Conference "Access to Information - Achievements and Challenges"
Access to Information Programme (AIP) organizes the international conference “Access to information – Achievements and Challenges.”
The event will be held on January 21st, 2022, Thursday, 13-16.30 h. CET and is conceived as a forum which will open the space for sharing lessons learned and discussing the challenges to the implementation of the access to information legislation.
The conference will focus on the following topics:
• Legislative framework: 21 years of the Bulgarian Access to Public Information Act (introduction by AIP experts); Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 on access to EU documents; Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (CETS No. 205);
• Tools for monitoring access to public information legislation implementation;
• Access to information litigation.
Presentation of comparable international experience in the field of access to public information creates a key base for the evaluation of the state of access to information in Bulgaria, as well as the outline of new trends and challenges. We expect the online forum to be attended by representatives of state and municipal administration, judges and lawyers, citizens and NGOs, investigative journalists, journalists from the AIP country-wide network.
Two-way interpretation from and to English is provided. The final agenda is soon to be published.
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PROGRAM
International Conference
“Access to Information – Achievements and Challenges”
27 January 2022 (Thursday)
13.00 – 16.30 h (Central European Time)
Online via Zoom
14.00 – 14.30 OPENING
Gergana Jouleva, Executive Director, Access to Information Programme
Bozhidar Bozhanov, Minister of e-Government
14.30 – 15.20 International Standards and Development of Bulgarian Legislation
Moderator: Gergana Jouleva, AIP Executive Director
21th anniversary of the Access to Public Information Act (APIA) adoption
-Alexander Kashumov, Head of AIP legal team
Access to Public Information Platform
-Ralitsa Velichkova, “Modernization of the Administration” Directorate at the Council of Ministers; administrator of the Platform
Re-use of Public Sector Information
-Kalina Georgieva, State e-Government Agency
-Stephan Anguelov, attorney-at-law at the AIP legal team
European Union and Council of Europe
Regulation 1049/2001 for access to the EU documents and the experience of nongovernment organizations in searching information from European institutions
-Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe
-Jane Kilpatrick, Researcher, Statewatch
Campaigns for ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
-Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe
-Igor Rozkladai, deputy director, chief expert on media law, Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law CEDEM, Ukraine
15.20 – 15.30 Discussion
15.30 – 15.40 Break
15.40 – 16.20 Tools for Monitoring the Implementation of the ATI Legislation
Moderator: Diana Bancheva, AIP
-Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe
-Krasimir Bozhanov, Chief Secretary of the Council of Ministers
-Gergana Jouleva, Executive Director of AIP
16.20 – 17.10 Litigation under the Access to Public Information Legislation
-Alexander Kashumov, Head of AIP Legal Team
-Kiril Terziiski, attorney-at-law at the AIP legal team
-Stephan Anguelov, attorney-at-law at the AIP legal team
17.10 – 17.25 Discussion
17.25 – 17.30 Wrap-up and closing of the event
For additional information:
Adriana Ivanova, AIP: +359 876 827 210, adriana@aip-bg.org
Diana Bancheva, AIP: +359 888 412 549, diana@aip-bg.org
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The conference “Access to information – Achievements and Challenges” is held within the project Access to Information Forum implemented by Access to Information Programme with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA Financial Mechanism.
The main objective of the Access to Information Forum project is to improve the transparency and accountability of public institutions. Redirect to the project's webpage here.