Annual Reports on the State of Access to Information
Access to Information in Bulgaria 2019
08.06.2020
On June 8, 2020, Access to Information Programme will present 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:
Available in English:
The 2019 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 2019
Annex 7: Litigation 2019 - Annotation of Cases
This report is prepared within the project Access to Information Forum with the financial support Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria under the EEA Financial Mechanism. Translation to English follows.
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 562 institutions for 2020;
- analyses of the access to information cases referred to AIP for legal aid and consultation during 2019, including for representation in court.
Available in English:
- Summary of budget and financial transparency, public procurement and integrity 2020;
- Trends in case law in access to information cases supported by AIP in 2019;
- Summaries of cases in which AIP has provided court representation;
- Concerns and recommendations identified in view of the 2020 Active Transparency Rating.
The 2019 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 2019
Annex 7: Litigation 2019 - Annotation of Cases
This report is prepared within the project Access to Information Forum with the financial support Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria under the EEA Financial Mechanism. Translation to English follows.