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CENTRE FOR LAW AND DEMOCRACY: ARMENIA IS AMONG TOP 5 COUNTRIES WITH EASY-TO-ACCESS BUDGET INFORMATION
Panorama
Oct 20 2011
Armenia
According to the results of the survey by the Centre for Law
and Democracy, Armenia joined the top 5 countries among 80 with
easy-to-access budget information, says the report published on the
website of the organization. The results of the Ask Your Government! 6
Question Campaign survey showed that only 12 out of 80 countries
responded to all 6 questions in a way that complies with right to
information standards, for example by answering the requester within
30 calendar days.
The top 5 performing countries are New Zealand (1st place), Georgia,
India, Namibia and Armenia. Among the top 15 are Colombia, Ukraine,
Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, South Africa, Costa
Rica and Germany.
The results of the survey show that complete information was provided
by Armenia on 5 of the 6 questions, and only one question was followed
by a "not held." Thus, Armenia gained total of 6 points on compliance,
and 5 points on positive response.
Noteworthy that Azerbaijan provided information only on the two of the
questions, including one incomplete response. There was mute refusal
on one question, and three questions were followed by a "not held"
response. For example, for the questions 1 and 2 the Ministry of
Health of Azerbaijan simply wrote that it could not respond "because
of lack of suitable statistics."
As noted by the organization, top performing countries included
a number of new democracies and/or countries with young right to
information laws, which indicates that recent campaigns to promote
the right to information have a positive effect on performance.
Panorama
Oct 20 2011
Armenia
According to the results of the survey by the Centre for Law
and Democracy, Armenia joined the top 5 countries among 80 with
easy-to-access budget information, says the report published on the
website of the organization. The results of the Ask Your Government! 6
Question Campaign survey showed that only 12 out of 80 countries
responded to all 6 questions in a way that complies with right to
information standards, for example by answering the requester within
30 calendar days.
The top 5 performing countries are New Zealand (1st place), Georgia,
India, Namibia and Armenia. Among the top 15 are Colombia, Ukraine,
Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, South Africa, Costa
Rica and Germany.
The results of the survey show that complete information was provided
by Armenia on 5 of the 6 questions, and only one question was followed
by a "not held." Thus, Armenia gained total of 6 points on compliance,
and 5 points on positive response.
Noteworthy that Azerbaijan provided information only on the two of the
questions, including one incomplete response. There was mute refusal
on one question, and three questions were followed by a "not held"
response. For example, for the questions 1 and 2 the Ministry of
Health of Azerbaijan simply wrote that it could not respond "because
of lack of suitable statistics."
As noted by the organization, top performing countries included
a number of new democracies and/or countries with young right to
information laws, which indicates that recent campaigns to promote
the right to information have a positive effect on performance.