Institution, which has most efficiently organized the provision of public information

Evaluation Criteria for Institutions:

• Has the institution assigned a FOI official/established an office as stipulated by the APIA?
• Is there a reading room for documents?
• Has the institution published information subject to active disclosure under Art.15 of the APIA?

- description of its powers, as well as data on the organizational structure, the functions and the responsibilities of the administration.
- list of the acts issued within the scope of its powers;
- description of the data volumes and resources, used by the respective administration,
- the name, the address, the telephone number and the working hours of the respective administration's office which is authorized to receive requests for access to public information.

• Is there an Access to Information section on the institution's web site as required by the APIA?
• Does the Access to Information online section contain the internal rules rof processing requests under the APIA?
• Does the section contain the annual report on the access to public information requests filed, containing data on the refusals made and the reasons therefor?
• Does the section contain the procedure for access to the public registers maintained by the institution?
• Positive practices in providing information – replies to oral requests; prompt answer to APIA requests; assisting the requestors in their search for information; disclosure of information after balancing competing interests; budget and activity report published.
• Does the institution accept electronically submitted information requests?
• Does the institution answer these requests? Is information provided electronically as well?
• Are the fees collected for the provision of information in compliance with Order 10 of the Minister of Finance?