FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

  • How is FOIAnet run?

    FOIAnet projects are run by the Steering Committee and implemented by the dedicated Coordinator based at Africa Freedom of Information Centre. Core FOIAnet activities include running the discussion list of over 815 individuals as well as coordinate International Right to Know Day events.

  • Who are the member organisations?

    Member organisations of FOIAnet are civil society organisations with active programmes to promote the right of access to information. Go to the Membership section to find out how to become a member, or if you want to join the discussion list as an individual.

  • The Steering Committee?

    The Steering Committee is made up of 7 individuals from FOIAnet member organisations. The Steering Committee is elected every 4 years and holds meetings regularly to discuss developments and actions for FOIAnet to take.

  • When was the FOIAnet founded?

    The Freedom of Information Advocates Network was founded on 28 September 2002 by representatives of national and international non-governmental and civil society organizations working in the field of Freedom of Information at the end of the Freedom of Information Litigation Workshop held in Sofia on 26-28 September 2002.

    Since then, the network has expanded to over 240 member organisations and over 700 individuals participating in the discussion list. Every year, members conduct activities for International Right to Know Day (RTKD) held on 28 September 2014, the day the network was founded.

  • Who founded the FOIAnet?

    Lisa Tilney, ABA-CEELI Bosnia Herzegovina
    Gergana Jouleva, AIP
    Aleksander Kashumov, AIP
    Nikolay Marekov, AIP
    Fanny Davidova, AIP
    Karen Andreasyan, Armenian Centre for Freedom of Information
    Shushan Doydoyan, Armenian Centre for Freedom of Information
    Sara Buchanan, Article 19
    Bethan Grillo, Article 19
    Peter Noorlander, Article 19
    Peter Wilfling, Citizen and Democracy Foundation, Slovakia
    Debashish Sankhari, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
    Inese Voika, Delna-TI Latvia
    Linda Austere, Delna-TI Latvia
    Nino Kuntseva-Gabashvili, Georgian Young Lawyers Association
    Tinatin Khidashelli, Georgian Young Lawyers Association
    Olivia Pirtac, Independent Journalism Centre, Moldova
    Sasa Andonovski, Lawyer, Macedonia
    Luna Pla Issa, LIMAC, Mexico
    Richard Calland, ODAC, South Africa
    Jindriska Prokopova, Open Society b.a. Czech Republic.
    Helen Darbishire, Open Society Justice Initiative
    Eszter Filippinyi, Open Society Justice Initiative
    Gohar Avagyan, OSCE Armenia
    Dave Banisar, Privacy International
    Klime Babunski, Pro Media, Macedonia
    Bonnie Robin-Vergeer, Public Citizen
    Diana-Olivia Calinescu, Romanian Helsinki Committee, APADOR-CH

  • Founding Statutes?

    Click to download the FOIAnet Founding Memorandum (EN) (ES) and Annex A (EN) (ES).

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