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freedominfo.org

Region

Global

Programme Summary

This online community offers resources about freedom of information laws and movements around the world. freedominfo.org describes best practices and lessons learned, compares campaign strategies, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates globally.

Communication Strategies

This initiative centres around a web portal that aims to be the online institutional memory of freedom of information (FOI) campaigns throughout the world. It is a gathering place for members of a global network of advocates sharing an interest in citizens' right of access to government information. Information here may be accessed in various ways, such as country-specific background, documents, news, and links related to FOI in more than 65 countries. Also, one column features the comments of a Washington, DC (United States)-based journalist reporting on the latest developments in information disclosure in International Financial and Trade Institutions (IFTI).

Development Issues

Democracy and Governance, Rights.

Key Points

Since the site was first launched in June 2002, freedominfo.org has received over 1 million hits from more than 160,000 unique visitors.

Partners

The Open Society Institute provided initial funding. The National Security Archive at the George Washington University serves as the secretariat for the site, and as its fiscal sponsor through the National Security Archive Fund Inc. The Ford Foundation has provided grant funding to support freedominfo.org's monitoring work on openness in the IFTI.

Contact

freedominfo.org

Suite 701, Gelman Library
2130 H Street, NW

Washington DC
20037
United States

Source

Email from Toby McIntosh to The Communication Initiative on December 15 2008; and freedominfo.org website.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site February 25 2009
Last Updated February 25 2009



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