In 2013, the Jury decided to recognize the National Movement “Ekoglasnost” with the Golden Key award as the NGO which most actively exercised the right to information. The NM “Ekoglasnost” has purposefully, consistently and persistently used the APIA to cast light on topics related to the nuclear power energy sector. The NM “Ekoglasnost” has used the APIA as a tool for collecting not only information for public campaigns, but also for evidence in the court to prove violation of the law which affects the fundamental human right to healthy environment.   

Interview with the deputy chairperson of the NM "Ekoglasnost", Mr. Peter Penchev was published in AIP Monthly FOI Newsletter for September 2013: The Access to Public Information Act is My Only Weapon.

The Center for NGOs in Razgrad was recognized with Honorary Diploma in 2013 for the consistent and persistent use of the APIA in its work in public interest. For several years, the organization has run a campaign, including litigation, for greater publicity of the conflict of interest declarations of civil servants and magistrates. In 2013, the Center for NGOs in Razgrad initiated a campaign for the active disclosure of the conflict of interests declarations of representatives of the judiciary which is about to end with success. 

The Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives (BILI) for their consistent use of the APIA procedures in cases of high public interest. The BILI systematically campaigns for the increase of transparency in the judicial system. During the past year, with the help of AIP, the BILI started a court case against the refusal of the Minister of Interior to provide information about a gift-gun given to the Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov during his term of a Regional Prosecutor of Plovdiv. The BILI joined the campaign of the Center for NGOs in Razgrad and AIP for disclosure of the conflict of interests declarations of the magistrates.