Civil Society Development, December 2006 – May 2008
Case study on missile destruction in Gabrovnitsa (2002-2003) to look for casual relationships between citizen “access” and social and environmental impacts of decisions, donor World Resource Institute, August 18 - November 6, 2006
Assessment of the efficiency of the Public Procurement legislation in Bulgaria and possibilities for its improvement, in cooperation wih the Institute for Market Economics and the Bulgarian Association for Civil Society and Legal Initiatives, June – July 2006
Access to Information in the Judicial System, in cooperation with the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law, March - December 2006
Right to Know Day Public Awareness Campaign, financial support Public Affairs Section at the US Embassy in Sofia, UNDP - Office in Sofia, MATRA Program of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August - September 2006
Access to Information Monitoring for Anticorruption/2006, supported by a grant from the Open Society Justice Initiative, March - December 2006
Implementation of the Access to Public Information Act in Bulgaria - Study Visit for a Delegation from Montenegro, donor Council of Europe, 19-25 March 2006
Bulgarian State Gazette: Free Access on Internet, in cooperation wih the Institute for Market Economics and the Bulgarian Association for Civil Society and Legal Initiatives, January – June 2006
Freedom of Information Litigation International Conference. Lessons Learned. 25-26 November 2005, with the financial support of Council of Europe/Stability Pact
Freedom of Information Advocates Network, supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative, November 2005 - December 2006
Freedom of Information Litigation - Tool for Promoting Open, Transparent, and Accountable Government, supported by Open Society Institute December 2004- December 2005
Implementation of Freedom of Information in Bulgaria, in cooperation with VVMZ East European Investment Service B.V., NL.The project was supported by MATRA Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Time period: January 2004 – December 2006.
Freedom of Information Monitoring Project 2004/Bulgaria, in cooperation with the OSJI, supported by the Open Society Institute, January- November 2004
Freedom of Information: a Matter of Public Interest. Regional project with a leading role of Article 19 in cooperation with 6 NGOs from Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania. Time period - August 2003 - July 2004
Regional Conference on Advocacy for Freedom of Information - Independent Monitoring, 14-15 May 2004, donor Council of Europe/Sтability Pact
Assessment of the Access to Environmental Information, supported by The Access Initiative (TAI), World Resource Institute. Time period - October 2003 - May 2004
The Access Initiative (TAI) is a global coalition of civil society groups working to promote better access to information, participation, and justice in national-level decisions that affect the environment. Access to Information programme is leading the national group of researchers and advisors who will use TAI's methodology and resources to produce a detailed assessment of access to environmental information and public participation system in Bulgaria.
Freedom of Information Litigation. A project supported by Open Society Institute. Time period April 2003 - April 2004.
Freedom of Information Monitoring Pilot Project in cooperation with Open Society Justice Initiative. Time period - April 2003 - October 2003
Promotion of the International "Right to Know Day" - September 28, financed by Small Embassy Projects Programme (Matra/KAP) of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Sofia, August - September 2003
The right of personal data protection as a basic human right (Campaign for raising awareness on data protection right), supported by the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights, time period January 2003 - October 2003
Legal help and advocacy for freedom of information, supported by the Open Society Foundation - Sofia, time period - June 2002 - July 2003
Practical Access to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, regional project funded by the European Commission with the leading role of Article 19 and partnership of 9 NGOs from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, and Romania, time period August 2000 - November 2002
Monitoring and civic education on cases to public information, supported by NOVIB (Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation), time period June 2001 - November 2002
Public education campaign about FOIA legislation, in cooperation with Bulgarian Media Coalition (BMC), supported by Promedia - USAID, time period - April 2002 - September 2002
Freedom of Information Litigation, supported by the Open Sociary Institute/COLPI, time period September 2001 - September 2002
Roundtable on Amendments to the Access Public Information Act, May 21, 2002, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, and financially supported by the government of Luxemburg
Training for the administration of the application of the Access to Public Information Act (APIA), supported by ABA CEELI - USAID, time period January 2002 - July 2002
Advocacy and judicial review for the implementation of the APIA, supported by Open SOciety FOundation - Sofia, time period December 2000 - January 2002
Public education campaign about FOIA legislation in cooperation with Bulgarian Media Coalition (BMC), supported by Promedia - USAID, time period - June 2001 - December 2001
Public education about FOIA, cooperation with the Bulgarian Media Coalition, supported by IREX - USAID, time period January - December 2000
Access to Information - Police and Media, cooperation with COLPI(Budapest and European Center (Tirana), supported by OSI - Budapest, period December 1999 - November 2000
Legal help for journalists and NGOs in cases of refusals of information, supported by Open SOciety Foundation - Sofia, time period December 1999 - January 2001
Facilitating the Cooperation between the Local Administration and the Local NGOs in the Access to Information Area, supported by USIS, October 1998 - September 1999
A concept paper on access to information legislation in Bulgaria, supported by Open Society Foundation – Sofia, June 1998 - January 1999
Legal Assistance for Local Media Journalists in cases of information denial, supported by PHARE Democracy Microprojects, October 1998 - September 1999
Where and how to exercise our right to access to information, supported by the Open Society FOundation - Sofia/COLPI, July 1999- July 2000
Promotion of freedom of information legislation, supported by NOVIB, 1998 - 2001
Public debate on access to information, supported by NOVIB, 1997-1998