Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2008

The Report contains recommendations for improving the access to information practices within the Bulgarian public institutions.

The report includes:

• detailed analysis of the 2008 changes in ATI legislation and practices with a special emphasis on the the 2008 amendments to the Access to Public Information Act;
• results from a survey on whether and how the institutions handle electronic requests;
• characteristics of the specific cases consulted by Access to Information Programme legal team;
• and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI litigation in 200, including resumes of cases in which AIP has provided court representation.

Available: Acrobat PDF (2.2Mb)

In October 2006 Access to Information Programme celebrated 10 years since its establishment.

This 64-page brochure presents the history of our organization: the origins; the establishment of our network of coordinators in 1997; legislative advocay; legal help; monitoring of the implementation of the Access to Public Information Act; litigation; the media campaigns; training sessions; networking; our publications and projects.

Available: Acrobat PDF (1.8Mb)