The Padlock anti-award was given to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food for their continuing ignoring of the obligations under the APIA to launch and maintain an “Access to Information” section on their web site, for requiring an e-signature to the requests filed by e-mail, for their refusal to provide the name and job description of the official assigned under the APIA.
 
For the first time, a representative of the recipient of the anti-award was present and stood up to take the award. The Director of the Public Relations Directorate, Ms. Evelina Stoyanova said that she was happy to be present and take the Padlock and made a promise that the Ministry would fulfill its obligations and respect the right to know. 

Interview with Ms. Stoyanova is published in AIP newsletter issue 9(141) for September 2015: Who Knows We Might be the Winner of the Golden Key Next Year (in Bulgarian).

A Dishonorary Diploma was presented to 30 Silent Municipalities which did not respond at all to the e-request sent within AIP 2015 Audit on Active Transparency. They also lack an “Access to Information” section, information on the department where requests are submitted, annual APIA implementation reports and Internal APIA implementation rules. The anti-award is a reminder to these municipalities that they should be transparent and accountable to the public, especially in the eve of the local government elections.