On July 9, 2024, Access to Information Programme presented the findings and conclusions from its annual Access to Information in Bulgaria report.
The report is being prepared and published by the Access to Information Program (AIP) team every year since the adoption of the Access to Public Information Act (APIA) in the summer of 2000.
The AIP report contains:
- recommendations related to the access to information legal framework and its implementation;
- assessment of the regulations in the access to information area;
- analysis of the results from the assessment of the proactive transparency of 560 institutions for 2023;
- analyses of the access to information cases referred to AIP for legal aid and consultation during 2023, including for representation in court.
The 2023 report also contains 7 Annexes:
Annex 1: Institutional Information - Legal Basis, Functions, Public Services, Information Data Bases and Information Resources
Annex 2: Operational Information - Acts, Development Strategies, Plans, Activities and Activity Reports
Annex 3: Financial Transparency - Budget, Financial, Public Procurement, and Integrity Information
Annex 4: Access to Information Section - Information about the right of access to information and how to exercise it
Annex 5: Data Only for MUNICIPALITIES
Annex 6: Information sought - Summary of Data from the AIP Data Base with Cases Referred for Consultation and Legal Help in 2022
Annex 7: Litigation 2023 - Annotation of Cases
Find the Report in Bulgarian HERE.
This report is prepared within the project Access to Information and Transparency Advice Center supported by a grant from America for Bulgaria Fondation. The statements and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Access to Information Programme and do not necessarily reflect the views of teh America for Bulgaria Foundation or its affiliates.