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International Center for Not-for-Profit
Law/NGO Strengthening Program, World Learning Moskovian 24/1
375002 Yerevan,
Armenia
Tel: (374 1) 582-620, 520-851
Fax: (374 1) 543-578
Web: www.icnl.org
Access to Information Monitoring Tool: Report from a
Five-Country Pilot Study. This pilot survey
monitoring freedom of information was conducted in Armenia, Bulgaria,
Macedonia, Peru and South Africa, and involved the submission of 100
information requests to 18 different public institutions. On average
only 35 percent of requests for information were fulfilled and 36
percent of requests submitted resulted in tacit or "mute" refusals.
Interviews with government officials revealed a number of common
obstacles in enforcing FOI laws, including a lack of political will at
senior levels to encourage transparency, inadequate information
management, insufficient training of public officials, and an excess of
bureaucratic obstacles to timely information release.
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice
