Access to Information Programme

Reports

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2006

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from monitoring on the active provision of information by the institutions on their web sites;
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2006, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat PDF (1.6Mb)

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2005

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from monitoring on the active provision of information by the institutions on their web sites;
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2005, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat PDF (371Mb)

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2004

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from the Global monitoring of compliance with freedom of information laws in Bulgaria, conducted in 2004
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2004, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat PDF (1,9Mb)

Report on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice on Environmental Matters, 2004

The report was prepared using the methodology of The Access Initiative of the World Resources Institute.The national team, working on the project in Bulgaria, comprised Alexander Kashumov, Darina Palova, Gergana Jouleva, Kiril Terzijski, and Nikolay Marekov from Access to Information Programme and Petar Radev and Stoyan Yotov from “Borrowed Nature” Association. Diana Bancheva (AIP) worked on the English version of the project resume.

Available: (Acrobat PDF 226Kb )
Responce scores by indicator: (Acrobat PDF 68Kb )

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2003

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from the Global monitoring of compliance with freedom of information laws in Bulgaria, conducted in 2003
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2003, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat PDF (308Kb)

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2002

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from the survey Fulfillment of the Obligations under APIA by the bodies of the Executive power, conducted in 2002
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2002, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat PDF (248 Kb)

The Year of the Rational Ignorance, 2002

The Year of the Rational Ignorance is a report report of the sociological survey Fulfillment of the Obligations under APIA by the bodies of the Executive power 2002.

The report is published in the frame of the project "Practical Access to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe" implemented with the leading role of Article 19 with the financial support of the European Initiatve for Democracy and Human Rights.

Available: Acrobat PDF (208Kb) .

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2001

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from the survey Fulfillment of the Obligations under APIA by the bodies of the Executive power, conducted in 2001
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2001, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF (249 Kb)

Fulfillment of the obligations under APIA by the Bodies of the Executive Power - Report on sociological survey

The survey was accomplished by Access to Information Programme and Agency for socio-economic analysis. The report on this survey is published within the frame of the project Advocacy for the implementation of APIA and judicial review with the finical support of the Open Society Foundation - Sofia.

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF (280 Kb)

Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2000

The Report contains recommendations for improving the freedom of information legislation, the connected legislation and the practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

detailed analysis of the existing FOI legislation and ammendments;
results from the pilot study Fulfillment of the Obligations under APIA by the bodies of the Executive power, conducted in 2000
characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme;
and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 2000, including resumes of all cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF (335 Kb)

Public Registers Situation, 2000

The report outlines the condition of public registers, both from the point of view of public authorities and from information seekers. It contains a systematic overview of the regulated registers in Bulgaria. The choice of the registers studied was aimed at facilitating public access to the greatest extent, which is why we chose the registers for which the demand for information was highest. The report was reprinted in Administrative Barriers to Business Activities, published by the Institute for Market Economics, Sofia, 2000

Available: Acrobat Reader PDF (237 Kb)