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The main mission of FOICA is to defend the people's constitutional right to have access to information. "Freedom of Information Center of Armenia" non-governmental organization (FOICA) was founded on July 1st, 2001. The mission of FOICA is to contribute to the transparency and openness of the government system and to stimulate civil society's involvement in the governance system.
Success Stories
Success stories of the Freedom of Information Center's 10 year's history.
Court Cases
Here we present complete picture of judicial practice in the field of freedom of information: all court cases on FOI, with related documents: Information requests, court decisions, etc.
Black List
Black list of those officials and institutions which infringed people’s right to access to information, quarterly composed by the FOI Center. The List is also published in the bulletin and Armenian print media.
Information request
This sample of Information request will help you to write your request correctly and due to the RA Law on "Freedom of Information". It is developed by the FOICA.
Recent news
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10.05.2013
The FOICA restarts the training courses for civil servants
Freedom of Information Center of Armenia starts training courses on the topic “Freedom of Information and assurance of public relations in the civil service system”. The training course is for the 82 information officer civil servants.
03.05.2013
Third Photo Exhibition on Free Speech and Information Marks World Press Freedom Day in Armenia
"Freedom of Press: the Right to Know" is the theme of the exhibition that opened in Yerevan today to mark World Press Freedom Day. The event, organized by the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia NGO in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia, USAID Armenia and OSCE Yerevan Office, brought together journalists, representatives of state institutions and civil society in Armenia.
18.04.2013
The Office to the RA President has allocated AMD 500 milliom to 31 NGOs
Development and Integration NGO was financed 6 times during 2011-2012, with total of AMD 74 million and 978 thousand.
18.04.2013
FOI Center Files a Lawsuit Versus National Assembly of Armenia
On April 13, the Freedom of Information Center reported that it had applied to the RA Administrative Court with a suit versus the RA National Assembly
16.04.2013
Over 30.000 electronic requests in 1 year
Comparison of the answers received indicates that in 2012 the highest number of electronic requests and applications were received by the RA Ministry of Diaspora: 12,765 requests and applications. The next is the Ministry of Finance which received 8,601 electronic requests and applications during 2012. The 3rd agency having received the third largest number of requests and applications in electronic version is the RA Ministry of Education and Science, with 5,027 electronic requests and applications.