08 May 2009
On 8 May 2009, at a press conference at the Bulgarian News Agency AIP presented its Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria, 2008.
The Report contains recommendations for improving the access to information practices within the Bulgarian public institutions. And also:
- 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 2008, including resumes of cases in which AIP has provided court representation.
The report in English is available on AIP web site: Access to Information in Bulgaria 2008.